Recordings of live performances of note - XXV

[Bozo]

Pianist Steven Osborne plays Messiaen’s complete “ Vingt Regards sur l’infant Jesus “ live today, Wednesday, Nov.6, without Pause. I have not heard yet, may not, but again assume will be of interest to many here , thus this post :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_three

My recording is Roger Muraro on Phillips cd.Osborne has apparently not recorded yet, although would not be surprised if this recital was recorded for later release.

[Bozo]

At Queen Elisabeth Hall, London.

[Bozo]

Fww, Osborne's available at link given earlier in this thread for another 29 days.

[Bozo]

Osborne related that after a live performances of the work in Japan, and with another recital the following night ( whether or not same work not clear),Osborne put his hands into a bucket of ice water for a time, a suggestion he got from tennis great Andy Murray.

[JohnGavin]

My recording is Roger Muraro on Phillips cd.Osborne has apparently not recorded yet, although would not be surprised if this recital was recorded for later release.

Osborne’s Regards has been available on Hyperion for a long time. It’s very fine IMO.

[Bozo]

>On Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 9:48:57 AM UTC-6, JohnGavin wrote:
>Osborne’s Regards has been available on Hyperion for a long time. It’s very fine IMO.

Thanks ! I find I searched Amazon-US under "Stephen" , rather than "Steven". A couple cd's of his did come up under "Stephen" , but not all of his.

[Bozo]

Young pianist Aidan Mikdad (born Nov.19,2001 ) live at Concertgebouw,Kleine Zaal,Nov.7,2019:

https://www.nporadio4.nl/concerten/9325-jonge-nederlanders-aidan-mikdad-speelt-beethoven-en-liszt

My first hearing of this Dutch pianist.Very,very impressive all.Will add him to my list of pianists to try to follow.

Beethoven, Ludwig van
Sonate voor piano nr.8, op.13, "Pathétique"

Schubert, Franz
Gretchen am Spinnrade D.118, op.2 (Arr.) + Erlkönig D.328, op.1 (Arr.)

Ravel, Maurice
Gaspard de la nuit

Skrjabin, Aleksandr
Fantasie voor piano, op.28 + Etudes voor piano (12), op.8 - nr.4 + nr.5

Liszt, Franz
Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année S.161, "L'Italie" - "Sonetto 123 del Petrarca"
"Après une lecture du Dante. Fantasia quasi sonata"

Liszt, Franz
Preludes voor piano (13), op.32 - nr.5 , Carmen Fantasie , Hongaarse fantasie nr.13
(Site error : Prelude Rachmaninoff, “Carmen” Mikdad’s own(?),Ginzburg(?), Rhapsody # 13 arr.?)

Pianist’s bio: https://aidanmikdad.com/about-2/

[Frank Lekens]

Op 9-11-2019 om 16:26 schreef Bozo:

Thanks. I had half a mind to attend that, but it didn't pan out. Second
chance then.

--
Frank Lekens

http://fmlekens.home.xs4all.nl/
https://franklekens.blogspot.nl/

[Al Eisner]

When I heard Osborne perform this in the early 2000's (slightly before
the recording which John Gavin has already pointed out), I have a vague
recollection that there was one intermission. He asked at the start
that there be no applause between movements, and would have asked
for no applause at the end, except that his wife threatened to throw
him out if he did (or something like that). In any case, enormously
absorbing and impressive.

PS: just out of curiosity: whag leads you to advance from XXIV to
XXV? Must be pretty momentous!
--
Al Eisner

[Bozo]

>On Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 3:35:30 PM UTC-6, Al Eisner wrote:
> PS: just out of curiosity: whag leads you to advance from XXIV to
> XXV? Must be pretty momentous!

(A) A recent live performance of a complete "Vingt Regards".

(B) To make easier for those using a newsreader vs.Google Groups ( as I understand it ; I use Google ).

(C) Perhaps hubris on my part.

[AB]

Bozo,

I think you are seriously understating the talents of this kid....... IMO, he is a genius, with a pianistic talent equal to Volodos, Grosvenor, Kissin ands a few others

I never heard a better performance of Petrouchka (sp?)..

I tried to listen to the concert below, but it only plays one track.

AB

[Ricardo Jimenez]

On Sat, 9 Nov 2019 17:38:15 -0800 (PST), AB <abach...@verizon.net>
wrote:

>Bozo,
>
>I think you are seriously understating the talents of this kid....... IMO, he is a genius, with a pianistic talent equal to Volodos, Grosvenor, Kissin ands a few others
>
>I never heard a better performance of Petrouchka (sp?)..
>
>I tried to listen to the concert below, but it only plays one track.
>
>AB

This has links to the all the works listed before and more:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2IfRVBvuDglZYAZKFRe9xQ

[Bozo]

>On Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 9:26:45 AM UTC-6, Bozo wrote:
> Young pianist Aidan Mikdad (born Nov.19,2001 ) live at Concertgebouw,Kleine Zaal,Nov.7,2019:

Very sorry,Arri,others, I included a link to his bio but forgot the programme link.(It's hell to get old, or get into a bad batch of shiraz.)Here is the complete,live recital in decent sound on Netherlands Radio 4. Worth hearing :

https://www.nporadio4.nl/concerten/9325-jonge-nederlanders-aidan-mikdad-speelt-beethoven-en-liszt

[Bozo]

>On Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 7:58:22 AM UTC-6, Bozo wrote:
> > Young pianist Aidan Mikdad (born Nov.19,2001 ) live at Concertgebouw,Kleine Zaal,Nov.7,2019:

Also,be patient as it takes a while for the Radio 4 site to load up once you hit the "Speel volledige" button at top right, and each successive selection also takes a bit of time to load after the prior work ends.

[Bozo]

>On Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 8:25:59 PM UTC-6, Ricardo Jimenez wrote:
> This has links to the all the works listed before and more:
> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2IfRVBvuDglZYAZKFRe9xQ

Thanks. I thought all these worth hearing, impressive at age 15 , all live, apparently from same 2016 recital in Italy.

Scriabin 5th Sonata :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWCw_dhQuY4

Rachmaninoff 2nd Sonata ( revised version) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybry9vu_aYU

Beethoven Sonata No.28,Op.101 :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAzZ97z6Aw0

[Bozo]

>On Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 8:03:06 AM UTC-6, Bozo wrote:
> > > Young pianist Aidan Mikdad (born Nov.19,2001 ) live at Concertgebouw,Kleine Zaal,Nov.7,2019:

If you prefer YT : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ZInQgALLo&list=PLf357SozBwy2vo8fonryPdpDzGNT8r1Hi

[Bozo]

Joanna MacGregor,live at Wigmore Hall,London,Nov.11,2019, not to be missed.


Rameau: Le rappel des osieaux
Couperin: Les fauvétes plaintives
Messiaen: Le merle noir
Rameau: La poule
Janáček: The barn owl has not flown (from On an Overgrown Path, Book 1)
Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Oockooing Bird
Alizâdeh: Call of the Birds
Purcell: Ground in C minor, Z221
Philip Glass: Prophecies (from Koyaanisqatsi)
Byrd: First Pavane (from My Ladye Nevells Booke)
Philip Glass: Knee Play No 4 (from Einstein on the Beach, from Trilogy Sonata)
Pachelbel: Ciaccona in F minor

Encore: Handel,Passacaglia,Suite No. 7


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000b7gy

[Frank Lekens]

Op 11-11-2019 om 19:04 schreef Bozo:

Yes, that was nice.

