What are you listening to now?

[SimonNZ]

on the radio:

Mahler's Symphony No.4 - Sarah Fox, soprano, Charles Mackerras, cond.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Carl Vine's first piano sonata

http://youtu.be/F89fz09pbHs

[aligreto]

Gyrowetz: Symphony in E flat major, Op. 6 No. 2....

[jlaurson]

J.S.Bach
Complete Organ Works
A.Isoir
La dolce Volta

Perhaps my favorite French set of Bach organ works.

[André]

Still an all round first choice after 60 years.

[aligreto]

Ian Wilson: Winter's Edge for string quartet....

[SimonNZ]

on the radio:

Brahms' Clarinet Sonata Op.20 No.1 - Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet, Andreas Staier, fortepiano

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A scintillating performance.

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Such an outstanding symphony.

[Daverz]

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Such an outstanding symphony.

I have recordings by Järvi and a Naxos CD, and I can't recall much about this work.

Now listening

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Delightful music.  I like the bright sound of this Italian orchestra.

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I have recordings by Järvi and a Naxos CD, and I can't recall much about this work.

Stenhammar's music is Late-Romanticism with hints of Sibelius, Nielsen, and an adherence to Germanic music, but all in an unmistakable compositional voice. Along with Atterberg and Larsson, one of my favorite Swedes.

[Daverz]

Stenhammar's music is Late-Romanticism with hints of Sibelius, Nielsen, and an adherence to Germanic music, but all in an unmistakable compositional voice. Along with Atterberg and Larsson, one of my favorite Swedes.

Oh, no, I think what I was trying to say is that the music was unmemorable. 

I'll give it another go.

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Oh, no, I think what I was trying to say is that the music was unmemorable. 

I'll give it another go.

Ah, communication breakdown. Anyway, whatever your verdict may be, I'm really impressed with it.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Boulez: Notations pour orchestre, this performance on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/uIlfuf2wUok

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Listening to Flos campi. One of my favorites from RVW.

[Richard]

Finished the final three discs in this box today. Brilliant!! All of it.

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And now some justly famous choral recordings from the 1970s...

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[Todd]

[Daverz]

Ah, communication breakdown. Anyway, whatever your verdict may be, I'm really impressed with it.

Listened to Järvi on Bis.  The music is excellent.  It reminds me a bit of Moeran, though I'm sure it should be the other way round.  I can imagine a more unbuttoned performance, though.

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Listened to Järvi on Bis.  The music is excellent.  It reminds me a bit of Moeran, though I'm sure it should be the other way round.  I can imagine a more unbuttoned performance, though.

Glad you enjoyed it, Daverz. You should try Stig Westerberg's performance on Caprice. I used to be partial to Jarvi's, but only now fully appreciating what Westerberg brought to the musical table. Broader tempi and just a grander sense of scale, although I still admire Jarvi's performance a lot for it's tightness and great rhythmic drive.

[Chronochromie]

Scriabin - Preludes op. 11 and op. 74

Ruth Laredo, piano