What are you listening 2 now?

[Que]

The focal point of the album is the recently rediscovered Prague manuscript of polyphonic masses, with the fabulously survived Missa Presulem ephebeatum by Heinrich Isaac, one of the most significant masters of the Franco-Flemish polyphonic style. Petrus Wilhelmi de Grudencz's Presulem ephebeatum, whose thematic material inspired Isaac, attests to his mass being connected with Bohemia and Prague. The album contains a number of other extraordinary pieces, including Josquin Des Prez's celebrated Stabat Mater, with the added sixth voice, which has been uniquely preserved in this form in Bohemia.

It's a nice recording, well performed. It is just that I have never much warmed up to Heinrich (Henricus) Isaac. A composer who made a carreer out of mimicking the style of better Franco-Flemish componers, but never reached the level of the real thing...

[Roasted Swan]

Arnold Bax
Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Harp and String Quartet
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Chandos

This is a far superior piece of music. Bax rarely fails to please, IMO. This is an attractive concerto that is charming and appropriate for late evening listening. Nothing jarring or dissonant, which works for me tonight. Low lights and a relaxed Baxian mood. Nice.

Fine programme all round......

EDIT:  actually your nudge prompted to properly listen to the entire disc - couldn't tell you when I last did that!  As you say - genuinely excellent all round.  The unusual combinations of instruments makes it unlikely these pieces will ever be heard much on disc let alone in concert.  So thank goodness the performances here are as fine as they are.  My own favourite is probably the "In Memoriam" for harp, cor anglais and string quartet.  As mentioned elsewhere not so loong ago a completely different piece from the orchestral "In Memoriam" of much the same time although both prompted by the Dublin uprising of 1916.  The chamber work unusual for Bax in that it ends with a very luminous serene major chord.

As an aside - did any other non-harp-playing composer ever write so much significant music that includes important harp parts?  Someone is bound to think of an obvious composer I've forgotten!

[vandermolen]

Bloch: Poems of the Sea
Actually the version I'm playing is on Capriccioo with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin Cond. Fabrice Bollon but I can't get the picture to load up.

[Que]

[Madiel]

Mozart: Missa brevis in B flat, K.275. As well as other bits in the same area of the K catalogue.

[Irons]

Arthur Butterworth
Three Nocturnes, 'Northern Summer Nights'
Arthur Butterworth
Royal Scottish NO
Dutton

Gentle. Peaceful, even when energetic. What it says on the tin.

I ought to listen to more Butterworth. I get a flavour of Bax in his music that feels familiar without being derivative.

A favourite CD. Big fan of the coupling 5th Symphony. I agree with your Bax observation.

[Irons]

Just a little suggestion: do not start with the choral 9th which could put you off given that it's the most "austere" of the bunch.

Out of interest where would you start?

[Harry]

JOHANN GOTTFRIED MÜTHEL (1728 - 1788).
Complete Fantasies and Choral Preludes.
LÉON BERBEN, plays on a Franciscus Volckland/Ernst Friedrich Hesse organ (1729/1823) St.-Lukaskirche, Mühlberg (Germany).
Pitch: two semitones above normal.
Temperament: : Neidhard III.

Excellent, just the way I like to hear this composer. Berben is contemplative were he should, and mildly energizing when he could. The Organ sounds really good, Martin Frommen did the technical honours, and with him every organ sounds at its best. SOTA sound it is, and ditto performance. First time I hear Berben's interpretation, which is a great pleasure.

[VonStupp]

Gioachino Rossini
Wedding of Thetis and Peleus
Harmony's Sorrow at the Death of Orpheus

Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo, et al.
La Scala PO & Chorus - Riccardo Chailly

VS

[Harry]

BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685—1750).
Organ Works-Volume IV.
See back cover for details.

Masaaki Suzuki playing the 1737 Christoph Treutmann organ of Stiftskirche St. Georg, Grauhof, Germany.
Temperament Neidhardt I.
Pitch: well-tempered, approx. 5/8 tone above a1 = 440 Hz.
Recording: 12th—17th August 2022 at the Stiftskirche St. Georg, Grauhof, Germany.

Superb recording and performance!

[SonicMan46]

Krommer, Franz - Wind Music - finishing up my listening to Krommer this morning w/ his windy music (he has over 50 works in the 'Wind Ensemble' category) - own a half dozen CDs; top 3 below are on period instruments; bottom ones on MIs - despite some overlap the instruments used provide variety.  Dave

   

   

[Bachtoven]

[Traverso]

