What are you listening to now?

[RebLem]

Since my last report earlier today, I have been listening to the following:

CD 4 of a 11 CD Sony set of works by Schoenberg: Erwartung, Op. 17 (Expectation) Monodrama in 1 Act, Tr. 1-8 (29:14)--BBC Sym. Orch, Pierre Boulez, cond., Janice Martin, soprano--rec. Henry Wood Hall, London, 14-15 APR 1977   |   Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21 for Speaker, Piano, Flute, Piccolo Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and Cello (35:02)--Pierre Boulez, cond., Yvonne Minton, Speaker, Daniel Barenboim, piano, Michel Debost, flutes, Anthony Pay, clarinets, Pinchas Zukerman, violin/viola, Lynn Harrell, cello   |   Gurre-Lieder: Lied der Waldtaube (Song of the Wood Dove) (12:40)--Text: Robert Franz Arnold after Jens Peter Jacobsen--Ensemble Intercontemporain, Jessye Norman, soprano.

A single CD on a Canadian label called MARQUIS 7.74718.14232.0 entitled PORTALS containing 3 works by three composers, as follows:
Rick Sowash, b. 1950:: Clarinet Concerto (30:17)   |   Paul Ben-Haim (1897-1984): Pastorale Variee for Clarinet, Harp, and String Orchestra, Op. 31b (16:19)   |   John Williams, b. 1832: "Viktor's Tale," from the film "The Terminal." (4:20)--St. Petersburg Symphony Orch., Cladimir Lande, cond., David Drosinos, clarinet.  Rec. at the Melodiya Studio, St. Petersburg, Russia, , June, 2010. 

These two albums are serious opposites.  Although the three Schoenberg works are early 20th century pieces, they sound to many like cutting edge modernism, while the second definitely represents a more conservate rediscovery of tonality.

[Mandryka]

Trio Subtilior (a recorder trio) play a selection of French music in the Ars Subtilior style. The music is astonishingly complex contrapuntally. Sometimes so complex contrapuntally and so daring harmonically (in en attendant espérance, for example) you could think you're listening to a prototype of a flute trio by Ferneyhough, maybe you are. They play well, with the recorders sometimes sounding almost like early organs. The performances are slightly studious, and . . .  well . . . it's a lot of recorder music, and personlly I'm not a great fan of the predominantly high tonality. In some of the pieces, notably the setting of "en seumeillant m'advint une vision",  a vision came to me while I was snoozing, they use a big deep bass recorder, and that's very welcome. Nevertheless this is tremendous music, not easy to access any other way, and I expect that many people here, who are less interested in expressive performance than I am, would not worry about my two reservations.

Premont, I think you would appreciate this CD, just because the music is so interesting. It would be good to hear it on an organ - maybe not possible.

[Moonfish]

La Favola di Orfeo       Huelgas Ensemble/Van Nevel

A gem! I was not expecting too much of this recording, but was utterly charmed by the music.

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[Que]

My morning listening starts off with the 4th disc of this set:

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Music and performances impress.

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[The new erato]

La Favola di Orfeo       Huelgas Ensemble/Van Nevel

A gem! I was not expecting too much of this recording, but was utterly charmed by the music.

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A very fine disc indeed.

I have been playing various discs from this:

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Wiener Philharmoniker: The Orchestral Edition; currently Schoenberg 6 Orchesterlieder op 8 under Dohnanyi.

[Florestan]

[Drasko]

Johannes Brahms - Symphony No.1
Wiener Philharmoniker / Josef Krips

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[Moonfish]

A very fine disc indeed.

I have been playing various discs from this:

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Wiener Philharmoniker: The Orchestral Edition; currently Schoenberg 6 Orchesterlieder op 8 under Dohnanyi.

Very!   How are you enjoying the Wiener Philharmoniker set New Erato? I haven't listened to the disk you referred to, but I have been quite impressed with the sound quality (so far). What about you?

[Florestan]

[prémont]

Trio Subtilior (a recorder trio) play a selection of French music in the Ars Subtilior style. Premont, I think you would appreciate this CD, just because the music is so interesting. It would be good to hear it on an organ - maybe not possible.

Thanks for reminding me of these CDs. You are certainly right, and accordingly I have for some time had my eyes on this CD and their Machaut CD. Now I see, that JPC may be able to get them in two weeks, so maybe I should order them soon.

[Mookalafalas]

La Favola di Orfeo       Huelgas Ensemble/Van Nevel

A gem! I was not expecting too much of this recording, but was utterly charmed by the music.

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Moonfish, did you play the Huelgas Ensemble discs from the Vivarte box? They're really wonderful.  If the Seon disc is half as good as those, it must be great.

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Listening to Symphony No. 5. Great stuff.

[Florestan]

[Harry]

From my collection (2007) some Rossi if you please........

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2014/12/from-my-collection-october-2007-rossi.html?spref=tw

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

Congrats on post #1000!

Thanks, Brian - glad to be here!

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

I still have the Berlioz l'Enfance to listen to, 'til then :

[king ubu]

some intense music making this is:

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[Brian]

The Christian music marathon continues!



(It began with a first listen to Biber's Missa Bruxellensis.)

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Listening to Acanthe et Céphise Suite. Great stuff and, yes, you guys are reading this correctly: I'm actually listening to Baroque Era music.

[The new erato]

This disc from the Brilliant Eisler Edition:

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"Recorded in 1970s East Germany by the famed Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, this sampling of Hanns Eisler's short chamber works (four suites based on the scores for early sound films and a highly-compressed "Chamber Symphony" composed in the 1940s) showcases Eisler's lifelong quest for "communicative" music oriented towards social reality."

The suites would suit anyone with a taste for Weill or Shostakovich's Jazz suites.