What are you listening 2 now?

[Mirror Image]

Happy birthday, John ! 🥳   

Thanks a lot, Andre!

[Karl Henning]

Discs 4, 5, 6 (5 and 6 are Mikrokosmos)

Tasty!

[Mirror Image]

NP: Milhaud Suite for Clarinet, Violin and Piano, Op. 157b (Pierluigi Bernard/Mauro Tortorelli/Angela Meluso)

[Karl Henning]

Concerning Mikrokosmos I feel much in the same way, while the other set of instructive pieces For Children feel much more musically rewarding even if the pieces are shorter.

Happy birthday MI 

Sensible!

[André]

Requiem by Fauré. Orchestre métropolitain, soloists and chorus. Nézet-Séguin conducted. From a web concert. Comments in that thread.

[Karl Henning]

Another of my favorite Stravinsky discs:

Le baiser de la fée
Orpheus
LSO
Craft

[Mirror Image]

Another of my favorite Stravinsky discs:

Le baiser de la fée
Orpheus
LSO
Craft

Lovely! You must be listening to the original issued recording on Koch. Naxos, of course, reissued Craft's Stravinsky and they put the three Greek ballets together.

[Symphonic Addict]

Interesting. I prefer S1 and the two Overtures to S2 though I find all the works in the set very attractive. Still, S2 proffers unique lyricism and aestheticism as you say. Have you listened to the 3rd set- String Concertos by V? It is a wonderful set. Also the new set of Orchestral Works Vol. 2 will be released on April 2!

I thought the Symphony No. 1 was too noisy, particularly the 4th movement. Not even Khachaturian reached such level of "euphoria" in any of his works. 

No, I haven't got the CD with the string concertos yet, and I didn't know the orchestral works vol. 2 is coming soon as well. Capriccio has done a great job by gathering all these works together.

[Symphonic Addict]

I think of Rawsthorne as bitter/sweet. The two movement 1st Violin Concerto is lyrical, in fact the first movement is marked Adagio espressivo.

Bitter-sweet is quite apt, albeit for me he's more bitter than sweet. I'll have to refamiliarize with the VC then.

[Symphonic Addict]

Reinecke - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

I hadn't heard these works in years. My current impression is that this music is too mainstream and predictable for my taste. Pleasant? Yes, but nothing remotely special.




Hérold - Symphonies



Listening to the 1st Symphony. Sounds very close to Haydn in style. Entertaining and graceful music.

[Mirror Image]

The 6th:

[Karl Henning]

Lovely! You must be listening to the original issued recording on Koch. Naxos, of course, reissued Craft's Stravinsky and they put the three Greek ballets together.

Just so.

[SimonNZ]

[Mirror Image]

Just so.

[Mirror Image]

NP: Stravinsky Apollon musagète (Salonen)



This might be my first-listen to this performance from Salonen. I'm not quite sure. Anyway, truly remarkable as with all of the Stravinsky I've heard from Salonen has been so far.

[Que]

Morning listening:



Finishing the Harmoniae Morales

Q

[Florestan]

Delightful music, sparkling performance. Music that literally makes one happy.

Hat tip to Stürmisch Bewegt.

[milk]

[vandermolen]

Robert Simpson: Symphony No.3. I want to hear No.5 as well as there is a new Lyrita release featuring the 5th Symphony:

[vers la flamme]

Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No.7 in C-sharp minor, op.131. Theodor Kuchar, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

First listen to this very lyrical symphony. Enjoying the work and performance.