What are you listening 2 now?

[vandermolen]

Mosolov: Symphony No.5
Very enjoyable - has surpassed expectations. Reminds me a bit of Shebalin, another neglected composer.
Interesting use of the 'Dies Irae' theme.

Alexander Mosolov (1900-1973):

[The new erato]

Another excellent BBC Music Magazine disc.  A slightly odd combination of works but all receiving wonderfully vibrant and dynamic performances.  The programme is;

Prokofiev Symphony No.5
Malcolm Sargent: An Impression on a windy day
Elizabeth Maconchy: Overture Proud Thames
Percy Grainger:  Marching Song of Democracy

A genuine pleasure from first to last....

I've had lots of windy days, not always pleasurable!

[vandermolen]

Another excellent BBC Music Magazine disc.  A slightly odd combination of works but all receiving wonderfully vibrant and dynamic performances.  The programme is;

Prokofiev Symphony No.5
Malcolm Sargent: An Impression on a windy day
Elizabeth Maconchy: Overture Proud Thames
Percy Grainger:  Marching Song of Democracy

A genuine pleasure from first to last....

+1 that was one of the most interesting BBC Music Magazine releases.

[Biffo]

Sargent: An Impression on a Windy Day - Royal Ballet Sinfonia conducted by Gavin Sutherland. Intrigued by the postings above I dug out this performance, having satisfied my curiosity I can put it away again.

[Madiel]

Streaming because I seem to have a curious obsession with hearing versions of the 5th at the moment.



EDIT: I rather liked this. The finale made more sense than usual.

[vandermolen]

Mosolov's Harp Concerto - my favourite one I think, I prefer it to the Gliere.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Great choice of Sibelius's music PD! Do you know the Complete Tempest Music (BIS) and the Complete Karelia Music (Ondine and BIS - Ondine is better IMO)? They are not to be missed!
Review:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2005/Feb05/sibelius_Karelia.htm

No, Jeffrey, I haven't heard either of those recordings.  Looking at Wiki, I see that two different composers have made attempts at completing Karelia...sounds like you have heard both ones.   

And Sibelius' 'magic' seems to have worked as tree looks quite nice in my humble opinion.  Almost done decorating it (one cat's paw-impression disc needs to be re-glued to it's satin ribbon so that I can hang it on the tree.  After that, tree top gets trimmed and then topping ornament gets put on.   

PD

[Que]

[Brahmsian]

Beethoven op.135

I find that this set is splendid throughout, and perhaps the Op. 135 being the top of the heap.

[The new erato]

I like this set very much as well, but seem to remember that I perhaps found the engineering a little too much "in your face"?

[Madiel]

I find that this set is splendid throughout, and perhaps the Op. 135 being the top of the heap.

I don't have a lot to compare it to, though certainly I bought it because the great majority of views are very positive ones. Maybe very occasionally I find the Takacs a fraction too intense (I have vague feelings about somewhere in the A minor quartet), but I certainly enjoyed op.135 tonight.

I like this set very much as well, but seem to remember that I perhaps found the engineering a little too much "in your face"?

Aha. Snap.

[Traverso]

Scarlatti


CD 31

sonatas  KK 501-519

[Que]

I like this set very much as well, but seem to remember that I perhaps found the engineering a little too much "in your face"?

I did some streaming LvB SQ cycle sampling during my last vacation.
At first I was quite smitten with the Takács. Still amazing performances all the same, but found them a bit too (perfectly) calculated and "bright" in performance as well as in recording. One might amplify the effect of the other.

Q

[vandermolen]

Here we are again 'At the end of the alphabet...' (My favourite thread title):
'The Mermaid' by Zemlinsky.
I'm no musician but the performance by the NZSO under James Judd sounds fine to me. It has one of my favourite openings of any work as we sink down into the watery depths. After about 2 minutes it goes a bit 'Viennese' for my taste but soon reverts to the mood of the opening - it's a most evocative and haunting work:

[Harry]

Laszlo Lajtha.

Symphony No. 2, opus 27.
Variations, opus 44.

Pecs SO, Nicolas Pasquet.

A Naxos recording from 1995, recorded by Laszlo Dobos, a top engineer in Hungary, played by one of the best orchestras Hungary has, and a conductor who is renown for his talent to unite. So you can imagine how wonderful this series is.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Some Rimsky-Korsakov suites to start the day:  Overture to May Night, The Snow Maiden, and Christmas Eve from a 3-CD Chandos set with Neeme Jarvi and the Scottish National Orchestra.

PD

[Brahmsian]

Some Rimsky-Korsakov suites to start the day:  Overture to May Night, The Snow Maiden, and Christmas Eve from a 3-CD Chandos set with Neeme Jarvi and the Scottish National Orchestra.

PD

You've inspired me to listen to Rimsky-Korsakov's Christmas Eve! 🙂

Loris Tjeknavorian conducting the Armenian Philharmonic.

*The Christmas Eve Suite includes perhaps my favourite Polonaise of any composer (apologies to Chopin and Tchaikovsky) 

[Mirror Image]

The Sinfonia Concertante is one of my favourite Walton works.

It's a fine piece for sure, Jeffrey. I stuck around for the Portsmouth Point, too (on the same disc). Lively work.

[Traverso]

Gabrieli[/B

Maybe the first time I heard Gabrieli's music but it could have been Vittorio Negri/ Power Biggs too.

[vandermolen]

No, Jeffrey, I haven't heard either of those recordings.  Looking at Wiki, I see that two different composers have made attempts at completing Karelia...sounds like you have heard both ones.   

And Sibelius' 'magic' seems to have worked as tree looks quite nice in my humble opinion.  Almost done decorating it (one cat's paw-impression disc needs to be re-glued to it's satin ribbon so that I can hang it on the tree.  After that, tree top gets trimmed and then topping ornament gets put on.   

PD

Excellent PD. Our cat tends to attack the Christmas tree baubles which go flying around the room and then attacks the Christmas tree lights, which I then have to disconnect to prevent him being electrocuted. I'd strongly recommend 'The Complete Karelia Music' on Ondine which IMO is not to be missed. I'm sure that you would enjoy it.