What Have You Been Listening To Lately? - #3

[Mambo]

Originally Posted by Green Knight

On Spotify:

Dmitri Shostakovich--Symphony No.8 in C Minor, Op.65 {"Stalingrad"}, performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under the stick of Mariss Jansons.
Dmitri Shostakovich--SQ # 2 in A Major, Op.60, SQ # 8 in C Minor, Op.110 and SQ #13 in B-Flat Minor, Op.138, all featuring the Rubio Quartet.

hey Steve - just a little curious - i have never heard Shostakovich's
Eighth Symphony subtitled 'Stalingrad'
often the Seventh is called 'Leningrad' because he wrote it there
during the siege of Leningrad (1941-42)
as far as i know, Shostakovich wrote the Eighth in a dacha (like a small country house retreat), outside Moscow, in 1943, where composers were sent

The Eighth is probably more cerebral and serious in tone than the Seventh; but not inferring the Seventh is inferior in quality.

by the way, i enjoy the string quartets too

[Roehre]

Today:

Stojowski:
Symphonic Rhapsody for piano and orchestra op.23 (1901)
Symphony no.1 in d minor op.21 (1898)

Paderewski:
Nocturne in B flat major Op.16/4 (1887)

Delius:
Over the Hills and Far away

Moeran:
Symphony no.2 (compl.Yates) (R3)

[Green Knight]

@ Mambo, Re: The Shostakovich 8th, I had seen the Stalingrad in brackets on a couple of listings for this work, but I don't remember where; it is also quite possible I have been mistaken in using this to denote this symphony. I will try to do some further research on it, but in the meantime I shall only refer to it as the 8th Symphony. I agree with your observations as applies to both works. They are very powerful and moving musical statements, as are his SQS, especially Nos.8 and 13.

[Green Knight]

Dmitri Shostakovich--Symphony No.10 in E Minor, Op.93, featuring the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra led by Vasily Petrenko.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky--Symphony No.3 in D Major, Op.29 {"Polish"}, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Igor Markevitch.

[Roehre]

Today:

Rachmaninov:
Piano concerto no.2 in c op.18 (1902)
Symphonic Dances op.45 (1940)
The latest BBC MM CD. Respectable performances, enjoyable.

[micrologus]

"Preces Speciales pro Salubri Generali Concilii Successu ac Conclusione"

[haydnguy]

Originally Posted by Roehre

Today:

Rachmaninov:
Piano concerto no.2 in c op.18 (1902)
Symphonic Dances op.45 (1940)
The latest BBC MM CD. Respectable performances, enjoyable.

I know that piano concerto is one of Despina's favorites.

Nice to see you Roehre.

[Green Knight]

On Spotify:

Dmitri Shostakovich--SQ # 4 in D major, Op.83, SQ # 6 in G Major, Op.101 and SQ # 10 in A-Flat Major, Op.118, all featuring the Rubio Quartet.
Ralph Vaughan Williams--Symphony No.2 {"A London Symphony"} and The Wasps, both performed by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under the wand of Kees Bakels.

[Green Knight]

Pyotr Tchaikovsky--Symphony No.1 in G Minor, Op.13 {"Winter Reveries"} and Symphony No.2 in C Minor, Op.17 {"Little Russian"}, both featuring the London Symphony Orchestra led by Igor Markevitch.
Jean Sibelius--Symphony No.5 in E-Flat Major, Op.82, Symphony No.6 in D Minor, Op.104 and Symphony No.7 in C Major, Op.105. All three works are performed by the Vienna Philharmonic under the stick of Lorin Maazel.

[micrologus]

Originally Posted by haydnguy

I know that piano concerto is one of Despina's favorites.

And one of mine!