What are you listening 2 now?

[Spotted Horses]

It's a fine discs. We regularly get Spitfires flying over our garden. I think that people pay £1000+ for a short ride (in a fast machine  ) down to the coast and back.

I'm not sure how that would work. The Spitfire was a single-seat aircraft. You pay £1000+ and you fly it yourself? Do you regular see them fly toward the coast and not come back?

[mahler10th]

The Karl Henning Ensemble
Live streamed from Kings Chapel, Boston

Quite a showcase of Karls music!  How fortunate we are to have such a thoughtful Composer in our midst.
Live Concert

[Harry]

Carl Nielsen (1865– 1931)

Concerto, Op.33, FS 61, (1911) for Violin and Orchestra, Dedicated to Emil Telmányi.
Symphony No. 4, Op.29, FS 76 'The Inextinguishable' (1914– 16)  ('Det Uudslukkelige').

James Ehnes violin.
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Edward Gardner.
Recording venue, Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway 2022.

This is by all means a spectacular performance of the Violin concerto, no doubt about it, and that goes pretty much for the Symphony. SOTA sound. Breathtaking, from the moment this performance starts your in, from head to toe. This is pretty hard to topple.

[vandermolen]

I'm not sure how that would work. The Spitfire was a single-seat aircraft. You pay £1000+ and you fly it yourself? Do you regular see them fly toward the coast and not come back?

Haha 
They've been converted into two-seater aircraft:

[Spotted Horses]

Haha 
They've been converted into two-seater aircraft:

That is grotesque! It would work better in one of the WWII era planes that is most interesting to me, the Douglas Dauntless.

[SonicMan46]

This morning I pulled out my 16 or so discs of:

Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931) - Clarinet Works w/ David Shifrin; Piano Solo w/ Martin Roscoe; and String Quartets w/ the Oslo SQ - looked at plenty of reviews (attached for the interested) - the piano performances have a lot of competition, so may go to Spotify plus any comments; the SQs are well reviewed and other offerings exist.  Next up the Symphonies - Dave

 

 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Listened to some of the live performances today from the Karl Henning ensemble.  Alas, there was a combo of a bit of a weird echo plus couldn't hear the performers' comments about the works very well. 

Liked that they opened up with the fuchsia work which I quite enjoy. 

PD

[Lisztianwagner]

Continuing with Henze's symphonies, the 1st for chamber orchestra was really compelling:

Hans Werner Henze
Symphony No.2

Marek Janowski & Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

[Linz]

Handel Dixit Dominus Marc Minkowski. Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre, Les Musiciens du Louvre

[prémont]

Haha 
They've been converted into two-seater aircraft:

Hard to tell because you can't see the relief of the wings. It could be a variant of the so-called Defiant.

[Linz]

Smetana Má vlast Karel Ancerl

[JBS]

Mozart Marathon

CDs 33-35
Piano Concertos 14-21
With the London Symphony Orchestra

K 449 in E Flat*
K 450 in B Flat*
K 451 in D*
K 435 in G**
K 456 in B Flat*
K 459 in F**
K 466 in d minor***
K 467 in C**

Conductors
*Colin Davis
**Witold Rowicki
***Alceo Galliera

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Smetana Má vlast Karel Ancerl

Cool!  I haven't heard that recording before!  What can you tell me about it?

PD

[Mandryka]

François Dufaut.
Pieces de Luth and Manuscrits.
Hopkinson Smith plays on a Pietro Railich Lute, Venise, 1644.
See back cover for more details.

Another pearl in the crown of Smith, a master Lute player of yore, and one of the best that graced our earth. Recording and performance are without blemish.

It is very beautiful music. I've been listening to Dufaut ever since I saw your post this morning - Sigrun Richter, not Hopkinson Smith, for no reason other than that she was at the top of the list when I searched for recordings.

[Henk]

[Symphonic Addict]

More interesting works by Braunfels. The Divertimento for radio orchestra and the Serenade for small orchestra are the highlights on this disc.

[VonStupp]

Fanfares
Onyx Brass
  and friends...

Listening to 58 tracks, you really get a microcosmic sense of stylistic differences between these composers. Some use pauses effectively, others go further afield harmonically, but I like when there is a lyrical aspect aside the typical regalities.

Elisabeth Lutyens, Imogen Holst, and to some extent Tippett, push the boundary of what a fanfare actually is in my mind.
VS

[foxandpeng]

ROSENBERG, Hilding (1892–1985)

Symphony No. 6 (1951) 'Sinfonia semplice'.
Symphony No. 3 (1939).

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago.
Recorded: (Symphony No. 6) 2005, (Symphony No. 3) at the Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden.

Yes. Very yes. Very much enjoy these.

[foxandpeng]

Continuing with Henze's symphonies, the 1st for chamber orchestra was really compelling:

Hans Werner Henze
Symphony No.2

Marek Janowski & Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

My own traversal of Henze's symphonies last year was a huge pleasure. Hope you enjoy as much as I did!