What are you listening 2 now?

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Nielsen: Symphony No. 5 [Schmidt]





This is such an exciting and intriguing work. I think that Schmidt delivers the disconcerting nature of the music very well. He maintains a heightened sense of tension throughout not in an overly dramatic way but in a more subtle way [but still powerful in its own right] that is equally effective for me. One is not overpowered by the delivery, rather more so by the message. It is relentless in its fatalistic execution. As a result, I find it to be a chilling presentation.

[Biffo]

Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae III - Cantus Cölln directed by Konrad Junghänel - continuing to work my way through this album in batches.

[Harry]

Gustav Jenner.
Piano Works.
Solvejg Henkhaus, Piano.


One of my top buys this year.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C major, K314. Michel Piguet, Christopher Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music

First listen to this work. Sounding like some pretty nice mid-period Mozart. I do love how he wrote for winds.

[Traverso]

Handel

The Wind Sonatas

CD 3

Frans Brüggen
Bob van Asperen
Anner Bijlsma
Bruce Haynes
Hansjürg Lange

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Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky [Ancerl]





This work apparently started life as film music. Prokofiev apparently then arranged it as a cantata. This is big and epic music, befitting the subject matter. It is very "Soviet" in feel, I must say.

[aligreto]

Wonderful album, that one.

[Harry]

Ferdinand Ries.
String Quartets, Volume 3.
Schuppanzigh Quartett.

Truly wonderful, a must have series.

[vers la flamme]

Wonderful album, that one.

I like it! Hogwood's Mozart is always quite special.

[Traverso]

Thomas Tallis

English Anthems

[Traverso]

Luigi Rossi

Oratorio per La Settimana Santa

Les Arts Florissants William Christie

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I like it! Hogwood's Mozart is always quite special.

Yes, it is.

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Thomas Tallis

English Anthems

I also have that set, Jan. It is a good one, I think.

[Todd]

Starting in again, with disc one.  Through cans this time.  More than through speakers, one can hear the processed nature of the sound, with manipulated reverb.  The playing remains just splendid, of course.

[Papy Oli]

Enjoyed those two greatly yesterday on a day out's drive :

     

[Traverso]

As much  I enjoyed Mahlers' fourth symphony with Haitink and the Bavarian Radio orchestra, I couldn't help but think back to his first recording in the Concertgebouw with it's incomparable acoustic, a recording that I am very fond of with a beautiful contribution from Elly Ameling.
There are so many hours of ultimate happiness that come to mind over so  many years with his orchestra from Amsterdam.

Mozart

Symphony No.38

[Traverso]

I also have that set, Jan. It is a good one, I think.

It certainly is although my enthusiasm for the Tallis Scholars has diminished a bit over the years, the Tallis, Byrd and Cornish are still attractive.

[Maestro267]

Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 ("The Age of Anxiety")
Thibaudet (piano)/Baltimore SO/Alsop

Copland: Symphony No. 3
New Zealand SO/Judd

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5
Bournemouth SO/Bakels

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Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 [Gibson]





This is a fine version of this wonderful work.

[Traverso]

Brahms

Symphony No.2

Concertgebouw Orchestre Amsterdam