What are you listening to now?

[Mandryka]

More astonishing playing from this young piano wizard. Excellent sound (A live recording).

By coincidence I listened to the sonata a few weeks ago, it really is original! I'm glad I know it exists.

[Daverz]

Finzi, Cello Concerto

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This got good reviews, and I thought it might be a step up from the Wallfisch that I already have. But my experience is the same, music with an attractive texture, but I have trouble following the musical story in this music. Another general problem I have with this music, very large orchestra which seems to overmatch the sound of the cello.

I recall finding the music lacking in backbone.

[Ghost of Baron Scarpia]

I recall finding the music lacking in backbone.

That would be a succinct way of putting it. I have a great affinity for Finzi and haven't given up on the piece yet, although it has been hard to find my way.

[Daverz]

William Wordsworth

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If you know his Symphonies 2 & 3 on Lyrita, you know how good the music is.  This is a nice mix of lighter and more serious fare.  The Symphony No. 8, his last, is particularly compelling.

[TheGSMoeller]

No. 7

[Que]

I'm revisiting this set with music from The Leiden Choirbooks, in reverse order..
This morning: Volume III.

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[Wanderer]

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[Que]

Revisiting:

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Like I said before: this is a clear winner!
A collection of music in Rococo (Galant) style from the Prussian court of Frederick the Great.
Chamber music with recorder (flute) solos in various settings by Gottfried Finger, Händel, Janitsch, Graun, Quantz, CPE Bach, Ernst Gotlieb Baron and Johann Christian Schultze. Sterling musicians in the Ensemble 1700, like Alfredo Bernardini (oboe), Nils Mönkemeyer (viola), Marco Testori (cello) and Alex Wolf (lute).

Absolutely delectable... 

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[vandermolen]

Symphony No. 2

There is a huge difference between this and the 1st one. The No. 1 is nothing memorable, but the No. 2 is a tremendous work.

I love that work with its 'tolling bell' redemptive ending. I'm sure that it influenced the young Shostakovich (Symphony 1) in its use of the orchestral piano. Do you know Steinberg's 4th Symphony Cesar? It's one of my favourite symphonies and great, comparatively recent, discoveries.

[vandermolen]

That would be a succinct way of putting it. I have a great affinity for Finzi and haven't given up on the piece yet, although it has been hard to find my way.

I like the Celo Concerto but generally  find his works on a smaller scale to be more effective. Dies Natalis is his masterpiece IMO and 'In Terra Pax' is another lovely work.

[Madiel]

Dvorak, String Quartet No.12



Some works get nicknames for sensible reasons.

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Honegger Symphony No. 5: 'The three d's'

[Madiel]

Dipping into the Wunderhorn with Mahler.

[Biffo]

Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge - Mark Padmore (tenor) with the Schubert Ensemble, fine performance.

[San Antone]

Rhapsody in Blue (piano solo)

[Irons]

Last night:



Utterly charming, all of them, the third particularly so, especially in the second movement.

That second movement is the one of the most beautiful in the violin repertoire. A lovely summer's day and all is well with the world.

[Papy Oli]

Good afternoon all,

Some Moeran for now.

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Good afternoon all,

Some Moeran for now.

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Great CD - good afternoon to you Olivier.

Thread duty.
Kevin Puts: Symphony 2
A moving, memorable and emotive work which is commemorative of the 9/11 attacks in the USA:

[cilgwyn]

Playing now! One of my favourite Holbrooke cd's. This consists of orchestral music,culled from his operatic trilogy,The Cauldron of Annwn.