What are you listening 2 now?

[Traverso]

Beethoven

Symphony No.8

[ritter]

Prompted by a recent post by @ChamberNut , revisiting orchestral music by Paul Dukas: Symphony in C major (cond. Martinon), Introduction to Act 3 of Ariane et Barbe-bleu (Dervaux) and La Péri (Markevitch).



I distinctly remember buying this CD at the big HMV store on Oxford Street in London when it was first released (in 1989!). 

BTW, the Teatro Real here in Madrid has announced its 2025-26 season, and we're getting a fully-staged production of Ariane et Barbe-bleu! 

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Now playing Britten Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal



An exquisite miniature with the same instrumentation as his more well-known Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings.

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Now playing Gurney War Elegy



Really a gorgeous and moving work. This particular recording is dedicated to those who died in WWI. I've been reading a good bit about WWI lately and, as with any war, it was a complete and utter travesty of the human race. I've been a pacifist all of my life and nothing will ever change this for me.

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Now playing Elgar Sea Pictures, Op. 37



A truly magical performance. Linda Finnie has such a great voice and I've got to say that Bryden Thomson's Elgar is incredibly underrated. I remember reading a dismal review from everyone's favorite wannabe critic where he completely trashed Thomson's conducting. In which I couldn't disagree more! Thomson coaxes every ounce of emotion and nuance from Elgar's music and it's completely compelling.

[AnotherSpin]

[Symphonic Addict]

Radulescu: Piano Sonatas 4-6

Their kind of "minimalist" language attracts me, but this is not minimalism alla Glass, Reich or Nyman. Even though they might lack more variety, their reflective mood is quite special. And their titles are pretty esoteric and philosophical (like a well ... older than God; settle your dust, this is the primal identity; return to the source of light).




Pettersson: Concertos for string orchestra 1 and 2

Pettersson's other works get overlooked by the symphonies, but these concertos have much merit too. The 3rd concerto is a beast lasting 1 hour long, but I'll leave it for tomorrow, naturally.

[Que]

[Karl Henning]

Prompted by a recent post by @ChamberNut , revisiting orchestral music by Paul Dukas: Symphony in C major (cond. Martinon), Introduction to Act 3 of Ariane et Barbe-bleu (Dervaux) and La Péri (Markevitch).



I distinctly remember buying this CD at the big HMV store on Oxford Street in London when it was first released (in 1989!). 

BTW, the Teatro Real here in Madrid has announced its 2025-26 season, and we're getting a fully-staged production of Ariane et Barbe-bleu!

Sweet!

[Karl Henning]

Radulescu: Piano Sonatas 4-6

Their kind of "minimalist" language attracts me, but this is not minimalism alla Glass, Reich or Nyman. Even though they might lack more variety, their reflective mood is quite special. And their titles are pretty esoteric and philosophical (like a well ... older than God; settle your dust, this is the primal identity; return to the source of light).




Pettersson: Concertos for string orchestra 1 and 2

Pettersson's other works get overlooked by the symphonies, but these concertos have much merit too. The 3rd concerto is a beast lasting 1 hour long, but I'll leave it for tomorrow, naturally.

Yes, I like those string concerti!

[Linz]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Symphonies CD 16
Symphony No. 31 in D major 'Paris' (second version), K.297/K.304a*
Symphony No. 41 in C major 'Jupiter' K. 551*
The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

[Lisztianwagner]

Arnold Bax
Spring Fire

Frederick Delius
Idylle de Printemps
North Country Sketches

Frank Bridge
Enter Spring

Sir Mark Elder & Hallé Orchestra

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Now playing Bridge Oration



Another work created as memoriam for those lives lost during WWI. Little did Bridge or anyone else know that WWII was just around the corner. Anyway, this is a masterpiece.

[Karl Henning]

Now playing Bridge Oration



Another work created as memoriam for those lives lost during WWI. Little did Bridge or anyone else know that WWII was just around the corner. Anyway, this is a masterpiece.

First heard this piece live at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge. Exquisite!

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First heard this piece live at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge. Exquisite!

Oh...lovely, Karl! I bet it was, indeed.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, 1877 Linz version with revisions - Ed. Leopold Nowak
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Ivor Bolton

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Now playing Bridge Cello Sonata

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Now for two cello works from Bridge's student: Britten --- playing Cello Symphony, Op. 68 and Cello Sonata in C, Op. 65

[foxandpeng]

Ned Rorem
Symphony 3
Jose Serebrier
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Naxos

Light evening entertainment...

[Linz]

George Frideric Handel  CD 2
Music For the Royal Fireworks and Water Music
Collegium Aureum