What are you listening 2 now?

[Maestro267]

But it's certainly not 'more ethnically correct', as someone initially suggested.

OK OK for Christ's sake!!! That's usually the reason why spelling has been changed lately so you can't fault me for assuming that was the reason. Political correctness and all that...

[Mirror Image]

Now on to the equally engaging Symphony No.2

Speaking of the last name Ward, there was a Thomas Ward that taught a young Delius when he was in Florida. Delius said that he learned more from Ward than he ever did at the Leipzig Conservatory. Honestly, I think when he was studying at Leipzig, it was more about making connections with other musicians than actually studying.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Arthur Bliss: Discourse.

[Klavier1]

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D Minor with Valery Gergiev CD 9 from this  set

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Vasks
Oboe Concerto
Albrecht Meyer, oboe
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
Andris Poga

[listener]

Volume 4 of the Karel Ančerl Golden Edition
with the Czech Philharmonic Orch.
The BRITTEN Young Persons Guide ... is an interesting interloper in an otherwise all-Czech collection
but it is a good showpiece.    The most recent recording is from 1968

[Karl Henning]

There are many Aboriginal languages, none of which were written in the Latin alphabet until recently. And none of which include the word "didgeridoo".

Opinions about the best way to write Aboriginal languages in our alphabet have varied and developed over time, just as approaches to writing Chinese or Russian in our alphabet have changed.

But that's only one point. The more pertinent point is that if "didgeridoo" were a word from an Aboriginal language, it would obviously not be a word across all the thousands of language that you refer to. And the even more pertinent point is that there isn't any evidence that the word comes from any Aboriginal language at all, rather it appears to have been made up by Europeans. It doesn't resemble the name in any of the native languages in the regions of Australia where the instrument was played.

Perhaps the "didjeridu" spelling is meant to make the word look more Aboriginal, ie more in keeping with modern approaches to writing indigenous languages in our alphabet.

Most interesting, thanks.

[Karl Henning]

Schoenberg Five Pieces For Orchestra, 1909.

Oldie but goodie!

[Karl Henning]

Schoenberg Erwartung, 1909. Super dramatic and dissonant.

One of my very favorites!

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Schnittke
Symphony No. 4
Mikael Bellini (counter-tenor), Stefan Parkman (tenor)
Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir, Stockholm Sinfonietta
Okko Kamu



A long-standing favorite of mine and this Kamu performance is just outstanding. For the record, I do like the Polyansky recording a lot as well.

[Bachtoven]

She's an excellent musician and transcriber.

[Karl Henning]

Yeah, I'm Australian too, and I'm aware that the word 'didgeridoo' is probably an English onomatopoeic invention from the early 20th Century. The "oo" bit is, allegedly, a hint at the fact that giant bamboo could be used to fashion one. And the name for the instrument in at least one part of the Northern Territory is, indeed, "bambu". Anyway, I agree with you that the "new" spelling is probably intended to look more 'authentic'. But it's certainly not 'more ethnically correct', as someone initially suggested.

Anyhoo (see what I did there?!):

Anton Arensky's Suite No. 1
    Dmitri Yablonsky, Moscow Symphony Orchestra

(* chortle *)

TD:

CD 31

Greig
Peer Gynt Suite 1, Op. 46
Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34
Symphonic Dances, Op. 64

Sibelius
Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49
Valse triste, Op. 44

Although the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra had already demonstrated to me that the Two Elegiac Melodies Opus 34 are fresh for me, I frankly admit that my first thought was that, if I can but endure to the end there will be Sibelius for me to enjoy. However I am pleased to report that the Opus 64 has become my clear favorite among Greig's orchestral pieces. But good God don't make me endure the Peer Gynt suites again.

[Karl Henning]

NP:

Schnittke
Symphony No. 4
Mikael Bellini (counter-tenor), Stefan Parkman (tenor)
Uppsala Academic Chamber Choir, Stockholm Sinfonietta
Okko Kamu



A long-standing favorite of mine and this Kamu performance is just outstanding. For the record, I do like the Polyansky recording a lot as well.

Possibly my favorite Schnittke piece!

[Mirror Image]

Possibly my favorite Schnittke piece!

It's certainly of one of mine. There are so many that I love, though. It'd be difficult for me to pick only one.

[André]

In the past weeks I've listened repeatedly to a CPO two-disc set of chamber music by Adolf Busch. At first it did not resonate at all, the works' textures seemingly thick and devoid of much charm. Patience and perseverance paid off in the end. Layer by layer (there are many) Busch's language became more intelligible, its Brahms-cum-Reger aesthetic revealing harmonic felicities and a penchant for structural complexity, but also genuine originality and refinement.

Now, with this disc:



Busch reveals himself a master at counterpoint and tightly woven musical argument, but also at blending instruments successfully to create a beautiful sound world.

Walter Braunfels' string quintet has been recorded a few times and rightly so: it's a big, powerful work where Bruckner, Dvorak, Strauss, Hindemith and Reger take a discreet bow. And yet t is pure Braunfels: it never sounds like any of these composers' work, rather it draws from a rich common musical heritage. The booklet notes mention the quintet's «ecstatic lyricism, harmonic opulence and concentrated musical narrative ». Quite so.

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony 8 with Venzago CD 9

[vandermolen]

Patrick Hadley 'The Hills'
I've had this CD for decades and never realised before how good this work is:

[Iota]

Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
Roger Woodward (piano)


Woodward doesn't hang around, but he shines such a substantial light on the marvels in this music. A great pleasure and one of my favourite piano versions of WTC.

[Linz]

Bruckner 7 with Marris Jansons and The Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks