What are you listening 2 now?

[Irons]

Gordon Jacob - Symphonies No.1 & 2

I thought the 2nd excellent.

[Papy Oli]

I thought the 2nd excellent.

Only my second listen of these works, Lol. Definitely ones to revisit again. I enjoyed the 1st most this time around but only because the 2 symphonies in a row was too much and my attention drifted off. Will have to take on the 2nd on its own next time.

[Iota]

Bach: Musical Offering


Terrific! I'll be seeking out his Goldbergs and Art of Fugue on the strength of it.

[prémont]

Bach: Musical Offering

Terrific! I'll be seeking out his Goldbergs and Art of Fugue on the strength of it.

How did he manage the trio sonata? I can't find any information in the booklet. To  me the only way seems to be dubbing. Or an anonymous third hand.

His Art of Fugue is IMO a little slack compared to his Opfer.

[Iota]

I can't give any details as to how he did it I'm afraid. I can only say it was one of the things that particularly struck me in how good it sounded.

[Traverso]

Bach

Musikalisches Opfer  BWV 1079

There is some underlying sadness in this otherwise rather abstract music, like Die Kunst der Fuge it is one of the many highlights in Bach's work for me.

[springrite]

Had to stop the 10th during the 2nd mvt. Will start it afresh again later today. Sounded promising though (On the other hand, the narration and choir in the 5th put me off)

I actually liked it.
Then again, we poets are a weird bunch and have to stick up for each other!

[SonicMan46]

Beethoven, LV - Piano Sonatas w/ Konstantin Scherbakov - 250th anniversary of LVB's year of birth releases - last few days I've been listening to the playlist shown below on Spotify (have another of Vs. 5-8 which are missing the last 3 sonatas) - BUT a box of all 32 seems to be upcoming (although not listed on Amazon USA, PrestoMusic, or JPC at the moment) - so far impressed, as are Todd and Brian (their recent comments in the 'New Releases' thread) - NOW, what will be the 'asking price'?  Dave

 

[Christo]

Had to stop the 10th during the 2nd mvt. Will start it afresh again later today. Sounded promising though (On the other hand, the narration and choir in the 5th put me off)

I'm a huge fan of Kinsella's symphonies, Nos. 3 and 7 masterpieces IMHO. Yet I never really tried No. 5 for the reasons you mention.

[Papy Oli]

I'm a huge fan of Kinsella's symphonies, Nos. 3 and 7 masterpieces IMHO. Yet I never really tried No. 5 for the reasons you mention.

So far, I have enjoyed No.3-4-11 and adding the 10th to that list today. I have 6 and 7 in the streaming queue for the next fews days.

[aligreto]

Mozart: Symphony No. 31 [Gardiner]





I am fond of Gardiner's Mozart presentations.

[aligreto]

I'm a huge fan of Kinsella's symphonies, Nos. 3 and 7 masterpieces IMHO. Yet I never really tried No. 5 for the reasons you mention.

Kinsella's Symphony No. 5 is probably more geared specifically towards an Irish audience given the historical reference and context of the spoken texts.

[JBS]

Yes, I can understand why some people do not like narration in symphonic works. The tenth is such a lively affair.

I am one of those people who is allergic to to that sort of narration, so I'll probably never listen to the Fifth again. [I did give it one listen when I got the CD.] But that is me, not Kinsella, and the Tenth is all by itself worth getting that CD.

Kinsella's Symphony No. 5 is probably more geared specifically towards an Irish audience given the historical reference and context of the spoken texts.

For me it was the fact that there was narration, not the texts themselves.

[springrite]

Do you guys have the same problems with, say, Morning Heroes (another favorite of mine with narration)?

[Traverso]

Beethoven

Rasumovsky op.59 No.3  ( the live recordings )

[JBS]

Do you guys have the same problems with, say, Morning Heroes (another favorite of mine with narration)?

I don't think I have any recording of that. I probably would have a problem with it.

[prémont]

I can't give any details as to how he did it I'm afraid. I can only say it was one of the things that particularly struck me in how good it sounded.

Me too, definitely.

[Mandryka]

How did he manage the trio sonata? I can't find any information in the booklet. To  me the only way seems to be dubbing. Or an anonymous third hand.

Yes. Unfortunately there's no direct email address online to ask him.

[bhodges]

Right now, this live concert with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, soprano Julia Bullock, and conductor Roderick Cox (on the orchestra's Facebook page):

Copland : Fanfare for the Common Man
Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite
George Walker: Lyric for Strings
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Dvořák: Serenade for Strings

Cox is a talented young American conductor, formerly with the Minnesota Orchestra and now living in Berlin. Bullock is also American, who often does contemporary works.

So far, enjoying a lot. Great to hear a live concert, even if I am not actually in the hall.

--Bruce

[Harry]

Do you guys have the same problems with, say, Morning Heroes (another favorite of mine with narration)?

Absolutely