What are you listening 2 now?

[Traverso]

Indeed, John. I'm in the middle of the 2nd String Quartet, so the best is yet to come (but tonight, so far, these SQs are as good as I remember them).

Good evening to you!

I like the colorful cover too 

[Karl Henning]

Karl, an inquiry awaits you in the Twirlbing Tones office. 

Very good, VP Ray

TD:
Andriessen
Hoketus (which is also the first piece of his I heard, in Buffalo)

[ritter]

And now, on to chamber music by Henri Dutilleux. CD 5 of this set:



The SQ  Ainsi la nuit, the Sonatina for flute and piano, the Sonata for oboe and piano, Sarabande et cortège for bassoon and piano, Chorale, cadence et Figaro (trombone and piano), and Les Citations (oboe, harpsichord, double bass and percussion).

[Karl Henning]

Popov
Chamber Symphony in C

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Indeed, John. I'm in the middle of the 2nd String Quartet, so the best is yet to come (but tonight, so far, these SQs are as good as I remember them).

Good evening to you!

Great to read. And the same to you!

Thread duty -

Piston
Symphony No. 2
BSO
Tilson Thomas

[Karl Henning]

A beautiful BSO/MTT album!

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A beautiful BSO/MTT album!

Yes, indeed. I also loved the Schuman Violin Concerto (w/ Zukofsky) with these forces.

[Symphonic Addict]

Sergei Prokofiev
Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, op. 74
The Tale of the Stone Flower, op. 118 (excerpts)
Gennady Rozhdestvensky - speaker
Philharmonia - Neeme Järvi

The cantata is a bit of Soviet dreck, with the 6th movement full of yelling, klaxons, and an orchestra of accordions. The 2nd choral movement is memorable in a good way (I also remember it from Red Heat with Jim Belushi and Arnold Schwarzenegger).

Stone Flower is gorgeous. Per recommendations from Karl and Mandryka, I will be looking for the full work. Thanks all!

The Cantata is a stunning blast. One of those guilty pleasures I enjoy a lot.

[Symphonic Addict]

Popov
Chamber Symphony in C

Good stuff, Karl.

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I like the colorful cover too 

I asked Ginastera about the cover and here was his reaction:



Needless to say, I didn't get an answer.

[Brahmsian]

Very good, VP Ray

TD:
Andriessen
Hoketus (which is also the first piece of his I heard, in Buffalo)

But Karl, you did not answer yet? The VP is waiting. 

[VonStupp]

The Cantata is a stunning blast. One of those guilty pleasures I enjoy a lot.

Guilty pleasure would be a good term for this cantata. Lots of loud noises and full-on singing.

[Stürmisch Bewegt]

Neat!  I haven't heard any of his Bartok recordings before now.  I do love the Geza Anda recordings that I have of Bartok's piano concertos.  For more contemporary recordings, I do also enjoy Bavouzet's (though the Anda are still my favorite).

Managed to find Kodaly's string quartets on youtube (on Hungaroton with the Kodaly Quartet).  So far, am quite enjoying his No. 1. 

PD

Yes, thanks, agree 101% - the Anda is super and I need to listen to his again; I like Fricsay's conducting in general.  Is it just me, or has Anda's rep declined in recent years?  Superlative, for me, in this are Ashkenazy and Solti.  Just saying so makes me want to listen to them again. 

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This entire recording:



Absolutely exquisite.

[Karl Henning]

https://www.youtube.com/v/2XjCuiTXpvQ

[Stürmisch Bewegt]

Finished-up some legal consulting, Phase One, at least, and now have plenty o' time to get back to some happy listening; this, on vinyl, from '68 (I think I have Boult in the Sancta as well on CD, have to check) :

 

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NP:

Sibelius
Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105
Hallé
Barbirolli

[Symphonic Addict]

Eminently pleasant music.

[Symphonic Addict]

String Quartet No. 15

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NP:

Sibelius
Jokamies (Everyman), Op. 83
Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo-soprano), Pauli Pietilainen (organ), Sauli Tiilikainen (baritone), Petri Lehto (tenor), Leena Saarenpaa (piano)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Lahti Chamber Choir
Osmo Vänskä



Here's yet another example of a work from Sibelius that never gets discussed. I'd rank this at near top-drawer Sibelius. It's kind of an unusually structured work, but I think in its entirety, it adds up to a pleasing whole.