[Bozo]

Lang Lang plays LvB PC # 2 with RCO under Paavo Jarvi ,at Concertgebouw Nov.8,2019:

https://www.nporadio4.nl/concerten/9326-lang-lang-speelt-beethoven

Apparently still recovering (? ). For me, the highlight of the work is the slow mov. I thought LL acquitted himself well throughout.

[Bozo]

Alma Quartet play Schulhoff's 1st String Quartet at the Park Hall, Musis in Arnhem, and the Gryphon Trio perform Brahms's Piano Trio No.1 in B flat at the Concert Hall in Tilburg,both recently.

My first hearing of the Schulhoff , great, will have to hear again. The Brahms of course a sine qua non I find I under - appreciate among his greatest works.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000b7qx

That Western culture could produce a Brahms and exterminate a Schulhoff remains unfathomable, and a sad commentary on our times when nothing has really changed.

[number_six]

On the website they said Gibbons was in the mix, but he didn't make it.

A Janequin transcription would have been good! Mozart's Vogelfanger or the Beatles' Norwegian Wood, which might have been considered, are too obvious and would not have fit as well with the works that were well chosen...

This was an imaginatively conceived and well played set. The mass, momentum, and dissonance that she builds in Prophecies were quite effective, IMO.

Thanks for posting. I love the Halvorsen adaptation but have not heard Handel's Passacaglia on piano -- so this was treat including the encore!
wethis===

[Frank Berger]

First, human nature, notwithstanding what some seem to think, will never
change. Since we are imperfect, we will never totally eradicate
atrocity. The spread of democracy has, and hopefully will continue to,
constrain the worst of our tendencies.

Second, not sure why you singled out Western culture. Eastern culture
has committed its share of atrocities.

[Bozo]

>On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 9:22:23 PM UTC-6, Frank Berger wrote:
> First, human nature, notwithstanding what some seem to think, will never
> change. Since we are imperfect, we will never totally eradicate
> atrocity. The spread of democracy has, and hopefully will continue to,
> constrain the worst of our tendencies.

The American experience since the 2016 election does not instill that much optimism in me.

> Eastern culture
> has committed its share of atrocities.

No doubt, but to my knowledge Eastern culture neither produced nor exterminated Brahms or Schulhoff,thus was not relevant.

[Frank Berger]

On 11/13/2019 12:52 PM, Bozo wrote:
>> On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 9:22:23 PM UTC-6, Frank Berger wrote:
>> First, human nature, notwithstanding what some seem to think, will never
>> change. Since we are imperfect, we will never totally eradicate
>> atrocity. The spread of democracy has, and hopefully will continue to,
>> constrain the worst of our tendencies.
>
> The American experience since the 2016 election does not instill that much optimism in me.
>

"Democracy" does not mean political outcomes align with your personal
preferences.

>> Eastern culture
>> has committed its share of atrocities.
>
> No doubt, but to my knowledge Eastern culture neither produced nor exterminated Brahms or Schulhoff,thus was not relevant.
>

Fair enough, but actually, neither did "Western Culture."

[Bozo]

>On Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 12:13:18 PM UTC-6, Frank Berger wrote:
> "Democracy" does not mean political outcomes align with your personal
> preferences.

Correct, but nor does, should, " democracy" mean outcomes such as white nationalism, racism,xenophobia,authoritarianism,oligarchy,dictatorship.

[Frank Berger]

All of that existed before Trump, except the last, which is non-existent
in the U.S. You can hate Trump has much as you like, but throwing around
the word dictatorship makes you look silly. Too much Shiraz, probably.

[Bozo]

>On Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 1:55:31 PM UTC-6, Frank Berger wrote:
>You can hate Trump has much as you like, but throwing around
> the word dictatorship makes you look silly.

Hardly : https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/us/politics/trump-michael-atkinson-inspector-general.html

>Too much Shiraz, probably.

My post to which you refer was at 1:38pm CST (US) today. Had not had any shiraz prior.

[Frank Berger]

On 11/13/2019 3:19 PM, Bozo wrote:

I was looking for an explanation for how an intelligent person could
think we have or are moving towards a dictatorship. Must be something
else. Sheer hatred perhaps.

[Bozo]

19 - year old Richard Strauss’ Piano Quartet,Op.13,live , Corneille Piano Quartet at the Jurriaanse Hall,in de Doelen, Rotterdam,recently , a work not oft heard (?) :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000b6h9

For me, too long for the material ( 41 minutes), although a nice slow mov. suggestive of works to come.

[Bozo]

2 interesting recitals:

Enrique Granados’ Piano Quintet in G minor, Op.49, Quiroga Quartet,Javier Perianes,pianist, brief but pleasant, dramatic, very nice slow mov.,a first hear for me I believe , and I suspect not oft heard (? ).At Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ Nov.16,2019:

https://www.nporadio4.nl/concerten/9340-javier-perianes-cuarteto-quiroga-ginastera-granados-en-brahms

An interesting programme from pianist Shai Wosner. My first hearing of the Rzewskis.From Cedars Hall,Somerset,UK recently.The Schubert is probably my least fav of his major sonatas, but the Scarlatti-Rzewski sequence was fascinating, as were Wosner’s comments on all the works:

Schubert: Sonata in C Minor , D958
Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor, K141
Rzewski: Nano sonata no.36 (to a young man)
Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor, K9
Rzewski: Nano sonata no.38 (to a great guy)
Scarlatti: Sonata in C minor , K230
Rzewski: Sonata no.12

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000bf6k

[Bozo]

Another interesting recital. Wonderful change of pace , if a bit much of the same, often percussive, sound world. The Nobre and Ginastera No.3 new to me.The Nobre the highlight for me, will listen to that one again:

Enregistré le 03/05/2017 à la Fundación Juan March à Madrid

Alberto Ginastera - Trois danses argentines

Heitor Villa-Lobos - A prole do bebê (La descendance de bébé), Livre I : Les poupées)

Alberto Ginastera - Sonate No. 1 pour piano, op 22

Astor Piazzolla - Les Quatre saisons de Buenos Aires

Marlos Nobre - Sonate pour piano sur un thème de Bartók

Alberto Ginastera - Sonate pour piano No. 3, op. 54

Astor Piazzolla - Libertango

Horacio Lavandera, piano

Quite some pianism ! Alas, had only shiraz at hand, no malbec.

https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_concert-du-soir?id=2568288

[Bozo]

>On Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 4:03:08 PM UTC-6, Bozo wrote:
>The Nobre the highlight for me, will listen to that one again:

> Marlos Nobre - Sonate pour piano sur un thème de Bartók

> https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_concert-du-soir?id=2568288

At 1:04:00 in to the above.Or, if you prefer, a different performance of the work, but same pianist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g08iodUXFbE

[Bozo]

>On Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 4:03:08 PM UTC-6, Bozo wrote:

> Astor Piazzolla - Les Quatre saisons de Buenos Aires

>Astor Piazzolla - Libertango

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELmaEFRXH2Y (Piazzolla’s “Libertango”, Lavandera,live video 2017)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkp3a0imSr0 (Piazzolla’s “Four Seasons of Buenos Aires”, Lavandera,live video from the 2017 Madrid recital linked earlier ; too many bows, but… ).

