What are you listening 2 now?

[Roasted Swan]

Before heading out for the day --- Walton The Wise Virgins Suite

I love that Suite!

[Karl Henning]

[Number Six]

Mozart: Violin Concertos No. 3-5
Kristian Bezuidenhout, Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz (Violin)
2021, Freiburg im Breisgau, Ensemblehaus Freiburg

It's Saturday, so I am meant to be listening to a Symphony. But I felt like this one for the moment. Maybe will do a Mozart symphony next. . .

Also, I suppose, we are meant to be listening to Bach passions this weekend. But since I don't understand the words and don't have any emotional connections to the music, the way I might for Christmas music, it doesn't matter to me what season of the year I play Bach choral works.

[Karl Henning]

I don't yet know this piece nearly as well as I wish.

[Traverso]

Bach

[vandermolen]

I love that Suite!

I like those versions of the symphonies.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, 1894 Original Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Lovro von Matacic

[Henk]

👌

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E Major, 1885 Version. Ed.Leopold Nowak
Münchner Philhamoniker, Sergiu Celibidache

[VonStupp]

Sir Granville Bantock
Omar Khayyám

Catherine Wyn-Rogers, mezzo
Toby Spence, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
BBC SO & Chorus - Vernon Handley

I doubt this work would ever be a favorite of mine, despite its luscious beauty and Humanist ideals.

However, since Handley's recording contains cuts, I listened to the missing portions on Norman Del Mar's complete reading on Lyrita, and that one sounds very exciting opposite Chandos' lush rose-smelling. I should probably pursue that whole recording at some point, but it will have to wait for now.
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[Karl Henning]

Schoenberg
Este Kammersymphonie, Op. 9b
Stuttgart Radio Symphony
Michael Gielen

[foxandpeng]

Hans Werne Henze
The Henze Collection
Symphony 1
HWH
Berlin Philharmonic
Deutsche Grammophon

I've grown to really appreciate Henze over the years, and although not my favourite of his symphonies, I fancied something familiar 🙂

[Linz]

Gioachino Rossini  Overtures
The London Classical Players, Roger Norrington

[brewski]

Schreker: Kammersymphonie (Rattle / BRSO Akademie, live recording 2 Nov 2024). Why Scheker's music isn't more widely performed is a mystery.

[Number Six]

E. Schwarzkopf: 3 songs from Schumann's Myrthen, Op 25

Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Jordi Savall, Le Concert des Nations

Better late than never on Saturday Symphony!

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

I love that Suite!

Yes, it's lovely, indeed.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, 1873 Original Version Ed. Leopold Nowak
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Finishing up Alwyn's symphonies --- Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5

[Mapman]

Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
Kitajenko: Bergen



Bach: Famous Organ Works
E. Power Biggs

I enjoyed this performance quite a bit. None of the clunkiness that organs can sometimes have.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

I like those versions of the symphonies.

Me too, Jeffrey. I think Mackerras gets inside this music better than say Haitink who I know only recorded the 1st symphony, but when EMI (Warner) were compiling their Walton Collector's Edition, they should've just used Mackerras for both symphonies instead of splitting it between Haitink and Previn. I think a Walton box set from Warner could be done so much better now since they bought out the EMI catalog and have been issuing those beautiful sets like Debussy The Complete Works and the Igor Stravinsky Edition for example. Oh well, looks like Walton will continue to get the shaft. I'm not even sure how popular his music is in the UK or elsewhere nowadays, but he's such a fantastic composer and I've loved his music.