What are you listening 2 now?

[Traverso]

So I have now listened to the one minute pr. movement clips on Presto's site. Yes, tempi on the slow side - but not slower than it sometimes is heard. He gives some of the movements a delicate chamber music character by using few stops, but other movements are more - and maybe too much - plenum and a bit messy in character. He is maybe also too fond of the 16' stops in the pedal which on this organ has got a somewhat rumbling character. Incidentally Goede (same works on the same organ) is rather similar concerning this. I shall purchase the recording as lossless download from Presto (booklet is included).

Another PM 

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D Major, 1894 Original Version. Ed. Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs [2000]
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Ivor Bolton

[Linz]

Ludwig van Beethoven Septet
Felix Mendelssohn  Octet
Melos Ensemble

[SonicMan46]

Koželuch, Leopold (1747-1818) - Fortepiano Trios, V.1-4 w/ Trio 1790 - a prolific composer in many genres as described below; list of his compositions HERE - these 4 discs contain just a dozen of his 60+ KB Trios - I own nearly 40 CDs of his works although 24 discs (12 each) are the fortepiano sonatas performed by Jenny Kim & Kemp English (click on attachment).  Dave

Leopold Koželuch was a Czech composer and music teacher. He moved to Prague to further his musical education, before moving again to Vienna in 1778, where he was for the remainder of his life. In Vienna he achieved renown as a composer, pianist and teacher, and from 1792 until his death in 1818 he held royal appointments as music director and composer, as Mozart's successor. Koželuch left around 400 compositions. Among these there are about thirty symphonies, twenty-two piano concertos, two clarinet concertos, twenty-four violin sonatas, sixty-three piano trios, six string quartets, two oratorios, nine cantatas and various liturgical works. Among his music there are also operas and ballets. (Source)

[Linz]

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 9
Mahler Academy Orchestra, Philipp von Steinaecker

[JBS]

CD 2
Op 59 Number 3
Op 74

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Now playing Vaughan Williams Job: A Masque for Dancing



One of the great recordings of Job, IMHO. Hickox conjures up the atmosphere and feeling of this music incredibly well. Gorgeous playing from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, too. My favorite British orchestra bar none.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Last work for the night --- Martinů String Sextet, H. 224

[Que]

[AnotherSpin]

[Madiel]

Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole

The 2-piano version...



...and the orchestral version. The opening of "Malagueña" is particularly ear-catching in orchestral form.

[Madiel]

Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit



The version of "Scarbo" goes for creepy more than explosive, which is interesting, and overall very fine.

[Que]

Ascanio Maione (or Mayone) (born around 1570 in Naples and died in 1627) was an Italian musician and composer.
He was a disciple of Jean de Macque and worked at SS Annunziata as an organist from 1593 and as a maestro di cappella from 1621; he was also organist at the Royal Chapel in 1602. He published madrigals but his main work consists of two volumes of keyboard music, Diversi Capricci per sonare (1603, 1609). These contain canzones, toccatas, variations and arrangements of vocal pieces, often in a baroque rather than a 16th-century style.

[Madiel]

Villa-Lobos: Choros no.9 (for orchestra)



I rather like this one.

[Que]

[Mookalafalas]

  Actually, I played 101 and 102, but from the same series...

[Madiel]

I'm watching La Traviata on OperaVision, as it will be withdrawn from the service next week (though I'm sure there's other versions of this particular opera available).

Act One so far. I don't believe I've seen the full opera before, though yes there are a couple of very recognisable tunes in that first act (which is surprisingly short, normally you'd expect the first act to be a long one). And I'm definitely enjoying it. I think Verdi might be in my operatic wheelhouse. And the staging thus far is effective and sensible, it's modern dress but so far feels completely in keeping with the story.

[Traverso]

Bach

Vol.3 CD 5

[Que]

    

[Traverso]

Boulez







It seems that the complete works of Boulez have been reissued by DG

Product Information
To mark the occasion of the centenary of the great composer, conductor and music theorist Pierre Boulez' birth on 26 March 2025, we reissue the beautiful 13-disc set entitled Pierre Boulez: The Composer, which was originally released in 2013. Produced entirely under the composer's supervision, including in the choice of performances, the set presents a survey of the works he considered representative of his compositional art. It further includes a 252pp booklet with comprehensive notes on each work together with commentary from the composer.