What are you listening to now?

[Madiel]

Memorial Day is a day for Americans who have had loved ones slain in war or on active duty to honor them and 'memorialize' them.

Ah, okay. Thank you.

*mentally files Memorial Day with Anzac Day*

[Harry]

Yes, remember that I wanted to listen to it again before I decided whether I would recommend it to you or not.

Yes I remember that I was impatient, and wanted to hear the set. My bad I could not wait. Volume 2 is much better though.
Next time I will  show restraint until you have listen to it.

[Mahlerian]

Mozart: Variations in F on "Ein Weib ist das herrlischste Ding" K613
Ingrid Haebler
[asin]B0000501PH[/asin]

[Baron Scarpia]

Ah, okay. Thank you.

*mentally files Memorial Day with Anzac Day*

Reminds me of the ad Amazon was running about Alexa supposedly loosing her voice.

Disheveled looking, millennial type young man in his messy apartment ask Alexa,

"Can you find a recipe for a grilled cheese sandwich?"

Celebrity chef answers for Alexa

"God, you're a grown man and can't make a grilled cheese sandwich? Really? The recipe is in the name!"

[Traverso]

Brahms

Trio in B , OP.8
Trio in C minor, Op. 110



There is a concert this evening in my hometown,I'm not there,see link.

https://www.theaterstilburg.nl/evenementen/30222/menahem-pressler-vs-concert-kamermuziek-souvenir

[Karl Henning]

Reminds me of the ad Amazon was running about Alexa supposedly loosing her voice.

Disheveled looking, millennial type young man in his messy apartment ask Alexa,

"Can you find a recipe for a grilled cheese sandwich?"

Celebrity chef answers for Alexa

"God, you're a grown man and can't make a grilled cheese sandwich? Really? The recipe is in the name!"

Who's Alexa?

[Karl Henning]

Who's Alexa?

(j/k)

[Karl Henning]

4. Symphony in 3 movements (Solti, Chicago SO) - distinct flavours of The Rite of Spring but with a neoclassical tang.

It was this amalgam which fascinated me in the Symphony from the start;  so much which feels like adaptation from Le sacre, yet a powerful work with its own character.

[Malx]

A little earlier a new addition - J S Bach Violin Concertos & Gubaidulina "In tempus praesens".
The two J S Bach concertos are nice enough with Mutter directing the Trondheim Soloists from the violin. But I bought the disc mainly for the Gubaidulina concerto " In tempus praesens" which is dedicated by the composer to Mutter - she plays it on the disc with the LSO conducted by Gergiev.
A substantial work that will take a few listens to get to know, but first impressions are favourable.

Now - the second disc of Suites for Clavecin composed by Antoine Forqueray played on the harpsichord by Blandine Rannou.

[Zeus]

Skoryk: Concerti & Orchestral Works
Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra, Hobart Earle
Naxos

[asin] B00LFPND80[/asin]
First listen.  So far, I'm very impressed.

[NikF]

Auric: Les Facheux; La Pastorale - Poppen/Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern

[Baron Scarpia]

A little earlier a new addition - J S Bach Violin Concertos & Gubaidulina "In tempus praesens".
The two J S Bach concertos are nice enough with Mutter directing the Trondheim Soloists from the violin. But I bought the disc mainly for the Gubaidulina concerto " In tempus praesens" which is dedicated by the composer to Mutter - she plays it on the disc with the LSO conducted by Gergiev.
A substantial work that will take a few listens to get to know, but first impressions are favourable.

I like that recording of the Bach Concerti. But no recording has recaptured the love I had for the Grumiaux recording on Philips (stereo) that I had on vinyl. Maybe my imagination has embellished it.

The Gubaidulina piece eluded me, haven't returned to it.

[Maestro267]

Finally this has arrived!

Schnittke: Peer Gynt, ballet in 3 acts and an epilogue
Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Stockholm/Klas

[Traverso]

Joseph Schmidt

Vol. cd 1

[Mandryka]

Some interesting Muffat here, reflective, noble , a couple of toccatas and the passicaglia, organ,  and harpsichord, and  one may include brass, I'm not sure,  this is something to explore.

[Malx]

C P E Bach, Trio Sonatas - Les Nieces de Rameau.

Then a weird little additional disc which accompanies Celine Frisch's Goldberg Variations - a disc which features Cafe Zimmermann & Dominique Visse (countertenor) in two pieces I wasn't aware of based on specific variations of the Goldbergs.
Firstly 14 canons on the first eight notes of the bass of the Aria of the Goldbergs, then the two German songs used in variation 30.
Interesting listening on a curiosity level - will I rush back to rehear - no!

[SymphonicAddict]

Rued Langgaard. Complete symphonies. CD 4. No 6/7/8.
Danish national SO and choir, Thomas Dausgaard.

Superb recorded, fine music, melodious and strong in expression. Well scored for brass and strings. If I had to single out one of the three which I liked best, it would be No. 7, version 1926. No 8 has a tenor solo plus choir in the third movement which was unpalatable for me, and I skipped it accordingly.

The 6th, for me, is the best one. The ending is unfortunately too fast on this recording.

[Baron Scarpia]

The 6th, for me, is the best one. The ending is unfortunately too fast on this recording.

Too fast is Daussgaard's trademark, no?

[SymphonicAddict]

Too fast is Daussgaard's trademark, no?

I think so. Stupel also rushes the ending in the 6th. My overall favorite is Järvi - Chandos.

[prémont]

Some interesting Muffat here, reflective, noble , a couple of toccatas and the passicaglia, organ,  and harpsichord, and  one may include brass, I'm not sure,  this is something to explore.

Who are the keyboard players (organ, harpsichord)?