What are you listening to now?

[Todd]

[SimonNZ]

on the radio:

Mendelssohn's "Scottish" Symphony - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, cond.

[Christo]

I am pleased that you enjoyed the CD 

Lepo Sumera. The only time I saw him live, was in the Summer of 1995. In Tallinn, I saw him dancing leisurely - literally so - in the Kloostri Ait, with a band playing folk music. Our company was small, but I saw no reason to talk with him - though I knew his symphonies already - and so I didn't. Five years later I read the news of his untimely death.

[Madiel]

Beethoven, Symphony No.8.  Possibly my favourite.

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[You did it]

Somehow found myself back at the Chopin Sonatas again:

[Kontrapunctus]

Sublime.

[Mirror Image]

Recommended by both Mirror Image and aligreto:

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On Symphony No. 2 at the moment.

Very fine release; I am enjoying it very much.

Very nice, indeed. Glad you enjoy the music. I need to revisit these works myself as it's been far too long.

[Mirror Image]

Wiren: Triptych [Wedin]....





I really like this work with its conversational musical language and its orchestral scoring.

Sounds like a disc I'm going to have to pickup at some point. I recall enjoying Wiren's symphonies (on CPO).

[Mookalafalas]

Pounds the table! Hanson gets plenty of love around here from me, at least Fortunately, Naxos has reissued Schwarz's Hanson recordings with much better cover art!

  I'm glad to hear it.  I'll look into getting the re-released set.

[Todd]

Disc one.

[Daverz]

Wiren: Triptych [Wedin]....





I really like this work with its conversational musical language and its orchestral scoring.

Couldn't find that on Tidal, but was able to find this one with the Cello Concerto:

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...a really beautiful recording.

[kishnevi]

Happy Thanksgiving, Jeffrey!  What do you think?

Everything I don't like about Arnold: emotionally cold, and when despite himself he falls into a bit of lyricism, he hurries into the ugliestst dissonance he can find to kill it.

'Struth, Berg wrote two operas (more or less) and managed to be both lyrical and dissonant but no ugliness.  Why couldn't Schonberg do it?

[kishnevi]

Thanks to Jeffrey for the tip:

[kishnevi]

TD
Recovering from working Black Friday with
Enescu and Papa

Symphony 3 and Rhapsody 1
In this re-listen I found more substance and more interest than the first go- through, but  I can't honestly say, "Guys, you are missing something if you haven't heard this"

Op. 54
As the lawbooks say, res ipsa loquiter.

[André]

This works superbly well as a program. Bayrakdarian in Il Tramonto is enchanting. Not being an impenitent respighian, this was just the ticket for me. Excellent recording.

[You did it]

Holst - Lyric Movement

[Mirror Image]

The Wild Dove, Op. 110:

[Daverz]

Debussy: Khamma (orchestrated by Koechlin).  Gorgeous music and a very rich recording from Bis.

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[kyjo]

Taking an all-too-infrequent venture into the Classical Era with Haydn's Symphony no. 82:

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As per usual with Haydn symphonies, my favorite movement is the infectious, catchy finale.

[kyjo]

Shostakovich's 5th with my hometown band:

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