What are you listening 2 now?

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NP:

Górecki
Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"
Dawn Upshaw
London Sinfonietta
David Zinman

From this set -

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Last work for the night:

Martinů
Magic Nights
Kateřina Kněžíková
Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava
Robert Jindra

[AnotherSpin]

CD2

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Alright, one more work and then I'm off:

Vaughan Williams
Five Mystical Songs
Stephen Roberts
Northern Sinfonia & Chorus
Hickox

[steve ridgway]

Mahler - Symphony No.1

I managed to switch off and let it wash over me all the way through .

[Madiel]

Mozart: String quartet no.17, the 'Hunt'



This particularly Haydn quartet does seem very Haydnesque. I tolerated the slow minuet in this performance** rather better than I have on previous listens. The last of which was... over 6 years ago 

**Mozart does say 'moderato' rathern than his more typical 'allegretto', but to my ears the Alban Berg Quartet head towards andante territory. Interestingly this the only one of the Haydn quartets where the slow movement isn't andante, it's adagio. Which maybe gives more licence to have a stately minuet.

[pi2000]

Respighi: Doppio Quartetto in d

Loevendie: Changes

Enescu: Octet in C, op. 7
PLAYED BY:

Roctet : Joris van Rijn, Julija Hartig, Masha Iakovleva, Filipe Fernandes (violon), Francien Schatborn, Frank Brakkee (alto), Eveline Kraayenhof, Anneke Janssen (violoncelle)
Very nice CD!

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Erik Chisholm 'Ossian' (Symphony No.2)

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NP:

Górecki
Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"
Dawn Upshaw
London Sinfonietta
David Zinman

From this set -

A great work! I discovered it many years before it became 'Top of the Pops' when I was chatting to our coach driver about classical music, whilst on a school trip, and he then, very kindly, sent me an audio-cassette of the Symphony (Olympia recording - still one of the best). I like Symphony No.2 'Copernican' as well.

[Madiel]

Mozart: Piano Concerto no.19 in F



So closes 1784. And now that Mozart is keeping a proper notebook I can say that reasonably confidently.

[Madiel]

Schumann: 6 Poems from the songbook of a painter, op.36



Hmm. Um. The songs, and the poetry, come across as rather... uncomplicated. Only the last and longest song gives the impression of aiming for something a little higher.

I do think that's inherent in the music, and it's one of the interesting things when listening to Schumann's songs how there are some very different styles depending on the material he's working with. But also the singer chosen for these songs (Hanno Muller-Brachmann) seems very unsubtle. Maybe he's doing it on purpose for these songs.

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Ruth Gipps: Symphony No.1
Can't stop playing this one!

[Harry]

Ruth Gipps: Symphony No.1
Can't stop playing this one!

Well who could possibly blame you

[Madiel]

Unfinished and I will have to take it up again tomorrow: Brahms piano quartet no.2



I fell asleep while listening to this and starting my read of Isak Dinesen's Seven Gothic Tales, and largely missed a couple of movements. The fault did not lie in the music (or really in the story I was reading).

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Well who could possibly blame you

 

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A great work! I discovered it many years before it became 'Top of the Pops' when I was chatting to our coach driver about classical music, whilst on a school trip, and he then, very kindly, sent me an audio-cassette of the Symphony (Olympia recording - still one of the best). I like Symphony No.2 'Copernican' as well.

Yes, indeed. A very good work full of sadness, but also optimism. My favorite performance of it, however, is this one with Kord (originally on Philips):

[Traverso]

Bach

Concertos BWV 1057-1056-1058-1055 & 1059

Bob van Asperen,Gustav Leonhardt,Bernhardt Klaprott,Marcello Bussi,Carsten Lohff Harpsichords

Melante Amsterdam

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NP:

Gerhard
Symphony "Homenaje a Pedrell"
BBC SO
Bamert

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Concerto Wq 43-4,43-5 & 43-2

[SonicMan46]

Weber & Crusell - Clarinet Concertos - top 2 with Frost and Kriikku on modern instruments; bottom two with Hoeprich and Pay on period clarinets - Eric Hoeprich uses a replica with 10 keys after one by Griessling & Schlott from the early 19th century (presumably made by him).  Dave