From the pianist:

“The recording named “Horacio Lavandera Plays Astor Piazzolla” received the Award “Golden Melómano” in 2016. The publication stated: “Lavandera takes us into the world of Piazzolla brilliantly, using the typical rhythmic flexibility and freedom of aesthetic expression of the compo ser”. – Francisco J. Balsera. Melómano, The Classical music magazine.”

“The works included in this CD are my arrangements for piano, based mainly on the work that Astor Piazzolla did with his Quintet. The special union of sounds of the bandoneon, electric guitar, piano, violin and double-bass, and the way of composing this chamber music, conformed a synthesis of his style. It was one of his most successful projects that changed forever the typical music of Buenos Aires, the "Tango". The history of Argentina
during the twentieth century was full of contradictions and unevenness, in his work Piazzolla shows these contrasts. His art is always in the middle of an abysm. Between being and not to be.
To make these arrangements I carefully studied the scores of the Quintet, besides the long listening time of the existing recordings for this ensemble. The way to ornament the melodic drafts are always different. The accompaniment of the left hand, for example, sounds sometimes "dirt". My father José María, a founding member of the Orchestra of Tango in Buenos Aires for over thirty years, advised me in many aspects. I must also mention the
important influences of the great pianists of the genre: Horacio Salgán, Carlos García, Osvaldo Manzi, Dante Amicarelli, Atilio Stampone y Pablo Ziegler.”

[Bozo]

Nelson Goerner, a pianist I follow enthusiastically, plays Mozart K.491 PC with a marvelous first mov. cadenza I had not heard by ? Cadenza at about 17:38 here.Although , I did not care for the rest of his Concerto, not the colorations, sensitivity ,touch I usually associate with Goerner, bit hurried, but perhaps his C minor mode :

https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_concert-de-l-apres-midi?id=2568868

Enregistré le 24/11/2018 au Mihail Jora Concert Hall, Romanian Radio, Bucharest

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ouverture des Noces de Figaro K. 492'
- Concerto No. 24 en do mineur pour piano et orchestre K. 491
Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne No. 16 en Mi bémol Majeur, op. 55/2 (bis)

Jean Sibelius - Pelléas et Mélisande, op. 46
- Valse triste, de 'Kuolema, op. 44' (bis)

Nelson Goerner, piano
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana sous le direction de Vladimir Ashkenazy

[Bozo]

Gyorgy Cziffra, live video Nov.20, 1965, Franck’s “Variations symphoniques“ , Orchestre National de l’ORTF, Georges Cziffra conducting :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=offejPoTAzo

[Bozo]

Free VOD . 2019 Tchaikovsky Competition winner pianist Alexandre Kantorow plays Saint-Saens PC # 5 “Egyptian” with Gergiev,Mariinsky Orchestra, in Moscow Oct.30,2019, excellent,sweeping reading by all,Kantarow in control of all the details ,adding gravitas and excitement:

https://www.medici.tv/en/concerts/valery-gergiev-conducts-moussorgsky-saint-saens-ravel-berlioz-alexandre-kantorow/

2019 Tchaikovsky Comp. violin competitor Ravil Islyamov plays Mozart’s VC # 5, and 2019 piano Comp. 2nd prize winner Mao Fujita plays Mozart’s PC # 20 with Gergiev,Mariinsky,Nov.2,2019 in Moscow. I did not recognize the cadenzas in the first and last movs. of the PC ( Busoni ?Saint-Seans? ), nor did I care for their style , nor did I care for Fujita’s often “precious” approach to the music in the first two movs. , but I may err in that respect ; final mov. was fine:

https://www.medici.tv/en/concerts/valery-gergiev-conducts-mozart-ravil-islyamov-mao-fujita/

[Bozo]

I am a Nelson Goerner fan.Still remember being amazed at his debut all-Chopin cd on EMI years ago, ca.1991 or 1994 I believe. Live here from London's Wigmore Hall, Nov.26,2019.Rarely heard (?) Faure, which Goerner thinks is Faure’s finest solo piano piece ( hmmm ? ). The Brahms a huge challenge live for any pianist ,of course, but fine playing throughout the programme , with exceptional Liszt to my ear.

Fauré: Thème et Variations in C sharp minor Op 73
Brahms: Piano Sonata No 3 in F minor Op 5

Interval

Liszt: Funérailles S173 No 7
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, troisième année S163 - Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este
Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole S254

Encore: Brahms, Intermezzo,Op.118, # 2

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000bmtw

[Bozo]

Sir Colin Davis conducts Sibelius with RCO at the Concertgebouw June,2002 :

Syms.Nos.6 and 3. No.3 may be the composer's " best " , IMHO:

https://www.nporadio4.nl/concerten/3572-sir-colin-davis-dirigeert-sibelius

[Bozo]

David Kadouch, piano. I wanted to hear the Dussek work, about 12 minutes, interesting , although not memorable, a composer I believe rarely heard in solo piano recitals these days. Also heard the Rzewski, another work I suspect not heard often live,although did not care for the interpretation here. Did not hear the other works.

Enregistré le 15/11/2019 au Studio 1 à Flagey, Bruxelles

Jan Ladislav Dussek - Les souffrances de la Reine de France, op. 23

Frédéric Chopin - Des Études, op. 10 : n° 12, ¿Révolutionnaire¿ ¿ Scherzo n° 1 en si mineur, op. 20

Franz Liszt - Des Harmonies poétiques et religieuses : Funérailles

Leoš Janácek - Sonate pour piano en mi bémol mineur, ¿1.X.1905¿

Claude Debussy - Des Préludes, Livre II : Feux d'artifice

Frederic Rzewski - Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues

Frédéric Chopin - Valse en do dièse mineur.


https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_concert-du-soir?id=2571080

[Not a Dentist]

Much of the same repertoire on his new Mirare CD "Révolution" (also includes LvB Les Adieux, but omits the Chopin encore). Janacek always a treat.

[Bozo]

Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Rotterdam Phil. play Sibelius’ Symphonies 5-7 , live at De Doelen in Rotterdam, Dec 1, 2019.Wonderful here, especially 7, even in Internet sound.I heard only 5,7 ( I dont connect much with 6 or 2, not at all with 4 ):

https://www.nporadio4.nl/concerten/9360-sibelius-de-late-symfonieen

My recordings Bernstein/Vienna Phil , Ehrling/Royal Stockholm.

Many memorable 5ths,of course : Beethoven, Tchaikovsky,Mahler, Sibelius,Prokofieff,Shostakovich.Some would add Schubert,Dvorak,Bruckner,Mendelssohn,Vaughan-Williams.Any 5ths I missed ? ( “ I’m never concerned of being driven to drink, just about being driven home again.” WC Fields )

[Bozo]

Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor plays, and conducts, Bach's keyboard concerto BWV 1056 and Mozart's PC # 9, K.271, with Britten Sinfonia in London recently. I particularly enjoyed the Bach :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000c0f5

[Frank Lekens]

Op 7-12-2019 om 22:38 schreef Bozo:

>
> Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor plays, and conducts, Bach's keyboard concerto BWV 1056 and Mozart's PC # 9, K.271, with Britten Sinfonia in London recently. I particularly enjoyed the Bach :
>
> https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000c0f5
>

Me too, when I heard it in broadcast.

