What are you listening to now?

[Harry]

Agree on all accounts. Also enjoyed this one when it was initially broadcast (though her dress here is somewhat problematic as far as paying attention goes ...):

https://www.youtube.com/v/3jbHbDena_U

I only saw the dress and the content, music and orchestra were irrelevant.
One word for it " Smashing" .

[Camphy]

Op. 9, Quartets 2, 5 & 6

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to En Saga (original version), Op. 9. Almost a completely different work than the final version. Lots of textural/atmospheric sections that didn't make the cut. I love both versions of course.

[Sergeant Rock]

Liszt tone poems, Frübeck de Burgos conducting the RSO Berlin




Sarge

[Harry]

Some fine overtures.... New acquisition


http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/06/new-acquisition-overtures-first-listen.html?spref=tw

[Camphy]

Nos. 8, 24 & 25

[San Antone]

https://www.youtube.com/v/I9VatERAEAc

Jeno Jando

[Todd]

Starting in on Stella's Buxtehude again.

[Harry]

Starting in on Stella's Buxtehude again.

I think all in all, comparing it with some other sets, that Stella did a good job, it certainly belongs in anyones consideration, when venturing into the realm of Buxtehude's organ music.

[Harry]

For what it is worth, I consider this twofar CD essential. As an extra on the recordings you might already have.
I know that this composer is not held in great esteem, he should, but is not, this recording gets nevertheless a firm recommendation from me.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/06/new-acquisition-boccherini-luigi-1743.html?spref=tw

[Karl Henning]

Liszt
from Années de pèlerinage, Première année: Suisse
Églogue (S.160 №7)
Lortie

[asin]B004LHOZZO[/asin]

Très douce.

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

Thanks for all those recommendations, Ubu and Z7!    

De rien, Assiette!

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

I'm on "Mr. Enigma's" trail, the second of three works Elgar claimed embodied his very soul. 

[Karl Henning]

Can a soul be embodied?  That is an enigma . . . .

[Mandryka]

Siegbert Rampe plays Es ist das Heyl uns kommen her and O Lux Beata Trinitas by Matthias Weckmann.  It is a really magnificent organ (Scherer Tangermünde.) Rampe communicated commitment and inspiration. The music is a summit of civilization.

[Ken B]

The music is a summit of civilization.

Another person agreeing with James.

TD
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991): Sinfonia n.1 op.7 (1921) -- Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR diretta da Takao Ukigaya
Youtube

I think Nate would like this. Some resemblance to Belmont's Chamber Symphony. More emphatic and lively, but parts have a similar feel.

[Karl Henning]

Another person agreeing with James.

I had no idea he thought so highly of Weckmann!

[Ken B]

I had no idea he thought so highly of Weckmann!

FTFY

[Karl Henning]

(* PFFFTTT—chortle *)

[Karl Henning]

Liszt
from Années de pèlerinage, Troisième année
Sunt lacrymae rerum/En mode hongrois (S.163 №5)
Lortie

[asin]B004LHOZZO[/asin]

By turns woful and jolly, or jolly-ish.