What are you listening 2 now?

[AnotherSpin]

[JBS]

[Henk]

Well, I'm going to take a hiatus from classical for awhile. I'll see you all around September or October.

No problem, John. Happy listening.

[Bachtoven]

Yes, he does, and very well I might add.

[Spotted Horses]

I'm sure you all knew this, but it's news to me: the Koechlin piano quintet is a towering masterpiece.

Listened to this today, and agree that it is an impressive piece. Koechlin puts his command of sonority and harmony to good use here. I probably should listen to the string quartets on this and an accompanying disc.

Also listened to the Nocturnes No 4 and 5 (Opus 36 and 37) in the Le Sage recording. These works are from Faure's relatively early period, when his style seemed to owe a lot to Chopin. I find Le Sage's forthright style to be refreshing here, although I wouldn't describe these as reference recordings. A nice alternative, though.



I came to Le Sage because I found his Poulenc solo piano music recordings very good.

[VonStupp]

Franz Berwald
Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 1

Eva Knardahl, piano
Gothenburg Wind Quintet

Some eyebrow-raising harmonic movement is always fun to hear from Berwald.
VS

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Alexander Yossifov: Piano Concerto No. 2. Nikolai Evrov, Vassil Kazahdjiev, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra.

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony no. 8 in C Minor, 1887/90 Mixed Versions. Ed. Robert Haas, Osaka Symphony Orchestra, Takashi Asahina

[SonicMan46]

Bach, JS - WTC on harpsichord with Glen Wilson vs. Colin Booth - the latter made his own harpsichord strung w/ brass which sounds wonderfully mellow - reviews of both attached if interested.  Dave

[Todd]

I just love this recording.  Colic's playing makes everyone else so ho-hum in comparison, the very different Marvin and in her own world Hinrichs aside. 

[ritter]

It's been a while since I last listened to anything by Charles Ives. So, tonight I've pulled out this CD:



Great stuff!

[Lisztianwagner]

Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé

Claudio Abbado & London Symphony Orchestra

[nico1616]

Found this cd in the local Oxfam shop for 2 euros. You can't go wrong with Arrau in Beethoven.

[Bachtoven]

A very enjoyable new release.

[Bachtoven]

Well, this is different. In addition to Symphony No.35, 40, and 36 (in that order), the conductor performs a piano improvisation based on each of those symphonies somewhat in the style of Liszt/Godowsky/Hamelin. He's quite a pianist as well as a conductor...despite looking like he's still in high school!

[foxandpeng]

John Pickard
Symphony 4 'Gaia'
Eden
Andreas Hanson
Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag
BIS

The recent release of Pickard's symphonies 2 and 6 has reminded me just what an outstanding composer he is. Symphony 4 for brass band and Eden are remarkable works.

There are currently some great British composers at work, but Pickard is surely amongst the top tier.

[Brian]

As a fan of all his previous recordings, I'm very curious about this.

[Linz]

Béla Bartók Bartók Works for Orchestra, Concerto for Orchestra, Dance Suite, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Minnesota Orchrstra

[Brian]

For the birthday boy

Number 26 in d minor "Lamentatione"
Overture to Le Pescatrici
Number 41 in C major

Wow, was yesterday Papa Haydn's birthday? I had no idea of it but by total coincidence or good fortune, listened to two great Haydn albums yesterday. Symphonies 96 and 97 with Harnoncourt, and Op 76 Nos 4-6 with the Chiaroscuro Quartet.

I also got to listen to some of this yesterday. I absolutely loved Symphony No 1. A just about perfect example of the "all-American" semi-populist style exemplified by Thompson 2, Schuman 3, Bernstein, Morton Gould, etc.

[Linz]

Knudåge Riisager Slaraffenland (Fools' Paradise), Op. 33: Suite,  Tolv med posten, Op. 37 (version for orchestra), Concertino for Trumpet and Strings, Op. 29 and Darduse, op. 32, Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester, Thomas Dausgaard