[Bozo]

Fww, worth hearing (IMHO ) ,take your pick ( or not ):

Martinu’s VC # 1, Frank Peter Zimmermann,Lan Shui conducting National Orchestra of France, in Paris,Nov.29,2018,wonderful virtuosic work ,fine slow mov.,my first hearing today.Ordered from Presto an mp3 download of the Hyperion cd set track (different artists) to add to my existing VC # 2 of the composer.Wonderful encore, too, slow mov. from Bartok Sonata for Solo Violin :

https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_concert-du-soir?id=2575194

Schumann’s PC,Arthur Jussen,Nicholas Collon conducting Residentie Orkest at the Concertgebouw,Dec.8,2019,a fav PC of mine, here a lyrical, relaxed, nostalgia-tinged reading not overplayed :

https://www.nporadio4.nl/concerten/9369-arthur-jussen-speelt-schumanns-pianoconcert

Prokofieff’s VC # 1, Ziyu He, Ilyich Rivas conducting Ulster Orchestra,Dec.9 in Londonderry,a fav VC of mine, glorious final mov. My first hearing of the impressive violinist:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000c4kh

Mozart’s PC # 22,K.482, Martin Helmchen, Philharmonia Orchestra under Jakub Hrusa, London,Dec.8,2019,Helmchen says Mozart’s most technically difficult for the pianist , and then chance to hear LvB Sym. # 4 I had not listened to for years.K.482 not my fav Mozart PC by any means (however, has a wonderful operatic slow mov.!), but Helmchen more interesting as he has matured ( unlike my cheap shiraz ) as were the 2 cadenzas here,not identified:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_three

[Bozo]

>On Monday, December 9, 2019 at 2:54:07 PM UTC-6, Bozo wrote:
> Martinu’s VC # 1, Frank Peter Zimmermann... to add to my existing VC # 2 of the composer...

If you listen to # 1, must also then hear amazing # 2, my # 2 Faust's recording here :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrHyQ-Ym-2s&t=28s

[Frank Berger]

I have Shui conducting the Beethoven symphonies with the Copenhagen PO.
Orchestra isn't good and the conducting is odd. Can't imagine why I
bought it.

For the Martinu concertos, I have Hogwood/Matousek and Neumann/Suk in #1
and Belohavek/Faust, Kalmar/Koh, Neumann Suk again and Leconte/Louis
Kaufman (1955)in #2. They're all great, but I am fondest of the Kaufman.
I'm no expert but it seems like amazing violin playing to me. Also, the
recording is old like me.

[Bozo]

>On Monday, December 9, 2019 at 4:23:15 PM UTC-6, Frank Berger wrote:
> I'm no expert but it seems like amazing violin playing to me.

Agreed, and the music is superb in both cases. My only #1 is now Hogwood/Matousek, only # 2 Belohavek/Faust.Apparently # 2 was written for Mischa Elman,cant recall for whom # 1.

[Bozo]

A rare “light” recital of piano-4 hands and in this repertoire.The Bizet,Faure best in this version,IMHO (Faure unbuttoned ).My first hearings of the other works.Wonderful playing to my ear, recommended.

Enregistré le 31/01/2019 au São Carlos National Theatre à Lisbonne

Georges Bizet : Jeux d'Enfants, op. 22

Sergio Azevedo : Two butterflies for Olga

Fernando Lopes-Graça : Cisirão, cisirão, extrait de '11 Glosas'

Gabriel Fauré : Dolly, op. 56

António Victorino D'Almeida : Ballade, op. 126 Balada (para uma criança que vai nascer), op. 126

Olga Silva : Soundtrack (bis)

Bruno Belthoise et João Costa Ferreira, piano à 4 mains

https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_concert-de-l-apres-midi?id=2575158

[AB]

> For the Martinu concertos, I have Hogwood/Matousek and Neumann/Suk in #1
> and Belohavek/Faust, Kalmar/Koh, Neumann Suk again and Leconte/Louis
> Kaufman (1955)in #2. They're all great, but I am fondest of the Kaufman.
> I'm no expert but it seems like amazing violin playing to me. Also, the
> recording is old like me.

speaking of 'old people', I heard Kaufman live in Carnegie Hall in the middle 50s. Had a beautiful tone, was admired by Heifetz, made many recordings

AB

[Bozo]

A chance to hear the Mason siblings’ NYC debut , and the not -oft heard (?) Barber Sonata. Per WQXR:

“On Wednesday, December 11 at 7:30pm, WQXR took you to Weill Recital Hall for the latest installment of Carnegie Hall Live. This broadcast featured the New York recital debut of cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and his sister, pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, in a program of Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, and more. WQXR's Jeff Spurgeon and Clemency Burton-Hill were your evening's hosts.”

Program:

Beethoven: Twelve Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen," Op. 66
Lutoslawski: Grave
Barber: Cello Sonata, Op. 6

Interval : Discussion with both Masons ,excerpts of other playing of theirs, recordings.

Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

https://www.wqxr.org/story/sheku-kanneh-mason-isata-carnegie-hall-beethoven-rachmaninoff-barber-lutoslawski/

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I heard only the Faure ,Poulenc sonatas ; terrific music , especially the extraordinary Poulenc (! ),perhaps my first hearings of these. I’ll acquire a recording of the Poulenc.Fischer remarkable:

https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_concert-de-l-apres-midi?id=2577179

Enregistré le 14/11/2019 au Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sonate pour violon et piano n° 28 en mi bémol majeur, KV 380

Gabriel Fauré - Sonate pour violon et piano n° 1 en la majeur, op. 13

Francis Poulenc - Sonate pour violon et piano, FP 119

Franz Schubert - Fantasie pour violon et piano en do majeur, D 934

Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovsky - Souvenir d'un lieu cher, pour violon et piano (bis)

Julia Fischer, violon et Aris Alexander Blettenberg, piano

[Bozo]

A pianist I follow; an example why ( I did not hear the Schumann ) :

https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_concert-du-soir?id=2577217

Enregistré le 7/8/2019 au Théâtre Royal du Parc à Bruxelles dans le cadre du festival Classissimo 2019

Wofgang Amadeus Mozart - Fantaisie KV 475

Félix Mendelssohn - Fantasie opus 28

Frédéric Chopin - Fantasie opus 49

Robert Schumann - Quintette à clavier

Le quatuor Mona & Abdel Rahman El Bacha, piano

[Bozo]

Judith Weir’s new Oboe Concerto (London premiere Dec.13, 2019 ), live here, Nicholas Daniel,oboe,BBCSO under Gergely Madaras,about 14:30 in here . Lyrical work, very nice,about 23 minutes.Pastoral,bit nostalgiac first mov. ; darker , elegiac second mov. ; jovial but still subdued, very brief final mov. Will reward re-hearings I think.Chamber-sized orchestra for the work.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000c4nz

[Bozo]

I heard this Radio Belgium Francaise broadcast earlier, or another with this same programme . The Feinberg’s rarely heard although so far I dont think Hamelin has ventured into the remaining 10 Feinberg pianos sonatas, all of which are on 2 wonderful BIS cd’s by other pianists.


Enregistré le 20/06/2018 au Yamaha Hall, Tokyo

Joseph Haydn - Sonate en Do Majeur pour piano, Hob. XVI:48

Samuil Feinberg (1890-1962) - Sonate No. 2 en la mineur pour piano, op. 2
- Sonate No. 1 en La Majeur pour piano, op. 1

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Sonate No. 23 en fa mineur pour piano, op. 57 ('Appassionata')

Marc-André Hamelin - Toccata sur 'L'homme armé' (bis)
Claude Debussy - Reflets dans l'eau, extrait des 'Images livre 1 (bis)
- Feux d'artifice, extrait des Préludes Livre 2 (bis)
Robert Schumann - Abschied, from 'Waldszenen, op. 82' (bis)

Marc-André Hamelin, piano

https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_concert-de-l-apres-midi?id=2577364

[Bozo]

>On Friday, December 13, 2019 at 4:20:03 PM UTC-6, Bozo wrote:
> I heard only the Faure ,Poulenc sonatas ; terrific music , especially the extraordinary Poulenc (! >),perhaps >my first hearings of these. I’ll acquire a recording of the Poulenc.

I acquired this Poulenc Violin Sonata:

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko, Alpha Classics cd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLXkXwY8m_g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X56uj3JRsA0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72YMH3JPPS8

A post here fromanither group, very helpful re:the Poulenc Violin Sonata :

" Poulenc's chamber music is really excellent. Composers used different genres for different artistic purposes and, for Poulenc, chamber music was not always an occasion to be "light" about composition. There are five volumes of his complete chamber music on Naxos and none of it includes a string quartet. His chamber music is like a musical autobiography, from the light Histoire de Babar, for children, to the more somber Sonata for violin and piano written in occupied Paris in memory of Spanish poet Frederico Garcia Lorca and performed there in 1943, with Ginette Neveu and Poulenc at the piano. That's a bold political work when you know the whole context. "

[Bozo]

The Martinu cello work about 22:00 minutes in to the broadcast, only work I heard here, my first hearing I believe, adding to my admiration of the composer.Not often heard (?), the Sonata da Camera much more pensive than I recall his two Cello Concertos to be.

Enregistré le 25/11/2018 au Tinguely Museum, Basel

Bohuslav Martinu - Petite Suite, extraite de 'Comedy on the Bridge', H. 247a

Albert Roussel - Petite Suite, op. 39

Bohuslav Martinu - Sonata da Camera pour violoncelle et orchestre de chambre, H. 283

Joseph Haydn - Symphonie No. 100 en Sol Majeur, Hob. I:100 "Militaire"

Nicolas Altstaedt au violoncelle et à la direction du Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_concert-de-l-apres-midi?id=2578438

[Bozo]

The second half of Marc-André Hamelin's piano recital at Kioi Hall, Tokyo, Japan in 2002, consisting of works by Karol Szymanowski. (Set YT “ Quality “ up to 480p )

Mazurkas, Op. 50,Nos.1,2,3,4,13,15,6
Piano Sonata No. 2

Encores:
Marc-André Hamelin - Se tu m'ami after Pergolesi from "Con intimissimo sentimento"
Marc-André Hamelin - Etude No. 6, Omaggio a Domenico Scarlatti

Wonderful,all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBlxVdN4KYU

[Bozo]

22-year old pianist Ivan Krpan, winner of recent Busoni Competition.Perhaps one to follow :

Enregistré le 12/02/2019 à Aula Magna Università La Sapienza à Rome

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonate No. 27 en mi mineur pour piano, op. 90
- Sonate No. 30 en Mi Majeur pour piano, op. 109
(Played attaca, which the presenter did not understand )

Ferruccio Busoni - Sonatina No. 2 ('Seconda')

Franz Liszt - Pensée des morts, des 'Harmonies poétiques et réligeuses, S. 173
- Après une lecture du Dante, fantasia quasi una sonata

Johann Sebastian Bach / Busoni - Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (bis)
- Prelude de la Partita No. 1 en Si bémol Majeur, BWV 825 (bis)
Frédéric Chopin - Etude No. 15 en Ré bémol Majeur 'La Goutte d'eau', des 24 Preludes, op. 28 (bis)

https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_concert-de-l-apres-midi?id=2578914

Bio: https://crosseyedpianist.com/2018/06/21/meet-the-artist-ivan-krpan-pianist/

[Bozo]

Takacs Quartet plays Bartok SQ # 2 Nov.15,2019,at Muziekgebouw Frits Philips :

https://www.nporadio4.nl/concerten/9377-takacs-kwartet-speelt-bartok-beethoven-haydn-en-mendelssohn

Also on programme, Haydn SQ Op.33,No.3,”The Bird “ , and Mendelssohn SQ No.2,Op.13.I heard only the Bartok.

[Bozo]

Extraordinary readings by pianist Inon Barnatan, especially since live, of the Ravel and Mussorgsky,the Ravel starting at about 29:00 in.The Debussy, Ades,and Ravel also on one the pianist’s cd’s ( I dont have ).Hope he records “ Pictures” someday.

Enregistré le 26/06/2018 au Toppan Hall, Tokyo

Claude Debussy - Suite bergamasque, L. 75

Thomas Adès - Darkness Visible

Maurice Ravel - Gaspard de la Nuit

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Les Tableaux d'une exposition

Felix Mendelssohn - Rondo Capriccioso, op. 14 (bis)

Inon Barnatan, piano

[Bozo]

I only heard the Enescu "Concert Piece" and " Impressions" ( about 24:20 in ) and the 2 encores ; amazing Enescu "Impressions".From BBCR3:

"Sarah Walker ends a week of highlights from the Salzburg Festival 2019 with Tabea Zimmermann performing Enescu's Concert Piece for Viola and Piano, Christian Gerhaher singing songs by Brahms, and Patricia Kopatchinskaja performing Enescu's nostalgic Impressions d'enfance."

Enescu
Concert Piece for Viola and Piano
Tabea Zimmermann, viola
Thomas Hoppe, piano


Brahms
6 Songs
Sehnsucht, op.14/8; Vor dem Fenster op.14/1; Vom verwundeten Knaben op.14/2; Der Gang zum Liebchen op.48/1; Der Überläufer op.48/2; Vergangen ist mir Glück und Heil op.48/6
Christian Gerhaher, baritone
Gerold Huber, piano

Enescu
Impressions d'enfance, op. 28
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin
Polina Leschenko, piano

Encores:
György Ligeti
Hora lungǎ, from 'Viola Sonata'

Kancheli
Rag Gidon Time

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000ccld

[Bozo]

Moriz Rosenthal, 1929 radio broadcast of Liszt 2nd Rhapsody :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpzs0U8IjJg

Enobles the work,especially the first 5-6 minutes. The “Lion” roars thereafter. He recorded (apparently subsequently ?) that same year for the Edison Record Co., now on the APR cd set and the Pearl cd.

[Bozo]

Nikolai Demidenko plays the Prokofieff PC # 2 with RTVE Symphony Madrid under Pablo Gonzalez in October,2019, here :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ck14

I have several of the pianist’s cd’s, which I admire greatly, thus was anxious to hear this performance, perhaps my first live hearing of him. To my ear , a lyrical,somber , contemplative, smaller-scaled and unhurried reading throughout,especially in the first 3 movs here, in contrast to darker, more ominous,frenetic, take no prisoners readings I often hear. Interesting approach , but I was not convinced fully captured the work here. Recommended hearing ,though.

