What are you listening 2 now?

[Tsaraslondon]

This morning's listening



Symphonies 5 & 8



Classic performances of two British works by two non-British conductors.

[Traverso]

Bach

Cantatas

[Biffo]

Sibelius: Six Humoresques for violin and orchestra - Dong-Suk Kang violin with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vanska

[Crudblud]

Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4, Jascha Horenstein conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra with Margaret Price.

[Traverso]

Palestrina


plainchant "Lhéritier

Missa Nigra Sum

[Harry]

Morning listening:



Perfect! 

YAY

[Biffo]

Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E flat major Eroica - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by William Steinberg - excellent dynamic performance but not quite as well-recorded as Nos 1 & 2 - the strings sound rather wiry at times.

[JBS]

First listen

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I've given this a second listen. I would describe all three works as occasionally gnarly in an atonal way, but generally accessible. I recommend all three works on the CD.  [The Serenata Concertante is a shorter work with a piano trio as the concertante group.]

[Harry]

Canción del Emperador.
Music for Vihuela.

Jose Miguel Moreno, Vihuela.

Actually this recording made in 1998 in San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Antigua Hospederia) in Spain is a essential buy for all that love the instrument played by Moreno. For me he is one of the very best available, and it hardly comes any better. Sound is top notch too.

[ritter]

Natacha Kudritskaya plays Rameau:

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Really good, IMHO.

[Madiel]

Tubin, Balalaika Concerto



I'm not completely sold on the solo instrument yet, but 2nd impressions are better than my 1st a few years ago.

[Todd]

This makes me wonder which pianist's style I would describe as plaid flannel.

In Beethoven, maybe Claude Frank or Garrick Ohlsson?

[Todd]

Starting the morning with some Nocturnes.

[Madiel]

Starting the morning with some Nocturnes.

This is what happens when you don't wind your watch before going to bed.

[Mirror Image]

Butting in here. You may well like Symphony No.4 and Symphony No.1 as well John.

I've heard, and enjoy, Symphony No. 1, but I haven't revisited Symphony No. 4, but definitely plan on it.

[Florestan]

[Harry]

Guillaume Dufay.

O Gemma Lux.
Isorhythmic Motets.

Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel.

Second time I play this CD. So typical Ars Nova, something I did not expect with Dufay, but mesmerizing anyway. The performance is very good, as is the sound.

[Traverso]

Richard Strauss

Tod und Verklärung

[Mahlerian]

Josquin: Missa Pange Lingua
Tallis Scholars

[Iota]

Sorry, can't remember who originally posted this, but I made a mental note to listen to it and now I have I must say I enjoyed it a lot. My enjoyment following an approximate steady rise as the cd progressed.

He seems to nicely mix big romantic gesture with Ravel/Szymanowski-type harmony, writes some captivating introductions (last 2 tracks spring to mind), and I was not unpleasantly taken aback by his occasional habit of breaking into some avant la lettre Kapustin-like jazz riffs in unexpected places.

My interest is piqued. Am now trying the Organ Symphony No.1.