What are you listening 2 now?

[Mirror Image]

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The fourth symphony is an easier listen than its bratty little brother. That being said, both discs offer a well-balanced and stimulating program. I had not listened to either one in a few years and was happy to spend a couple of hours reacquainting myself with Krenek's symphonies. I'll probably go for the rest (1, 2, 5) later this week.

I own that Krenek CPO symphony set but I remember not being enthralled by the composer's style, but this has been many years since I've heard it any of those works. What would be a good starting point for someone who is new to Krenek's music?

[Symphonic Addict]

Virgil Thomson and his Cello Concerto. Eminently entertaining.

[Mirror Image]

Virgil Thomson and his Cello Concerto. Eminently entertaining.

A Jewish cellist who's in rancher clothing. Hmmm...looks like a candidate for worst album cover.

[Todd]

[Mirror Image]

NP: Chávez Piano Sonatina (Ming Tsu)

[springrite]

Virgil Thomson and his Cello Concerto. Eminently entertaining.

I was just listening to this last week. Some very good music in it, but the cover is just... strange! You'd expect some Ricky Skaggs or Buck Owens!

[JBS]

First listen to this recording

[Karl Henning]

Concerto for orchestra and Supplica

The CfO is a marvelous work. I even prefer it to the Symphony No. 5 on the same CD. Supplica is the antithesis of both works. A rather pensive and soulful piece.




Enjoyable enough, yet it's not indispensable stuff to me. To be honest I'm more fond of the 'piquant' Mosolov, i.e. his Piano Concerto No. 1 and String Quartet No. 1 which are simply riveting works.

Most interesting, thanks!

[Mirror Image]

NP: Hindemith Kammermusik Nos. 3 & 4 (Abbado et. al.)

[Mirror Image]

NP: Koechlin Nouvelles sonatines Nos. 1-4, Op. 87 (Korstick)

[Mandryka]

I'd forgotten how much this music appeals to me, I want to get to know it better. At the moment aim treating it as some ambient music, I'm sure that I'm missing interesting stuff that way.

[Carlo Gesualdo]

I am listening before I go to bed  a special composer whom is a bridge between late renaissance and early baroque, the great, the mighty, one of my favorite composer Sigismondo d'india (called him Simon), whit the best of the best album hard  to find and buy since it's rare and expensive Sigismonddo Mottetti release date 2000, I would kill to have an actual copy of this  instead of a lousy  download, the CD look good and sou
ndz woaw incredible , his Motets are solid, I prefer his Motets to his Madrigals, this album is 10/10 no wonder perfect note it's so hard to find at a decent price, the music is superb of a rare beauty, the motets are fluid and sweet, look if you like motets and you're looking for a magical album this is what you're looking for,, all the people whom both this keep it, this is why it is so rare such splendor, how ccome no ever tried to make another mottetti album  or double album of Sigismondo after, this is so , i mean so good, ya don't know until you listen, probably one of my favorite record ever mark my words, or album all in all, if you like motets and you want to says this is  bad excuse me but do you know the art of motets, i am in love whit this album you don't understand , we love each others   

[ritter]

NP: Enescu String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 22, No. 2 (Ad Libitum Quartet)

What did you think of the 2nd SQ this time aorund, John? It's one of my favourite Enesco compositions...

I own that Krenek CPO symphony set but I remember not being enthralled by the composer's style, but this has been many years since I've heard it any of those works. What would be a good starting point for someone who is new to Krenek's music?

Of the symphonies, I think No. 2 is the most interesting (almost Brucknerian n its sweep), but THB I haven't listened to it for quite a while.

One great work is the Symphonic Elegy in memoriam Anton Webern, op. 105 (for strings). A piece of intense emotion within very pure expressive means.



I enjoy his piano concertos, which were compsoed between the early 20s and early 50s, and showcase the composer's changing style. They're complete on these two CDs:

 

One stunning work is the huge a capella Lamentation Jeremiae Prophetae, a twelve-tone homage to renaissance polyphony. Not an easy piece by any means, but fascinating.



I know you're not much of an opera person, John, but Krenek made some significat contributions to the genre. The early Orpheus und Eurydike (text by Oskar Kokoschka, and available on the Orfeo label), Karl V (the first full-length 12-tone opera ever composed--only Schoenberg's one-acter Von heute auf morgen preceded it--again, available on Orfeo), and the scandal-riden, in its day ruanaway hit  Jonny spielt auf (which is much more than a historical curiosity and actually quite appealing in its own right).

[Que]

Morning listening:



I feel I've hit the jackpot with these Palestrina perfomances by Longhini.
Sung in authentic Italian Renaissance style by a small ensemble of eight singers.... perfect for my tastes... 
And I'm getting on with finding these recordings on disc, though they are also on Spotify.

Q

[The new erato]

Thanks to Mirror Image (who is wrong about Hilding Rosenberg) I've listened to his string quartets 2, 4, 5, 7 &  8.   

[The new erato]

Morning listening:



I feel I've hit the jackpot with these Palestrina perfomances by Longhini.
Sung in authentic Italian Renaissance style by a small ensemble of eight singers.... perfect for my tastes... 
And I'm getting on with finding these recordings on disc, though they are also on Spotify.

Q

Let's hope for Brilliant to buy them up and issue a box. That would be straight up their alley.

[Que]

More from this 12 CD box set:

 

A Glossa recording from 2000 (reissue pictured).

Q

[vandermolen]

Kastalsky: Requiem
Although there are echoes of Boris Godunov in this Requiem for Fallen Brothers (1914-17), I would imagine that this moving work might appeal to admirers of the choral works of Howells or Vaughan Williams. It is a bit like a Russian equivalent to 'A World Requiem' by John Foulds:. All credit to Leonard Slatkin for resurrecting (no pun intended) this score:

[vandermolen]

Finzi: Cello Concerto
I heard the last movement of this performance (taken faster than usual) on the radio recently and was most impressed. Reading the notes I was interested to read that Finzi completed his Cello Concerto on the day that I was born!

[Florestan]

Symphony No. 1

This is a far cry from Previn's lifeless, boring dud. Exciting and lively, seems like it's a completely different music.



PC 3.

This is an amazing set, both performance-wise and sonically. Desert island stuff.