What are you listening to now?

[Enrique]

Bartok:
2nd string quarted

Bach:
Partita for solo violin no.2 (that with the chaconne).

Dvarak:
Symphony no.9 Bernstein must be using some revision by Dvorak or this is the way it is played nowadays.

Beethoven:
Sonata no.14 (Quasi una fantasia no.1)

[Roehre]

Welcome back, Roehre!

Thanks Chris

[Roehre]

Today:

Dvorak:
Symphony no.9 op.95 “From the New World”
From the latest BBC MM CD.
A lovely rendition of this work, including the repeat of the 1st mvt.
Well balanced, rather lyrical interpretation.
Though I like my Dvorak 9 more dramatic –especially in the finale- this is a fine performance, but certainly.not a very memorable one IMO.
But which BBC Music magazine subscriber is waiting for this?

Gipps:
Symphony no.2 op.30 (1945)

[Roehre]

Today:

van Wassenaer:
Concerti armonici nos.2, 4 and 5 (p.1725)

Szymanowski:
Violin concerto no.2 op.61 (1933)

Prokofiev:
Sonata for 2 violins in C op.56 (1932)

Martinu:
Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra H.329 (1950)

Bach:
Goldberg variations BWV.988 (p.1742; arr. Dmitry Sitkovetsky for string orchestra 2010)

Dutilleux:
Le Temps l’horloge (2009)

[Sorrano]

This morning:

Prokofiev:

Last movement of the 1st Symphony
1st Piano Concerto

Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy

Nice to see you back, Roehre!

[Roehre]

Thanks sorrano
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Today:

Mozart:
12 Variations on Ah dirai-je vous, maman KV265 (arranged for wind quintet) R3:TtN

Norman:
Sextet for piano, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass in a minor opus 29 (1868/’69)

Hellendaal:
Concerti grossi opus 3 /1, /3 and /5 (p.1758)

Smetana:
String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, 'From My Life'.(1876) (orch. Szell 1940)

Palestrina:
Missa Papae Marcelli (arr. Francesco Soriano for double choir)

Klaus Huber:
"..inwendig voller Figur.." (1971) (It’s August 6th today)

[Sorrano]

This morning:

Enesco: Overture in A, Op. 32, on popular Romanian themes

Wagenaar: Concert Overture Frhlingsgewalt

Rachmaninoff: Second movement from the second symphony

[Michael]

The violin concerto, with Zino Francescatti and the Columbia SO under Bruno Walter. I like Francescatti's slightly astringent tone in this work which can easily sound bland (especially the first movement).

[Peter]

Berlioz - Benvenuto Cellini

[Roehre]

Today:

Gibbons:
First Set of Madrigals and Motets of Five Parts (1612) - selection
The Cryes of London

Ockeghem:
Missa prolationum

de Fesch:
concertos opus 3/ 4, /5 and /6 (p.1718)

Schickardt (1680-1760):
Concerto for flute, 2 oboes, strings and bc in g

Groneman:
Flute concerto in G (1760s)

Wilson:
The Stars, the Seas (2011)

Ferneyhough:
String quartet no.6 (2010)

[Enrique]

Ockeghem, Missa prolationum.

Orlando di Lassus, madrigals.

Monteverdi, Eigth book of madrigals.

Thomas Morley, madrigals.

Zoltan Kodaly, Four Italian Madrigals (1932).

[Roehre]

Ockeghem, Missa prolationum.....

What do you think of this Mass of Ockeghem's, Enrique?

[Enrique]

I know Ockeghem's famous for having written music to many, many voices, twenty voices not being uncommon. I have heard a couple of compositions by Desprez but do not quite enjoy them. Not so much as this little piece. For me Medieval is synonimous with that sound babies do instead of speech (don't know the word) ). In particular, in the field of music. And we lack the sensitivity. But this can be developed. For certain the Prolationum does not seem a mere mathematical puzzle like so many medieval music. It appeals to the mind but speaks to the heart too, or it does in my case. (This is music to be heard at low volume levels.)

[Sorrano]

This morning: and electrifying performance of Sibelius' Violin Concerto by Jascha Heifetz and Thomas Beecham with the London Phil.

[Roehre]

Today:

Stravinsky:
Pulcinella (1919 ballet)
Orpheus (1947)

Maderna:
Studi per Il Processo di Franz kafka (1950)

Matthus:
Der Wald (The Forest) – Concerto for kettle-drum and orchestra (1984)

Holliger:
Ma’mounia (2002)