What are you listening 2 now?

[JBS]

The Warner Andsnes set landed today. Decided to start in media res with a CD I've never heard (Rachmaninov) and a CD I have heard (Schubert).

CDs 23 and 24 of

[VonStupp]

Frederick Delius
Summer Evening
Dance Rhapsody 2
On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring
Summer Night On The River
A Song Before Sunrise
Fennimore And Gerda: Intermezzo
Irmelin: Prelude
Songs of Sunset

Maureen Forrester, contralto
John Cameron, baritone

Beecham Choral Society
Royal PO - Thomas Beecham

For tonight and tomorrow:
I've been very much looking forward to the 2nd part of Beecham's stereo Delius.

I have long cherished Janet Baker and John Shirley-Quirk in Songs of Sunset. I am interested to hear another.
VS

[Symphonic Addict]

[Symphonic Addict]

Poot: Symphonies 4-7

These symphonies have been a sort of nice discovery lately and they're not too long. The first two feature good vibes and some neoclassical gestures + American rhythms, but the next five are gritty, menacing, dynamic, very engaging indeed. Some are better recorded than others (in the 5th the orchestra sounds a tad distant).

[AnotherSpin]

Op. 106 (Andrew Willis)

[Que]

[Harry]

Lute Music of the Netherlands.
See details back cover.

Anthony Bailes, Lute.
Recorded: St. Marien Kirche Schönemoor, Germany, 2011.

Wonderfully done! Composers not often recorded, like Vallet, Huwet and especially van den Hove. In the hands of Bailes one savours the articulation and subtle treatment of dynamics, which allows his mastery to shine in all its glory, and above all it shows the cultural richness of the Netherlands at that time. I do not know which Lute he is using, but it's a clear and clean instrument. Recording is more than excellent. A good start in the morning.

[Harry]

Armstrong Gibbs.
Complete Piano Trios.
London Piano Trio.
Recorded: probably between 2004-2007.
The members changed over the years, and their website is defunct.

The performance of the Piano trios is well done. They are committed and clear cut in their approach of these beautiful works. An underrated composer, who has to tell much more as is currently recorded. The sound is good.

[Que]

Lute Music of the Netherlands.
See details back cover.

Anthony Bailes, Lute.
Recorded: St. Marien Kirche Schönemoor, Germany, 2011.

I was immediately intrigued, so I decided to follow your example! 

[AnotherSpin]

Op. 106 (1953, Germany)

[Harry]

British Light Music Classics.
Volume I.
See back cover for more details.
The New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp.
Recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, on 30 November, 1 December 1995.

This set is still a highlight in my collection, and a big thumbs up for Hyperion for recording it all. There is not a similar series on the market this good. Tony Faulkner recorded it, so that's an instant success, being one of the best engineers in this field. Super performance.

[foxandpeng]

British Light Music Classics.
Volume I.
See back cover for more details.
The New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp.
Recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, on 30 November, 1 December 1995.

This set is still a highlight in my collection, and a big thumbs up for Hyperion for recording it all. There is not a similar series on the market this good. Tony Faulkner recorded it, so that's an instant success, being one of the best engineers in this field. Super performance.

Good call. Farnon, Gibbs, Curzon, Coates... sounds like a decent listen

[pjme]

Poot: Symphonies 4-7

These symphonies have been a sort of nice discovery lately and they're not too long. The first two feature good vibes and some neoclassical gestures + American rhythms, but the next five are gritty, menacing, dynamic, very engaging indeed. Some are better recorded than others (in the 5th the orchestra sounds a tad distant).

Some of these recordings (Léonce Gras , Franz André) must be quite old and -possibly- stem from the radio archives.


Pianist Neil Galanter apparently has discovered Poot and performed his first pianoconcerto with the Valley SO. nice!

On the website of the Queen Elisabeth competition one can listen to the 1960 recordings of this work with Jerome Lowenthal, Agustin Anievas, Malcolm Frager, Lee Luvisi etc.
https://koninginelisabethwedstrijd.be/nl/wedstrijden-details-laureaten/activiteiten/piano-1960/

More info on Poot (english) + YT
https://www.svm.be/componisten/poot-marcel?language=en

[Que]

Suites de Pieces pour le Clavecin (1733)

[Harry]

Walter Braunfels.
Orchestral works.
See back cover for details.

I start all over again with these series. It was a year ago, that I listen to all the recordings of Braunfels on this label. Some of them I left out,mostly lieder and masses. So, the 2 Hölderin songs I skipped on this disc. I simply love his orchestral works. The performances are excellent as is the sound.