What are you listening 2 now?

[Harry]

Recorded live in St Mark's, Venice, Gardiner's second recording of Monteverdi's Vespers is sonically spectacular and thrilling.

Agreed. Also have it also on DVD, but that a bit of a bummer, sonically and picture wise.

[vers la flamme]

Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, op.61. Itzhak Perlman, Carlo Maria Giulini, Philharmonia Orchestra

I think this is my favorite recording of the Beethoven VC, though it is a bit on the slow side. I love Perlman's singing tone.

Anyone know what cadenza he plays? I would like to get better at identifying these cadenzas.

[Madiel]

Holmboe, concerto no.4 (for piano trio)



Holmboe doesn't really do light and humorous, but the piano galloping along in this is about as close as he gets.

[Madiel]

Holmboe, Concerto No.10 ('Wood, Brass and Gut')

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Which Bentzon symphony? Supposedly Niels Viggo Bentzon (Jørgen Bentzon wrote some too)? Last time I checked, there was an abundance of otherwise not-recorded, live symphonies by him on you-tube. I've got 5 on CD, and I think a couple more have been released, but I can't say that I know them well so far. They are ambitious works, and the 3rd has similarities with Carl Nielsen at times, for example. Without checking, I think he wrote at least 19.

It was this one...Niels Viggo Bentzon: 5th Symphony which Irons had listened to from the thread about lessor known composers.  I don't know though whether or not it was the same recording.  This is the one that I had tried listening to yesterday:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8PJ9DAFDfA
Can't find the first movement, but then I still need to make my morning coffee!

PD

[MusicTurner]

It was this one...Niels Viggo Bentzon: 5th Symphony which Irons had listened to from the thread about lessor known composers.  I don't know though whether or not it was the same recording.  This is the one that I had tried listening to yesterday:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8PJ9DAFDfA
Can't find the first movement, but then I still need to make my morning coffee!

PD

Ok thanks, I have that one on LP,  Dacapo did the same recording on CD. Will give it a listen - have a nice day.

[The new erato]

I bought this on the strong recommendation of Todd M. McComb on his medieval music site, and listening to the first disc I don't regret it:

[Biffo]

Mahler: Symphony No 4 in G major - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Semyon Bychkov with Chen Reiss soprano . Streamed from the Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall

[Florestan]

I had forgotten how utterly gorgeous Grieg's piano sonata is.

[MusicTurner]

N.V. Bentzon - Symphonies nos. 5 'Ellipser' (1950) & 3 (1947) /Schmidt, Aarhus SO /DMA 2LP

[vandermolen]

Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941)
'Symphonie' (1935/6) New arrival.
Where has this symphony been before? It is really good and should appeal to admirers of Franck and Debussy but Jean Cras and Damase (composer of another great 'Symphonie') came to mind even more. At the start I thought that, at times, it drifted into 1930s romantic film music (nothing wrong with that) but my attention was increasingly held by some lovely passages. Strongly recommended:

CD Review:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2008/oct08/gaubertsym_1c1135.htm

[The new erato]

Ockeghem followed by this:



Rather too static, I think.

[Mirror Image]

Great cover art John! That's a fine recording as well.

Yeah, it's an outstanding performance, Jeffrey. Love it.

[Mirror Image]

Ockeghem followed by this:



Rather too static, I think.

And this has been my general problem with Vasks. He wrote some lovely music, but too often I feel the music needs more tension and some kind of dramatic narrative. But that's just this dumb guy's opinion.

[Mirror Image]

Starting off my morning with this masterpiece:

Tippett
Concerto for Double String Orchestra
ASMF
Marriner



I only like a handful of Tippett works: the Piano Concerto, The Midsummer Marriage, Fantasia Concertante, Fantasia on a Theme of Handel, A Child of Our Time and that's pretty much it. I just can't get into his later works and I do like avant-garde music like Ligeti and Boulez, but Tippett's development as a composer never did much for me.

[The new erato]

And this has been my general problem with Vasks. He wrote some lovely music, but too often I feel the music needs more tension and some kind of dramatic narrative. But that's just this dumb guy's opinion.

I think some of his orchestral and concerto music works fine, but I absolutely get your dumbass point 

Now playing the great first disc from this, Silvestri and Berglund conducting:



The Tallis is stunning under Silvestri.

[Mirror Image]

I think some of his orchestral and concerto music works fine, but I absolutely get your dumbass point 

Now playing the great first disc from this, Silvestri and Berglund conducting:



The Tallis is stunning under Silvestri.

Love that Silvestri performance of the Tallis Fantasia!

[Traverso]

Elgar

The Music Makers  Baker/Boult
The Sanguine Fan  London Philharmonic - Boult

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Joseph Jongen: Tableaux pittoresques, Op.56.

[Que]

I bought this on the strong recommendation of Todd M. McComb on his medieval music site, and listening to the first disc I don't regret it:

Thnx!  I'll line it up for a thorough listening session on Spotify.

McComb was also positive on the recording of the Gombert masses I recently got.