WAYLTL-August 2018

[Bozo]

Anton Rubinstein, Cello Concerto # 2 , again ! :

[Lawrence Chalmers]

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http://youtu.be/mxWtisbDYTg

Adams Death of Klinghoffer. Very depressing but great Adams music.

[JohnGavin]

An old, venerated recording:

Bach - Well Tempered Clavier I And 2. - Wanda Landowska

At her best, she was transcendent - probably a desert island recording for me.

[Raymond Hall]

Steinberg's Planets. A tad rapid in Mars, but impressive nonetheless. A good Also Sprach too.

Rimsky's opera suites, Jarvi and Schwarz.

Ray Hall, Taree

[Bozo]

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http://youtu.be/mxWtisbDYTg

And his Violin Concerto, again ! :

[Bozo]

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http://youtu.be/mxWtisbDYTg

http://youtu.be/tcPJHQQMQ1A

And finally his 3rd Piano Trio, again:

[Bozo]

Constance Keene's recording of the Hummel Piano Sonata No.5 in F sharp minor, Op.81 ( 1819 ) :

Great slow mov. seems out of a bel canto opera ( Bellini ( 1801-1835 ), anticipates in a few places the Larghetto mov. of Chopin's 2nd PC ( 1829 ) ; the Hummel final mov. echoes of "Erlkonig " ( 1815 ) ? I read somewhere it was while he was trying to learn this Sonata that Robert Schumann constructed his practice device injuring himself.

[Frank Berger]

Post by Bozo
http://youtu.be/fdbLs-Zqsno
Great slow mov. seems out of a bel canto opera ( Bellini ( 1801-1835 ), anticipates in a few places the Larghetto mov. of Chopin's 2nd PC ( 1829 ) ; the Hummel final mov. echoes of "Erlkonig " ( 1815 ) ? I read somewhere it was while he was trying to learn this Sonata that Robert Schumann constructed his practice device injuring himself.

I've never been able to figure out when Keene recorded the Hummel sonatas.

[Bozo]

Post by Frank Berger
I've never been able to figure out when Keene recorded the Hummel sonatas.

As far as I can determine, the cd 's themselves say recorded at SUNY's Purchase,NY campus Recital Hall, but no date given. The " p " and " c " dates are 2000 for Vols. 1 and 2 , 2001 for Vol.3. Distler's review at Arkiv Music of Vol. 1 just says she has " returned to the recording studio " after years of teaching, gives no " return " date. Arkiv lists as release dates ,as does Amazon, 2000, 2001.

[Bozo]

Frank Bridge's piano music on cd's by Peter Jacobs and Ashley Wass , here Wass :

Good late Summer evening listening, with the odd glass.

[Lewis Perin]

Scarlatti sonatas by Blandine Verlet on Spotify. As far as I know, this
is not material she’s famous for, but she really digs into the music,
showing a wide range of expression and color. This is far from a
Scarlatti Greatest Hits collection, by the way — most of these pieces
were unfamiliar to me.

/Lew
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[Frank Berger]

Post by Lewis Perin
Scarlatti sonatas by Blandine Verlet on Spotify. As far as I know, this
is not material she’s famous for, but she really digs into the music,
showing a wide range of expression and color. This is far from a
Scarlatti Greatest Hits collection, by the way — most of these pieces
were unfamiliar to me.
/Lew
---
http://babelcarp.org

Heard Taras Bulba (Czech PO, Neumann) on the radio for the first time in
a long while. What a great piece.

[HT]

Revisiting Sibelius symphonies 3, 5 and 7. Sandeling/BSO. With thanks to Steve for the reminder and Ray Hall for Sanderling.

Henk

[Bozo]

BBC Record Review today ( Aug.11 ) raved again about this Melodiya recording of the Prokofiev 3rd PC by Krainev / Kitayenko :

https://melody.su/en/catalog/classic/20725/

Can be heard complete either at BBCR3 or YT . Very worth a listen, IMHO , if you had not previously when mentioned here earlier , my first hearing today. I may explore acquiring the set.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/play/b0bf7vh6

[HT]

Post by Bozo
https://melody.su/en/catalog/classic/20725/
Can be heard complete either at BBCR3 or YT . Very worth a listen, IMHO , if you had not previously when mentioned here earlier , my first hearing today. I may explore acquiring the set.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/play/b0bf7vh6
http://youtu.be/4sn3l85vz3k

It’s an excellent set. I have it for quite some time. Somehow I prefer the Toradze/Gergiev set - although I’m not a Toradze or Gergiev fan.

