What are you listening to now?

[Artem]

Cerha's Fasce and Ligeti's Atmospheres. Two similar pieces composed around the same time.
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[SimonNZ]

Kagel and Schnittke Piano Trios - Liszt-Trio Weimar



Arnold Bax's Piano Trio - Ensemble Avalon

[Madiel]

Trying the orchestral version of the Michelangelo songs by Shostakovich.

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[Que]

Back to baroque for a while

Now listening to Weiss
Sonata No.22 in F "Le fameux corsaire" WeissSW28 from this wonderful set

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One of my favourite purchases of 2015! 

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[Madiel]

Trying the orchestral version of the Michelangelo songs by Shostakovich.

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Sorry for quoting myself, but gee this is good. Shostakovich is reported to have regarded the Michelangelo Suite as his 16th symphony, which is one of the reasons I decided to try the orchestral version and not just the piano one. The two versions are pretty well contemporaneous.

I definitely need to buy a version of this work. Quite possibly this one. Definitely not the recent one where someone decided to translate the words back into Italian. Ugh. Leave it alone.

[Que]

My morning listening:

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Getting more Palestrina is still on my to do list....
Palestrina has been popular amongst British ensembles, but that's not my cup of tea...
Which currently brings down the number of eligible candidates considerably.
There is a real need for more excellent Italian Renaissance choral ensembles, like De Labyrintho, to fill the gaps here...
As in Baroque, the Italian are late to the party....but are bound to make a impressive entrance

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[aligreto]

JS Bach: Cantata BWV 27 For The Sixteenth Day after Trinity [Gardiner]....

[Que]

Revisiting this set has been very satisfying! 
A good reminder why this old fashionedly bulky set together with a similar "brick" by Christophe Rousset occupy nearly half a shelf in the French Baroque section....



François Couperin: L'Oeuvre pour clavecin
Noëlle Spieth

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[North Star]

Revisiting selections from this set, discs 4 & 5 mainly.

Byrd
Complete Keyboard Music (Disc 7)
Moroney (muselar, harpsichord)
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[SimonNZ]

Pascal Dusapin's Trio Rombach - Trio Élégiaque

[aligreto]

Victoria: O Quam Gloriosum [Hill]....

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Listening to a disc of music by Hosokawa that I haven't heard yet. I really love what he does when drawing inspiration from traditional styles and genres, yet implementing aspects of traditional music in very 'new' ways.

[aligreto]

Music by Galuppi, Stradella and Franceschini....





This is another very fine collection of Trumpet music. The Trumpet soloist is the same as in the other 4 volumes but this time the Ensemble is different. However, the standard of musicianship is maintained. I particularly like those works which have a vocal element to them. This would be as equally recommended as the others in the series.

[Sergeant Rock]

George Lloyd Symphony No.3 F major, the composer conducting the BBC Phil




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[Brian]

I've heard "Beckus the Dandipratt" - maybe the best title of any overture? - but not the two concertos or the John Field Fantasy.

[Sergeant Rock]

George Lloyd Symphony No.9 (1969), the composer conducting the BBC Phil




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[Wanderer]

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[aligreto]

Holst: The Hymn of Jesus [Groves]....





This is a wonderful, atmospheric work which to my ear is an interesting mixture of secular and religious writing, if there are such things. There is some powerful choral writing contained here and the vocalists do it justice in this performance.

[Sergeant Rock]

Sir Malcolm Arnold Three Shanties

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[Sergeant Rock]

George Lloyd Symphony No.2 (1933, revised 1982), the composer conducting the BBC Phil




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