Topic: What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[mc ukrneal]

Afternoon, Harry, Sarge, and Neal!

First-listen Friday (these recordings for The Lark Ascending and Tallis Fantasia)
Another part of the recent order arrived today.

Vaughan Williams
Toward the Unknown Region, for chorus & orchestra
Partita for double string orchestra
Concerto grosso
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Romance in D flat for harmonica with strings and pianoforte
The Lark Ascending
Magnificat
Fantasia (quasi variazione) on the Old 104th Psalm Tune

Good afternoon! A nice mix of works you got there...

[North Star]

Good afternoon! A nice mix of works you got there...

Yes, a very enjoyable collection indeed. The Romance for harmonica, strings and piano is a cool little piece - I don't think I've ever before heard (of) harmonica in classical music.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

CD 1 from this set.

Organ works, volume I.
Le Banquet Celeste.
Diptyque.
Apparition de l'eternelle.
L'Ascension.

William Tanke, Organ.

[Mirror Image]

Thread duty:

Szymanowski - Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, antoni Wit

Got to love Szymanowski! Do you own the Rattle recordings as well? I like Wit's performances a lot as well.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Violin Sonata No. 2. All three sonatas from VL are beautiful. It's been quite some time since I've listened to this recording. Great stuff.

[SonicMan46]

Stimulated by some discussion in one of the Schubert threads:

 

[Todd]

[SonicMan46]

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Listening to Violin Sonata No. 2. All three sonatas from VL are beautiful. It's been quite some time since I've listened to this recording. Great stuff.

John - just checked by Villa-Lobos collection and do not have those particular works - CD not available on Amazon USA (at least yet?), but MDT 'across the pond' does, so will see 'what else' is there that piques my interest?  Dave

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John - just checked by Villa-Lobos collection and do not have those particular works - CD not available on Amazon USA (at least yet?), but MDT 'across the pond' does, so will see 'what else' is there that piques my interest?  Dave

Yes, Amazon does have listed (it's where I bought it actually). Here's the link:

You can buy it for $4 from the Amazon MP seller ImportCDs right now. A very good price indeed.

[SonicMan46]

Yes, Amazon does have listed (it's where I bought it actually). Here's the link:

You can buy it for $4 from the Amazon MP seller ImportCDs right now. A very good price indeed.

Thanks John - order just placed!  I've used ImportCDs a lot over the years - always excellent service & prices - Dave

[Mirror Image]

Thanks John - order just placed!  I've used ImportCDs a lot over the years - always excellent service & prices - Dave

Thumbs up, Dave! Hope you enjoy the music.

[jlaurson]

Earlier this:


D. Shostakovich
Symphony No.7
A.Nelsons / CBSO
Orfeo
German link - UK link

If that first movement doesn't make you smile, check your pulse.


Now this:


Gheorghi Arnaoudov, Georgi Minchev, Walter Steffens,
Arvo Pärt, Pawel Szymaski, Yannis Xenakis
Sonograms
A.Tosehva (piano), B.Bonitz (recorder)
Labor Records
German link - UK link

An album about "Mysticism, mathematics, musical watercolors, and virtuosity from Eastern Europe and Germany"

Very neat sounding, so far.

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

Again!

Bruckner
Symphony № 5 in B^b
Bavarian Radio Symphony
Haitink

[North Star]

Woo-hoo! Bruckner!

Again!

Bruckner
Symphony № 5 in B^b
Bavarian Radio Symphony
Haitink

Dude! How many Bruckner recordings do you have already?

First-listen Friday... (this recording - although I might have heard this from Spotify already)

Bruckner
Symphony No. 7
Wand & Kölner Rundfunks

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

Dude! How many Bruckner recordings do you have already?

The Wand RCA reissue box which you are enjoying; two symphonies led by Giulini (the Seventh & the Ninth).  And the Fifth & Sixth led by Haitink (had to return the Seventh, which was a defective CD). Oh, and I know I've got the Sixth led by Jesús López-Cobos somewhere . . . .

And more on the way, including the HvK box.

[Sadko]

Bach

Partitas 1 - 4

Tatiana Nikolaeva

Just finished 1 & 2, going on with 3 - 4.

[North Star]

The Wand RCA reissue box which you are enjoying; two symphonies led by Giulini (the Seventh & the Ninth).  And the Fifth & Sixth led by Haitink (had to return the Seventh, which was a defective CD). Oh, and I know I've got the Sixth led by Jesús López-Cobos somewhere . . . .

And more on the way, including the HvK box.

That's fast work!
I liked the Giulini performances a lot when listened to them from Spotify - but I'm not exactly experienced when it comes to Bruckner...

[jlaurson]

(had to return the Seventh [by Haitink], which was a defective CD).

Bummer! A replacement on the way, I hope?

Thread duty:



Still & again this:


Gheorghi Arnaoudov, Georgi Minchev, Walter Steffens,
Arvo Pärt, Pawel Szymaski, Yannis Xenakis
Sonograms
A.Tosehva (piano), B.Bonitz (recorder)
Labor Records
German link - UK link

An album about "Mysticism, mathematics, musical watercolors, and virtuosity from Eastern Europe and Germany"

Very neat sounding, so far... The Szymanski, on a piano tuned to perfect fifths, channels Bach... Steffens' 're-pictions' are always intriguing (music composed based on paintings)

[listener]

One does not usually associate the harpsichord  with tone poems, the idea seems quite remote from Richard Strauss et al.  But there are some: BYRD:The Battell and The Bells, BULL The King's Hunt and others are on this disc played by Sylvia Kind
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphoy no.6
London Philharmonic    Adrian Boult, cond.
and a real misc. set of short pieces played by Frank Glazer (BEETHOVEN, MOZART, LISZT, WAGNER, SCHUBERT etc.)

[Lisztianwagner]

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No.4