Recent listening

I'm still digitizing LPs that have sat unplayed for thirty years. I have enough that I'll be doing this for another month, ten hours per day. This past week, I've recorded these gems:

• Hans Werner Henze: Streichquartette 1-5.
• Paul Hindemith: The Four Temperaments; Nobilissima Visione; Kleine Kammermusic, Op. 24, No. 2; Trauermusik; Kammermusic No. 5 for Viola and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 36 No. 4; Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orhestra, “Der Schwanendreher;” "Als Flieder jüngst mir im Garten blüht;" String Quartet No. 3, Op. 22;
• Jacques Ibert: Trois pièces brêves.
• Leoš Janácek: Mládí; Zápisník zmizelého (Tagebuch eines Verschollenen) Cycle on 21 Poems by Kalda
• György Ligeti: Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet; Chamber Concerto for 13 instrumentalists; Ramifications for string orchestra or 12 solo strings; Aventures for 3 singers and 7 instrumentalists; Nouvelles Aventures for 3 singers and 7 instrumentalists.
• Alan Hovhaness: Talin, Concerto for Viola and Strings; October Mountain.
• Oedeon Partos: Yiskor (In Memoriam).
• Michel Legrand: “Brian’s Song” Themes & Variations.
• Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘66: Ye-Me-Le.
• Soundtrack for "Nashville."
• The Randolph Singers: Lament for April 15 and Other Modern Madrigals.
• Randy Newman: "Good Old Boys."
• Pepe Romero: guitar pieces by Tárrega, Villa-Lobos, Lauro, Albéniz, Sagreras, and Sor.
• Bernard  Herrmann: Soundtrack slections from "Journey to the Centre of the Earth," "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad,' "The Day the Earth Stood Still," and "Fahrenheit 451."
• Virgil Thomson: Sonata da Chiesa, Praises and Prayers, Sonata for Violin and Piano.
• John  Williams: guitar pieces by Bach, Dowland, Batchelor, Paganini, Giuliani, and Sor.
• George Antheil: Ballet Mécanique.
• Ronald LoPresti: Sketch for Percussion.
• Carlos Chavez: Toccata for Percussion Instruments.
• Arnold Schönberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21.
• Charles Ives: Songs; "Three Places in New England;"  Symphony No. 2; Symphony No. 3 “The Camp Meeting;” Symphony No. 4; Piano Sonata No. 1; "The Fourth of July;" Nine Chamber Works; Three-page Sonata for piano.
• Walter Piston: Concertino for piano and chamber orchestra.
• John Alden Carpenter: Concertino for piano and orchestra.
• Kelsey Jones: Songs of Experience; Suite for Flute and Strings.
• Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. 
• Ernst Krenek: Horizon Circled, Op. 196; From Three Make Seven, Op. 171; Von vorn herein, Op. 219; Four Pieces for Oboe and Piano, Op. 193.
• Zoltan Kodaly: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 2.
• Charles Wuorinen: Composition for Oboe and Piano.
• Lawrence Moss:  Unseen Leaves.
• Meyer Kupferman: Concerto for Cello, Tape, and Orchestra.
• Lou Harrison: Koncherto Por La Violino Kun Perkuta Orkestro.
• Vinko Globokar: Discours II für 5 Posaunen.
• Luca Lombardi: Proporzioni für 4 Posaunen.
• Mauricio Kagel: Atem für einen Bläser.
• Wolfgang König: KomSol für 5 Posaunen.
• Gustav Mahler: "Das Lied von der Erde;" "Das klagende Lied."
• Beethoven:  15 Piano Sonatas, 5 Concertos for piano, the Violin Concerto.

What's stuck with me through the hours I'm not playing LPs have been the pieces for oboe by Lawrence Moss and Krenek, portions of the Krenek chamber works (very mixed together), huge chunks of the Charles Ives symphonic works, and some of the Lombardi trombone piece. Of course, the Beethoven piano music wafts in and out, but I'm not sure that's merely from recording the LPs.

Next up: a dozen recordings of Mahler works!