What are you listening 2 now?

[Que]

Q

[Todd]

[MusicTurner]

Some Yuri Falik,
a mixed bag of an old LP, besides being apparently a homage to USSR transformer stations ...

[kyjo]

Landed yesterday, first listen now

The Beach and the Chaminade are excellent. The Howell....not so much imho.

[Que]

Q

[Traverso]

La Belle Époque

[Traverso]

Q

A fine recording.

[Christo]

Erkki Salmenhaara, Symphony No. 4 'Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita' (1972) - late Sibelius meets Rautavaara's Cantus Arcticus in a symphonic extravaganza:

[Symphonic Addict]

Commonwealth Christmas Overture

The first time I hear this piece, and wow, it's magnificent, especially for the absolutely exhilarating 'tropical rumba' middle section. A most fantastic moment. This is one of the most optimistic, joyous works Arnold composed.




The Meeting of the Volga and the Don

I wonder why this work is not more known, Prokofiev in a very festive mood. Not sure how many recordings of this piece exist, but this one does justice to it. A very welcome revelation alongside the Arnold.

[ritter]

La Belle Époque

One of the best available collections of Reynaldo Hahn's songs, IMHO. Hope you are enjoying it....

[vandermolen]

Erkki Salmenhaara, Symphony No. 4 'Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita' (1972) - late Sibelius meets Rautavaara's Cantus Arcticus in a symphonic extravaganza:

That's a good description. Did you enjoy it?

[Traverso]

One of the best available collections of Reynaldo Hahn's songs, IMHO. Hope you are enjoying it....

I love it 

[Todd]

The Isle of the Dead.

[André]

Commonwealth Christmas Overture

The first time I hear this piece, and wow, it's magnificent, especially for the absolutely exhilarating 'tropical rumba' middle section. A most fantastic moment. This is one of the most optimistic, joyous works Arnold composed.


I wonder why this work is not more known, Prokofiev in a very festive mood. Not sure how many recordings of this piece exist, but this one does justice to it. A very welcome revelation alongside the Arnold.

Commonwealth Christmas Overture is my favourite among Arnold's many works in that genre, and it's also his most substantial at almost 19 minutes. It's possible other conductors would bring it under 15, as Arnold the conductor invariably took a lot more time than others. Anyhow, that's the only game in town, and the whole record is fantastic.

[Que]

Q

A fine recording.

It is, a very fine recording. I loved the swift pace, transparency, elegance and control. I love the sound of the Dresden.
But it is emotionally a rather calm, understated interpretation - an old man's performance.

Q

[Que]

I'm not really loving it... despite the Pleyel.

Q

[André]

My own personal benchmark for these works  .

[Mandryka]

I'm not really loving it... despite the Pleyel.

Q

Well, I like it. Not that I've listened to all of it, but it has tons of personality, it's uplifting, light, the piano is sufficiently strange sounding to épater la bourgeoisie, which is always good.   The cover of the CD kind of sums up the feel - dances for feet more than for souls. That's on the basis of half a dozen mazurkas you understand.

[Symphonic Addict]

Commonwealth Christmas Overture is my favourite among Arnold's many works in that genre, and it's also his most substantial at almost 19 minutes. It's possible other conductors would bring it under 15, as Arnold the conductor invariably took a lot more time than others. Anyhow, that's the only game in town, and the whole record is fantastic.

Agreed, and from now on it belongs to my favorites that includes Tam O' Shanter and Peterloo.

[Todd]