What are you listening 2 now?

[Todd]

[Cato]

Bruckner Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, 1873 Original Version Ed. Leopold Nowak, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard

What a coincidence!  The original version of the Symphony #3 was in my head this morning, and I intended to listen to my Georg Tintner/Royal Scottish National Orchestra today!

What do you think of the performance above?

[JBS]

This was not my cup of tea but it may well be others'. Dramatic, angsty music with lots of angry gestures, but committed to a basically tonal late-romantic language, so not quite as freely expressive as it could be. There is a lot of meandering, especially in the violin concerto, where the soloist has a lot of cadenza-like solo moments that don't carry much melodic/structural weight. Instead they just sound ominous.

I have this recording. Your description matches my memory of it.

[JBS]

TD

I am glad that whatever 1991 fashion trend produced that shirt and tie missed me.
The Tchaikovsky pieces are the Dumka in c minor Op 59
The Seasons Op 37b
No 6 June Bacarolle in g minor
No 11 November Troika in E Major
No 10 Autumn Song in d minor

The Warner set has a second recording of Pictures, made in a concert at Heimbach with a German actor reading various bits from European literature (plus some of his own ruminations, it seems), between the sections of the music. I don't intend to listen to it: the spoken portions, being in German, would be lost on me.

[Linz]

Johann Sebastian Bach Musical Offering BWV 1079 CD3

[Lisztianwagner]

Ottorino Respighi
Gli Uccelli
Trittico botticelliano

Giuseppe Sinopoli & Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Poulenc: Les Biches Complete Ballet. Georges Prêtre/Philharmonia Orchestra.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

First listen Ftuesday. Yardumian was a student of Pierre Monteux and had multiple Philadelphia/Ormandy recordings because he was a Philly local.

Brusilow's friend? I like the music, especially the symphony.

[foxandpeng]

This was not my cup of tea but it may well be others'. Dramatic, angsty music with lots of angry gestures, but committed to a basically tonal late-romantic language, so not quite as freely expressive as it could be. There is a lot of meandering, especially in the violin concerto, where the soloist has a lot of cadenza-like solo moments that don't carry much melodic/structural weight. Instead they just sound ominous.

Thanks for this. It does sound like something I would want to hear 😊

[Karl Henning]

JSB
BWV 89 « Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim »


Myaskovsky
Symphony № 9 in e minor, Op. 28 (1927)

[foxandpeng]

First listen Ftuesday. Yardumian was a student of Pierre Monteux and had multiple Philadelphia/Ormandy recordings because he was a Philly local.

Richard Yardumian
Symphony 1
Eugene Ormandy
Philadelphia Orchestra

First listen for me also, but I like this very much so far. Thanks Brian and David!

[Karl Henning]

JSB
BWV 89 « Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim »


Myaskovsky
Symphony № 9 in e minor, Op. 28 (1927)

I especially enjoyed the second mvt of the Myaskovsky, Presto

Now:
JSB
BWV 90 « Es reißet euch ein schrecklich Ende »

[Brian]

Richard Yardumian
Symphony 1
Eugene Ormandy
Philadelphia Orchestra

First listen for me also, but I like this very much so far. Thanks Brian and David!

This is exactly why I try not to say things like "it's bad!" anymore, because everyone's different and most of the time I can tell when something might be for somebody else instead of me!

[Symphonic Addict]

Brahms: Variations for piano duet on a theme by Schumann, op. 23 (Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky)

Masterful. The variations Brahms created from that sweet theme (from Schumann's WoO 24, also Theme and Variations) demonstrate that he wasn't a solid genius in this form for nothing.

[foxandpeng]

This is exactly why I try not to say things like "it's bad!" anymore, because everyone's different and most of the time I can tell when something might be for somebody else instead of me!

In this case, it's a home run. Very much my ball park. Looking forward to exploring more of his music tomorrow.

Thanks again 👍

[JBS]

In this case, it's a home run. Very much my ball park. Looking forward to exploring more of his music tomorrow.

Thanks again 👍

You'll probably be interested in his English language Mass, and there's a concertante work for piano recorded by John Ogdon.
I have the Mass as part of the Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia/Anshel Brusilow set, so it's probably streamable somewhere. Probably the Ogdon too since it should be part of the Warner Berglund set.

And there's the BIS CD I posted earlier today in this thread.

[JBS]

TD
Just finished

Just started

Two successive CDs in the Warner Lars Vogt box: the Concerto shown in the first image is apparently the recording contained in the second CD.

[Karl Henning]

This is exactly why I try not to say things like "it's bad!" anymore, because everyone's different and most of the time I can tell when something might be for somebody else instead of me!

I always remember that I didn't much connect with the symphonies of Nielsen or Vaughan Williams, the first time I listened. Strange as that strikes me now. 

[Henk]

I always remember that I didn't much connect with the symphonies of Nielsen or Vaughan Williams, the first time I listened. Strange as that strikes me now.

Can count for you not for others. You might force Brian into relistening to something against his nature. 

[Karl Henning]

Can count for you not for others. You might force Brian into relistening to something against his nature. 

All he will have sacrificed is a second listening. It's understood that it may still not float his boat.