What are you listening 2 now?

[Linz]

Leos Janácek Sinfonietta
Taras Bulba
Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Rafael Kubelik

[kyjo]

Wonderful neoclassical goodness. I don't know why I love Papandopulo so much, but he's becoming one of my biggest obscure composer crushes. Maybe the style just suits me - neoclassicism but with slow movements of great emotional depth. Sort of like a less manic Martinu.

Oh yes, a real gem of a disc, as are all the installments in CPO's series dedicated to this composer! Papandopulo is a great example of a composer who wrote in what I like to call a "meaty neoclassical" style, in other words, it's music full of vitality and clarity but also lyricism and emotional depth as you say. Other composers who would qualify as "meaty neoclassicists" for me would be Casella, Roussel, Wirén, Larsson, Lopes-Graça, and Piston (in his best works).

[Lisztianwagner]

Johan Wagenaar
Sinfonietta

Antony Hermus & Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie



Very enchanting work, colourful and melodically inventive.

[Linz]

Ludwig van Beethoven Sympphony No. 3 in E major, Op. 55
Kölner Rundfunk  Sinfonie  Orchester, Otto Klemperer
Igor Stravinsky[/b] Pulcinella - Suite (!947 Version0
Symphonieorchster des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Otto Klemperer

[Symphonic Addict]

Johan Wagenaar
Sinfonietta

Antony Hermus & Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie



Very enchanting work, colourful and melodically inventive.

Indeed, this work exudes vitality aplenty and it's perfect to lift the spirits.

[Symphonic Addict]

Emmanuel: Symphony No. 1 in A major

Pure magic, including its wondertul opening. I really regret Timpani has disappeared as a record label. Their stuff was so variegated and they filled many important gaps in the repertoire.

[Wanderer]

[Symphonic Addict]

Berio: Sinfonia

Whenever I hear this unique and theatrical work, it always leaves an impression. I don't understand what the voices sing or recite, so I take them as other instruments. The effect they provide is striking for sure.

[JBS]

CD 1 of this

In the form of CD 8 of this

Ukrainian Suite (1948)
Pictures by Russian Painters (1959)
Classical Suite (1958)

About the composer (Ihor is the preferred transliteration, per Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihor_Shamo

[Symphonic Addict]

Zemlinsky: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major

Written when Zemlinsky was 26, this symphony is resolutely formidable, bold, confident and very memorable, and not only for the main motive that goes through the work which is strikingly similar to the one heard on the Wedding March from Wagner's Lohengrin, but then again, the work carries the influence of him in other respects too. I had thought that the Decca recording of this work with Chailly and company was unbeatable, but this one is just as impressive and imposing. It's not the first time I am impressed by Martyn Brabbins conducting. He's one of the most interesting and consistent English conductors I'm aware of.

[Madiel]

Poulenc: Les Mamelles de Tirésias



I can't find a libretto to readily read as I listen, but I've seen enough of the text/synopsis to know that I'm not necessarily missing out on anything terribly sensible/logical.

In some ways the tone of the work feels like a throwback to an earlier phase of Poulenc's career. He wasn't doing madcap quite so often by 1945. EDIT: And a review suggests this was quite deliberate.

There are undoubtedly fine and beautiful things in the music.

[Florestan]

CD 1 of this

In the form of CD 8 of this

Ukrainian Suite (1948)
Pictures by Russian Painters (1959)
Classical Suite (1958)

About the composer (Ihor is the preferred transliteration, per Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihor_Shamo

What has Enescu got to do with the Slavs?

[Que]

Hat tip to Harry. 

[Que]

Music, mostly anonymous, from a lute book from 17th century Perugia.

[Papy Oli]

Morning all,

JS Bach
Cello suite No.4 BWV 1010

Pierre Fournier

[Papy Oli]

Making a start on Mozart's Violin Sonatas by Ibragimova & Tiberghien (Vol.2).

[Madiel]

What has Enescu got to do with the Slavs?

I guess someone in that record company has a basic grasp of geography, but not ethnography. Gazarossian isn't Slavic either.

[Papy Oli]

JS Bach - Cantata BWV 55 (Koopman) 'Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht'

edit: and BWV 47.

edit: and BWV 157

[Que]

Following Harry's lead:



Performances of these sonatas can be very different: varying from a referential to a virtuosic approach, or somewhere in between, with basic or elaborate accompaniment, the use of a single or multiple solo violins for the different sonatas, the amount of vibrato....

There are some things I like here: the sober accompaniment and the choice of instruments, the violin tone and the playing by Schayegh... The overall sound image is very attractive. But on an emotional level I found the performances less engaging. It oddly enough sounds almost like a middle of the road yet very accomplished run through.

https://www.biberfan.org/reviews/2026/2/14/biber-rosenkranzsonaten-leila-schayegh

[Harry]

Music, mostly anonymous, from a lute book from 17th century Perugia.

Is it worthwhile to try Que?