What are you listening to now?

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Vivaldi: Catone in Utica, Act 2 [Curtis]....

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Find this set still spell binding:



Q

100% agreed on that. One of the best purchases that I have ever made 

[Spineur]

After reading a glowing review on opera-forum, I decided to go for some more Tchaikovsky



Ever since I watched the film Les Choristes, I have been avoiding recordings with children choruses.  But this is very good.  First, the best kind of Tchaikovsky, far from the technicolor music over-exploited by Disney.  All Tchaikovsky songs are so melodic alternating the romantic and the lively rythmic pieces.

I still prefer the Vishneskaya recordings with songs from his Op 28, 38, 47 and 78.  This is a very nice addition nevertheless.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Janitizo. I can just smell the piña coladas and feel the heat from the sunlit Mexican beach.

[Sergeant Rock]

Nielsen Saga-drøm and Helios Overture, Rozhdestvensky conducting the Danish National RSO



Sarge

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Holst: A fugal Concerto [Hickox]





A short, charming and engaging work.

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CPE Bach: Phyllis und Thirsis....





This is a cantata for soprano, tenor, 2 flutes & b.c. It is a short but wonderfully elegant and engaging work that is well crafted and performed.

[Karl Henning]

Saint-Saëns
Le Rouet d'Omphale, Op.31
Philharmonia
Dutoit

[Karl Henning]

Saint-Saëns
Africa—fantaisie in g minor, Op.89
Collard
Royal Phil
Previn

[Mister Sharpe]

Conductors run the risk of forcing Scriabin, of exaggerating his (already sufficiently dramatic and evocative) scores.  Not so Neeme Järvi, whose Scriabin is - for me - baby bear just right. 

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[SymphonicAddict]

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2017/04/schmidt-franz-1874-1939-string-quartets.html?spref=tw

I will say that this recording is an absolute must for lovers of the SQ literature. Unmissable, indispensable.
Top recommendation.

If these quartets were written by Schmidt, I will have to listen to them! Thanks for the recommendation

[Karl Henning]

Saint-Saëns
Phaéton, Op.39
Philharmonia
Dutoit

[Todd]

From the Ozawa box.  The First is slow, heavy, and kludgy at times, and it uses some hard right-left stereophonic tricks of the era (eg, an active left channel only with a silent right channel in the opening of the second movement).  The Third is comparatively better, but better versions of both works are out there for the listening.

[Karl Henning]

Альфред Гарриевич [ Alfred Harriyevich (Schnittke) ]
Concerto (№ 2) for piano & strings (1979)
Ewa Kupiec, pf
Berlin Radio Symphony
Strobel

[ritter]

Some assorted a capella choral works form this indigenous CD:


Rodolfo Halffter: Tres epitafios
Claude Debussy: Trois chansons de Charles d'Orléans
Goffredo Petrassi: Nonsense

...followed by another domestic release:


Roberto Gerhard's very early (1918) Trio and Ernesto Halffter's Hommages - Petite suite pour trio from 1922, when the composer was 17 years old)

[Dee Sharp]

Franck: Symphony. Martinon/Orchestre National De L'ORTF. As one might expect, Martinon conducts an outstanding performance. Recommended.

[Florestan]

Goffredo Petrassi: Nonsense

Such a lovely title, almost makes me want to listen to it

[ritter]

Such a lovely title, almost makes me want to listen to it

Good evening, Andrei! Great fun, Petrassi's Nonsense (on texts by Edward Lear, translated into Italian). Do listen to it!

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Langgaard: Symphony No. 6 [Dausgaard]....





This work is obviously an exercise in the Theme and Variations form but once again one is almost overwhelmed by the lyricism and the orchestration. There is some wonderful tension filled and foreboding writing in this intriguing work.

[Florestan]

Good evening, Andrei! Great fun, Petrassi's Nonsense (on texts by Edward Lear, translated into Italian). Do listen to it!

Buenas noches, Rafael! I'll try to get my hands on it without any damage to my wallet, if you know what I mean! Y si no, no!