What are you listening 2 now?

[Papy Oli]

Back to this in this late afternoon:

[Todd]

Disc one.  An indulgent Sibelius 1 and even more indulgent Enigma Variations.  Who can resist them, though?

[SonicMan46]

Graupner, Christoph (1683-1769) - selectively finishing up my listening to this Baroque composer w/ the recordings below; Sabrina Frey, Sergio Azzolini, Jean-Claude Veilhan, and the many others just excellent on these period wind instruments; really enjoy listening to the chalumeaux (pre-cursor of the clarinet - actually about 10 years ago I bought my wife a modern reproduction chalumeau, bottom pics - she's the musician in the house and plays recorders - story HERE in the 'Old Musical Instruments....." thread, if interested).  Dave

     

 

[LKB]

I saw someone post about the Strauss oboe concerto, so now I want to listen again. The 2nd movement has one of the most beautiful melodies. I also like the interaction between clarinet and oboe in the first movement.

Heinz Holliger; Edo de Waart: New Philharmonia Orchestra

A work rather close to my heart, being an ex- oboist myself. 

There are a good number of recordings available, aside from the Philips. My personal favorite, from the '70's, is Lothar Koch/BPO/HvK on DG:

https://youtu.be/O1_nhc7CKUY

[Biffo]

Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus' - New Queen's Hall Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth. One of my favourite works for string orchestra - haven't got round to finalizing a list for the thread yet.

[Karl Henning]

CD: 44 A first listen, I am sure
Große Orgelmesse in Eb, H. XXII:4

CD 84
String Quartet in G, Op. 33 № 5
String Quartet in Eb, Op. 33 № 2
String Quartet in b minor, Op. 33 № 1

[Linz]

Bruckner 5 edited by Franz Schalk without Bruckners approval

[VonStupp]

Richard Strauss
Macbeth, op. 23

Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi

New to me:

Macbeth seems a bit of a surly work, and the march and fanfares at its center are joyously impressive.

So far, I have enjoyed a lot in Järvi's series of R. Strauss.

VS

[Harry]

Hi Mandryka - boy, you're asking the wrong guy - I don't have the repeated listening knowledge of judging the over 200 harpsichord works in Graupner's catalog HERE nor the musical ear/skills to answer your questions w/ any degree of authority; and I've not listened to the Soly discs in several years - all that I could do is re-listen to all and pick out my favorites, sorry.  Now, Soly writes her own booklet notes which can be read on the Analekta Website; also, all of her recordings are available on Spotify (or I assume other streaming sites - not sure which ones you use?) - now Que and I seem to be the few in the forum who bring up the Soly recordings and I'm sure he has listened more often and intently than me - hopefully, he might 'chime in' w/ some comments.  Not of much help but about all that I can offer at the moment.  Dave

Christ Dave, do your homework! I have advertised the Soly recordings as well and with some vehemence I might add.  Dave and Que are not the only ones on GMG that enjoy Soly! Just saying ya know

[Harry]

Why, blimey, Harry, I thought you were that old-fashioned, physical-CD-only type of guy... Heartily congrats on your coming to terms with the 21st century. 

I am "That old fashioned guy" yes, but I found out what merits streaming has, and those are many!

[VonStupp]

I quite like Schlagobers, but I'm an ardent Straussian and love this man's music. Of course, it's not one of his "great" works, but there are some excellent musical moments throughout the ballet. The same with Josephslegende.

I found both Schlagobers and Josephslegende quite enjoyable, the latter being new to me. I suppose if one enjoys his musical idiom, being great or lesser is still going to entertain at its least.

I find much of his orchestral music sounds rather rhapsodic to my ears, perhaps because much of his orchestral output comes in single or continuous movements. I have been enjoying my time with his music greatly.

VS

Now on to another new one for me:

Richard Strauss
Notturno, op. 44 no. 1

Linda Finnie, mezzo-soprano
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi

[SonicMan46]

Christ Dave, do your homework! I have advertised the Soly recordings as well and with some vehemence I might add.  Dave and Que are not the only ones on GMG that enjoy Soly! Just saying ya know

Harry - sorry to leave you (and likely others) out, but I did say 'now Que and I seem to be the few in the forum who bring up the Soly recordings', by 'few' of course meaning others interested in Soly, and of course I do remember your interest, too -    Dave

[bhodges]

Schreker: Prelude from Die Gezeichneten (Nagano / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, 2005 Salzburg Festival) - Marvelous. This should really show up in the concert hall more often, and don't get me started on why U.S. opera companies haven't staged the whole thing. "Ravishing" is an overused word, but completely applies here.

--Bruce

[Linz]

Kempe Studio Live recording of Bruckner Symphony 4 from this set CD1

[aligreto]

Holst: under the very capable baton of Atherton





Indra: This is wonderfully atmospheric music that is delivered through terrific orchestration. There is wonderful sound painting here too. It is positive and uplifting music.

A Song of the Night Op 19/1: This is a very fine concertante work for violin and orchestra. The overall tone is somewhat subdued but never dull and it is exquisitely lyrical and even emotional. The textures of the scoring are brought out to full advantage. Tension and drama are also served well and the music is very well driven. This is a  wonderful work.

[vandermolen]

Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus' - New Queen's Hall Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth. One of my favourite works for string orchestra - haven't got round to finalizing a list for the thread yet.

One of my favourites as well. I like Barbirolli's old recording.

[VonStupp]

Richard Strauss
Don Quixote, op. 35

Max Rostal, viola
Paul Tortelier, cello
Dresden State Orchestra
Rudolf Kempe

Early on I struggled with Don Quixote as a work, but I am glad I stuck with it. It bears many rewards.

VS

[Karl Henning]

CD 55

Sibelius
Symphony № 1 in e minor, Op. 39

Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46
I. At the Castle Gate
II. Mélisande
VII. Mélisande at the Spinning Wheel
IX. The Death of Mélisande

Scènes historiques
Suite № 1, Op. 25
I. All'overtura
II. Scena

Suite № 2, Op. 66
I. The Hunt

[vandermolen]

Pancho Vladigerov: 'Jewish Poem for Orchestra' (1951) on You Tube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hRKZIEQkwk

[André]

Schreker: Prelude from Die Gezeichneten (Nagano / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, 2005 Salzburg Festival) - Marvelous. This should really show up in the concert hall more often, and don't get me started on why U.S. opera companies haven't staged the whole thing. "Ravishing" is an overused word, but completely applies here.

--Bruce

Bruce, you probably heard this from the DVD of that Salzburg production ? This is one of the best opera performances on DVD I've come across. A stunning work and a great performance of it.

Edit: I see from what you wrote in the Schreker thread that it's from that video indeed. I didn't know it was available on YT