What are you listening 2 now?

[j winter]

Schubert D664, D960 - Lupu

[vers la flamme]

Leonard Bernstein: Symphony No.2, "The Age of Anxiety". Marin Alsop, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, w/ Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano soloist

Fitting music for times of crisis, though I suppose the prevailing anxieties of today are nothing close to those of the time in which this was written (1949). It amazes me how early on in his career Bernstein was when he wrote his first two symphonies, as they are highly developed, mature works.

[Karl Henning]

Bruckner
Symphony # 2
Cologne Radio Symphony
Wand

Walton
Cello Concerto
Robt Cohen, vc
Bournemouth Symphony
Litton

[Mandryka]

Having been very impressed by Salomon OP 20 I thought I'd check out what they make of op  50, starting with the one in B flat.

[Mahlerian]

Inspired by an article I'm reading for class:

Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op. 76 No. 1
Alban Berg Quartet

[JBS]

Wasn't the Venetian Carnival always about escapism?


Last CD of the Morbisch Seefest box.

[Karl Henning]

Wasn't the Venetian Carnival always about escapism?


Last CD of the Morbisch Seefest box.

(* chortle *)

[Karl Henning]

Walton
Symphony # 1 in b-flat minor
Bournemouth Symphony
Litton

[JBS]

[Carlo Gesualdo]

I'm listening to a great modernist,  20 century, utter genius from Poland, name Tadeusz Bair his  symphony 1-3 , found out ,  my sloppy room this... wow.

In between Schoenberg atonal  moment and Alan Hovhaness mystical fantasy there is the Sound of great sir Tadeusz baird, this is my opinion my ears, nervous system, brain stimulation & introspective night.
This is smart yet simple modern(not super modern) era
not super modern ala Tristan Murail  a notorious Spectralist from France I.e little inside joke, that has is shares of truth but whatever, anyone like his work dear Good Music Guide folk or lady that is listening to Him...

He from Poland but dos ain't sounded that polish, he not like the polish I know from there: Penderecki or Lutoslavsky?
Whom are more grim?

He is like I've said Schoenberg-ian, and Hovhaness-ian quite a bit in  the universal sphere of  sounds , the panorama of music, how it feel.

[Daverz]

Walton
Symphony # 1 in b-flat minor
Bournemouth Symphony
Litton

I've been listening the Partita and Variations from this CD quite a lot lately:

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OK, but can't hold a candle to the Szell recordings in the Szell box.

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I haven't listened to the Violin Concerto on this Hyperion disc yet, but that would have to compete against Chung/Previn, among others.

[Karl Henning]

https://www.youtube.com/v/-WTD3Khd3-lY

[Symphonic Addict]

Khachaturian's Symphonies 2 and 3 from here:

[André]

The set is completed by 20 minutes from an unfinished oratorio, Christus. Mendelssohn died before he could get more work done. Despite their fragmentary nature, the extracts are major Mendelssohn, truly gorgeous music.

Paulus is a powerful work, one I enjoy somewhat more than Elias. Unfortunately the first disc had a defect that really marred listening. Otherwise, the performance is splendid.

[André]

This takes some getting used to. Over an hour of slow-moving, sparsely accompanied monodic chanting. Once the musical idiom is absorbed, listening is pleasant, but the sameness brings a detachment from the literary/dramatic argument. IOW one stops paying attention to what's sung. Not a significant musical or spiritual experience, then. And yet, there are 3 recordings of it...

[Kaga2]

The Garden of Zephirus
Gothic Voices

Troubadour music. I love this kind of stuff. Should listen more often!

[Karl Henning]

Revisiting this curio:

https://www.youtube.com/v/vI2K5V7C49I

[San Antone]

Gershwin - Joanna MacGregor



One of (if not the) best performances of the Concerto in F I've heard.

[Karl Henning]

Gershwin - Joanna MacGregor



One of (if not the) best performances of the Concerto in F I've heard.

Nice. Great piece!

[GioCar]