Rest of broadcast I did not hear :


Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.16

Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.47
Nikolai Demidenko, piano
RTVE Symphony Orchestra, Madrid
Pablo González, conductor

Christian Lindberg: Un sueño morisco (Concerto for trumpet and trombone)
Nielsen: Symphony No.5, Op.50
Pacho Flores, trumpet
Ximo Vicedo, trombone
RTVE Symphony Orchestra, Madrid
Christian Lindberg, conductor

[ClassicalRarities]

April 22, 1967: Salle Pleyel, Paris, France (Prestige de la Musique -TV Broadcast)

Unavailable commercially.
Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11
- Georges Cziffra Jr / Orchestre National de l'ORTF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0MymluzJOM

VIDEO

[Bozo]

Very fine recital from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland recently, a young Norwegian pianist I follow, having his cd of the Mozart PC’s 21,22 . If you have not heard the Nielsen work, recommended ; I enjoy it more than the Grieg Ballade. Andsnes recorded the Nielsen on his debut solo cd .

Grieg – Lyric Pieces op 71 (No.s 1 – 7)

Nielsen – Chaconne Op 32
Grieg – Ballade Op 24

Christian Ihle Hadland, piano

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cnqb

[Bozo]

23 year old Anton Webern’s Quintet for Piano and String Quartet,M.118, on Dec.26 episode of APM Performance Today.A brief , but intense ( ! ) work I’ll want to re-hear.

[Bozo]

>On Thursday, December 26, 2019 at 8:03:28 PM UTC-6, Bozo wrote:
> 23 year old Anton Webern’s Quintet for Piano and String Quartet,M.118, on Dec.26 episode of APM >Performance Today.A brief , but intense ( ! ) work I’ll want to re-hear.

A 1986 DGG recording of the Webern by LaSalle Quartet,Stefin Letwin :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvFd6s7Jf1o

Actually,title is apparently "Quintet for Piano and Strings " , written 1907.

[Bozo]

Re-visited Severin von Eckardstein's live Alkan Piano Sonata " Les Quatre Ages" , 2001 recital in Siegen,Germany. Stunning.Not to be missed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TqWqdM1rWw&t=8s

[Bozo]

Last night heard a Deutsche Welle re-broadcast of Kirill Petrenko's March (?),2019 debut with the Berlin Philharmonic in Berlin,Beethoven 9. Not sure I agreed with all his tempo choices, but a stunner.Would suggest it may be worth the price of admission at the BPO's Digital Concert Hall. There is a brief, 3-minute clip from last mov. on YT, but not very instructive. The DW review :

https://www.dw.com/en/berlin-in-petrenko-fever-his-inaugural-concert-with-the-berlin-philharmonic/a-50153214

[Bozo]

>On Thursday, January 2, 2020 at 8:08:47 AM UTC-6, Bozo wrote:
> Last night heard a Deutsche Welle re-broadcast of Kirill Petrenko's March (?),2019 debut with the Berlin >Philharmonic in Berlin,Beethoven 9. Not sure I agreed with all his tempo choices, but a stunner.Would >suggest it may be worth the price of admission at the BPO's Digital Concert Hall. There is a brief, 3-minute >clip from last mov. on YT, but not very instructive. The DW review :

> > https://www.dw.com/en/berlin-in-petrenko-fever-his-inaugural-concert-with-the-berlin->philharmonic/a50153214

Correction August,2019, and not his debut with the BPO ,but " inaugural" concert. Apparently,can hear it on BBC Radio 3 Jan. 6 : https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cz33

[Bozo]

A pianist new to me.Here a warm-hearted , nostalgic vs. dramatic , distinctive view of the Ballades that works for me most, but not all, of the time ( I dont connect with the PIT although I think well-played ), the Chopin starting at about 47:00 in . I did not hear the Schuberts.

Enregistré le 12/11/2019 àu Queen's Hall, The Royal Library, Copenhagen

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Les Saisons, op. 37b

Fryderyk Chopin - 4 Ballades : Ballade No. 1 en sol mineur, op. 23,
Ballade No. 2 en Fa Makeur, op. 38
Ballade No. 3 en La bémol Majeur, op. 47
Ballade No. 4 en fa mineur, op. 52

Franz Schubert - Impromptu en Mi bémol Majeur, D. 899/2 (bis)
- Impromptu en Sol bémol Majeur, D. 899/3

Marianna Shirinyan, piano

Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianna_Shirinyan

https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_concert-du-soir?id=2583563

[Bozo]

Essential viewing of Nelson Freire live solo :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M95k3bhIYM8
Villa-Lobos, “Danca do Indio Branco “

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5j9gYb4aI8
Villa-Lobos, “Alma Brasileira “

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV-AM_00_rs
Nelson Freire em Brasília
Concerto realizado pelo Instituto Piano Brasileiro no Auditório FHE
17.01.2019

Mozart - Sonata No.11 (K.331) (Nelson Freire, piano)
Chopin - Mazurca Op.17 No.4 em lá menor
Chopin - Mazurca Op.33 No.4 em si menor
Chopin - Barcarola Op.60
Rachmaninoff - Prelúdio Op.32 No.10 em si menor
Rachmaninoff - Prelúdio Op.32 No.12 em sol# menor
Villa-Lobos - A lenda do caboclo
Albéniz e Déodat de Séverac - Navarra
BIS. Albéniz-Godowsky - Tango
BIS. Grieg - Dia de casamento em Troldhaugen

( I did not hear the Mozart,or encores )

[Bozo]

For Herreweghe fans.I heard all, admire but still dont connect much with # 41.

Enregistré le 31/10/2019 au PBA Bruxelles

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : - Symphonie n° 39 en mi bémol majeur , KV 543
- Symphonie n° 40 en sol mineur, KV 550
- Symphonie n° 41 en do majeur, KV 551, "Jupiter"

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Philippe Herreweghe

https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_concert-du-soir?id=2587994

My favs are Nos. 25,29,34,35,36,38,39,40 ; my top three probably 36,38,40 ; my top one 40.

[Bozo]

For Eric le Sage fans, 2 not oft heard live works ( at least in my experience ), Mozart PC # 16, K.451, and Faure’s Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra, Op.111, Jan.13,2020 at the Concertgebouw,Amsterdam, with Netherlands Chamber Orchestra under Gordon Nikolic ( also Faure’s “Pelleas “ Suite and Mozart’s Symphony 31 ) , light-hearted piano works :

https://www.nporadio4.nl/concerten/9410-suite-voor-orkest-op-80-pelleas-et-melisande-compleet

Encore after the Faure was Andante mov. from Mozart’s Violin Sonata,K.296, with the Concertmaster (?).

[Bozo]

2018 Leed's 2nd,3rd prize winners.Very good Schubert playing by both, especially Haering’s account of Schubert’s D.784 (Wang somewhat disadvantaged in comparison by D.850’s “heavenly” length), and wonderful Bartok Folksongs, Barbaro,thus this post. I did not hear the Bartok Sonata.Recorded live December, 2018.

From BBC: “As part of their prizes, the 2018 Leeds Piano Competition winners were offered the opportunity to play at London’s Wigmore Hall. Tonight, Mario Häring, second prizewinner, plays Debussy, Lachenmann and Schubert, and Xinyuan Wang, third prizewinner, plays Schubert and Bartók . The programme of the German pianist Mario Häring includes the set of variations on Schubert’s German Dance D643 (1819) which was the experimentalist Helmut Lachenmann’s first published piece (1956).Still in his early twenties, the Chinese pianist Xinyuan Wang brings together two composers, Schubert in expansive mode in his 1825 sonata and Bartók at his most percussive in his example from 1926. “

Debussy: Estampes (complete) , Rêverie
Lachenmann: 5 Variations on a Theme of Schubert
Schubert: Piano Sonata in A minor D784
Debussy: Suite bergamasque - Clair de lune

Mario Häring piano

Schubert: Piano Sonata in D major D850
Bartók: 3 Hungarian Folksongs from Csík BB45b
Allegro Barbaro BB63
Piano Sonata BB88

Xinyuan Wang, piano

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000d7zs

[gggg...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 1:40:12 PM UTC-8, Bozo wrote:
> Pianist Steven Osborne plays Messiaen’s complete “ Vingt Regards sur l’infant Jesus “ live today, Wednesday, Nov.6, without Pause. I have not heard yet, may not, but again assume will be of interest to many here , thus this post :
>
> https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_three
>
> My recording is Roger Muraro on Phillips cd.Osborne has apparently not recorded yet, although would not be surprised if this recital was recorded for later release.

