What are you listening 2 now?

[Todd]

Has a more illustrious line up ever been assembled for a single recording?

Possibly this:

[Florestan]

Possibly this:

Indeed, very impressive as well.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Very good, tone good, lovely when quiet, jaw dropping speed at times. One of the better Iberias.

Very interesting. Will look for the recording!!

[Mirror Image]

Now playing this entire recording:

[Linz]

Karl Jenkins

[Traverso]

Boccherini



   
Flute Concerto In D, Op. 27 (Formerly Attributed To Boccherini)

String Quintet In E, Op. 13 No. 5

​​​​​​​​​​​​Guitar Quintet No. 4 In D "Fandango"

String Quartet In D, Op. 6 No. 1

Cello Concerto In B Flat

[vandermolen]

Dello Joio 'Meditations on Ecclesiastes' - a most beautiful and, at the end, deeply moving, work (for strings) which I rate alongside Bliss's 'Meditations on a Theme by John Blow'. This is my favourite of those old Bay Cities CDs:

[Irons]

Sibelius: Scènes Historiques I & II

Nice pieces overall. Chant d'amour from the 2nd Suite (assuming that it is) is the highlight here. So lovely.




Holst: Suite de ballet

I had listened to this work some while ago and I thought it was splendid. Today I confirm my impressions about it. Such a colourful and life-affirming composition.

From the first time I heard Suite de ballet I have loved the piece. Holst opens in rum-ti-tum mode then morphs into a lovely heart-warming piece for violin and orchestra.
I will listen this evening, thanks for nudge. Can't wait.

[Mirror Image]

Now playing yet again:

Ogawa
Symphony, "Japanese Castle"
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuzo Toyama

[Todd]

[Linz]

Bruckner 5 Wand

[Mandryka]

Can't believe I'm having a day of listening to mainstream classical music. Anyway it's yonks since I last heard these sonatas, and I seem to have found quite a nice recording from the Tatrai.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Penderecki
Symphony No. 2, "Christmas"
Sinfonia Iuventus
Penderecki



What can I say? I'm in a festive mood. Anyway, these Penderecki-led recordings on Dux are much, much better than Wit's Naxos recordings (as good as they are).

[Que]

Well it will be for a long time on Spotify

It will, and maybe I should take heed of the advice of some here and stop buying CD's altogether. 

[Linz]

Celibidache with Debussy and Ravel

[Harry]

It will, and maybe I should take heed of the advice of some here and stop buying CD's altogether. 

I will not stop buying CD's but it will be drastically reduced. Since Qobuz, March 2022, I saved myself in the region of 400 €.

[Linz]

Mozart with Sándor Végh CD1

[Todd]

Year three.

[Karl Henning]

Maiden-listen Monday
Malcolm Arnold: Symphony #4 (Chosen because Mirror Image likes it)

I'm still not entirely sure what I think of Arnold. The final movement was fun, and probably my favorite of what I have heard so far. Otherwise, I like some parts, but not as much others (at least yet). I'll probably move on to other stuff for now, but I will definitely return to Arnold at some point in the future.

FWIW, Arnold qua symphonist hasn't drawn me in.

[Karl Henning]

I was eating cake with my girlfriend, and she asked if I had any cake-themed music. So we listened to:

Britten: "A Time There Was...", Op. 90 - Cakes & Ale
Debussy: Golliwog's Cake Walk
Léhar: The Merry Widow - Cake Walk
Saint-Saëns: Wedding Cake, Op. 76

The last two works were new to me. We liked the Debussy the best, especially for me since I understand the references to Wagner!

I'll return to Arnold at some point, probably to #5 as mentioned by kyjo. I at least don't dislike his music! (Also, his Scottish Dances are great!)

The Scottish Dances (in transcription for band) were my introduction to Arnold. Fun stuff!