What are you listening 2 now?

[foxandpeng]

Don Gillis
Symphony 1 'An American Symphony'
Ian Hobson
Sinfonia Varsovia
Albany

Huh. I like this. American, and obviously so.

[Harry]

Pitch: a' = 415 Hz
Tuning: 1/4-comma mean-tone
Manual 45 notes, 17 stops
Pedal 8 notes, one 16' stop

Ouch, it must have been the 30 years old port I was sipping, or I am just plain stupid, I thank thee for rightfully correcting me. Why I came to a much higher pitch is beyond me! This info is important, but I cannot always find it on the net. And older recordings on Qobuz have not always a PDF file with notes, another drawback. Still, I stop guessing, when drinking beverages with a high alcohol percentage.

[Que]

Listening to some tracks from it now (found on youtube).  Any favorites?

And I'm curious, when was this album originally released?

PD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIl41yMo-7Y&list=PL8hBGKeUeKkDH2hnfE5pddtvnzWhn-2PI

The original issues from 1994:

 

[Harry]

Listening to some tracks from it now (found on youtube).  Any favorites?

And I'm curious, when was this album originally released?

PD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIl41yMo-7Y&list=PL8hBGKeUeKkDH2hnfE5pddtvnzWhn-2PI

PD, the date as recording date mentioned in the review is the original release date. This complete album I had when released with different artwork. The first CD of this set is the best in terms of expression and composition.

[Harry]

The original issues from 1994:

 

All my info points to Forde Abbey recording , Dorset (UK), 1984 and 1988. I also see the 1994 date which seems more plausible though.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

@Que @Harry

Thanks.  I listened to most of the tracks today; a very nice change of pace!

PD

[Florestan]

Some of the most thoroughly delightful and charming piano music known to me!

Agreed. My favorite is La lisonjera.

I love "salon" music and prefer it over many pieces of "serious" (read bloated and turgid) music. 

[Que]

[Lisztianwagner]

On youtube:
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.9

Rafael Kubelik & Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony in F Minor, 1863 One version only - Ed. Leopold Nowak, Christian Thielemann, Wiener Philharmonker

[Iota]

Britten: Les illuminations

Andrew Staples (tenor)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding

The moment this song cycle starts it kind of scoops you up and tosses you into a fantastic theatre, bitingly intense one moment, swooning the next. Staples and Harding rise brilliantly to the wide range of expressive intensities in a recording that has quite lit up my day.

[Linz]

Beethoven Piano Concertos No. 3, Op. 37 and No. 4, Op. 58, Swedish Chamber Orchestra Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

[Roasted Swan]

Don Gillis
Symphony 1 'An American Symphony'
Ian Hobson
Sinfonia Varsovia
Albany

Huh. I like this. American, and obviously so.

Hurray - another fan of Don Gillis!  This series of discs is uniformly excellent.

[ritter]

Hans Werner Henze: 2nd Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Christoph Eschenbach (pf), London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the composer.



CD5 of the big box:

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Poulenc : Les Animaux modèles, Prokofiev and Bartok. May 1960 concert, Orchestre national de la RTF/Georges Prêtre.

[Linz]

Johann Pachelbel Organ Music Gerd Wachowski

[DavidW]

[SimonNZ]

[foxandpeng]

Hurray - another fan of Don Gillis!  This series of discs is uniformly excellent.

Agreed. The whole cycle is surprisingly good. Symphonies 2 and 5 1/2 on the same release are really listenable.

[Brian]

Agreed. The whole cycle is surprisingly good. Symphonies 2 and 5 1/2 on the same release are really listenable.

I recently learned Gillis is a local to my area here, wrote some of these symphonies for local student ensembles, and taught here for many years. Need to give him much more of a listen!