What are you listening 2 now?

[JBS]

Before

The Fifth and Sixth.
Again, a somewhat cerebral and restrained approach in the Fifth Symphony--followed by a reverse approach in the Sixth, resulting in an excellent recording of a symphony that generally passes me by.
So while the Fourth and Fifth seem to be good but not great, the Sixth is worth the price of the whole.

Now:
First listen to the Violin and Cello Concertos of Thomas de Hartmann

The Violin Concerto was recorded in Warsaw January 2024.
The cover art is Kandinsky's Traverse Line.

[Linz]

Antonio Vivaldi Avanti l'opera, Rare Opera Overtures, L'Arte dell'Arco, Christopher Hogwood

[Todd]

[foxandpeng]

Malek Jandali
Symphony 2, 'Luminosity'
Pavle Despalje
Zagreb PO


This is also excellent. I recommend these symphonies very highly.

[VonStupp]

Franz Schmidt
Variations on a Hussar's Song
Fantasia for piano and orchestra
Chaconne for orchestra

Jasminka Stančul, piano
Rheinland-Pfalz SPO - Alexander Rumpf

While I have been trying to make sense of Schmidt's symphonies, this album hooked me from start to end.
VS

[JBS]

CD 2 of


This is one of several CDs in the set in which the sleeve art---always by a British artist, mostly from the late Victorian/Edwardian period--has no obvious connection to the music on the CD. In this case it's In A Welsh Valley by Benjamin Leader.

[Bachtoven]

I'm going through a pretty rough time: my sister ended her life last night due to a number of health issues. I'm not sure how much I'll be posting for a few days, but since she loved listening to me play guitar, I listened to this today in her honor.

[JBS]

I'm going through a pretty rough time: my sister ended her life last night due to a number of health issues. I'm not sure how much I'll be posting for a few days, but since she loved listening to me play guitar, I listened to this today in her honor.

Oh no...may her memory be always and only a source of blessing.

[Symphonic Addict]

Eshpai: Symphonies 4 and 5
Bach: Sonata No. 2 and Partita No. 2

Astounding these four pieces.

[JBS]

A fine but sometimes too bright-sounding group of madrigals from the late Elizabethan/Jacobean era.

The portrait on the cover is that of Mary, Lady Darcy, a member of the Kitson (Kytson) family who were Wilbye's patrons.

[brewski]

My go-to recording is with Svetlanov on Melodiya. I like that symphony uninhibitedly hedonistic and passionate, and Svetlanov and the USSR SO did a splendid job I must say.

Don't think I've heard the Svetlanov, so will remedy. I also love the piece, with its early Scriabin charm.

-Bruce

[brewski]

Georgi Sztojanov: Refracting Light (Klaas Stok, conductor / NDR Vokalensemble). Composer, conductor, and ensemble new to me, and a fine introduction.

-Bruce

[steve ridgway]

I'm going through a pretty rough time: my sister ended her life last night due to a number of health issues.

That is a hard situation to deal with. My mother in law and her husband did the same some years ago. I can understand someone feeling their health was only ever going to decline further and not wishing to continue with no worthwhile quality of life.

[steve ridgway]

Schnittke: Cello Sonata 2

[steve ridgway]

Scelsi: Quattro Pezzi (Su Una Nota Sola)

[Que]

A fine but sometimes too bright-sounding group of madrigals from the late Elizabethan/Jacobean era.

The portrait on the cover is that of Mary, Lady Darcy, a member of the Kitson (Kytson) family who were Wilbye's patrons.

Is it the music or the performances? (Sofar I'm not a very big fan of I Fagiolini)

I'm going through a pretty rough time: my sister ended her life last night due to a number of health issues. I'm not sure how much I'll be posting for a few days, but since she loved listening to me play guitar, I listened to this today in her honor.

That's though... My condolences and take care.

[steve ridgway]

Debussy: La Mer

[steve ridgway]

Messiaen: Theme And Variations

[steve ridgway]

Mahler: Rückert-Lieder

[steve ridgway]

Ruggles: Organum