What are you listening to now?

[North Star]

Très cool, Karlo!  I think I have most of that in the now-OOP singletons.

Hmm, I'd hate not having all of it

Thread-duty - Fresh from the mail for Test-drive Tuesday
Lully
Te Deum, LWV 55
Amel Brahim-Djelloul (dessus), Aurore Bucher (dessus), Reinoud Van Mechelen (haute-contre), Jeffrey Thompson (taille), Benoit Arnould (basse)
Le Poème Harmonique
Vincent Dumestre
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Holmboe
Chamber Concerto No. 2, Op. 20 (1940) for fl, vn, strings & perc.
Eva Østergaard (fl) & Mikkel Futtrup (vn)
Danish National Chamber Orchestra
Hannu Koivula
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[prémont]

There are three complete Pachelbel organ surveys on record -- this one, Payne, Antoine Bouchard.

The few clips, I have heard from Bouchard's set, have never appealed to me, and the organ he uses is quite uninteresting:

https://www.musiqueorguequebec.ca/orgues/quebec/spascalk.html

As to Payne I own the complete set. He uses in between some interesting organs and the playing ranges from serviceable to good, but not groundbreaking in any way.

I agree with Harry, that Pachelbel is badly served by recording artists. Stella did a fine J G Walther set. Maybe he would be a candidate for a good Pachelbel set.

[Marc]

Listening to Haydn sonatas, played by Marie Rørbech.
Great music for a sunny evening.



Classico Classcd 498

[Maestro267]

Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
Berlin PO/Karajan

[Moonfish]

+ 1. Both works on the disc are truly rewarding, the more so since they are practicaly ignored by just about everybody in the business (singers, conductors, choral societies, conductors, record companies). That applies to lots of stuff in that gem of a box.

Love this box, and found this Requiem a pleasant discovery - worthy of comparison with Fauré's (I know Saint-Saëns' themes are less memorable, but it has a special atmosphere and it grows upon the listener over time). 

I share your sentiments, Christo and André! It was indeed a pleasant surprise and this particular box seems to yield gems which are not recorded too frequently.  I will definitely follow your advice and give the Requiem several more encounters. However, I already have taken a liking for it. It was the first time I heard Saint-Saëns's Requiem.

[Moonfish]

The thing is, I don't even have time to listen to Sibelius...

[North Star]

Fresh from the mail for Test-drive Tuesday
Tubin
Symphony No. 1 in c minor (1931-34)
Swedish RSO
Neeme Järvi
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[Moonfish]

French Opera Arias             
Frederica von Stade
London Philharmonic
Pritchard

[Christo]

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Fresh from the mail for Test-drive Tuesday
Tubin
Symphony No. 1 in c minor (1931-34)
Swedish RSO
Neeme Järvi
[asin]B000079AZT[/asin]

No.1 is underrated - one of the best. Do you know Kaljo Raid's Symphony 1? A must for Tubin fans.

[North Star]

No.1 is underrated - one of the best. Do you know Kaljo Raid's Symphony 1? A must for Tubin fans.

Hi Jeffrey! No, not familiar with Raid's music at all. Will have to put that on the list.

[André]

The Stravinsky and Britten concertos. Ikve never really liked the Stravinsky. Not bad, but listening to it is like having to do some homework . In the Britten Shaham fails to take the bull by the horns as Ida Handel does. I had the feeling he didn't want to get his hands dirty. The slow final movement is superb though.

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Hi Jeffrey! No, not familiar with Raid's music at all. Will have to put that on the list.

Most definitely! He was the pupil of Tubin and if you like Tubin you will like Raid.
Raid's Symphony 1 is terrific.
Christo will agree!

[Undersea]

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Haydn: Symphony #88 in G, H 1/88

Eugen Jochum: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

[Que]

Morning listening:

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[Florestan]

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Wow! No, really: wow! Kozeluch gives Mozart and Haydn a hard run for their money. Mind-blowing stuff.

[Harry]

Johann Pachelbel, Complete organ works, volume I, CD I. James David Christie plays on a Eilert-Köhler Organ 1738 in the Kreuzkirche Suhl.

Second rerun.
Very labored playing, which deadens all joy and takes the life out of the music. Boring is another word. The recording is diffused and I miss all the finer details.

[Traverso]

Bach Cantatas


CD 54

[Harry]

Johann Sebastian Bach. Complete organ works. CD 12. Olivier Vernet plays on a Treutmann organ, (1737) Grauhof-Goslar.

Dritter Clavier ubung BWV 552.1/669-687. First part.

What you could say of Vernet is that his style of playing is always the same and sometimes in a safe modus. The dritter clavierubung is done very imaginatively, and with considerable drive at times. Still expression is at a maximum. Vernet is not my first choice in the organ works but he is a strong player in the field. The Treutmann organ is well recorded, and despite the reverb in Goslar detailing is admirable.