What are you listening 2 now?

[Florestan]

[Madiel]

Villa-Lobos: Choros no.8 (for orchestra)



Whoa. This one is really dense, a touch chaotic. There is a LOT going on, moreso than in previous pieces in the cycle. Apparently it's meant to evoke Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

[Madiel]

Ravel: Histoires naturelles



Such fabulous music. Three months ago I didn't know these songs, and now I've heard 2 different performances which both make me think this is some of Ravel's finest work. The poems themselves are very good, and Ravel enhances them with his varied and vivid music.

[Madiel]

Dvorak
Mazurek/Mazurka for violin and orchestra
Rondo for cello and orchestra



The Mazurek makes a great start to an album of generally smaller Dvorak works, played with lots of character. Unfortunately there wasn't room on the disc for the other smaller violin/orch work, the Romance. But this is great.

Yablonsky as both soloist and conductor also gives the Rondo plenty of bounce - it's a lot faster than the Tortelier/Previn recording I have, and that's largely to the piece's benefit.

[Florestan]

From Disc 1: In Autumn Op. 11, Symphonic Dances Op. 64

[Roasted Swan]

From Disc 1: In Autumn Op. 11, Symphonic Dances Op. 64

good set - lovely music!

[Cato]

Jehan Alain: Trois Danses for Organ


Played by his sister:

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Now playing Rachmaninov 3rd

[steve ridgway]

This morning, Xenakis - La Légende D'Eer (2004 mix)

I'm very happy with the sound of this 47 minute 7 channel tape work on my current music player and headphones; the twittering, whistling, rattling, grating, creaking, scraping and whooshing noises were all well audible and distinct while not quite harsh enough to be unbearable. I found it quite calming to relax and let the audio storm rage around me.

[Harry]

Joseph Lauber (1864–1952)
Symphony No. 4 & 5.
Sinfonie Orchester Biel Solothurn, Kaspar Zehnder.
Recorded:  Diaconis Kirche Bern, 2021.


A very interesting composer, hugely neglected, and actually rejected by most classical music lovers.
Worth a try!

[foxandpeng]

Ragnar Söderlind
Symphony 2, Sinfonia Breve
Symphony 3, Les Illuminations Symphoniques
Söderlind
LSO
Aurora Contemporary

Monday afternoon is improving!

[foxandpeng]

Joseph Lauber (1864–1952)
Symphony No. 4 & 5.
Sinfonie Orchester Biel Solothurn, Kaspar Zehnder.
Recorded:  Diaconis �Kirche Bern, 2021.


A very interesting composer, hugely neglected, and actually rejected by most classical music lovers.
Worth a try!

New to me, thank you 😊

[Madiel]

Stravinsky: Apollo



The purity and restraint of strings.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Now playing Nielsen String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 14

[Traverso]

Bach

Vol.2 CD6

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Now playing Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto

[Florestan]

[Linz]

Johann Sebastian Bach 4 Secular Cantatas
Elly Ameling, soprano, Gerald English, Tenor, Siegmund Nimsgern, Bass
Collegium Aureum

[Traverso]

Schubert

Rosamunde Incidental Music

[Florestan]

Schubert

Rosamunde Incidental Music

Superb!