What classical music did you listen to today?

[White Knight]

Via you tube, I just finished listening to Dmitri Shostakovich--Symphony No.11 {"The Year 1905"} as performed in 2004 by the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra under the baton--or toothpick!--of Gergiev. Already being in love with Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony, I have now been captivated by the 11th as well. Indeed, I just placed an order with Amazon for both works as performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. I am eagerly awaiting their delivery!

 

[Mat]

...and Symphony No.4 in D Minor, Op.120. Both these works are performed by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jerzy Semkow. They were recorded in 1990 and are on a 2 cd set from the Musical Heritage Society named Robert Schumann--The Complete Symphonies 1-4.

Mmm, I would definitely like to hear that. How do you find Semkow's rendition?

I've got Schumann's symphonies by the Cleveland SO and George Szell.

 

[White Knight]

Mmm, I would definitely like to hear that. How do you find Semkow's rendition?

I've got Schumann's symphonies by the Cleveland SO and George Szell.

Hi Mat and how are you?. In answer to your question, I found Semkow to be very good; but of course, at this juncture I have nobody else with whom to contrast him such as Szell. I think I'll try to borrow that version with the Cleveland Orchestra from my father. If he doesn't have it, I'll try to sample it on you tube. How do you rate Szell and his rendition?

 

[White Knight]

Today I listened to:
Brahms--Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.68 as performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of Herbert von Karajan. This performance was recorded in Hamburg, Germany in 1987 and is on Deutsche Grammophon.
Rachmaninoff--Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor, Op.18 and Piano Concerto No.3 in D Minor, Op.30. Bothworks are performed by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin and featuring Abbey Simon on piano. They were recorded in 1977 and are from a 2 cd set on VoxBox entitled "Rachmaninoff Complete Works For Piano and Orchestra".

 

[Corno Dolce]

La Forza del Destino conducted by Valery Gergiev - Man, the Russians can teach the Italians how to do that opera, probably because the Russians have a keener insight because of the disasters of Soviet Communism.

 

[Mat]

Hi Steve, I'm doing okay, thanks. Hope you're fine, too. I like the way Szell handled Schumann's symphonies very much, though I don't really have other renditions to compare it to, either...

 

[White Knight]

Rachmaninoff--Piano Concerto No.1 in F-sharp Minor, Op.1, Piano Concerto No.4 in G Minor, Op.40 and Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini. All of these works are performed by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Leonard Slatkin, with pianist Abbey Simon. They were recorded in 1975 and are on a 2 cd set from VoxBox entitled "Rachmaninoff: Complete Works For Piano and Orchestra."
I was especially moved by the haunting nature of the second movement in piano concerto # 4.

 

[White Knight]

Rachmaninoff--Piano Concerto No.2 in C Moll, Op.18 and Piano Concerto No.3 in D Minor, Op.30. Both are performed under the baton of Leonard Slatkin conducting the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, featuring Abbey Simon on piano.

 

[White Knight]

Dmitri Shostakovich--Symphony No.11 in G moll, Op.103 {"The Year 1905"}. ThisperformanceisbytheLondonSymphonyOrchestraunderthe baton of Mstislav Rostropovich and was recorded in London in 2002. It is on LSO Live.

 

[White Knight]

Shostakovich--Symphony No.7 in C Major, Op.60 {"Leningrad"}. This is a performance by the London Philharmonic Orchestra led by Bernard Haitnik. It was recorded in 1979 at Kingsway Hall in London, and is on Decca.

 

[White Knight]

Today was an all Shostakovich day. I listened to his 7th Symphony in C Major, Op. 60 {"Leningrad"}, as performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Bernard Haitnik. This performance was recorded in London, 1979.
Then I listened to Shostakovich--Symphony No.11 in G Moll, Op.103 {"The Year 1905"}, asperformed by the LSO conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich. This was also recorded in London, 2002.

 

[Across]

Amazing! Free live concerts from all around the world!

Hey, look what I've found! It's a web page that presents musical events worldwide free via live streaming. It's amazing!

http://www.worldconcerthall.com/

Moreover, you can find information about a lot of concert halls and classical radio stations from all the world!!

 

[Corno Dolce]

Hi Across,

Thanx for the tip - Welcome aboard!

Cheers,

CD :tiphat::tiphat::tiphat:


Ps: Rach's 3rd played by Sviatoslav Richter

 

[JHC]

Hey, look what I've found! It's a web page that presents musical events worldwide free via live streaming. It's amazing!

http://www.worldconcerthall.com/

Moreover, you can find information about a lot of concert halls and classical radio stations from all the world!!

Thanks A X , Do you know if it is Video or Audio ?

 

[Corno Dolce]

Rach's 2nd played by S. Richter.

 

[JHC]

Yes his 2nd Sym is not too bad Richter must be very versatile

 

[White Knight]

Gustav Mahler--Symphony No.1 in D Major {"Titan"}, performed by the Utah Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maurice Abravanel. It was originally recorded in 1974 at the Mormon Tabernacle, Salt lake City, Utah, and is on Musical Heritage Society.
Jean Sibelius--Symphony No.2, Op.43 in D Major and Symphony No.6 , Op.104 in D Minor. Both pieces are performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Colin Davis. They were recorded in 1994 in London at Blackhealth Concert Halls and are on RCA Victor Red Seal.
Peter Tchaikovsky--Symphony No.4 in F Moll Op.36, Symphony No.5 in E Moll, Op.64, and Symphony No.6 in B Moll, Op.74 {"Pathetique"}. All these works are on a 2 cd set from Deutsche Grammophon. They are performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan. They were recorded in 1975 and 1976 in Hamburg, Germany.

 

[JHC]

Steve I hope when you have had your fill of orchestral works that you will venture into the world of chamber music IMO it is much more refined and of course very intimate which is a little closer to what jazz is about

 

[White Knight]

Steve I hope when you have had your fill of orchestral works that you will venture into the world of chamber music IMO it is much more refined and of course very intimate which is a little closer to what jazz is about

Colin, thank you so much for that idea. Do you have any suggestions regarding with which composers to start?

 

[White Knight]

Today, I listened to the following symphonic works:
Dmitri Shostakovich--Symphony No. 11 in G Moll, Op. 103 {"The Year 1905"}, asperformedbytheLSO under the baton of Mstislav Rostropovich. Performance was recorded in London in 2002 and is on LSO Live.
Dmitri Shostakovich--Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra, Op. 35, featuring Guy Touvron on solo trumpet.
Joseph Haydn--Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D, with Martha Argerich, piano. Both of these works are on a Deutsche Grammophon cd and were performed by the Wurttembergisches Kammerorchester conducted by Jorg Faerber. They were recorded in 1994 in Hamburg, Germany.
Jean Sibelius--Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43 and Finlandis, Op. 26. Both works are performed by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Zubin Mehta and were recorded in 1990 at the Manhattan Center in New York. They are on Teldec.
Jean Sibelius--Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43 and Symphony No.6 in D Moll, Op. 104. Both pieces are performed by the LSO under the baton of Sir Colin Davis, and were recorded in London in 1994. These performances are on RCA Victor Red Seal.