What are you listening 2 now?

[Mirror Image]

My vote for the Moscow set!

It's quite good, too, but I prefer the Frankfurt set.

[aligreto]

Galuppi: 25 Harpsichord Sonatas [Ilario Gregoletto]





CD 1: Sonatas Nos. 1-6

This is very pleasant music and music making. It is well played. I like the sound of the instrument and the recording.

[Mirror Image]

Continuing from yesterday:

Strauss
Intermezzo
Lucia Popp, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau et. al.
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Sawallisch

[vandermolen]

Shostakovich Symphony 7 'Leningrad'

[ritter]

My revisitation of the music of the late lamented Cristóbal Halffter continues tonight with two works for cello octet: Attendite (2003) and Fandango (1987). The latter is in a way the precursor of the Preludio para Madrid '92 for chorus and orchestra, and the subsequent Preludio para Madrid 2002 (for orchestra alone), as all pieces are reworkings of the Fandango by Padre Antonio Soler, a work that fascinated Halffter—and not only him, as other Spanish composers such as Suriñach and Tomás Marco have been inspired by the work—as a remarkable combination of the "cultured" and the "popular" (or something to that effect).

Both works are interpreted with bravura by the Cello Octet Conjunto Ibérico under Elías Arizcuren (they're the dedicatees of Attendite).

[André]

Shostakovich Symphony 7 'Leningrad'

I have that 7th in another release. It boasts the combined forces of the Mariynski Theatre and the Rotterdam Phil orchestras. One of the best versions I've heard and one of the few fully convincing efforts from Gergiev IMO.

[André]

Music composed in Berlin in the 1930s. An eclectic assemblage but a very rewarding one !

[Mirror Image]

Thanks for that.  I think I'll probably continue to give it a miss (actually I think it's probably the Moscow set on Melodiya that keeps popping into my field of view.)

i'm not a huge fan of Kitajenko - I once saw him conduct the Dresden Philharmonic in what had to be one of the dullest ever performances of Bruckner's Nullte - my word was it sloooooow...

No worries. We all have our dislikes. I might be the only one on this forum who dislikes Dutoit's Planets for example.

[JBS]

Good Evening, I'm listening to Robert White on Gimell label, Tallis Scholars, it's no secret love  the man work.



Had order it trought Presto Classical , good distro, especially like the Lamentation 

I have that as part of this


At one point Gimell reissued most (but not all*) of the Tallis Scholars recordings in this 2 CD format.

(*the biggest omission is Gombert's Magnificats, I think)

TD
The WarnerStravinsky box:
Les Noces
Dutoit conducting a bunch of musicians in 1972 that included Argerich and Friere. According to the credits this is its first appearance on CD, which is a shame because it"s quite good. The texts were sung in a French version.

[Karl Henning]

Shostakovich Symphony 7 'Leningrad'

Gergiev led the Mariinka orchestra in a life-changing performance at Worcester's Mechanics Hall. I still get goosebumps recalling that evening. They fairly blew the roof off!

TD:


Holst
The Planets, Op. 32
Camerata Singers
NY Phil
Lenny

Elgar
P & C March in D, Op. 39 № 1
NY Phil
Lenny

[foxandpeng]

Not really, they are all in their own right very fine. I bought them when they were released, and in that order I have listend to them.
But I will take them out of my collection and start sampling them, if time permits.

Cheers, bud. Started at #1, working forwards, with a detour into Monolog/Old New York Nostalgia/Sulamith. Accessible, tuneful, neo-romantic works that are both memorable and genuinely beautiful.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Respighi
Belfagor Overture
BBC Phil.
Sir Edward Downes

[Karl Henning]

Ives
The Unanswered Question
Wm Vecchiano, tp

Holidays Symphony

Central Park in the Dark
Seiji Ozawa & Maurice Peress, conductors
Lenny, supervisor

The Gong on the Hook and Ladder or Firemen's Parade on Main Street
The Circus Band

Camerata Singers
NY Phil
Lenny

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

I have other recordings by Kitajenko (e.g. Shostakovich symphonies) which are fine but would be among the first to go if I had to get rid of any.

I think Kitaenko's Prokofiev symphonies cycle is pretty good. Both the two sets of PC are very good as well.  I like his Scriabin cycle, but people's opinion are divided on that.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

P + F, Donohoe.

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I figured I'd close the night out with two works that employ double string orchestras:

Martinů
Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani, H. 271
Czech Philharmonic
Bělohlávek



Tippett
Double Concerto
ASMF
Marriner

[Que]

Morning listening:



My only regret about this recording is that there is only one disc... 

[vandermolen]

Benjamin Yusupov (born 1962, Tajikstan) 'Nola', Concerto for various Flutes and String Orchestra (a very 'catchy' and engaging work):

[vandermolen]

Might as well continue. Highly enjoyable throughout.

Holst
St Paul's Suite
Hymns from the Rig Veda
Ode to Death

Good morning Olivier - that Holst set is a source of great pleasure for me too.

[vandermolen]

I have that 7th in another release. It boasts the combined forces of the Mariynski Theatre and the Rotterdam Phil orchestras. One of the best versions I've heard and one of the few fully convincing efforts from Gergiev IMO.

I totally agree André. I found the slower than usual pacing at the end even more powerful and moving than usual. I think that it is my favourite recording of the Leningrad Symphony. No.8 was also fine but No.7 made the greater impact.