What are you listening 2 now?

[Harry]

Steve Gerber
Orchestral Works.

Symphony No. 1.
Dirge and Awakening.
Viola Concerto.
Triple overture.

Lars anders Tomter, Viola.
The Bekova Sisters.
Russian PO, Thomas Sanderling

Again a much appreciated gift from Jeffrey. Putting this composer on my radar is an enrichment. I love the music and performance.

[Harry]

Ahmed Adnan Saygun's Piano Concerto No. 1 
    Howard Griffiths, Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Gulsin Onay (piano)

I'm so glad to have somehow (and I now can't remember how) stumbled across this composer: the music is never less than fine. I like the CPO CD covers, too: Saygun's music is now indelibly associated with bright, quasi-Fauvist colours in my head!!

When these CD's with the music of Saygun were released, I bought them all. I heaped praises on it without end, and wrote favourably about this composer on my own blog, but it took a long time before it was picked up on GMG.

[Harry]

Howard Hanson.
Orchestral Works.

Symphony No. 4 "Requiem"
Serenade for Flute, Harp & Strings.
Pastorale for Oboe, Harp & Strings.
Suite from the opera "Merry Mount".

Seattle SO & NY Chamber Symphony, Gerald Schwarz.

[Biffo]

Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria; Stabat mater dolorosa; Ave nobilissima creatura; Salve regina a 4 - La Chapelle Royale directed by Philippe Herreweghe

[Harry]

Georg Enescu.
Violin concerto in two movements (Unfinished)
Phantasy for Piano & Orchestra.


NDR Radiophilharmonie, Peter Ruzicka.

For me this CD came as a very welcome surprise, the music is very captivating, and belongs to the best I heard from Enescu, notwithstanding that to some this music might sound very conservative and thoroughly romantic.
The performances are very good, both Carolin Widmann, Violin & Luiza Borac, Piano, are giving their very best. Recording is warm and detailed.

[Papy Oli]

Good afternoon all.

[Harry]

Moritz Moszkowski.

Orchestral Works.
Volume III.

Suite No. 1 in f major.
Prelude and fugue, opus 85.
Overture in D major.

Sinfonia Varsovia, Ian Hobson.


I seem to be utterly alone in my appreciation for the music of this composer. While many like his piano works, the orchestral side in his oeuvre is  totally neglected. Maybe I just have bad taste, as some members on GMG think. Be is as it may, this music gives me great pleasure, plus the fact that Moszkowski was a excellent orchestrator, even though for many he was old fashioned for his time. I happy to like "olde" fashion in music. Three cheers for him.

[vandermolen]

Howard Hanson.
Orchestral Works.

Symphony No. 4 "Requiem"
Serenade for Flute, Harp & Strings.
Pastorale for Oboe, Harp & Strings.
Suite from the opera "Merry Mount".

Seattle SO & NY Chamber Symphony, Gerald Schwarz.

A fabulous combination of works in fine performances.

[Mirror Image]

Celebrating the birthday boy, Maurice Ravel:

Shéhérazade
Christiane Karg, soprano
Bamberger Symphoniker
David Afkham



Chansons madécasses
Jessye Norman, soprano
Renaud Fontanarosa, Dalton Baldwin et. al.



Introduction & Allegro
Melos Ensemble



Violin Sonata in G major
Ibragimova / Tiberghien



And finally, a work I haven't heard in ages:

Daphnis et Chloé
BSO
Munch

[Harry]

A fabulous combination of works in fine performances.

Very true, I am also quite taken with the lament of Beowolf, also on this disc, especially the  Orchestral introduction, but after around 3 minutes the choir came in, and I was done for. Wish he never written those guys and gals in.

[vandermolen]

Steve Gerber
Orchestral Works.

Symphony No. 1.
Dirge and Awakening.
Viola Concerto.
Triple overture.

Lars anders Tomter, Viola.
The Bekova Sisters.
Russian PO, Thomas Sanderling

Again a much appreciated gift from Jeffrey. Putting this composer on my radar is an enrichment. I love the music and performance.

Glad that you are still enjoying it Harry 

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Albeniz: Catalonia. Martin/Barcelona.

[SonicMan46]

Continuing w/ Boccherini today - Guitar Quintets, G.445-450 - of 3 sets in my collection (one that I dislike in the 10-disc Capriccio box) - recordings below w/ Pepe Romero (Iona Brown et al) from the late 1970s-80 and Jakob Lindberg and the Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble from 1992 on period instruments; Lindberg plays a six-course guitar by Juan Pages, Cadiz 1810.  Dave

 

[Spotted Horses]

Ruth Crawford Seeger, Wind Quintet, String Quartet



This works are new to me, and I find them extremely engaging. Crawford Seeger employs serial techniques and "dissonant counterpoint" in her works.

[vandermolen]

Rubbra: Symphony No.3

[Sergeant Rock]

Beethoven Symphonies 1 & 2, Barenboim conducting




Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

"Papa"
Symphony № 99 in E^b, « The Cat » (curiously, for this set, left Unnamed) Hob I:99

Sarge

[kyjo]

Among his chamber music -besides the Piano Quartet- I remember his piano trios having distinctiveness and charm enough.

Haven't heard Rheinberger's piano trios yet, so I'll be sure to check them out.

[kyjo]

Ibert 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol'

Thoughts, Jeffrey?

[kyjo]

Thoughts? I've heard his 4th Symphony and wasn't terribly impressed.