What are you listening to now?

[Madiel]

Currently listening to:

Prokofiev, The Meeting of the Volga and the Don op.130

Music to celebrate the construction of a canal. Prokofiev's enthusiasm for the commission shines through every bar... 

[Traverso]

Boulez

Pli Selon Pli  1969 EMI studios London

fascinating music

[Florestan]

[Sergeant Rock]

Listening to three superb works by Morton Gould: Show Piece for Orchestra (1954), the Piano Concerto (1938) and the Pulitzer Prize winning StringMusic (1994).




Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Morton Gould Cowboy Rhapsody (1943)




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

The Ashkenazy/Previn performance of the piano version is the only one I know, but it's mindblowing. One of my favourite discs.

What a great duo.

[Karl Henning]

Currently listening to:

Prokofiev, The Meeting of the Volga and the Don op.130

Music to celebrate the construction of a canal. Prokofiev's enthusiasm for the commission shines through every bar... 

That is one of the relatively few Prokofiev works which I have not brought myself to hear.

[Wakefield]

Bach: Sonates pour flûte et clavecin

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Enregistrement réalisé du 19 au 23 septembre 2016 à Haarlem (Pays-Bas)

Instruments:
Marc Hantaï
Flûte traversière : Rudolf Tutz, 2013, d'après I.H. Rottenburgh
Pierre Hantaï
Clavecin : Atelier William Dowd Paris 1984 et Bruce Kennedy Amsterdam 1994, d'après Michael Mietke, Berlin 1702.

[cilgwyn]

String Quartet No 1. Lots of slithery sounds,from the strings. I think he as his best in his piano & chamber music. This is going down very nicely after allot of hectic,rushing around,in town! I like this one. There's a nice variety of textures,and atmosphere,in the five movements. The scherzo is a lively,Irish reel. I like the use of,old posters,on the,early,Dutton cd's. I remember thinking they were flowers,at first glance!

     

[bhodges]

Browsing YouTube for Yuja Wang in Ligeti Etudes, which she does superbly. Here's a great sample, No. 10, "Der Zauberlehrling" (The Sorcerer's Apprentice):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aglprO-gNJA

--Bruce

[listener]

Two 20th Century composers to start the day
Walter PISTON:  Flute Quintet, String Sextet, Piano Quartet and Piano Quintet
Performers from the 1999 Australian Festival of Chamber Music

Cristóbal HALFFTER
Planto por las víctmas de la violencia
Pourquoi (string orchestra)    Fractal  (Saxophone quartet)    Canción Callada in memoriam F. Mompou
Fantasia sobre una sonoridad de G.F. Haendel
Assorted groups of performers

[André]

Sonatas by Clementi (Mastroprimiano), piano trios by Haydn (van Swieten Trio) and a bevy of concertos by Vivaldi with Giuliano Carmignola.

[cilgwyn]

The Hickox recording is my first stop,for this symphony,these days! I do like this classic account,as well,though. Oh,and Henry Wood's! Nice photo. Nit picking,I know ;but it would have been nicer if they'd let you see more of it! I like the Hickox best,though. I think this symphony is,even better,with the bits that got removed!  I'm no expert on this,I'll admit. Just thinking about the different versions makes my head spin!! I downloaded the Goossen's recording from somewhere,the other day. I believe that's a bit different,as well?!!!

[Traverso]

Bach

[Kontrapunctus]

Op.130/133. Superb.

[Mandryka]

Barbara Thornton does something here which is exceptional, she takes a monophonic a cappella song in a language I don't understand, a song which does not have a catchy memorable melody à la Schubert, and she holds my attention for the duration, which is about 7 minutes. Only a great singer can do that.

[André]

Sonatas 2, 11 and 14. Superb.

[cilgwyn]

Listening to three superb works by Morton Gould: Show Piece for Orchestra (1954), the Piano Concerto (1938) and the Pulitzer Prize winning StringMusic (1994).




Sarge

Oh,don't tempt me!! I find myself warming,increasingly,to Morton Gould these days. I was impressed by his third symphony;and I share kyjo's enthusiasm for No 2! (The performances on the Albany label are excellent) I also like his Copland-esque Fall River Legend,very much,in it's suite form (Hanson's recording is superb) and the complete version;available on the,late lamented,Koch label,complete with a,very interesting,conversation between Gould,and the choreographer,in her home;which I thought might be boring,but actually enjoyed. I do wish someone would release the recording of his Latin American Symphonette,on the Varese Sarabande Lp,with the LSO conducted by Gould. It was an early digital Lp,with stunning yellow Aztec artwork,embossed,on the front!  The sound quality was sensational;as was the thrilling performance. (One of those Lp's that had fun warnings,about the risk of it blowing up your system,or speakers! (it didn't! ) ) I like the piece;but all the other recordings I have heard pale by comparison

[Christo]

The Hickox recording is my first stop,for this symphony,these days! I do like this classic account,as well,though. Oh,and Henry Wood's! Nice photo. Nit picking,I know ;but it would have been nicer if they'd let you see more of it! I like the Hickox best,though. I think this symphony is,even better,with the bits that got removed!  I'm no expert on this,I'll admit. Just thinking about the different versions makes my head spin!! I downloaded the Goossen's recording from somewhere,the other day. I believe that's a bit different,as well?!!!

To paraphrase a famous dialogue between RVW's teacher Stanford and the young composer: > 'Damnably ugly, my boy, why do you make such things?' 'Because I like them.' 'But you can't like them, they're not music.' 'I shouldn't make them if I didn't like them.' So the argument went on and there was no time left for any constructive criticism. <  (RVW's essay A Musical Autobiography, from 1950).   

[cilgwyn]

I recently discovered Gould's Concerto for Orchesta on the below Albany CD and really enjoyed it - an invigorating, rhythmic, fun, quintessentially American work. I also recall enjoying his 2nd Symphony which, rather unusually, ends with a somber, almost Shostakovichian slow movement.

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More temptation!!!