1977 reissue of an album from 1957. Released in mono then & in stereo in 1959. Recorded 2/3/57 & 3/17/57. Cyril Ritchard is the narrator of Peter and the Wolf.
NP: Shchedrin Concerto for Orchestra No. 1, “Naughty Limericks" USSR SO Svetlanov Ellington meets Shostakovich...this is what this sounds like it. Pretty cool work.
The names of Preston & Savall should have been switched to correspond with the instrument of the players in the painting.
Listening to CD 83 from "Deutsche Harmonia Mundi: 100 Great Recordings" "Zelenka - Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae" performed by instrumentalists from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
I'm still on the lookout for his Cocertgebouw Mahler box at a decent price but decided to get this. Amz UK have his mixed compser 11 disc Bavarian RSO set for £36. So got that. I'll be self isolating for ten days as my child had a positive test last night. Lots of listening time ahead.
Nice recording to start with this morning! By the way-Gramophone magazine gave this version its first choice award in an article about all extent recordings. Sanderling got first choice for historical recordings( on DG).
A little chamber music, hot on the heels of the new St Vincent album (thumbs up from me). Beethoven - Piano Trios Op 1 - The Castle Trio (Lambert Orkis - fortepiano, Marilyn McDonald - violin, Kenneth Slowik - cello) Apologies for the awful picture, the Castle Trio discs are sadly underdocumented. I tried scanning a few, but the scanner in my MFD printer doesn't have the resolution to do justice to CD sized artwork, so I'm making do with the equally bad art I can find online.
And now the 1956 recording with Leningrad Philharmonic of the Rach 2nd symphony. By the way-this symphony was dedicated to Taneyev by Rachmaninoff.
Good luck and hope your child recovers quickly. Not generally a huge Haitink fan, but enjoyed that box
NP: Mahler Symphony No. 2 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Hilde Rössl-Majdan (contralto) Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra Klemperer
Sorry to hear about your kid. I hope for a speedy recovery and good health restored. That looks like an interesting set (I’ve seen it before), but I’ll be honest in saying that I don’t think Haitink’s work post-Concertgebouw is as inspired as his first recordings of these works. There is a notable exception for me, I think the Bruckner 6th he did in Dresden was one of his best performances not only of this symphony, but in general.
Listening to "Martinu - Piano Trios Nos. 2 & 3 / Czech Rhapsody / Nocturnes" performed by The Bekova Sisters on Chandos.
Listening to "Graupner - Cantate, Sonate and Overture" performed by L'Ensemble des Idees heureuses led by Genevieve Soly (harpsichord) and featuring Ingrid Smithusen (soprano) and Helene Plouffe (viola d'amore) on Analekta.
Definitely a video of epic proportions, clocking in at one and a half hours By the way, I encourage people here who enjoy Hurwitz's videos to indeed subscribe his channel and make sure to click on that Like button underneath the videos. I know this sounds trite, but there is indeed a very valid reason behind it. Youtube's algorithm functions on a basis of engagement — the more people click Like, the more a channel gets recommended to other people who are interested in classical (which Google of course, already knows about you). And I can imagine given Hurwitz's viewers' demographic that not many will do that, unfortunately. Which is a pity, because that means his channel has less chances of being "discovered" by other interested people. It took a while for me, too to understand how all that works, but engagement is indeed a good way of supporting a channel — other than giving them actual money
NP: Mahler Das Lied von der Erde Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Francisco Araiza (tenor) Berliners Giulini This is shaping up to becoming one of my favorite Das Lied performances. Certainly up there with Baker/King/Haitink and Ludwig/Wunderlich/Klemperer.
