What are you listening to now?

[Karl Henning]

Thread Duty:

Elgar
Symphony No. 1 in A^b, Op.55
Philharmonia
Sinopoli

[kyjo]

I'm enjoying the first movement of this symphony,now. I took off the Handley recording of his Second symphony the other day. The jaunty,St Trinian's high-jinks,particularly of the finale,got a bit much for me!  No 2 has never been a favourite!

I have quite a soft spot for Arnold's 2nd Symphony, actually. It's his "lightest" symphony overall, but the slow movement is darkly powerful, rising to a terrifying climax. The outer movements (particularly the finale) are more rendolent of the light-hearted world of the English and Scottish dances, and sport some great tunes! As for the 1st Symphony, it strikes me as a bit too derivative of Sibelius, but it's still a fine work. I particularly like that grandiose, Waltonian ending!

[Zeus]

Going back to 1509...

Frottole From The First Book of Franciscus Bossinensis
Roberta Invernizzi, Accademia Strumentale Italiana, Alberto Rasi
Stradivarius

[asin] B0000242AN[/asin]

[Mandryka]

Davidsson's second Bohm recording. Where he's at his best, I'd say, is when he  deconstructs the counterpoint, and gives each voice a strong independent rhythmic character. Then the music becomes like a light and intense dance of voices.

[Que]

Notice:

Luckily the internet connection at "my" Swedish lake... 



worked well enough to redirect the ensuing ongoing HIP debate to its proper thread:

The Historically Informed Performances (HIP) debate

Q

[Marc]

Notice:

Luckily the internet connection at "my" Swedish lake... 



worked well enough to redirect the ensuing HIP debate to its proper thread:

The Historically Informed Performances (HIP) debate

Q

Som i tidigare dagar, då Vikingar var ett hot mot det fria!

[Que]

Davidsson's second Bohm recording. Where he's at his best, I'd say, is when he  deconstructs the counterpoint, and gives each voice a strong independent rhythmic character. Then the music becomes like a light and intense dance of voices.

I've been eyeing that set - could be a winner....

When you're ready, I'd very much like to hear your overall assessment! 

Q

[Marc]

I've been eyeing that set - could be a winner....

When you're ready, I'd very much like to hear your overall assessment! 

Q

Yours truly would like to recommend it, too. IMO, Davidsson's less exuberant style suits Böhm better than Buxtehude (even though I enjoy his Buxtehude set, too, but it's not my favourite).

Topic duty ('by the way'): enjoying some Swedish baroque.

[Draško]

Very good Sinfonietta in excellent sound. Maybe Bamberg flutes aren't quite as intense as Ancerl's and horns don't quite yelp like Bakala's but other than minute details like that Nott doesn't really put a foot wrong.

Taras Bulba is also very decent if somewhat prosaic compared with the best ones.

[Maestro267]

Brian: Symphony No. 3 in C sharp minor
BBC SO/Friend

[Mandryka]

I've been eyeing that set - could be a winner....

When you're ready, I'd very much like to hear your overall assessment! 

Q

Have you seen this? You can hear quite a bit of the set on it for yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/v/7K3tHXF3tuk

[Que]

Going back to 1509...

Frottole From The First Book of Franciscus Bossinensis
Roberta Invernizzi, Accademia Strumentale Italiana, Alberto Rasi
Stradivarius

[asin] B0000242AN[/asin]

That recording has been on my wishlist too long since fellow Invernizzi fan  HIPster pointed it out to me!

Just ordered it dirt cheap, but used... fingers crossed... 

Q

[Que]

Yours truly would like to recommend it, too. IMO, Davidsson's less exuberant style suits Böhm better than Buxtehude (even though I enjoy his Buxtehude set, too, but it's not my favourite).

Have you seen this? You can hear quite a bit of the set on it for yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/v/7K3tHXF3tuk

Thank you both! 

Q

[prémont]

Som i tidigare dagar, då Vikingar var ett hot mot det fria!

Utmärkt. Jag var inte alls medveten om att du hade lärt dig svenska.

[prémont]

Have you seen this? You can hear quite a bit of the set on it for yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/v/7K3tHXF3tuk

I wonder, what Böhm's organ music and the four seasons have in common.

[Marc]

Utmärkt. Jag var inte alls medveten om att du hade lärt dig svenska.

Google Translate ("you don't say, Marc!").

When I was in Sweden about 25 years ago, I carried this small 'swedish for holidays' dictionary with me all the time, and I tried to ask questions and speak as 'Swedish' as I could.
And... it worked! It really did. The problem was though, that I did not understand a word of their Swedish answers to me.
So I had to say, with a red face: "Ursäkta, jag förstår inte svenska. Talar du engelska?"

And I performed this pigheaded shameful act each and every day. Silly me.

[Karl Henning]

When I was in Sweden about 25 years ago, I carried this small 'swedish for holidays' dictionary with me all the time, and I tried to ask questions and speak as 'Swedish' as I could.
And... it worked! It really did. The problem was though, that I did not understand a word of their Swedish answers to me.

I feel ya, entirely!

And:  Nothing shameful in trying to be a good guest!

[cilgwyn]

Elgar's swaggering,and very rousing,1923 recording of In the South. Yes,it's cut,but not so severely that it isn't very enjoyable (which it is). I'm listening to the Pearl set. The cd's are bronzed,but all still playable......so far!! The Viola solo is lovely. The sound is amazingly good,considering. So much so,I was joking that it had to be faked (which it isn't!). The image shown here is a bit 'chopped'!

[Marc]

I feel ya, entirely!

And: Nothing shameful in trying to be a good guest!

I feel ya!

What I did not mention though, was that I also wanted to impress my fellow traveller a bit with my 'knowledge' of Swedish... which of course became rather useless after a day or two.

[cilgwyn]

I have quite a soft spot for Arnold's 2nd Symphony, actually. It's his "lightest" symphony overall, but the slow movement is darkly powerful, rising to a terrifying climax. The outer movements (particularly the finale) are more rendolent of the light-hearted world of the English and Scottish dances, and sport some great tunes! As for the 1st Symphony, it strikes me as a bit too derivative of Sibelius, but it's still a fine work. I particularly like that grandiose, Waltonian ending!

Yes,the slow movement is every bit as good as you say it is. I have to admit,I'm not so keen on the remainder;but it's obviously full of colourful orchestration and great tunes. Just not my cup of tea! It's the sort of jauntiness that sometimes has me sympathising with Arnold's critics. But then I put on his 1st symphony and,incidentally,enjoyed everything I heard on that cd.