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).