What are you listening 2 now?

[Symphonic Addict]

Very nice - four of my favorite Fourths! Coincidentally, the life-affirming finale of the Tubin reminds me of Braga Santos.

To some extent yes, for me it does too, Kyle. There is a feeling of overwhelming and inexorable triumph and greatness that is impossible not be moved by them!

[Symphonic Addict]

Ludovico Einaudi: Eden Roc





I think that this is wonderful music and music making. It is a real mixture and fusion of styles and it is very inventive and modern sounding. I find it to be atmospheric and exciting, engaging and appealing.

It's the first time ever that I see this composer and musician being mentioned on this forum. Interesting!

[Symphonic Addict]

Quartets 7, 11 and 13



Quartets 2, 12 and 17

Really splendid works in most of his 17 SQs!

[Symphonic Addict]

Aho
Timpani concerto
Piano concerto no. 1*
Ari-Pekka Maenpaa, timpani
Sonja Fraki, piano*
Erkki Lasonpalo, Eva Ollikainen*



Both really fascinating works - Aho definitely revels in unusual sonorities, and his climaxes are nothing short of volcanic. He's also not afraid to use unusual instruments in his orchestra (there's a prominent part for contrabass clarinet in the piano concerto!) and an extremely wide array of percussion instruments. He can write beautiful music too (like the 'Intermezzo' of the timpani concerto.) I've heard some of his music before and thought he was very impressive as a composer, and these two concertos confirm that. Good stuff!

Glad to know you enjoyed the whole CD. I also appreciate the qualities of both works. Aho is certainly a very favorite living composer of mine.

[Daverz]

Really splendid works in most of his 17 SQs!

I'm glad that some other groups are tackling this cycle, the Silesian Quartet and now the Arcadia Quartet.  Not that I think the Danel are bad here, but the sonics always seemed too close and dry.

TD: working through my 2021 backlog...

[Mirror Image]

Two Third Suites!

Tchaikovsky
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G, Op. 55
New Philharmonia
Dorati



Enescu
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, Op. 27 "Villageoise"
BBC Philharmonic
Rozhdestvensky

[Symphonic Addict]

Bliss: Introduction and Allegro.
This is one of those CDs that I can play right through with much pleasure:

And for me one of those cases is this:

[Mirror Image]

And for me one of those cases is this:

Oh, that's a fine recording right there, Cesar, although I'd say that Church Windows is my favorite Respighi work if I had pick just one.

[Symphonic Addict]

Oh, that's a fine recording right there, Cesar, although I'd say that Church Windows is my favorite Respighi work if I had pick just one.

Same here, John! I can't live without it. 

[Mirror Image]

Same here, John! I can't live without it. 

[Symphonic Addict]

TD: working through my 2021 backlog...

Did you enjoy the taste of the mango?

[Mirror Image]

Last work for the night:

Enescu
Piano Sonata, Op. 24/1
Luiza Borac

[Symphonic Addict]

One of my favorite CDs. The three works have stunning music, but for being sincere, I don't recall Music for orchestra. Man, the Sebastopol is a stunner! So is The Wind of Siberia, that for me it's in the spirit of Sibelius's Tapiola, haunting and incredibly evocative, A Russian "Tapiola" or something like that.

[Symphonic Addict]

Last work for the night:

Enescu
Piano Sonata, Op. 24/1
Luiza Borac

Good night, John. Have a good sleeping and dreams!

[Daverz]

Did you enjoy the taste of the mango?

I'm sure I've had mango, but I can't recall anything about it.  I'll have to buy some of this variety and try it.

TD: a nice disc of Hindemith sonatas for wind instrument and piano.

[bhodges]

Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (Boulez/Cleveland) -- After all these years, I'm still slightly astonished that Boulez, with all the different types of music that caught his ear, liked Mahler so much. In this recording, as in so many others, he and the Cleveland players are so simpatico.

--Bruce

[Symphonic Addict]

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9

I like many features of this performance, and there are others that leave me scratching my head. I like but it's not a favorite.

I had forgot how amazingly gorgeous the Largo is. The middle section is especially haunting, and somehow it brings Atterberg's II from his 8th Symphony to this mind.




The best Brahms 4th I've ever heard. The fragment at 11:14 of the first movement is perfectly done, robust and more singing. Significantly refreshing. The timpani are in all their glory here, btw!

[vandermolen]

One of my favorite CDs. The three works have stunning music, but for being sincere, I don't recall Music for orchestra. Man, the Sebastopol is a stunner! So is The Wind of Siberia, that for me it's in the spirit of Sibelius's Tapiola, haunting and incredibly evocative, A Russian "Tapiola" or something like that.

+1 one of my favourites too 

[Irons]

Neat!  I don't believe that I've heard any recordings with the three of them?  Will have to do some further digging!

PD

As Que says "As Russian as it gets". Oistrakh, Knushevitzky and Oborin made up a great trio. 

[Que]

Morning listening - taking this for a test drive on Spotify: