What are you listening 2 now?

[SonicMan46]

As for me, Dave, the day I stop listening to Mozart is the day I have tired of life.

Well said Karl - agree - Dave 

[vers la flamme]

Richard Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder. Gundula Janowitz, Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

[Mirror Image]

Richard Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder. Gundula Janowitz, Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

Pounds the table! Finally something you're listening to that I can comment on!

[JBS]

As for me, Dave, the day I stop listening to Mozart is the day I have tired of life.

Mozart is your London?

[classicalgeek]

Not for me! Mendelssohn...YES! Mozart...NO!

Ooh... thanks for the idea!  Tomorrow will be Mendelssohn day!

[Karl Henning]

Mozart is your London?

Good eye, amigo!

[Mirror Image]

Ooh... thanks for the idea!  Tomorrow will be Mendelssohn day!

I'll certainly join you in some Mendelssohn, too. I have several new recordings that are awaiting to be heard.

[Linz]

Bruckner 3 from this set with George Szell

[Linz]

Still Bruckner 3 with Szell but this time Cleveland

[vandermolen]

Still Bruckner 3 with Szell but this time Cleveland

My favourite recording of the work.

[vandermolen]

William Alwyn: Lyra Angelica. Suzanne Willison, David Lloyd-Jones, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

This is probably one of the best harp concerti ever written. It's also far and away my favorite of Alwyn's works (a somewhat distant second being the Odd Man Out Suite). What a piece!

Two of my favourites as well, although I like all the symphonies. I wonder if you know the Violin Concerto, which I'm playing this very minute! Not only do I consider it to be one of Alwyn's finest and most memorable works but also one of the great (and unaccountably neglected) British violin concertos. You're absolutely right about 'Odd Man Out'.

[Harry]

Hieronymus Praetorius.

Organ Works. CD I.
"Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist"

Leon Berben, Organ.
Instrument: Harmen Kröger, 1650. Langwarden, St. Laurentius,
Tonhöhe: Ein Halbton über a= 440 Hz.
Temperatur: Rein mitteltönig.
Winddruck: 69mm WS.
SACD.


First listen to this release! Was rather looking forward to this recording with two beautiful organs on display.

[Que]

Hieronymus Praetorius.

Organ Works. CD I.
"Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist"

Leon Berben, Organ.
Instrument: Harmen Kröger, 1650. Langwarden, St. Laurentius,
Tonhöhe: Ein Halbton über a= 440 Hz.
Temperatur: Rein mitteltönig.
Winddruck: 69mm WS.
SACD.


First listen to this release! Was rather looking forward to this recording with two beautiful organs on display.

Morning Harry!

Very curious about your impressions, but take your time. 

[Irons]

Nice quote. As you say it fits Sibelius really well generally, not just inThe Oceanides .

I read somewhere on the web someone describing having the image of the half-buried Statue of Liberty in the Planet of the Apes movie in their head when thinking about Sibelius' music, phrases not ending so much as breaking off, torsos of music. Which rang very true for me also.


Spun here:



Sibelius: Symphony No.4

Helsinki Philharmonic, Segerstam


I'm always awed by the boldness and intense bleakness of the Fourth, darkness that burns somewhere deep. An excellent performance.

That scene from "Planet of the Apes" is good. Ending of civilisation and Sibelius make a good match.

[Que]

Morning listening on Spotify:



http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2021/Nov/Bach-wtc1-RAM1912.htm

[Irons]

Respighi: Poema Autunnale.

A side of Respighi I have not encountered previously, pastoral and dreamy, not so much swept away but floated away and I like it!
Chandos recordings are hit and miss for me but this is a definite hit. Mordkovitch's violin is integrated into the body of the orchestra. Subtle orchestra colour which Respighi skilfully weaves into the piece would be wasted by a concerto style spotlighted violin. 

[Harry]

Morning Harry!

Very curious about your impressions, but take your time. 

Will Do Que. For starters, the sound is spectacular good, Berben puts just the right amount of energy in the music, which makes it articulate, and gives it a forward momentum through the embellishments Berben adds and which was the common practice in Praetorius days. Never overdoing it though! The first disc is a firm thumbs up. One of Berben's very best performances. Never heard this music in such fine interpretations. The organ makes you weep from pleasure, so good does it sound. Look forward to the second disc.

[Harry]

Respighi: Poema Autunnale.

A side of Respighi I have not encountered previously, pastoral and dreamy, not so much swept away but floated away and I like it!
Chandos recordings are hit and miss for me but this is a definite hit. Mordkovitch's violin is integrated into the body of the orchestra. Subtle orchestra colour which Respighi skilfully weaves into the piece would be wasted by a concerto style spotlighted violin.

Yes a very fine recording. I am a great admirer of Mordkovitch art. I lament her passing to this day, and will do this, till I part from this world.

[Harry]

Gabriel Pierne.

Orchestral Works, Volume I.
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano.
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Meno.

First listen!

[Que]

Will Do Que. For starters, the sound is spectacular good, Berben puts just the right amount of energy in the music, which makes it articulate, and gives it a forward momentum through the embellishments Berben adds and which was the common practice in Praetorius days. Never overdoing it though! The first disc is a firm thumbs up. One of Berben's very best performances. Never heard this music in such fine interpretations. The organ makes you weep from pleasure, so good does it sound. Look forward to the second disc.

Sounds good!