Heifetz live recordings (upcoming radio program):

https://www.wfmt.com/#/2020/02/16/unknown-heifetz-live-recordings/

[Bozo]

For Ehnes fans, and as one of my fav violin concertos, plus 2 nice encores, thus this post, the Walton about 23:20 into the broadcast:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dk17

Rec. April 13 2019 in the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Bax November Woods
Walton Violin Concerto
James Ehnes, violin

Encores: Ysaye's 3rd Sonata for solo violin ("Ballad") and Largo from Bach's 3rd Sonata for solo violin.

Vaughan Williams Symphony No 4
BBC Philharmonic
John Wilson, conductor

Dvořák The Wood Dove
BBC Philharmonic
Jac van Steen, conductor

[Bozo]

An attractive cello, piano recital Dec.19, 2019 in the Concertzaal ( I assume in the Concertgebouw,Amsterdam ? ), by young cellist Victor Julien-Laferriere and pianist Guillaume Bellom. I heard the Debussy,Britten,Janacek, the Debussy and Britten among my fav works, the Janacek a first hearing for me.More about the artists is at the link:

https://www.nporadio4.nl/concerten/9418-kamermuziek-souvenir-julien-laferriere-bellom

Martinu,Bohuslav
Variaties op een thema van Rossini"

Debussy, Claude
Sonate voor cello en piano

Britten, Benjamin
Sonate voor cello en piano, op.65

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix
Sonate voor cello en piano nr.2, op.58

Janacek, Leos
Sprookje, 1923, "Pohádka"

[Bozo]

One of my fav violin sonatas with 2 distinguished artists, and an absolutely wonderful new work worth my immediate repeat hearing , all live today Jan.27 From Wigmore Hall,London:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dqfh

Dani Howard: Dualism (world premiere)
(commissioned by BBC Radio 3)
Elgar: Violin Sonata in E minor
Rózsa: Variations on a Hungarian Peasant Song

Jennifer Pike (violin)
Martin Roscoe (piano)

And to celebrate Mozart’s 264th birthday today , one of my fav Mozart PC’s :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dqfm

Paul Lewis with Swedish Radio Symphony,Andrew Manze, in May, 2019, playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto 27,K.595,live .

[Bozo]

Simon Trpceski plays the Brahms 2nd PC with Oslo Phil and Vasily Petrenko recently :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000ds45

Had not heard the pianist nor Petrenko in this work.At least the pianist seems to feel the work needs a bit less "seriousness" , more drama, even an occasional touch of almost Lisztian display in the first mov. Not my cup of tea, but may be yours, and in any event a different approach.Remaining movs.went much better, quite well in fact, to my ear.Worth hearing on balance.

Sibelius 5th Symphony also on the broadcast.

[Frank Lekens]

Op 29-1-2020 om 18:27 schreef Bozo:

Live now, available on demand later: Grosvenor in Schumann, Janacek,
Prokofiev & Liszt.
Worthwhile, from what I'm hearing of the Schumann so far!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ds4h

--
Frank Lekens

http://fmlekens.home.xs4all.nl/
https://franklekens.blogspot.nl/

[Bozo]

>On Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 2:09:16 PM UTC-6, Frank Lekens wrote:
> Live now, available on demand later: Grosvenor in Schumann, Janacek,
> Prokofiev & Liszt.
> Worthwhile, from what I'm hearing of the Schumann so far!

Indeed !

The Schumann Op.16 is not a work I connect with much.To my ear it does not reward much the effort of a pianist, works only if presented as a dark, arching vision reflecting some of the composer’s mental illness, rather than as a lighter, more episodic work.I of course recognize my probable lack of comprehension here, and certainly defer to the expertise and different view obviously held by Grosvenor. The Janacek was sensitively played, can stand with my Firkusny recording and all others I’ve heard. The highlight of the recital for me was the Prokofieff, Grosvenor’s performance adding measures of color and expressive nuance to even the efforts in my collection of live 1961 Carnegie recording by Rubinstein, an early Kissin selection on Melodiya , and a couple from 1962-63 of Richter. The Liszt was, however, a stunning live achievement , yet still wonderfully lyrical.

Benjamin Grosvenor,May,2019,Barbican,London:

Schumann: Blumenstück, Op.19 , Kreisleriana, Op.16
Leoš Janáček : Piano Sonata 1.X.1905
Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op.22 (selection)
Liszt: Réminiscences de Norma de Bellini

Encores: Grieg Lyric Piece, “Erotik” ; Ginastera Argentinian Dance No. 3, “Dance of the Arrogant Cowboy”.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ds4h

[Bozo]

I heard only through and including the Dorman work (!!) , all first 3 very worth hearing,IMHO,my first hearings.Wonderful pianist, too.

Enregistré le 24/06/2018 au Kioi Hall, Tokyo

Frits Kreisler : Prélude et Allegro dans le Style de Pugnani

Scott Wheeler : Sonate No. 2 pour violon et piano ('The Singing Turk')

Avner Dorman : Sonate No. 3 pour violon et piano ('Nigunim')

Johann Sebastian Bach : Partita No. 3 en Mi Majeur, BWV 1006

César Franck : Sonata en La Majeur pour violon et piano

Pablo de Sarasate : Extraits de 'Carmen Fantasy, op. 25' (bis)

Gil Shaham, violon - Akira Eguchi, piano

https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_concert-du-soir?id=2595267

[Bozo]

Mozart PC # 22 does not get much better than this ! :

Pianist Igor Levit, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra,Ivan Fischer,Mozart PC # 22,K.482, live Jan.16,2020,Munich:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ds63

Interesting encore, Alkan, from Op.31 Preludes , “The Song of the Mad Woman on the Shore”

[Bozo]

One of the better Rachmaninoff PC No.1’s I’ve heard , live or recorded, here Anna Fedorova with the St.Gallen Symphony Orchestra / Modestas Pitrenas , live at Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Feb. 2, 2020:

https://www.nporadio4.nl/concerten/9270-anna-fedorova-speelt-rachmaninovs-pianoconcert-nr-1

[Bozo]

Federico Colli , a pianist I follow , have his debut cd , 2012 Leeds Competition winner, plays romantic Bach live in London today, Feb.4, “Italian Concerto”, Partita No. 4 , the Chaconne. I enjoy his Bach playing, echoes of Tipo. Colli impressive here, not to be missed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000dzwk

[Bozo]

Maria Joao - Pires protege, pianist Julien Libeer live in Hilversum,Holland,Jan.19,2020. A pianist I follow.Good to hear a program like this from a youngster. The Respighis are gems.Interesting musical contrast between Libeer’s “French” Chaconne, Colli’s “Italian”Chaconne posted here earlier ( Libeer also not as technically secure ).

