What are you listening 2 now?

[brewski]

Messiaen: Chants de Terre et de Ciel: No. 1, "Bail avec Mi (pour ma femme)". A preview of tonight, when Barbara Hannigan and Bertrand Chamayou will do this set live. The purity of her voice, coupled with his ethereal pianism, are spellbinding.

-Bruce

[Karl Henning]

No, you aren't Imagining things: I did listen to this one not long ago.

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, 1890 Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Marek Janowski

[Karl Henning]

An early favorite of mine from their broad discography.

[vandermolen]

Is that the Fifteenth it's paired with?

TD:

"Papa"
Symphoniy N^o. 55 in E^b « The Schoolmaster »
DRD
Stuttgarters

Yes indeed Karl.

[vandermolen]

Magnard: Symphony No.3

[foxandpeng]

I was recently reunited after many years with an old friend: the Barshai Shostakovich cycle!

This morning, celebrated by listening to 1, 9, and 15, which make a remarkably cohesive program together.

Yeah, Barshai is a favourite amongst favourites, here.

[André]

To put it out of the way (with much, much respect): Metamorphosen is played here by the prescribed 23 strings and it's a breathtaking performance. Since it's been recorded to death and played by all the legends of conducting, who would buy this disc for the Strauss work by an unknown conductor and a little-known orchestra ? Well, think again: it's a powerful, splendidly recorded performance .

The producers had the bright idea of coupling it with a brand new work by a well-known contemporary composer. So, we have an 'old' new work by an old composer coupled with a new work by a living one. Pärt's fourth symphony is scored for a large orchestra but you'd never guess it by the modest amount of decibels to be heard. The LA symphony's 4 movements are all slow or moderately flowing and have decidedly no interest in shaking the listener's bon-bon.

Pärt is a 'serious' composer, meaning he doesn't write music to entertain, but to make us feel and think. His music is not despairing and bleak. Pärt is a Believer, so he aims to leave us with positive feelings rooted deep in our own human experience. The longest movement is titled 'panting - evermore panting'. The listener's soul heaves and its innards are twisting.

You know what you like, but if you're not immune to some deep soul-searching music, this is a fine recording.

[ChamberNut]

To put it out of the way (with much, much respect): Metamorphosen is played here by the prescribed 23 strings and it's a breathtaking performance. Since it's been recorded to death and played by all the legends of conducting, who would buy this disc for the Strauss work by an unknown conductor and a little-known orchestra ? Well, think again: it's a powerful, splendidly recorded performance .

The producers had the bright idea of coupling it with a brand new work by a well-known contemporary composer. So, we have an 'old' new work by an old composer coupled with a new work by a living one. Pärt's fourth symphony is scored for a large orchestra but you'd never guess it by the modest amount of decibels to be heard. The LA symphony's 4 movements are all slow or moderately flowing and have decidedly no interest in shaking the listener's bon-bon.

Pärt is a 'serious' composer, meaning he doesn't write music to entertain, but to make us feel and think. His music is not despairing and bleak. Pärt is a Believer, so he aims to leave us with positive feelings rooted deep in our own human experience. The longest movement is titled 'panting - evermore panting'. The listener's soul heaves and its innards are twisting.

You know what you like, but if you're not immune to some deep soul-searching music, this is a fine recording.

I had the pleasure to attend a concert here in my city with Jean-Marie Zeitouni conducting a fabulous performance of Mozart's 39th.

I also have his recording of Bartók's Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta and Divertimento for Strings that I enjoy.

[steve ridgway]

Scelsi: Cinque Incantesimi

[steve ridgway]

Ligeti: Requiem

[steve ridgway]

Crumb: Vox Balaenae (Voice Of The Whale)

[Que]

One of two surviving masses by Nicolas Champion (1475-1533), composer at the Habsburg court. I'm skipping the plainchant on this recording, which is extensive. The mass itself clocks just under half an hour.

[Que]

Disc 2. This feels like a luxurious version next to Rousset's energetic and idiosyncratic cycle: more relaxed tempi, more ornamentation, richer sounding instruments in SOTA sound.

[Harry]

Disc 2. This feels like a luxurious version next to Rousset's energetic and idiosyncratic cycle: more relaxed tempi, more ornamentation, richer sounding instruments in SOTA sound.

Will start with this set soon! Good to read your thoughts

[foxandpeng]

Beethoven
Symphony 6 'Pastoral'
Osmo Vänskä
Minnesota Orchestra
BIS

Such a long time since I listened to anything from Beethoven. Aside from a really good familiarity, this is a great performance.

[AnotherSpin]

[Iota]

Gerhard: Alegrías suite, Pedrelliana

The Alegrías suite is very aptly named, four short orchestral blasts of colour and rhythm, busy and fun. And Pedrelliana is equally vibrant, a homage to Felipe Pedrell (teacher of Albéniz, Granados, de Falla and Gerhard amongst other things).
The works are four-square in his tonal period, but whatever style he's writing in he always seems to compose with such a sharp pencil, focussed and clear to the smallest detail.

[Traverso]

Dufay

[Que]

Browsing on Spotify:


A recording with gamba solo music from the 2nd half of the 17th century, by unfamiliar composers: Monsieur Du Buisson, Theodore Steffkins, William Young and Nicolas Hotman. Beautiful playing by Robert Gini, well recorded. Definitely worth a listen when the mood is right.

https://www.aulicusclassics.com/music-with-original-instruments/alc-0047viola-da-gamba-le-jeu-d-harmonie