What are you listening 2 now?

[Papy Oli]

Bach - Magnificat BWV 243a
(Herreweghe)

[André]

The cover says 'Poulenc' but there's less than 10 minutes of his music out of 63. The other composers include Godard, Pierné, Langlais, Busser and a few others I didn't know of. It is a cleverly put together program, balancing idioms - some pieces use dissonance to great effect - and beautifully sung and recorded. A capella pieces alternate with piano or organ accompanied ones. Classicstoday's David Vernier gave this disc a strong recommendation. Outstanding pieces are Poulenc's well-known Litanies, the gorgeous Pierné Hymne, Lacombe's strongly dissonant Salve Regina and Jean Langlais' ethereal 5 Motets.

[VonStupp]

Vítězslav Novák
The Storm, op. 42
Zdeněk Košler and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus

I am unmoved by much of Novák's orchestral music, but I'm always left gobsmacked by The Storm.

[steve ridgway]

Debussy - La Mer, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch, 1956. I'm trying to imagine how listeners in 1905 might have felt about the sea and the world in general.

[Mandryka]

Debussy - La Mer, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch, 1956. I'm trying to imagine how listeners in 1905 might have felt about the sea and the world in general.

Öd und leer das meer.

[SimonNZ]

[Karl Henning]

Debussy - La Mer, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch, 1956. I'm trying to imagine how listeners in 1905 might have felt about the sea and the world in general.

A fine performance!

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 in E-flat, WAB 104
Staatskapelle Dresden
Thielemann



A scintillating performance of a masterpiece.

[Daverz]

Wonderfully colorful music.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Delius
In a Summer Garden
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Mackerras



I needed something a little lighter in mood after the Bruckner 4th.

[vandermolen]

Dyson: Symphony

[Que]

Morning listening:

[vandermolen]

Perhaps the greatest Alwyn CD, featuring two of his finest works.
Symphony No.3

[The new erato]

A fabulously luxurious production:

[Papy Oli]

Good morning all,

Trying some Bach cantatas by Koopman ('Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott' BWV 80)

Err....the bass notes of the organ (I assume ?) sound a bit weird in the opening chorus ? Is it just down to the type of organ used ?

[Artem]

Schubert was more to my liking than Szymanowski

[Papy Oli]

JS Bach - Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083 (After Pergolesi's Stabat Mater) - Suzuki

[aligreto]

Boccherini: Guitar Quintet "La reiterate di Madrid G.453 [Europa Galante]





The music of the opening movement is very elegant, beguiling and refined and it is wonderfully presented here. The extensive slow movement is also very elegant and restrained in tone, in a wonderful way. The string quartet writing is particularly fine here. I really liked the light and graceful third movement. I find the writing for both the guitar and the cello noteworthy in this movement. I really like the music in the final movement. It is very determined and deliberate [for want of better expressions] and I find it very engaging. How wonderful is that fade out at the conclusion of the work! This is a really very fine work by any standard.

[aligreto]

Good morning all,

Trying some Bach cantatas by Koopman ('Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott' BWV 80)

Err....the bass notes of the organ (I assume ?) sound a bit weird in the opening chorus ? Is it just down to the type of organ used ?

I don't know the recording Olivier, so I cannot comment. Does it sound reedy or boomy?

[Papy Oli]

I don't know the recording Olivier, so I cannot comment. Does it sound reedy or boomy?

It just sounds... like a TV game buzzer... with a sore throat... (nope, I am not an Organ specialist )

I have found it on YT : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfN9pn8AfGk

About 30 secs in, and then about 1 min in