What are you listening to now?

[André]

To use a lowest common denominator image, it could be said that Frederick Delius' Florida Suite is a relative to Copland's Appalachian Spring ballet, Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite or Grieg's Peer Gynt - the 2 suites. The latter predates Florida by some 14 years, the other works being almost 50 years down the road in the making (Grieg: 1874; Delius: 1888; Grofé: 1931; Copland: 1943).

Be that as it may, it is as fine as, or even better than the Grieg and Copland works (and obviously hundreds of miles ahead of the Vegas-strip type of music Grofé churned out).

Composed 6 years before Dvorak's New World symphony, it is freer in structure, melodic and harmonic language. Of course the circumstances and purpose were very different.

Vernon Handley turns in a startlingly impressionistic tone poem in four movements. The boisterous, toe-tapping episodes are evoked distantly rather than played for the gallery verandah-by-the-River barefoot characters.

By far the most delicate, affectionate and dreamy incarnation of the music I know (Beecham, Mackerras, Lloyd-Jones and Hickox). A beauty.

North Country Sketches is far less often recorded. RVW In the Fen Country or Holst's Egdon Heath will provide a useful context.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to the 5th. Absolutely outstanding as are all of Bruckner's mature symphonies.

[kishnevi]

Now streaming Stravinsky, Symphony in E flat, op.1

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No, seriously, all the metadata is promising me this really is Stravinsky. My ears have doubts about the attribution, but not the quality.

Well, it was Opus 1. . .

TD
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CD 3
Recorded 1991 on the Georg Westerfelder organ at Fere-et-Tardenois
The set is arranged sort of chronologically, the first three CDs being devoted to Bach's "early years".

It may be simply my memory being fuzzy, but he seems to prefer lighter sounding registrations than other organists: or perhaps it's the instruments used.  The results, at least, are good.

[SymphonicAddict]

Maiden-listen Monday

Atterberg
Symphony No. 5 in d minor, Op. 20 'Sinfonia Funebre' (1922)
RSO Frankfurt
Rasilainen
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Gorgeous composition! That Lento is just mesmerizing (here the climax is epic as Atterberg knows do it)

[Todd]

Debussy Preludes, Book I.

[Mirror Image]

Now playing Pohádka from this set:

[Autumn Leaves]

This morning's listening:



Symphony #3, "Scottish"



String Quartets #2 & 6



String Symphonies #7, 8 & 9

Good good

[Mirror Image]

Now playing Sibelius' Pan & Echo, Op. 53 from this set before hitting the sack:

[Que]

Morning listening:

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http://www.musica-dei-donum.org/cd_reviews/MyriosClassics_MYR001.html

Q

PS I have had this recording for a while now, but upon relistening...wow...very impressive....

[Camphy]

Via Qobuz:

[Karl Henning]

Cross-post:

https://soundcloud.com/jessop-maticevski-shumack/evolve

An excellent piece (as I remarked earlier on seeing the score) and an excellent performance. Bravo, Jessop!

[cilgwyn]

I'm listening to a cd-r of Daniel Jones' Second Symphony,now. One of this Welsh composers finest. Lyrita are going to be releasing this on cd. I know he's been called a Welsh Vagn Holmboe. I don't know about that;but he is very good. You can almost see the Welsh land/sea-scapes;but he's not as pictorial as Bax. This is more craggy;but his use of the orchestra is quite dazzling,once you get past the deceptively tough exterior. Like the best symphonies,I always feel this music is going somewhere.

[Harry]

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2017/04/coates-eric-1886-1957-orchestral-works.html?spref=tw

[Harry]

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2017/04/braga-santos-joly-1924-1988-orchestral.html?spref=tw

[Harry]

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2017/04/draeseke-felix-1835-1913-orchestral.html?spref=tw

Top recommendation.

[cilgwyn]

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2017/04/draeseke-felix-1835-1913-orchestral.html?spref=tw

Top recommendation.

I like that one,too! Very Germanic and brooding. I love the blazing finale. Very thrilling! The MDG recording is very good,too! I also like his First symphony. The MDG recording gives you his Piano concerto,as well.

[Maestro267]

Stanford: Stabat Mater
Bach Choir/Bournemouth SO/Hill

[Harry]

I like that one,too! Very Germanic and brooding. I love the blazing finale. Very thrilling! The MDG recording is very good,too! I also like his First symphony. The MDG recording gives you his Piano concerto,as well.

Yes the Finale of the symphony is indeed thrilling as you say. He is in all respects a brilliant orchestrator. I have the MDG recordings somewhere in my piles in the listening room. No doubt one day I will find them back. As to Draeseke, I like and love most of his orchestral works, and collect zealously all what is released.

[Harry]

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2017/04/francaix-jean-1912-1997-ballet-music.html?spref=tw

Delicious ballet music, very much off track music.

[Mister Sharpe]

I do love this label, yes I do.