Jacques Van Oortmerssen–    Mohrentanz
 Tylman Susato
    Jacques Van Oortmerssen–    Pass Et Medio & nachttang "Der Stoss"
  Tylman Susato
    Jacques Van Oortmerssen–    Allemande & Nachttanz
  Tylman Susato
    Jacques Van Oortmerssen–    Toccata In C
  Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
    Okke Dijkhuizen–    Des Boosdoeners Wille Seer Quaet, Den 36 Sallem
  Anonymous
     Okke Dijkhuizen–    Bewaert My Heer Weest Doch Min Toeverlaat
  Anonymous
    Okke Dijkhuizen–    Psalm 5
  Anonymous
    Okke Dijkhuizen–    Psalm 100, Var. 1&2
  Anonymous
     Okke Dijkhuizen–    Psalm 100, Var 3&4
  Anonymous
     Margreet Prinsen–    In Nomine
  John Bull
    Margreet Prinsen–    Almande Brun Smeedelyn
  Anonymous
    Margreet Prinsen–    Serband
  – Gisbert Steenwick
     Margreet Prinsen–    Fantasia X In A
  Orlando Gibbons
   Jan Jongepier–    Tiento Ileno. 3. Tono
  – Anonymous
    Jan Jongepier–    Balletto A 4
  Johann Staden
    Jan Jongepier–    Courante
  Johann Staden
    Jan Jongepier–    Canzona In D
  Johann Kaspar Kerll
    Jan Jongepier–    Allein Zu Dir Herr Jesu Christ
 Johann Pachelbel
     Bert Matter–    Vater Unser Himmelreich Versus 1
  Jacob Praetorius
   Bert Matter–    Vater Unser Himmelreich Versus 2
  Jacob Praetorius
    Bert Matter–    Vater Unser Himmelreich Versus 3
  Jacob Praetorius
     Bert Matter–    Vater Unser Himmelreich Versus 5
 Jacob Praetorius
     Bert Matter–    Vater Unser Himmelreich Versus 6
  Jacob Praetorius
     Bert Matter–    Vater Unser Himmelreich Versus 7
  Jacob Praetorius

[foxandpeng]

Can Atilla
Symphony 2, 'Gallipoli - the 57th Regiment'
Bilkent SO
Buruk Tüzün
Naxos

What a great symphony. Even the soprano doesn't ruin it for me. Emotional and haunting music with great emphasis on the cello parts.

[Que]

Krommer, Franz - Wind Music - finishing up my listening to Krommer this morning w/ his windy music (he has over 50 works in the 'Wind Ensemble' category) - own a half dozen CDs; top 3 below are on period instruments; bottom ones on MIs - despite some overlap the instruments used provide variety.  Dave

   

Those I have and enjoy greatly!

[Harry]

Jacques Van Oortmerssen–    Mohrentanz
 Tylman Susato
    Jacques Van Oortmerssen–    Pass Et Medio & nachttang "Der Stoss"
  Tylman Susato
    Jacques Van Oortmerssen–    Allemande & Nachttanz
  Tylman Susato
    Jacques Van Oortmerssen–    Toccata In C
  Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
    Okke Dijkhuizen–    Des Boosdoeners Wille Seer Quaet, Den 36 Sallem
  Anonymous
    Okke Dijkhuizen–    Bewaert My Heer Weest Doch Min Toeverlaat
  Anonymous
    Okke Dijkhuizen–    Psalm 5
  Anonymous
    Okke Dijkhuizen–    Psalm 100, Var. 1&2
  Anonymous
    Okke Dijkhuizen–    Psalm 100, Var 3&4
  Anonymous
    Margreet Prinsen–    In Nomine
  John Bull
    Margreet Prinsen–    Almande Brun Smeedelyn
  Anonymous
    Margreet Prinsen–    Serband
  – Gisbert Steenwick
    Margreet Prinsen–    Fantasia X In A
  Orlando Gibbons
  Jan Jongepier–    Tiento Ileno. 3. Tono
  – Anonymous
    Jan Jongepier–    Balletto A 4
  Johann Staden
    Jan Jongepier–    Courante
  Johann Staden
    Jan Jongepier–    Canzona In D
  Johann Kaspar Kerll
    Jan Jongepier–    Allein Zu Dir Herr Jesu Christ
 Johann Pachelbel
    Bert Matter–    Vater Unser Himmelreich Versus 1
  Jacob Praetorius
  Bert Matter–    Vater Unser Himmelreich Versus 2
  Jacob Praetorius
    Bert Matter–    Vater Unser Himmelreich Versus 3
  Jacob Praetorius
    Bert Matter–    Vater Unser Himmelreich Versus 5
 Jacob Praetorius
    Bert Matter–    Vater Unser Himmelreich Versus 6
  Jacob Praetorius
    Bert Matter–    Vater Unser Himmelreich Versus 7
  Jacob Praetorius

A beautiful box, sadly oop, and not on the streaming services, A treasure....

[Todd]

[foxandpeng]

Can Atilla
Symphony 2, '57. Regiment Gallipoli Senfonisi' (Live Performance)
IDSO
Burak Tüzün
POeM Studio

Even better in this Live version. Mournful cellos never sounded more mournful, or at least, do a glorious job here.

[kyjo]

Out of interest where would you start?

You didn't ask me, but with Atterberg you can easily start with the 1st Symphony, which is a remarkably assured and inspired premier effort in the genre. And the 2nd and 3rd symphonies which follow are Atterberg at his most epic and grandiose, full of moments of breathtaking beauty and majesty. So, going in chronological order will give you some of the very best of Atterberg right off the bat, but really you can't go wrong with any of his symphonies, except perhaps the more "esoteric" 9th.

[Traverso]

A beautiful box, sadly oop, and not on the streaming services, A treasure....

Actually, there should be bound books that go with it, but I don't have those.