What are you listening to now?

[Artem]

The post-WW2 festival continues...

Earlier today:


Harrison Birtwistle: Earth dances - The Cleveand Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi (cond.)

Now:


Cristóbal Halffter: Variaciones sobre la resonancia de un grito ("Variations on the resonance of a scream") - Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, José Ramón Encinar (cond.), Gregorio García Karman (live electronics)

What are your thoughts on those CDs?

[Artem]

I had a day off from work today because of the Nauryz holiday and took some time to relisten to a few CDs.

Bach and lute CDs are wonderful. Requiem is a bit uneven composition.

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[Mirror Image]

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Absolutely scintillating performance from Bernstein/NY Philharmonic. It's time for a Mahler-a-thon. I'm still waiting on the Mahler Bernstein DG set from Amazon UK.

[Sergeant Rock]

Duruflé Requiem, Plasson conducting

https://www.youtube.com/v/jpFTjivpMwc


Sarge

[NikF]

Brahms: String Quintet No.1 - Hagen Quartett/Gérard Caussé

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[San Antone]

Debussy: Le Martyre De Saint
Isabelle Huppert, Sophie Marin-Degor, Kate Aldrich, Christine Knorren, Choer de Radio France
Orchestre National de France
Conductor: Daniele Gatti

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This French recording is a very good performance of this fine work.

[Sergeant Rock]

Duruflé Requiem, Ledger conducting, Janet Baker, mezzo

https://www.youtube.com/v/TneUTtCAJlE


Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Michael Haydn Requiem in C minor

https://www.youtube.com/v/2ZhonBlp6YU


Sarge

[Todd]

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My exposure to Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck's music has been uniformly positive, and the organ pieces I've heard have been of Buxtehude quality, so I bought this set with high hopes.  I started in with disc three, which uses the oldest organ in the set (early-to-mid 16th Century), and just everything about it is top notch.  Very fine playing, a wonderful sounding instrument, and essentially perfect sound.  Only the English translation is sub-par, but I can quite easily live with that.  The box also includes an Aeolus sampler disc.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 7. This is still one of Mahler's strangest symphonies, yet, for me, it's also one of his best. Absolutely ingenious and love his orchestration.

[Pat B]

Listening to Symphony No. 7. This is still one of Mahler's strangest symphonies, yet, for me, it's also one of his best. Absolutely ingenious and love his orchestration.

7 took me the longest to get into, but now it's one of my favorites, along with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9.

[Mirror Image]

7 took me the longest to get into, but now it's one of my favorites, along with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9.

The 8th is my least favorite of the whole cycle, but there are some redeeming qualities about it. I just love that first movement. The 7th resonated with me rather early. There's just something otherworldly about it. I think a lot of it has to with those Nachtmusik movements that are interspersed between the other movements. This gives the whole symphony this earthy, yet ethereal sound-world.

[Mirror Image]

Okay, so much for a Mahler-a-thon.

Now:



Listening to Delius' Summer Night on the River. A gorgeous work full of shimmering melodies and harmonies.

[Moonfish]

Haydn: Symphonies Nos 1-4            Vienna State Opera O/Goberman

Vivid and electric performances!

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This is really a fantastic recording and would make an excellent introduction for someone new to Delius' music. Listening to 3 Small Tone Poems for Orchestra: I. Summer Evening, II. Winter Night 'Sleigh Ride,' III. Spring Morning. This is the only performance that I know of where all three movements of 3 Small Tone Poems for Orchestra are performed together as they should be.

[Moonfish]

Buxtehude: Cantatas BuxWV 36, 111, 76/2, 107, 59, 6            Ricercar Consort

1. Herr Ich Lasse Dich Nicht
2. Dialogus Inter Christum Et Fidelem Animam
3. Nichts Soll Uns Scheiden Von Der Liebe Gottes
4. Wenn Ich, Herr Jesu, Habe Dich
5. Jesu, Meine Freud Und Lust
6. Ich Halte Es Dafur
7. Ich Suchte Des Nachts

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[Florestan]

https://www.youtube.com/v/tza_CF-Xf7o

Jose Ferrer Beltran (1745 - 1815) - Harpsichord Sonatas

Jose Luis Gonzalez Uriol, harpsichord

[San Antone]

[Florestan]

Harry sang the praises of this one --- and he was right.

[Harry]

Harry sang the praises of this one --- and he was right.

Wonderful that you got this music to listen. I am happy you picked it up.