What are you listening 2 now?

[Sergeant Rock]

Wagner Symphony in C major, Rögner conducting the RSO Berlin




Sarge

[Harry]

Nikolai Miaskovsky.
Symphony No. 9 & 14.

State Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation, Evgeny Svetlanov.

I am on a musical trip with Miaskovsky, an absolute sublime composer.

[aukhawk]

Dave, it seems that somehow we are in cosmic alignment. 
Because my interest in Marin Marais has also been rekindled.
What piqued my interest is the entrance of L'Achéron into the field - sofar they have already churned out three entire books! Probably will investigate soon. 

   

That is a LOT of music.
(Listens to three suites from Book 3 / L'Achéron)  Oooh- that is rather good.

[Karl Henning]

Symphony No. 5 in D major --- Vernon Handley, Royal Liverpool PO

Hat tip to Jeffrey (vandermolen) for this moving, poignant and beautiful work.

It is all that.

[aukhawk]

I have the original issues of those. The photos were all DSCH at or about the same time as the symphony on the CD. ...

Ah, that makes more sense.  Thankyou.

[Karl Henning]

I have the original issues of those. The photos were all DSCH at or about the same time as the symphony on the CD. In this case it's [I'm fairly sure] Shostakovich, Barshai (as conductor) and the vocal soloists taking their bow at one of the symphony's premiere performances.

Good job, Naxos!

[aukhawk]

She plays them like Debussy's preludes, an exploration of timbre and rhythm but impressionistic, I mean - it does not sound like abstract music.

Well it's not, is it?  Abstract music.  Unless you think birdsong is abstract, but nobody could listen to the blackbird in my garden and come to that conclusion. 
I do agree that Loriod's recording is the most lyrical of all, and fortunately the sound is not bad for its age.  Interesting, given how close she was to the composer - maybe more modern readings (Kodama, Aimard) are getting it wrong, or at least less well-informed - too much influence from Peter Hill perhaps?

Messiaen's early Preludes for piano - now they do indeed sound a lot like late Debussy.  Try Austbo, or Hewitt.
And a big +1 to the recommendation for Sasaki in Debussy's Preludes by the way.

[Karl Henning]

First heard of this piece when I was in college. Being an uppity college student at the time, I dismissed the piece mentally, without having heard it.  It is high time I apologize to Hovhaness.

Maiden-Listen Monday:

Hovhaness
And God Created Great Whales
Philharmonia
David Amos

[Mandryka]

Well it's not, is it?  Abstract music.  Unless you think birdsong is abstract, but nobody could listen to the blackbird in my garden and come to that conclusion. 
I do agree that Loriod's recording is the most lyrical of all, and fortunately the sound is not bad for its age.  Interesting, given how close she was to the composer - maybe more modern readings (Kodama, Aimard) are getting it wrong, or at least less well-informed - too much influence from Peter Hill perhaps?

Messiaen's early Preludes for piano - now they do indeed sound a lot like late Debussy.  Try Austbo, or Hewitt.
And a big +1 to the recommendation for Sasaki in Debussy's Preludes by the way.

That's what someone else said to me, that it's not abstract music, and it is indeed Hill's interpretation which makes it sound less impressionistic to me. Of course, Messiaen wrote very abstract piano  Etudes, and there's the Livre D'Orgue.

Does anyone have any ideas about the form of these bird pieces, especially the long ones seem really elusive because of the episodic structure?  Something to read on this would be good. I was listening to La Rousserolle Efarvatte this morning - not Loriod but Peter Serkin.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Walton: Henry V
My favourite CD of Walton's film music:

Great recording! I like As You Like It, as well as Henry V.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Oriental Rhapsody

One of his most epic and cogent works. I'd forgot how memorable it is. An old man's ballad is sublime. Love it!

Love the recording!

[Sergeant Rock]

Bruckner Symphony No. 5, Dohnányi conducting the Cleveland




Sarge

[Traverso]

Messiaen

Cataloque d'oiseaux

CD1

Not a bad idea to listen to these pieces

[Harry]

Neeme Järvi, A lifetime on Chandos.
CD IV.


Richard Strauss.

Eine Alpensinfonie.
Four Songs, orchestrated by the composer.

Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi.
Felicity Lott, Soprano.


A really fine rendition of the Alpine Symphony, and well recorded too.

[The new erato]

In particular listening to my favorite guiter piece, Brittens Nocturnal.

[Brian]

Probably first listens to the Glazunov works, not totally certain.



Inspired partly by Harry's purchase of the Järvi box on Chandos, but I decided to make a playlist of streaming albums that I would have personally wished to see in the box, to make it a better deal for me to buy 

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Prokofiev
Old Grandmother's Tales, Op. 31
10 Pieces from Romeo & Juliet, Op. 75
Raekallio

From this set:

[vandermolen]

Great recording! I like As You Like It, as well as Henry V.

Coincidentally DBK that's just what I'm listening to now! It is a lovely score. I especially like the 'Fountain Scene', 'Sunrise' and the 'Waterfall Scene' but it is all great.

[Mirror Image]

Walton: Henry V
My favourite CD of Walton's film music:

An outstanding recording, Jeffrey. The Waterfall Scene is some of the most Impressionistic music I've ever heard from Walton. When those horns come in during that climax it reminds me of Respighi, but Delius' Appalachia is also brought to mind.

[vandermolen]

Symphony No. 5 in D major --- Vernon Handley, Royal Liverpool PO

Hat tip to Jeffrey (vandermolen) for this moving, poignant and beautiful work.

Thanks Andrei. I'm glad that you think so too.