What are you listening to now?

[Mookalafalas]

WTC book one.

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Beethoven

Symphony No.9

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Vivaldi: Double concerto's  - I Musici

[Madiel]

Dabbling in Mendelssohn:

6 Songs, op.34 - cobbled together from a few albums as it's hard to find anyone doing all 6 songs. "On Wings of Song" is of course absurdly famous compared to anything else, but song no.6 "Reiselied" was a surprise hit for me and I also liked no.4 "Suleika".

6 Preludes and Fuges for piano, op.35 (Benjamin Frith, Naxos) - I say, this is rather good! Substantial and interesting pieces.

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[Karl Henning]

6 Preludes and Fuges for piano, op.35 (Benjamin Frith, Naxos) - I say, this is rather good! Substantial and interesting pieces.

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Aye, and I owe that to our Brian.

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Brahms

Just arrived and I couldn't be happier,everything is really in mint condition.

I start with the first CD   

String Sextets No.1 & 2  The Raphael Ensemble

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Various ensemble works by Chris Dench

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Sculthorpe
Music For Federation
Stenz
Melbourne SO

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Beethoven

Symphony No.9

This was the performance I grew up with. Heard it again maybe 10 years ago, and thought it held up very well. Certainly a starry crew of soloists!

--Bruce

[Baron Scarpia]

String Sextets No.1 & 2  The Raphael Ensemble

Fingers crossed.

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Hansons
Mosaics
Schwarz
Seattle Symphony

[Madiel]

Sibelius, Cassazione op.6.

Having stumbled across a huge database of information on Sibelius recordings, it appears that this is one of Sibelius' least recorded orchestral works. There are just 3 recordings of the final version, plus BIS has an extra recording of the original (larger) scoring.

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And having found 2 of the 3 "final version" recordings on my streaming service... I cannot for the life of me understand why it hasn't been included in Sibelius collections more often. Is it just because it doesn't really count as a tone poem? Is it because Sibelius, in of his exasperating fits of rearrangement, gave it a really low opus number despite the fact that it's from the same time as the Violin Concerto?

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Whatever the reason, it doesn't deserve its neglect. Meanwhile, the symphonies and a handful of other works get repeated over and over.

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This was the performance I grew up with. Heard it again maybe 10 years ago, and thought it held up very well. Certainly a starry crew of soloists!

--Bruce

I grew up with the Karajan 63 and it was only a few years ago that I purchased this set wich is hard to find for a reasonable price.It is strange that I was so enthousiast the last time I heard it,today I had some reservations,strange,I didn't change my ears.

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McPhee
Tabuh-Tabuhan
Russell Davies
American Composers Orchestra

[Traverso]

Fingers crossed.

No need,from the first bars on it is clear that it this is a winner.The natural way of playing and a  beautiful Hyperion recording.
The Brahms chamber music is certainly his best music and that includes  his songs as well.
I love the singing quality of his music and the inviting intimicy.

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Hartmann
Sinfonia Tragica
Jurowski
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

[Karl Henning]

Hartmann
Sinfonia Tragica
Jurowski
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

(* pounds the table *)

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^ A fine work this is, Karl.

Ives
Symphony No. 3, "The Camp Meeting"
Sinclair
Northern Sinfonia



This work could very well be considered Ives' 'pastoral' symphony. It's gorgeous, tuneful, but still has some of that Ivesian harmonic debauchery we all know and love (well, some of us do at least).

[Maestro267]

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 in A major
Royal Liverpool PO/Petrenko

Brian: Symphony No. 2 in E minor
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Brabbins

Two substantial symphonies that each quote from Wagner's Götterdämmerung in their finales.

[Baron Scarpia]

Joining the Melartin party, Symphony No 1.

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Immediately appealing, skillful use of the orchestra, not particularly adventurous in style (strikes me as in the Dvorak/Grieg mold) but satisfying. Will progress to the second symphony next.

Also, next on the virtual shelf among unknown 'M' composers, Madetoja.

(How can I listen to Toch when there is this?)