What are you listening 2 now?

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude & Fugue in C major, BWV 531. Piet Kee

Aah, what an instrument. Very impressive recording!

Fine recording with a nice instrument. A nice guy at YT posted Beekman's Bach recordings with HIPS organ. You may like them.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg3qqbsDLh-cyjRe_lPeF6ynnicHGHHcm

Creston is so far the only of the "great American symphonists" of that generation whose music has connected with me (albeit only in a small way, thus far)—unless we count Bernstein, whose three symphonies are excellent.

Have you listened to Jack Gallagher?
Ed. Sorry, JG doesn't belong to "that generation."

[Karl Henning]

Maiden-Listen Monday! meets Myaskovsky Madness!

Symphony № 3 in a minor, Op. 15
Svetlanov & al.

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Fine recording with a nice instrument. A nice guy at YT posted Beekman's Bach recordings with HIPS organ. You may like them.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg3qqbsDLh-cyjRe_lPeF6ynnicHGHHcm


Have you listened to Jack Gallagher?
Ed. Sorry, JG doesn't belong to "that generation."

That's OK, no I have not, but I'm curious. I saw that Naxos recorded one of his symphonies with JoAnn Falletta conducting the LSO; I'm a fan of her work.

[Mirror Image]

Paul Creston: Symphony No.2, op.35. Theodore Kuchar, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

Inspired by some recent discussion around this work in this thread. So far so good. Creston is so far the only of the "great American symphonists" of that generation whose music has connected with me (albeit only in a small way, thus far)—unless we count Bernstein, whose three symphonies are excellent.

Have you done a thorough listen of Diamond's Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4. Outside of Copland, Ives, Schuman, Bernstein et. al., I consider these two Diamond symphonies first-rate and definitely worth your consideration.

[VonStupp]

Ludwig van Beethoven
SQ 11 in f minor "Quartetto Serioso", op. 95
SQ 12 in E-flat Major, op. 127
Alban Berg Quartett (rec. 1979 & 1981)

[Daverz]

That's OK, no I have not, but I'm curious. I saw that Naxos recorded one of his symphonies with JoAnn Falletta conducting the LSO; I'm a fan of her work.

The Gallagher symphony is fantastic and should appeal to lovers of mid-20th Century American symphonists.  I would also look into the music of Jonathan Leshnoff.

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Have you done a thorough listen of Diamond's Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4. Outside of Copland, Ives, Schuman, Bernstein et. al., I consider these two Diamond symphonies first-rate and definitely worth your consideration.

I have not heard a note of David Diamond. For some reason he has just never been on my radar—I think I conflate him in my mind with Howard Hanson, who I have listened to and do not like at all. I will try and check out those two Diamond symphonies sometime.

[Karl Henning]

That's OK, no I have not, but I'm curious. I saw that Naxos recorded one of his symphonies with JoAnn Falletta conducting the LSO; I'm a fan of her work.

It's an outstanding symphony, and that's not just a student of Jack's talking.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66
The State Academic SO of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov'
Jurowski



I won't listen to this ballet in its entirety tonight, but, man, is this sounding so fantastic. Jurowski is one hell of a Tchaikovskian.

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Eduard Tubin: Symphony No.4 in A major, "Sinfonia lirica". Neeme Järvi, Musikselskabet "Harmonien" Bergen

Hope I got the name of that orchestra right. I believe this is a world première recording, and it's a damn fine performance. This may be my favorite of Tubin's symphonies.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Satie, Six Nocturnes. Cristina Ariagno.

[Symphonic Addict]

String Quartet No. 1

A marvelous composition. There is a pastoral element on the music that makes it so gorgeous.




String Quartet No. 2 in C major

A fine alternative to those by Beethoven. This piece exudes spark.

[Symphonic Addict]

Eduard Tubin: Symphony No.4 in A major, "Sinfonia lirica". Neeme Järvi, Musikselskabet "Harmonien" Bergen

Hope I got the name of that orchestra right. I believe this is a world première recording, and it's a damn fine performance. This may be my favorite of Tubin's symphonies.

His "Pastoral" symphony. I love it too.

[Symphonic Addict]

Ludwig van Beethoven
SQ 7 in F Major, op. 59 no. 1
SQ 8 in e minor, op. 59 no. 2
Alban Berg Quartett (rec. 1979)

The opening cello melody of #7 is just divine!

Indeed. Another favorite cello opening is that in Brahms's String Quintet No. 2.

[Symphonic Addict]

Don't know the Rota Cesar but that Yoshimatsu disc is one of my three favourites, the others featuring symphonies 1 and 2.

I'm very thankful to Chandos for recording all his major orchestral works.

[foxandpeng]

Vagn Holmboe
Concertos
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra

This recording reminds me (I don't really need reminding) why I enjoy Holmboe's music so much. This is a great trio of world premiere works that show Holmboe at his most accessible and engaging. I particularly like his Concerto for Orchestra included here.

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Eduard Tubin: Symphony No.4 in A major, "Sinfonia lirica". Neeme Järvi, Musikselskabet "Harmonien" Bergen

Hope I got the name of that orchestra right. I believe this is a world première recording, and it's a damn fine performance. This may be my favorite of Tubin's symphonies.

On with Symphony No.9, which I am enjoying much more than I remember from previous listenings.

[Karl Henning]

On with Symphony No.9, which I am enjoying much more than I remember from previous listenings.

Very good!

[Daverz]

Elcock: Symphony No. 3



I've really enjoyed the other Elcock discs in this Toccata series, but I did not like this work:  too much banging.  It is leavened with a humorous tune in the middle section, but not enough to save it from annoying me, so it it got the stage hook.

NP:

Bridge: The Sea

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Organ works by Feliks Rączkowski, Johann Sebastian Bach, Piotr Drusiński, Jan Janca, Mieczysław Surzyński, Max Reger, Sigfrid Karg-Elert and Feliks Nowowiejski. Josef Still

I don't know anything about any of these composers except for Bach and Reger, but this is an absolutely phenomenal organ recital. I originally bought it on the strength of Still's Reger recordings for Naxos, and I'm glad I did. It's become one of my favorite organ discs. This is Christmas music, unseasonal, but who cares.