What are you listening to now?

[NikF]

Awesome, Nik. I especially love Diamond's 3rd and 4th symphonies. Two of the finest American symphonies ever composed IMHO.

I'm just about to listen to his 3rd right now. And I only managed his 2nd yesterday, so I'll look forward to hearing his 4th.

Diamond: Symphony No. 3 - Schwarz/Seattle Symphony Orchestra

[asin]B00008V5ZU[/asin]

[Karl Henning]

Now - this is very good!  I am much more drawn to Symphony No.1 than Nos. 2 & 3. It has slower, thoughtful and brooding passages that resonate well with me. It is surprising to learn that this was a disaster for Rachmaninov when it premiered.  Did the audience expect something more "modern", i.e. Prokofiev style?

No, no . . . it was that Glazunov was tight as a Lord when he conducted it.

[Karl Henning]

The problem was mostly an unsympathetic conductor, the story is well worth reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._1_(Rachmaninoff)#First_performance

And again, it is a pleasure to have been preempted by Karlo  0:)

[Karl Henning]

In the early days he wasn't making so many recordings over such a short period of time, more care was taken.

One case in which the rise to "stardom" was a snare unto the artist's feet?

[Traverso]

Bach Cantatas

CD 50

[Undersea]

.
[asin]B0042U2HLY[/asin]

Bruckner: Symphony #5 in B Flat, WAB 105

Günter Wand: Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra


[asin]B000001GFK[/asin]

Dvořák: The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109

Rafael Kubelik: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

[Mookalafalas]

from the big Soviet box (Yedang).



Now playing Richter playing LvB Sonatas 1, 9 & 12 from 1976 recital

[Karl Henning]

Why am I thinking doo-wop?

♫ He's so fine (yedang, yedang, yedang . . .)

[Madiel]

Holmboe
 
continuing these quartets

String Quartet No. 2, 5 & 6

Interested in your reactions, whether progressively or once you've got through the whole box.

[eljr]

Zuill Bailey / North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante

Release Date May 13, 2016
Duration01:01:54
Genre
Classical
Styles
Concerto
Recording DateFebruary 20, 2015 - February 21, 2015
Recording Location
Meymandi Concert Hall;Raleigh, North Carolina
Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Clonick Hall Studio, Oberlin, Ohio

[Mookalafalas]

Why am I thinking doo-wop?

♫ He's so fine (yedang, yedang, yedang . . .)

  It IS a pretty weird name, even in Korean think it would be a bit odd...
Anyway, it's this box. Moonfish turned me on to it.  My purchase of the year so far.


  100 well filled disks, mostly live, very decent sound, for about $95, delivered.

TD: Tretyakov VCs.  Listening to the Paganini now. Spectacular.

[Karl Henning]

Zuill Bailey / North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante

Release Date May 13, 2016
Duration01:01:54
Genre
Classical
Styles
Concerto
Recording DateFebruary 20, 2015 - February 21, 2015
Recording Location
Meymandi Concert Hall;Raleigh, North Carolina
Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Clonick Hall Studio, Oberlin, Ohio

How is it?  What do you think?

[eljr]

Frieder Bernius
Joseph Haydn: Stabat Mater, Hob. XXbis

Release Date March 2, 2018
Duration59:51
Genre
Classical
Styles
Choral
Recording DateApril 5, 2017 - April 7, 2017
Recording Location
The Ev. Kirche Reutlingen-Gönningen

[Mirror Image]

Ah, I sense your enthusiasm for Langgaard through the web. Great commentary as one really gets a sense of your perception of Stupel relative to Dausgaard. This recording seems enticing. I'm sampling symphony No 10 via YouTube (Dausgaard) - quite a powerful beginning! There has been a lot of Langgaard energy on GMG lately..... 

Yeah, Langgaard is certainly a 'fun' composer to get to know. So far, I have to say that Stupel doesn't disappoint. In other news, I changed my avatar because I felt I should have an avatar of a composer who was there at the absolute beginning that introduced me to classical music and Bartók was the first composer I seriously ever listened to.

[Mirror Image]

I'm just about to listen to his 3rd right now. And I only managed his 2nd yesterday, so I'll look forward to hearing his 4th.

Diamond: Symphony No. 3 - Schwarz/Seattle Symphony Orchestra

[asin]B00008V5ZU[/asin]

Very nice. Looking forward to hearing further commentary about these works.

[eljr]

How is it?  What do you think?

I enjoy it very much!

I was just speaking about this disc with someone who thought it better than some other of his releases.

[Brian]

First listen to Svend Erik Tarp's ballet "The Dethroned Animal Tamer", new on Dacapo and blessed with a light, Ibert/Poulenc-like sense of humor to match its ridiculous name.

[Mirror Image]

First listen to Svend Erik Tarp's ballet "The Dethroned Animal Tamer", new on Dacapo and blessed with a light, Ibert/Poulenc-like sense of humor to match its ridiculous name.

Sounds delightful!

[aligreto]

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 [Bachaus]

[eljr]

Christian Lindberg / Norrköping Symphony Orchestra
Allan Pettersson: Symphonies 5 & 7

Release Date April 6, 2018
Duration01:22:39
Genre
Classical
Styles
Symphony
Recording DateJanuary, 2017
Recording Location
The Louis De Geer Concert Hall, Norrköping, Sweden