What are you listening to now?

[North Star]

First-listen Thursday

Rautavaara
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1968)
Marko Ylönen (vc)
Helsinki Philharmonic
Max Pommer

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 (1969)
Ralf Gothóni (pf)
Leipzig RSO
Max Pommer

Concerto for Birds and Orchestra "Cantus Arcticus" (1972)
Helsinki Philharmonic
Leif Segerstam
[asin]B002ED6VTA[/asin]

[SurprisedByBeauty]

#morninglistening to ♡ #Janacek #SQ4ts on @GramolaKlassik:

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w/the #AciesQuartet

Prime @surprisedbeauty music

[Traverso]

Debussy

Sonata for violin & piano
Sonata for flute,viola & harp
Syrinx
Sonata for cello & piano
Les Chansons de Bilitis

[Moonfish]

Rosso - Italian Baroque Arias
Patricia Petibon
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon

[Mahlerian]

Takemitsu: Requiem for strings; November Steps for orchestra with shakuhachi and biwa; Far Calls Coming, Far! for violin and orchestra; Visions for orchestra
Kinshi Tsuruta, Katsuya Yokoyama, Yuzuko Horigome, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, cond. Wakasugi
[asin]B000I8OFYG[/asin]

[André]

Symphonies 1 and 2. First acquaintance with no 1, a 3 movement work from a very young Enescu. I know no 2 from other versions. It's also in 3 movements, as is no 3 for that matter (french influence?). The second symphony is a grand, grand affair, with a gaudy finale that throws restraint to the wind. It should be performed by professional orchestras around the world, a good replacement for many a tired warhorse. Foster is an excellent advocate. Having romanian blood course through his veins certainly helps transform enthusiasm into true inspiration.

[Moonfish]

Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Wolfgang Schneiderhan
Berliner Philharmoniker
Eugen Jochum

[Moonfish]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 6
Sinfonie-orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Eugen Jochum

Stellar! Beyond words! This last hour brings back some great memories from our listening comparison of Bruckner's 6th back in 2015. I think I must have imprinted on this symphony.....  0:) 0:) 0:) 0:) 0:)
Love it!!!! *deep sigh of satisfaction*

[SimonNZ]

Toshirō Mayuzumi: Pieces for Prepared Piano and Strings - Benjamin Owen, prepared piano, Robert Whitney, cond.

[André]

The Barber, Berg and Hartmann concertos. The last two make a great pair, natural discmates so to speak. And yet I think this is the only such coupling. Everything here is superbly interpreted, rising to a higher level of inspiration than in the Stravinsky and Britten works that occupy the other disc - good as they are: Shaham makes them sound almost like 'easy' music. Altogether this is a superb pair of cds.

[Undersea]

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[asin]B004TWOXGC[/asin]

Prokofiev: Piano Sonata #6 in A, Op. 82

Matti Raekallio

[Moonfish]

Hmm, where is Mirror Image...?   

[Moonfish]

Rachmaninoff:
Prelude, Op 3. No. 2
10 Preludes, Op. 23
13 Preludes. Op. 32

Moura Lympany

I'm getting a bit addicted to this particular recording...   

[asin] B073W7MGL6[/asin]

[André]

This was my introduction to the music of Monteverdi, sometime in the mid-seventies.

Recorded 60 years ago, this was taped in London's famed Walthamstow Town Hall by the crack sound engineer Marc Aubort. IOW it has not aged one day sonically. The Deller Consort assembled crack singers such as Deller himself, April Cantelo, Gerald English. They are accompanied by The Baroque Ensemble, a small group of early baroque specialists like Neville Marriner (vioilin), Desmond Dupré (gamba) and Denis Vaughan (harpsichord).

I thought memories would have painted a rosy view of the musicianship on display here. Well, I was in for a surprise: like the sound, the music making is as fresh as a daisy. The vocal blend, the individual voices, the verbal pointing, the instrumental accompaniments, the scale of the ensemble are perfect. Mentre vaga Angioletta is pure delight, tenor and baritone abetting each other like a perfectly oiled machine, yet each part sounding fresh and spontaneous. And so it goes with all the madrigals.

A disc for the ages.

[Moonfish]

Weiss: Lute Sonatas Nos. 32, 52 & 94               
Robert Barto

[Moonfish]

J.S.Bach: Violin Concertos
Hilary Hahn
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane

[asin] B000099156[/asin]

[vandermolen]

Symphonies 1 and 2. First acquaintance with no 1, a 3 movement work from a very young Enescu. I know no 2 from other versions. It's also in 3 movements, as is no 3 for that matter (french influence?). The second symphony is a grand, grand affair, with a gaudy finale that throws restraint to the wind. It should be performed by professional orchestras around the world, a good replacement for many a tired warhorse. Foster is an excellent advocate. Having romanian blood course through his veins certainly helps transform enthusiasm into true inspiration.

Love the Brancusi cover image.

[vandermolen]

Takemitsu: Requiem for strings; November Steps for orchestra with shakuhachi and biwa; Far Calls Coming, Far! for violin and orchestra; Visions for orchestra
Kinshi Tsuruta, Katsuya Yokoyama, Yuzuko Horigome, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, cond. Wakasugi
[asin]B000I8OFYG[/asin]

What's it like? I have this CD but never listened to it! Must rectify that.

[Que]

Morning listening:

[asin]B000CGYOCW[/asin]
Q

[Que]

Weiss: Lute Sonatas Nos. 32, 52 & 94               
Robert Barto

That series seems to have stalled... Did you collect all volumes issued so far? 

Q