What are you listening 2 now?

[foxandpeng]

Ned Rorem
Symphonies 1 and 2
Jose Serebrier
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Naxos

Finishing the set

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Before dinner --- now playing Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op. 19, "Sonata-Fantasy"

[VonStupp]

Benjamin Britten
Curlew River

Philip Langridge as The Madwoman
Thomas Allen as The Ferryman
Simon Keenlyside as The Traveler

London Voices
ASMitF - Neville Marriner

Giving another listen to Curlew River, but this time the original recording with Peter Pears and John Shirley-Quirk.
VS

[ChamberNut]

Another rerun, now that my new speakers are on top of what they can deliver. Sorry ChamberNut for the front cover......not

Hah! 

[ChamberNut]

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!

Very nice!

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Now playing Gerhard Pandora Suite

[Cato]

Two works under the radar, although maybe not here at GMG, where almost everything is on the radar! 

Steinberg: Symphony #4

and


Kalliwoda: Symphony #7

[Symphonic Addict]

Moszkowski: Piano Concerto in E major

A full-blooded romantic piano concerto that deserves much more popularity. Once again, part of the writing has ideas that bring Saint-Saëns to mind. Just marvelous.

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Now playing for a first-listen: Vaughan Williams Hugh the Drover



I have to say I'm enjoying the operatic side of RVW's oeuvre. Last night's Sir John in Love was excellent and, so far, I'm rather enjoying Hugh the Drover.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Reza Vali: The Being of Love. Janna Baty, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Fawzi Haimor.

[JBS]

Oddly, #6 sat OK with me, I seem to remember. I'll give it a whirl later today or tomorrow and see!

Thread:

Miloslav Kabeláč
Symphonies 2 and 3 for Organ, Brasses and Timpani
Marko Ivanovic
Prague RSO
Supraphon

Volume up!

But please note my corrective:
It was 7 and 8 that I didn't care for, not 5 and 6. It's 8 that is the "choral" symphony.

TD

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

The Fantastic Philadelphians. Eugene Ormandy/The Philadelphia Orchestra.

[brewski]

The Fantastic Philadelphians. Eugene Ormandy/The Philadelphia Orchestra.

Comments? Coincidentally, I'm also listening to Ormandy and Philadelphia, in a recording of Handel choruses with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir — not really my thing, TBH, but everyone sounds great.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Comments? Coincidentally, I'm also listening to Ormandy and Philadelphia, in a recording of Handel choruses with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir — not really my thing, TBH, but everyone sounds great.

Lovely sampler of Ormandy-Philadelphia. Excellent performance of these exotic music. Plus excellent (stereo) recording quality. Sounds great.

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Going to finish the night out with some ocean (or water-related) works --- first up: Sibelius The Oceanides, Op. 73

[Symphonic Addict]

For those who believe that Borodin's chamber music is only his two lovely string quartets, they may be surprised to discover these delightful works. As usual, these Praga Digitals recordings leave nothing to be desired in any respect.

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Next in my water-related listening session --- Tveitt Nykken, Op. 187

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Next up in my water-related listening session --- Tchaikovsky The Tempest, Op. 18

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Next up in my ocean (or water-related) listening session --- Fauré L'Horizon Chimérique, Op. 118

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And now the last water-related work: Takemitsu I Hear The Water Dreaming