What are you listening 2 now?

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Good morning all,

Some Debussy songs to start the day.
The Ariettes oubliées are gorgeous !

Indeed. Debussy's mélodies are exquisite. It's good to see you enjoying them, Olivier.

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I'm sticking with a different "ovsky"...

Violin Concerto No.1

Very nice, indeed. What are your impressions of the music, Madiel?

[Papy Oli]

They are amongst my favourite Debussy songs.

Indeed. Debussy's mélodies are exquisite. It's good to see you enjoying them, Olivier.

Hi both,
As long as I keep them to small chunks, that works for me. I really enjoyed the Ariettes and they were enough for me this morning. I listened to a couple of them as well from the Warner box (Jessye Norman) for a quick comparison sake, and Diestchy worked better for me.

[Papy Oli]

Albinoni - Sinfonie a Cinque

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NP:

Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 5 in D
LSO
Previn

[Harry]

Vainö Raitio.
Works for small Orchestra.

Queen of the flowers
Maidens on the Headlands-Symphonic Poem.
Summer Pictures from Häme.
Forest Idylls.

Tapiola Sinfonietta, Tuomas Ollila.

Sublime.

[Sergeant Rock]

Miaskovsky Symphony No. 11 in B flat minor op.34




Sarge

[aligreto]

Albinoni - Sinfonie a Cinque

Different, for you 

[Traverso]

Albéniz

Iberia  (1973)

[Stürmisch Bewegt]

Another composer whose name starts with the letter M :

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Shostakovich
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77
Mordkovitch
Scottish National Orch.
Järvi

[Papy Oli]

Different, for you 

Quite ! Even played it in full in one go Given how very rarely I do that for that period, that bodes well. I really like that smaller scale

[Papy Oli]

Stanford - String Quartet No.8 (Dante Qt)

[Iota]

Mompou: Musica Callada, Vol.2

Herbert Henck (piano)


Brief musical daydreams in which every detail seems to carry expressive potency.

[SonicMan46]

Miaskovsky, Nikolai (1881-1950) - Symphonies w/ Evgeny Svetlanov - due to the interest in this composer recently in this thread, I'm now listening to the 'Symphony Collection' below off Spotify; so far I've probably gone through 2 discs - although I have a lot of Russian music, there is nothing by this composer in my collection; but looking at his composition list HERE, he was quite prolific (e.g. the 27 Symphonies plus other orchestral works, chamber music including 13 SQs, much piano music, and more) - not sure that I want 26+ hrs of symphonies, so which ones are favorites, and what of his non-symphonic music is worth exploring?  Thanks.  Dave

[Brahmsian]

Miaskovsky, Nikolai (1881-1950) - Symphonies w/ Evgeny Svetlanov - due to the interest in this composer recently in this thread, I'm now listening to the 'Symphony Collection' below off Spotify; so far I've probably gone through 2 discs - although I have a lot of Russian music, there is nothing by this composer in my collection; but looking at his composition list HERE, he was quite prolific (e.g. the 27 Symphonies plus other orchestral works, chamber music including 11 SQs, much piano music, and more) - not sure that I want 26+ hrs of symphonies, so which ones are favorites, and what of his non-symphonic music is worth exploring?  Thanks.  Dave

The Cello Concerto is a must, Dave!  I don't know which specific symphony to recommend, but I would say try No. 27.

And although I haven't heard the cello sonata, apparently this is also an often recommended work.

[Roasted Swan]

The Cello Concerto is a must, Dave!  I don't know which specific symphony to recommend, but I would say try No. 27.

And although I haven't heard the cello sonata, apparently this is also an often recommended work.

For those who don't want to rely on streaming but don't mind downloading(!) - the Svetlanov cycle can be bought VERY CHEAPLY

https://www.classicselectworld.com/collections/digital-downloads/products/copy-of-myaskovsky-the-complete-symphonies-russian-federation-symphony-orchestra-evgeny-svetlanov-14-cds

for £6.00

[Papy Oli]

Walton - Cello Concerto

[Sergeant Rock]

Miaskovsky Symphony No.19 op.46 (for band)




Sarge

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Strauss
Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64
Concertgebouw
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