What are you listening 2 now?

[Mookalafalas]

    

[Traverso]

I saw it danced once, very good when the mandarin starts to glow. The complete version is worth a shot, with a chorus.

I saw it once as part of the "Holland Festival" many years ago under the direction of Antal Dorati. It made an overwhelming impression on me. The ballet was certainly an added value.

Componist Béla Bartók Uitvoerenden: Tanzforum Keulen, Concertgebouwokrest o.l.v. Antal Dorati. Uitzenddatum: 17-06-1981 NOS

[Traverso]

Louis Couperin

CD 2

[Madiel]

Dvorak: The Jacobin.

I just finished watching the whole of the production currently available on OperaVision (the National Theatre Brno).

[brewski]

Luciano Azzigotti: Espinor (Ricardo Cuadros Pradilla, guitar). For "augmented acoustic guitar," a fascinating 8 minutes, with Pradilla applying paper, bronze, metal balls, and fan blades to his instrument.

As is often the case, syncing the video to the score allows you to see what the composer put on paper, and how it translates in performance.

-Bruce

[DavidW]

Villa-Lobos cello concertos: if you find his symphonies a bit amorphous try these.  The cello provides a nice narrative to follow and the writing is quite melodic.



Where has Weinberg's fifth been my whole life??  This is a masterpiece!!  It immediately feels on par with Shostakovich.  I'll have to repeatedly listen to and see if it holds up for me.



The Little Organ Book is my favorite Bach.  Despite it being written for study and practice, every prelude is lyrical and melodic.  I'm only half way through and I'm not at home (and I believe you still can't stream most of these recordings) so I'll probably switch to a different performer to finish these.

[VonStupp]

I have this CD but never played it! Thanks VS for reminding me to do so.

Have fun when you get to it! The smaller songs I wasn't familiar with were lovely surprises.
VS

[Traverso]

Richard Strauss

Another fine recording from this box wich I was fortunately able to purchase for only 18 euro. Of course I was quite late in purchasing this box, it was released in 2014 almost 10 years ago and I saw it on a Dutch site still new available for 150.
This edition of 5000 copies (worldwide!) is therefore still not completely OOP, which is strange given the beautiful edition

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Dvorak: The Jacobin.

I just finished watching the whole of the production currently available on OperaVision (the National Theatre Brno).

Oh, interesting!  I hadn't heard of this opera before now.  How did you like it?

PD

p.s.  Trying to figure out what to listen to now (whilst putting lights on the tree)....

[springrite]

Roy Harris: Violin Concerto

Haven't listened to this CD for ages. I will give it a spin now!

[Madiel]

Oh, interesting!  I hadn't heard of this opera before now.  How did you like it?

PD

p.s.  Trying to figure out what to listen to now (whilst putting lights on the tree)....

It's good. I mean, this is fully mature Dvorák. The most interesting thing is how music is integral to the plot. When the local musician complains about his lead tenor being arrested, the guy in charge says he can sing tenor.. only he sings that in ridiculously low bass notes.

[Traverso]

Messiaen


La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ

[Que]

[Spotted Horses]

Bax, Symphony No 1, Handley



I purchased this set (in 2008, amazon tells me) after listening to some of the Thomson set and being baffled but intrigued. Never got around to it until now. (I'm streaming it losslessly, even though it is on my hard disk, to give Chandos a few extra pennies.)

I'm not sure what it all means, but the opulent, overripe orchestration is fun to listen to. Will listen to the piano sonata version next, maybe McCabe.

[Harry]

Gaspard Corrette. 1671-1733.
Messe du 8e Ton pour l'Orgue (a l'usage des Dames religieuses).

Yves-G. Prefontaine (Julien Tribuot-Orgel, 1699 Eglise St-Martin de Seurre), Les Chantres du Roy
Recorded in 2003 at the Church of St. Martin, Seurre, France.

The Organ of course is fantastic as is the Organist, Well recorded too.

[ritter]

After all that talk in the "Have You Ever Experienced Radical Changes in Your Musical Taste?", I felt the urge to listen to something "elitist" 

Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Act III. Hans Knappertsbusch conducts (his Decca studio recording).



If this is elitist, then, yes, I am elitist (and proudly so). One of the pinnacles of musical art.

Paderewski might have exaggerated a bit when he said that Meistersinger "the greatest work of genius ever achieved by any artist in any field of human endeavour" (but he wasn't exaggerating by much  ).

"...in deutschem Land gar bald sich fand's,
dass wer am Ufer des Jordans
Johannes ward genannt,
an der Pegnitz hiess der Hans".

Pure joy!!!

[Papy Oli]

Can't get enough of Quartetto Italiano lately.

LVB - Op.18/2 & 18/3.

[Karl Henning]

Haven't listened to this CD for ages. I will give it a spin now!

Great to see you!

[Brian]

Inspired by Mandryka:

Any thoughts? The instrumentation was intriguing to me.

[vandermolen]

Haven't listened to this CD for ages. I will give it a spin now!

There's a more modern recording as well Paul: