What are you listening to now?

[Sorrano]

Who conducted the SPCM version? Those revisions are only in the spirit of Bruckner's own revisionism.

This morning: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Major (Barenboim). Also, Mozart Piano Concerto #21.

[Quijote]

Who conducted the SPCM version? [...]

Johannes Wildner / New Philharmonic Orchestra of Westphalia / Naxos CD.

[Roehre]

Today:

Balakirev (R3: CotW):
Grande Fantasie on Russian themes in D flat major op.4 (1852/’56)
King Lear: Overture (1858/’61)
Overture on 3 Russian Themes (1857)

Berio:
Sincronie (1968)

Gregson:
A Song for Chris - Cello Concerto (2007) (R3: Ao3)

Bowen:
Symphonic Fantasia (1907) (R3: Ao3)

Mendelssohn:
String quintet no.2 op.67 (1945) (the newest BBC MM CD)

Hovhaness:
Symphony no.4 op.165

[Sorrano]

This morning: Bartok's Hungarian Sketches

[Roehre]

Today:

Messiaen:
Chronochromie (1959/’60)

Haydn:
String quartet in E-flat op.64/6 H.III:64 (from this month’s BBC MM CD)

Schnittke:
Piano quartet (1988)
String trio (1985)

[Sorrano]

This evening Performance Today presented Mendelssohn's "Ein Feste Burg" Symphony. Ok, ok, the "Reformation" Symphony. Mendelssohn was not too pleased with this work, but I find it very enjoyable.

[Sorrano]

Occasionally, listverse.com lists various classical music topics, such as greatest this or that, mostly based on the opinion(s) of the site authors. This evening they featured the top 10 greatest ballets; the interest I have in it is that there are excerpts to these that are usually from youtube. Some of the selections I've been listening are from Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky), Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev), La Bayader (Minkus), Gisele (Adam), Don Quixote (Minkus), and Cinderlla (Prokofiev). There were others, but that's all I had time for.

[Roehre]

Today:

Ravel:
Piano concerto for the left hand

Ibert:
Divertissement (1931)

Rieti:
Serenate per Violino e piccolo Orchestra (1931)

Lambert:
Concerto for piano and nine instruments (1931)

[Peter]

This evening Performance Today presented Mendelssohn's "Ein Feste Burg" Symphony. Ok, ok, the "Reformation" Symphony. Mendelssohn was not too pleased with this work, but I find it very enjoyable.

Yes I agree - I heard a performance at last years BBC proms which was very rousing. They also performed the first two symphonies which are also neglected and of course overshadowed by 3 and 4.

[Megan]

Gustav Mahler — Das irdische Leben from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Performer: Magdelena Kozena (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Cleveland Orchestra Performer: Pierre Boulez (conductor)


Anton Bruckner — Virga Jesse floriut
Performer: Polyphony/Stephen Layton


Johann Sebastian Bach — Concerto in C minor BWV 1062
Performer: Andras Schiff (piano & director) Performer: Peter Serkin (piano) Performer: Camerata Bern

[Sorrano]

Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite.

Megan, the Bruckner choral works are outstanding! It's a pity we do not hear them more often.

[Roehre]

Today:

Lutoslawski:
Preludes and Fugue for 13 solo strings (1972)

Balakirev (R3: CotW)
Tamara
Impromptu (1894 p. 1907)
Folksongs
Piano concerto no.2: Finale (1906/’09, finished by Lyapunov)

Bate:
Viola concerto (1944) (R3: Ao3)

Elgar:
The Pipes of Pan (1899 orch. 1902) (R3: Ao3)
The River op.60/2 (1910 orch. 1912) (R3: Ao3)

Krasa:
String quartet (1923)
Theme with variations (1935)

[Megan]

Early start:

Rachmaninov, Sergey
Symphonic Dance No.1 (Op.45)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)


Beethoven, Ludwig van Sonata for piano no. 30 (Op. 109) in E major
Cédric Tiberghien (piano)



Strauss, Richard Rosenkavalier -- Grand Suite
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Quebec, Franz-Paul Decker (conductor).
.

[Roehre]

Today:

Lutoslawski:
Livre pour Orchestre (1968)
Cello concerto (1970)

Lili Boulanger:
Faust et Hélène (1913)
Pour les Funérailles d‘un Soldat (1912)

Stravinsky:
Divertimento (vn+pn 1932)
Suite italienne (1932)
Duo concertant (1932)

Gideon Klein:
String trio (1944)

Corigliano:
Symphony no.1 (1988/’89)

Rihm:
Brahmsliebewalzer (1986) (R3:H&N)

Schweitzer:
Introduktion und Lichtspielszene (1999 rev 2006) (R3:H&N)

Rasch:
Le Serpent rouge (2009)

[Roehre]

Today:

Hlobil:
Concerto filarmonico op.66 (1965)

Kalabis:
Concerto per grande Orchestra op.25 (1966)

Bartok:
Rhapsody for piano and orchestra opus 1 (1904)
Piano concerto no.1 (1926)
String quartet no.3 (1927)

Ullmann:
String quartet no.3 op.46 (1944)

Berg:
3 Fragments from 'Wozzeck' for soprano and orchestra (R3)

von Einem:
Dantons Tod - suite (excerpts) (1944) (R3)