What are you listening to now?

[TheGSMoeller]

Now, No.6 from Segerstam and Company...

[asin]B000CQNVSU[/asin]

[Autumn Leaves]

Now playing:



Listening to various works from this box-set:

Visions De L'Amen
Des Canyons Aux Etoiles
Quatour Pour La Fin Du Temps

Find Messiaens music quite fascinating - I cant get into his more abstract compositions but theres plenty of his more accessible music in this box.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to this whole compilation. It's that good.

[TheGSMoeller]

Now:



Listening to this whole compilation. It's that good.

That is a good one, John.

[Mirror Image]

That is a good one, John.

It sure is. I wish some enterprising label would release some kind of Chavez anthology like this one. After all, Chavez was just as important to the Mexican classical scene as Revueltas was.

[Kontrapunctus]

Slower than most, but very passionate and dramatic.

[listener]

"Small Czech Musical Gems"  referring to the length of the pieces, not a physical aspect of the composers
including the Poeme from FIBICH At Twilight, that Humoreske by DVOŘÁK,
To Our Girls Polka and March of the Prague Students - SMETANA   ˇJANÁČEK, FOERSTER, SUK, NOVÁK  etc.,
Prague S.O.  Vácav Smetácek, cond.

[Daverz]

It sure is. I wish some enterprising label would release some kind of Chavez anthology like this one. After all, Chavez was just as important to the Mexican classical scene as Revueltas was.

It seems that even the adventurous labels would rather record every mediocrity who ever lived on the European continent or British Isles before touching anything from the Americas.

[SimonNZ]

Milhaud's The Dreams Of Jacob - Gareth Hulse, cond.

[Monsieur Croche]

Milhaud's The Dreams Of Jacob - Gareth Hulse, cond.

It seems Milhaud was genetically disposed to exude melodies, in polyphonic polytonal layers, but line, line, line all the time.

Thank you for this. I was completely unaware of it. Really nice.

[SimonNZ]

It seems Milhaud was genetically disposed to exude melodies, in polyphonic polytonal layers, but line, line, line all the time.

Thank you for this. I was completely unaware of it. Really nice.

I think this was the first time I'd heard it, and I too was pleasantly surprised. Latest upload (4 hours ago) to the always interesting and educational Wellesz channels:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJZSLgt6I9Y67TGWNr9DEjA/videos

[Harry]

Morning listening, the last CD in this box. No really happy about this one.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/08/vaet-jacobus-c1529-1567-magnificat.html?spref=tw

[The new erato]

Rota and Respighi quartets from this disc:

[asin]B0000265BV[/asin]

Undemanding stuff but I'm pretty happy so far. GBP 17 on amazon uk, 3 Euros on jpc.....
From the recently arrived bunch of jpc purchases.

Edit: The Malipiero 3rg is by far the most interesting quartet on this disc. A complete cycle would be nice it seems.

[North Star]

G'day, Odd.


Last night and today, listening from my jpc haul, too.

Feldman
Cello And Orchestra
Siegfried Palm (vc)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken
Hans Zender
[asin]B000001S2J[/asin]

Martinů
Cello Sonatas
Mattia Zappa & Massimiliano Mainolfi
[asin]B004IWQWP8[/asin]

Beethoven
Violin Sonatas nos. 1, 3 & 9
Cerovsek & Jumppanen
[asin]B000LPRHQE[/asin]

[Autumn Leaves]

Tonights listening:



La Nativite Du Seigneur

[The new erato]

G'day, Odd.


Last night and today, listening from my jpc haul, too.

Feldman
Cello And Orchestra
Siegfried Palm (vc)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken
Hans Zender
[asin]B000001S2J[/asin]

Martinů
Cello Sonatas
Mattia Zappa & Massimiliano Mainolfi
[asin]B004IWQWP8[/asin]

Beethoven
Violin Sonatas nos. 1, 3 & 9
Cerovsek & Jumppnan
[asin]B000LPRHQE[/asin]

Is Jumppnan a common Finnish name?

[Que]

Morning listening - just in:

[asin]B000VJN10G[/asin]
(This has three ASIN nrs at Amazon US, one of them is a reissue. I picked the cheapest, which is one of the ASINs of the original issue)

Q

[The new erato]

Morning listening - just in:

[asin]B000VJN10G[/asin]
(This has three ASIN nrs at Amazon US, one of them is a reissue. I picked the cheapest, which is one of the ASINs of the original issue)

Q

That is in the pile of recent jpc arrivals as well; think I'll put in on now! Edit: Sounding very impressive so far!

[aligreto]

Finishing this delightful CD with music by Telemann and Handel....

[Mandryka]

Nørgård's 2nd sonata, last night I noticed that the composer recommends that you turn up the volume so that's what I'm doing. I still find it one of the most challenging things I've heard, much of it sounds like bluster to me, pointless bluster. And unredeemed by much harmonic, melodic or formal things of interest. Maybe I'm missing something, if you know what please say.