Henk

[Bozo]

It’s an excellent set. I have it for quite some time....

Thanks. I also heard the Nos. 2 and 5 from the Krainev set. 5 was as amazing as his 3 , but surprisingly I did not find 2 to have the same vitality, originality as 3 and 5. Have not heard 1, 4 yet. Still considering the set. To be clear, the set I've been listening to is the set with the Moscow Phil, not the later set with Frankfurt Radio ( both are with Kitayenko ).

[Bozo]

Thanks. I also heard the Nos. 2 and 5 from the Krainev set. 5 was as amazing as his 3 , but surprisingly I did >not find 2 to have the same vitality, originality as 3 and 5. Have not heard 1, 4 yet. Still considering the set. >To be clear, the set I've been listening to is the set with the Moscow Phil, not the later set with Frankfurt >Radio ( both are with Kitayenko ).

Nos. 1 and 4 as wonderful as Nos. 3 and 5. Only No.2 , to my ear, does not meet the expectations create by his readings of the other 4. I'm still going to keep an eye out for a cheap set.

[HT]

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It’s an excellent set. I have it for quite some time....

Thanks. I also heard the Nos. 2 and 5 from the Krainev set. 5 was as amazing as his 3 , but surprisingly I did not find 2 to have the same vitality, originality as 3 and 5. Have not heard 1, 4 yet. Still considering the set. To be clear, the set I've been listening to is the set with the Moscow Phil, not the later set with Frankfurt Radio ( both are with Kitayenko ).

Thanks! It turns out that I have the set with the Frankfurt Radio.

Henk

[Bozo]

Post by HT
Thanks! It turns out that I have the set with the Frankfurt Radio.

You might want to compare Nos.3,5 from the Moscow set at YT.

[HT]

Post by Bozo

Post by HT
Thanks! It turns out that I have the set with the Frankfurt Radio.

You might want to compare Nos.3,5 from the Moscow set at YT.

Steve, I've heard the 'new' # 3 and like it better than the Frankfurt version. The sound is better too, and that may make a difference. I'll try # 5 - far more difficult to compare. The music speaks less for itself.

Henk

[HT]

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Post by HT
Thanks! It turns out that I have the set with the Frankfurt Radio.

You might want to compare Nos.3,5 from the Moscow set at YT.

Steve, I've heard the 'new' # 3 and like it better than the Frankfurt version. The sound is better too, and that may make a difference. I'll try # 5 - far more difficult to compare. The music speaks less for itself.

I compared #5. Forget the Frankfurt version. The Moscow has a far better sound. Yhe playing seems more free. For # 4 and # 5 Bavouzet remains my favorite. His # 1-3 are a bit disappointing. There are so many great versions out there of these concertos that is almost impossible to compete.

Henk

[Bozo]

Post by HT
compared #5. Forget the Frankfurt version. The Moscow has a far better sound.

Thanks. I think you'll like the Moscow Nos. 1 and 4 as well. No.2 in the Moscow set was my disappointment.

[HT]

Revisiting:

Tanski performing the Liszt Petrarch sonnets, Busoni Elegies, Bach/Busoni Goldberg Variations
Syomin playing Chopin, Godowsky, Medtner, Eiges, Albeniz, Busoni and Stanchinsky (a composer I cannot get used to)
Zhukov Beethoven sonatas, a Medtner sonata and the Medtner quintet
Siirala with several Schubert transcriptions, in particular Godowsky's Passacaglia.

Tanski is good. I keep returning to Syomin. There is something in his playing that intrigues me. Zhukov's Beethoven is not quite the Beethoven I prefer to hear. Siirala is a far better pianist and muscian than I remember. I loved the CD and wil revisit it more often. He is at hs best in the Schubert/Godowsky items.

Henk

[AB]

Post by Bozo
https://melody.su/en/catalog/classic/20725/
Can be heard complete either at BBCR3 or YT . Very worth a listen, IMHO , if you had not previously when mentioned here earlier , my first hearing today. I may explore acquiring the set.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/play/b0bf7vh6
http://youtu.be/4sn3l85vz3k

yes, very good. Piano sound is not too nice.

AB

[Lawrence Chalmers]

Post by Bozo
http://youtu.be/mxWtisbDYTg

The Sibelius symphonies and tone poems in a newly acquired set by Barbirolli
on emi. A very welcome addition to the ones I already own (Sanderling, Davis/Boston, Berglund/Bournemouth, Blomstedt/SFS).

[Randy Lane]

Barbiroli Sibelius coming soon on SACD in Japan