What are you listening 2 now?

[Madiel]

Villa-Lobos: Choros no.6



The first choros for orchestra and largest scale piece to date - noting that the numbering of the choros is a listening/performance order that doesn't correspond to the order of composition.

It's certainly a rich tapestry of sounds. The introduction is amazing, and I'm not certain any of the rest quite lives up to that, but it's full of different colours in each section.

[Traverso]

Beethoven

Symphony No.4

[Harry]

Johan Halvorsen.
Stage Music Vol.1.
See back cover for details.
Latvian National SO, Terje Mikkelsen.
Recorded: 1999.

Such surprising music written by Halvorsen, and so good. Gorgeous ballet music, perfectly played and recorded. I had several reruns and still discover new things. The detailing is superb, and the front to back image has enormous depth. Not much attention was given when both volumes were released, but fans of ballet music should seek this out, it's pure necessity.

[AnotherSpin]

Concerto for Orchestra

[Madiel]

Ravel: L'Aurore



After a year off, and while the Sonatine and Miroirs were still works in progress but Sheherazade had been performed, Ravel went back to the Prix de Rome for one last try while he was still eligible to compete.

To modern ears, L'Aurore is likely to sound like one of the most convincing works Ravel produced for the competition, where he was being more himself. And the judges hated it. Scandal ensued - not just because Ravel didn't make the final round but because all 6 finalists had the same teacher who was also a jury member.

[Madiel]

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Markevitch, Philharmonia Orchestra)

[Cato]

On the radio this morning: I had never heard this before!

Elgar: Froissart Overture

I missed the first minute or so, but knew it had to be a British composer!

[AnotherSpin]

The Triple Concerto is one of those pieces I've always felt was mine—as if there's a quiet, lifelong bond between us. If a person could be summed up by a piece of music, this one might well be my calling card. I first heard it on LP almost half a century ago, with Karajan at the helm, and ever since, nearly every performance lifts my spirits. Even when, truth be told, there doesn't seem to be much to hope for—this music still manages to do the trick.

[Brian]

This Brazilian series has been one of the best ideas Naxos has ever conceived.

I'm finding other of their recent releases (not the Brazilian ones) not nearly as interesting, frankly.

I agree. I think it's one of the most important series by any label right now, and I also think more broadly that there should be a major reorientation of the symphonic repertoire to properly integrate South American and Mexican composers.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Ravel & Debussy: Orchestral Works. Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner.

[Traverso]

Kurt Weill

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Now playing Mendelssohn Lieder ohne Worte, Book 6, Op. 67

[Cato]

I agree. I think it's one of the most important series by any label right now, and I also think more broadly that there should be a major reorientation of the symphonic repertoire to properly integrate South American and Mexican composers.

I await new recordings of the works of Julian Carrillo!!!

c. 100 years ago:

[Harry]

Antonio Vivaldi.
The Four seasons.
Il Cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Inventione Op. 8, &  Violin Concerto in D Major, Il grosso mogul RV 208.
& G.A.Brescianello, Violin concerto in C major.
La Folia Barockorchester.
Robin Peter Müller · solo Violin, and direction.
Surround recording at the Palais im Großen Garten Dresden, Germany, 4th - 6th August 2014.

Third rerun in less than a week.

 

[Florestan]

Now playing Mendelssohn Lieder ohne Worte, Book 6, Op. 67

Five or six avatars in less than 24 hours: you're set on breaking you own record, John! 

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Five or six avatars in less than 24 hours: you're set on breaking you own record, John! 

  Yeah, I can't decide on which one I want to use. I think I'll stick with Korngold for awhile (maybe).

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Now playing Debussy String Quartet in G minor

[Florestan]

[Florestan]

I think I'll stick with Korngold for awhile

Don't delude yourself. 

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Don't delude yourself.