https://www.nporadio4.nl/concerten/9263-julien-libeer

Bela Bartok
Buiten, Sz.81, "Szabadban"

Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite voor klavecimbel BWV.816 in G gr.t., "Franse suite nr.5"

Ottorino Respighi
Preludes voor piano P.131 (3), "Sopra melodie gregoriane"

Johann Sebastian Bach, Ferruccio Busoni
Partita voor viool nr.2, BWV.1004 in d kl.t. - deel V, "Chaconne"

Pierre Sancan
La Boite a musique

[Bozo]

FYI, Netherlands Radio 4 is featuring a series of live recitals ( all I believe on the “Avondconcert “ series under Radio 4’s “Concerten” listing ) presenting all the Beethoven Violin Sonatas, one with known artists, rest with less well known. Starts with Ibragimova/Tiberghien in Nos.3,9 , the Jan.20 Avondconcert , thru Feb. 4 so far :

https://www.nporadio4.nl/concerten/9060-alina-ibragimova-en-cedric-tiberghien-spelen-beethoven ( Nos.3,9 )

https://www.nporadio4.nl/concerten/9265-nederlands-vioolconcours-alle-vioolsonates-van-beethoven-op-een-dag (5,7,8 )

https://www.nporadio4.nl/concerten/9264-beethoven-marathon-alle-vioolsonates ( 1,2,3,4 )

Perhaps No.6 in a recital Feb.5.

For some reason, I dont connect much with the “Kreutzer”, Nos. 5,7 the gems for me,although 3 is quite sprightly.

[Bozo]

From 2019 Enescu Festival in Bucharest , the Haydn,Enescu new works for me, and a chance to hear the “other Hamelin” as well as Ms.DiDonato. About 1 hour total. I’ve had mixed reactions to Guy’s playing in the past, but here fine.

Joseph Haydn
Arianna a Naxos - Cantata , Hob.XXVIb:2
Joyce DiDanato,David Soibel (piano)

George Enescu
Suite No. 1, Op.3 'Dans le Style Ancien', for piano
Charles Richard-Hamelin

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
'Deh vieni, non tardar' excerpt from 'The Marriage of Figaro', K492
Didanato, Soibel

Johannes Brahms
Four Piano Pieces, Op 119
Francois-Frederic Guy

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000f7cv

[Bozo]

Pianist Boris Giltburg and the Brussels Philharmonic under Thierry Fischer present the Beethoven piano concertos live from RTBF,Flagey starting Feb.13 with Nos. 2 and 1. Podcast here :

https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_concert-du-soir?id=2600844

I listen to these 2 primarily for their slow movs., but also imagining the impacts of the works and Beethoven’s playing at the time.Interesting how “brief” the slow movs. of 4,5 seem in comparison to the slow.movs.of Nos.1,2. Giltburg very fine here throughout both concertos.

Podcast of Nos.3,4 played Feb.14 will probably be posted Monday, Feb.15 ; I have not heard the performances , yet. No.5 will apparently be played Feb.15 , and I suspect posted Feb.16.

[Bozo]

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Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Bertrand Chamayou, piano

PROGRAM

STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements
RAVEL Piano Concerto (Left Hand) in D major
POULENC Les animaux modèles, Op.111
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[Bozo]

Listened today to a live Feb.9 performance at Cardiff by BBCNOW / Miguel-Prieto on BBC Radio 3 of Walton’s Sym.# 1. I have a much lauded Previn recording. The work made a very strong initial impression on my first hearing years ago , but not so much on later re-hearings including today.Maestro suggested also hearing Walton’s 2nd String Quartet, apparently written about same time as the Symphony,which Quartet ( my first hearing ) I enjoyed more than the Symphony. I have no recording yet, but heard this Chandos cd by the Doric Quartet :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIjAud_NZZ4 Recommended !

Then by chance on to Walton’s Piano Quartet (another first hearing for me ), live 2016 performance video here with one Notos Quartet : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDdDeuTaDsk

Amazing work !! Great performance ! Recommended !

I’m off to Presto Classical for downloads of these two.

( Assisted this wintry afternoon here by , and appropriate for English music, a nut - brown ale from Ankeny,Iowa’s Firetrucker Brewery, their “Avoca “ , 6.8 %, 29 IBU. “ 100lbs. of local black walnuts were crammed into one batch of beer.” )

[Bozo]

>On Monday, February 17, 2020 at 5:26:33 PM UTC-6, Bozo wrote:
> I’m off to Presto Classical for downloads of these two.

Turns out both Quartets are on a 1996 Meridian cd,English String Quartet,John McCabe,pianist,which I just ordered used from an Amazon re-seller.

[Raymond Hall]

On Tuesday, 18 February 2020 10:26:33 UTC+11, Bozo wrote:
> Listened today to a live Feb.9 performance at Cardiff by BBCNOW / Miguel-Prieto on >BBC Radio 3 of Walton’s Sym.# 1. I have a much lauded Previn recording. The work made >a very strong initial impression on my first hearing years ago , but not so much on >later re-hearings including today

There is available the Sargent recording with the New Philharmonia of the Walton 1st, that is well worth considering. Below is a YT link of the first movement. This was released at the same time as the Previn, and was sadly overlooked (Previn LSO could do no wrong at the time). But really the Sargent is weightier and more deliberately paced, and frankly imho better than the LSO Previn. I had it on LP and wore it out.

https://youtu.be/ZDEjY_84ROM

I have also heard that Haitink is worth checking out in this work, but presently very difficult to get hold of.

Ray Hall, Taree

[Bozo]

>On Monday, February 17, 2020 at 7:12:46 PM UTC-6, Raymond Hall wrote:
> But really the Sargent is weightier and more deliberately paced, and frankly imho better than the LSO >Previn. I had it on LP and wore it out.

Thanks!

[number_six]

On Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 12:33:17 PM UTC-8, Bozo wrote:
> Maria Joao - Pires protege, pianist Julien Libeer live in Hilversum,Holland,Jan.19,2020. A pianist I follow.Good to hear a program like this from a youngster. The Respighis are gems.Interesting musical contrast between Libeer’s “French” Chaconne, Colli’s “Italian”Chaconne posted here earlier ( Libeer also not as technically secure ).
>

I listened to the Chaconne and to the quirky little encore. Yes, interesting contrast with Colli.

Was Libeer a little shaky around the 6:30 to 6:45 mark? Your ear is far better trained than mine. But I am forgiving, because I preferred his approach to the music over Colli's. When the playing is good enough, one's preference comes down to small stylistic differences, which in turn become magnified on the canvas of great art.

[Bozo]

>On Monday, February 17, 2020 at 10:25:47 PM UTC-6, number_six wrote:
> Was Libeer a little shaky around the 6:30 to 6:45 mark? Your ear is far better trained than mine.

Not sure there, but yes, at one place, thus my comment on technique.I'm sure your ear as good as mine ; after 41 years of marriage one's ear learns not to hear all sounds.

[number_six]

Two marks, as you like to say!

[Bozo]

Pianist Alexander Romanovsky, discussed here before, playing the Rach 2 at the Concertgebouw this past Saturday, interesting,a more introspective,smaller-scaled, more melancholy perhaps, reading than usual, although sound not very good for some reason, at least at my ISP :

https://www.nporadio4.nl/concerten/9284-alexander-romanovsky-in-rachmaninovs-tweede-pianoconcert