What are you listening 2 now?

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NP:

Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48
LPO
Jurowski

[Karl Henning]

CD 1:

Music from Psycho, Marnie, North by Northwest, Vertigo and The Trouble With Harry.


You don't need me to tell you it's all great.

[Brian]

I listened to Orpheus Haydn 80 today and holy cow it was great. The precision of the strings in the finale is jaw dropping. And the conductorless group has such good understanding of Haydn's colors and quirks and jokes.

(Also listened to their 22 and 60.)

[T. D.]

"Research" related to a new release.

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Last work of the night:

Beethoven
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Quatuor Ebène

[Madiel]

Dvorak, String quartet no.1



Having established for certain that the Prague Quartet are simply playing a different, much longer edition of the score than any rival recording, and that's why they take so long, I've decided to see for the first time in a while how well they can hold my interest.

[T. D.]

[Madiel]

Sibelius, "Korpo" piano trio

[Roasted Swan]

A great recording. I think I like the accompanying Songs of Sunset and An Arabesque just as much as the Mass, perhaps due to having Dame Janet Baker and John Shirley-Quirk on hand.

I doubt I will ever have the chance to hear any of this music live West of the Atlantic. 

+1 - a favourite version of the Mass (not that there's a huge choice!) but I really rate the live BBC recording (on Itaglio if you can find it) which featured a very young Kiri Te Kananwa - possibly one of her first appearances in the UK I seem to recall.  Del mar was very fine in Delius and continues to be under-rated generally.

[Irons]

Interesting how we all react differently to certain music! To me, Atterberg has always been an "instant gratification" composer whose music speaks directly to me without any obstacles. Nos. 2, 3, and 5 are probably his finest symphonies IMO but they're all excellent! Also gorgeous are the Cello Concerto and Sinfonia for Strings. And you're right, his way with orchestration is absolutely miraculous!

Atterberg is without doubt a composer of the highest rank. Please correct me if I am mistaken but Atterberg's music is highly Romantic with big bold gestures and climaxes. His music has important things to say and it is said with conviction. My loss, but I find it all little too much. I seem to have developed an aversion of composers who wear their heart on their sleeve. The Symphonic Poem, "Alven" showed a different side of Atterberg. A work I enjoyed very much.

[Harry]

Joachim Raff.

Symphony No. 2, opus 140.

Orchestral preludes to Shakespeare's "The Tempest", "Macbeth", "Romeo and Juliet", "Othello".

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Jarvi.

SACD recording.
New acquisition

[Pohjolas Daughter]

CD 1:

Music from Psycho, Marnie, North by Northwest, Vertigo and The Trouble With Harry.


You don't need me to tell you it's all great.

That looks like an awfully fun set Karl!  Trust that you didn't have any nightmares last night? 

PD

[VonStupp]

Johannes Brahms
Symphony 1 in c minor, op. 68

Cleveland Orch. - Christoph von Dohnányi (rec. 1987)

The spectre of Beethoven hangs heavily over the 1st Symphony, I assume purposefully so from Brahms. He comes into his own at the big tune in the finale, but even it has hints of the former master.

My Dohnányi Brahms cycle has been skulking around dusty corners, but I remember being favorable towards it, so I think I will dust off the rest.

[Traverso]

Sweelinck

Third Book of Psalms

CD 1

[Harry]

Herman Galynin.

Orchestral Works Volume I.

Scherzo for Violin and String orchestra (1966)
Aria for Violin and String orchestra (1959)
Suite for String orchestra (1949)
String Quartet No. 1 (1947) & No. 2 (1956)

Academy of Russian Music, Ivan Nikiforchin.

Phenomenal!!!!!!!!!!

[Madiel]

The Penguin Guide considered this one of the greatest piano records ever made.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Enrique Granados, Pieces based on Spanish Folk-Songs. Douglas Riva.

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Sweet!

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The Penguin Guide considered this one of the greatest piano records ever made.

And they'd be wrong. I never liked Uchida's Études. Paul Jacobs, on the other hand, finds the poetry in this work and remains my reference.

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NP:

Elgar
Introduction & Allegro, Op. 47
LPO
Boult