What are you listening to now?

[Harry]

Poulenc/Immerseel. CD 5 from this box.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2017/03/poulenc-francis-1899-1963-orchestral.html?spref=tw

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Listening to Begleitungsmusik zu einer Lichtspielszene, Op. 34. A truly fascinating work with a whole tapestry of textures.

[TheGSMoeller]

Poulenc/Immerseel. CD 5 from this box.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2017/03/poulenc-francis-1899-1963-orchestral.html?spref=tw

Big +1. A fantastic disc.

[Mirror Image]

Time for some Webern:



Im Sommerwind
Passacaglia, Op. 1
Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6
Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10
Symphony, Op. 21
Concerto for 9 Instruments, Op. 24

Certainly one of the best all-Webern orchestral recordings up there with Boulez.

[Drasko]

Martinu - Symphony No.4, Tre Ricercari

[Todd]

K387 & K421.

[Karl Henning]

K387 & K421.

Your report, when you are ready, sir.

[Harry]

Ewald Kooiman plays Bach. Disc 7 from this box.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2017/03/bach-js-complete-organ-works-aeolus_16.html?spref=tw

[Karl Henning]

Thread Duty:

http://www.youtube.com/v/Qu3uZ4Yurvc


Sound is a bit shrill at times, meseems.

[Todd]

Your report, when you are ready, sir.

A long time favorite.  The Petersen play splendidly, as usual, and their sound is just right - not too heavy and romanticized, but not too light or rambunctious.  (The Petersen have the marvelous ability to be decidedly rambunctious, in the most artistic way, when appropriate.)  They are serious but not overwhelming and playful but not slight where and when they should be. 

[TheGSMoeller]

Thread Duty:

http://www.youtube.com/v/Qu3uZ4Yurvc


Sound is a bit shrill at times, meseems.

Was just about to post about a first-time listen to a Hindemith piece. Luckily for me not as shrill 

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Listening to Kol Nidre, Op. 39. Embarrassing to say this, but this may be a first-listen to this work. Quite powerful. Love it.

[TheGSMoeller]

Long time listener, and admirer, to the symphony of the same name, but first time listener to the opera. Highly enjoyable, Hindemith composes beautifully for the voice. Now has me searching for my Blomstedt/SFS discs of Hindemith's music that I've neglected for too long. Even purchased a few new ones to fill in some gaps of several pieces I was missing. Happy Hindemith Day!

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[TheGSMoeller]

. Embarrassing to say this, but this may be a first-listen to this work. Quite powerful. Love it.

Never be embarrassed about a first listen, brag about them instead. I wish I could go back and experience that first-time-listen-feeling again, the rush of discovering a new piece and falling in love with it at the same time!

[Mirror Image]

Never be embarrassed about a first listen, brag about them instead. I wish I could go back and experience that first-time-listen-feeling again, the rush of discovering a new piece and falling in love with it at the same time!

That's quite true, Greg. I guess what I was rather embarrassed about was that I thought I knew Arnie's oeuvre well, but there are always hidden gems that are sometimes obscured from view.

[Karl Henning]

Was just about to post about a first-time listen to a Hindemith piece. Luckily for me not as shrill 

[SurprisedByBeauty]

#morninglistening to @_Konzerthaus orchestra in #Braunfels:http://a-fwd.4g2VjYd on #OehmsClassics
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Yummy! These songs are absolutely gorgeous.

[cilgwyn]

I just put this on. I love these symphonies.

[mc ukrneal]

I am listening to an Offenbach opera that only came into existence in 1976. How did that happen, you may ask? Well the short story is that Offenbach was asked to write a comic opera when he was in America. And supposedly he did do a little writing. But the long and the short of it is that it was never written. To celebrate 200 years of independence, Opera Rara was invited to plan a concert for the Ulster Orchestra. What they did was to write the opera that Offenbach never did.
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So what they did, was start with the story of Christopher Columbus, the opera that came after his trip to the US (La Boite au Lait). Then they used parts of all sorts of Offenbach operas to create this 'opera'. This includes something from: Les Bavards, Maitre Petronilla, Les Braconniers, Boule de Neige, Docteur Ox, Belle Lurette, Le 66, Vert-Vert, La Creole, Voyage dans la Lune, Le Pont des Soupirs, Madame l'Archiduc, Les 3 Baisers du Diable, Les bergers, Les Boulangere a des Ecus, La Princesse de Trebizonde, Vent du Soir, Mesdames de la Halle, Dragonette, Fleurette, and Fantasio.

So it turns out that if you are interested in what some of his unrecorded works sound like, this will provide some pieces from them.

[Karl Henning]

I just put this on. I love these symphonies.

I've two CDs of Baudo conducting the Cz Phil in Debussy, and it is wonderful.