What are you listening 2 now?

[Biffo]

Such delightful miniatures, yet still unmistakably Sibelius!

They are from Vol. 8 of the BIS Sibelius Edition. They are indeed delightful and there are more miniatures to come in the set. They are the sort of thing I would have overlooked if I hadn't bought the set as a cut-price download from eclassical.

[vandermolen]

First listen of the day 'Prayer of St Gregory'
I wonder if he's the same one who turns up in Respighi's 'Church Windows'?

[Papy Oli]

Good morning all,

Vagn Holmboe - symphony No.3 "Sinfonia Rustica"

[MusicTurner]

Good morning all,

Vagn Holmboe - symphony No.3 "Sinfonia Rustica"

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I really like that one ...

[Papy Oli]

I really like that one ...

It is a first listen for me through Holmboe's symphonies, 1 & 3 up to now. Enjoyed those. For whatever reason, i had a prejudice of his music being much more arduous and dissonant. Unfounded and anything but so far...

Listening to No.2 now.

[MusicTurner]

The 3rd is really charming & varied, IMO.

Nos.7-10: quite dramatic, ambitious & famous works.

Nos.11-13: I think they are great; they have a certain lightness, but in spite of their brevity, one needs several hearings.

[Biffo]

It is a first listen for me through Holmboe's symphonies, 1 & 3 up to now. Enjoyed those. For whatever reason, i had a prejudice of his music being much more arduous and dissonant. Unfounded and anything but so far...

Listening to No.2 now.

I had a similar view of him, possibly from a memory of reading Robert Layton's essay in The Symphony (Vol 2, Peelican). A few years ago there was a discussion of his symphonies in another forum and a small group of people got very excited congratulating each other on how difficult they found them. I downloaded several of the symphonies and didn't find them difficult at all. Unfortunately I lost the downloads in a disc crash though I still have No 2 on CD. I keep meaning to try them again but haven't got round to it.

I do find his Requiem for Nietzsche a tough nut to crack.

[Iota]

His 2nd Organ Symphony is my favourite.  Try the Piano Quintet too - a very powerful and moving work.  Its his 'In Memoriam' for his son (killed in WW1); "En ex-voto à la mémoire de mon cher fils Jacques mort pour La France à 17 ans".  Vierne wrote more; "I will make something powerful, grandiose and strong.... as for me, the last to bear my name, I will bury him in a roaring of thunder, not in a plaintive bleating of a resigned and blissful sheep."

Thanks, I will try those. The Piano Quintet certainly sounds like it was hewn from a very dark place!

[Harry]

Division Musick.
The Art of Diminution in the 17th Century.

Performed by:
Musicke & Mirth.

A must have CD.

[Papy Oli]

Vagn Holmboe - Symphony No.4 "Sinfonia Sacra".

I had a similar view of him, possibly from a memory of reading Robert Layton's essay in The Symphony (Vol 2, Peelican). A few years ago there was a discussion of his symphonies in another forum and a small group of people got very excited congratulating each other on how difficult they found them. I downloaded several of the symphonies and didn't find them difficult at all. Unfortunately I lost the downloads in a disc crash though I still have No 2 on CD. I keep meaning to try them again but haven't got round to it.

I do find his Requiem for Nietzsche a tough nut to crack.

No idea where my initial impression came from... maybe from some Amazon samples of his string quartets, are they more dissonant at all ?  Whichever it was back, maybe was my listening mind is more open these days to more challenging tones...within reason that is...

[Traverso]

Sweelinck

CD 6



   
Unter de Linden grune
Von der Fortuna werd ich getrieben
Die flichtige Nimphae
Fantasia auf die Manier eines Echo
Paduana lachrymae
Malle Sijmen
Pavana Philippi
Fantasia D 5
Pavana Hispanica
Soll es sein   
Allemande de chapelle
Fantasia G 1
Esce mars
Mein junges Leben hat ein Endt
Balleth del granduca
Fantasia re re re sol ut mi fa sol
Allemand Gratie

[Papy Oli]

Vagn Holmboe - Symphony No.5.



Oh this is good

[Harry]

Michele Mascitti.
Sonate e Violino solo e Basso, Opera Nona Paris 1738.

Quartetto Vanvitelli.

Very beautiful. for those that care to listen.

[Biffo]

Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town) Op. 40 (Concert overture) - London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Tate. I must have resisted at least 15 minutes before buying the Tate set of symphonies; it was at a bargain price from Presto (lossless downloads). This fine performance is a taster.

[Sergeant Rock]

Dvorak Piano Quintet op.81 and Bagatelles op.47 played by the Julliard and Rudolf Firkusny




Sarge

[Mirror Image]

Hope you enjoyed this as much as I did John - a great new discovery for me.

Oh yes, Jeffrey. I've enjoyed this work for years. Good to see you enjoy it as much as I have. A question: have you heard Boris Tchaikovsky's other symphonies? I think you will enjoy them very much, especially the 2nd.

[Mirror Image]

I think that No.2 is one of his finest chamber works alongside SQ 13 and Piano Sonata No.5

I definitely enjoyed this recording very much. I liked both of the Cello Sonatas. I haven't made my way up to the SQ No. 13 yet.

[j winter]

Revisiting this set, particularly 7, 8 & 9.  This is outstanding, and beautifully recorded -- the 8th is definitely one of my all-time favorites, it just flows so naturally.  It's been quite a while since I listened to the 9th from this set -- I've always been a big fan of Bohm's later digital recording of the 9th, the one that's slower than molasses in the fridge -- that's a fascinating recording, there's no earthly reason why it should work at that speed, but it does IMO, and brings out a great many interesting connections and details.  This 9th is faster and much more aggressive -- it has fire, particularly in the final movement; it's a lot more conventional than the later take, but still very, very good. 

[Harry]

Giovanni Paolo Foscarini.
Bon Voyage.

Performed by:
The Foscarini Experience.

Quite an unusual CD, with some enervating and highly original music. I think it marvelous actually, as I wrote before in more detail.

[Mirror Image]

Good morning all,

Vagn Holmboe - symphony No.3 "Sinfonia Rustica"

Good to you enjoying the Holmboe symphonies, Olivier. I need to revisit them as it's been quite some time since I've made my way through them.