What are you listening 2 now?

[Madiel]

Also one quartet from Haydn's op.1 each day. Generally now in two different performances - the Auryn and the Petersen. They're both excellent, and unfortunately in different quartets it keeps changing which ensemble is slightly more excellent than the other. I don't know who to buy. It might come down to availability and/or maybe the Auryn can claim op.2 instead.

[Que]

[Florestan]

There's a mellow bittersweetness in Spohr's chamber music with piano which I find very appealling. And I've learned recently that the Quintet op. 52 was highly appreciated by Chopin.

[Mandryka]

Valedictory.

It certainly is.

[Maestro267]

Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3
St. Petersburg PO/Jansons

[Todd]

The final, "bonus" disc.  It opens with a Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 from 1957 with Giulini (!) leading the French National Television and Radio Orchestra.  It's super high energy, but rough and sloppy.  The solo pieces vary in quality, and the set ends with a barnstorming Grand galop chromatique, quite fittingly. 

[Harry]

Augustin Barrios.

Guitar Music, Volume III.

Caazapa-Medallon-Antiguo-Fabiniana.

Jeffrey McFadden. Guitar.

Whilst he is now considered by some to be the greatest of all guitarist-composers, it is curious to think that the music of the Paraguayan Agustín Pío Barrios Mangoré fell into neglect for over three decades after his death. This recording comprises many of his smaller works, including the hauntingly beautiful Caazapá, and Medallon Antiguo (Old Medallion), named after a piece of jewellery worn by an opera singer from Buenos Aires with whom Barrios fell in love.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Aho
Symphony No. 15
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk

[Mirror Image]

Now it's time for a Stenhammar mini-marathon:

Symphony No. 2 in G minor, Op. 34
Stockholm Philharmonic
Westerberg

Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 23
Seta Tanyel, piano
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze

String Quartet No. 6 in D minor, Op. 35
Stenhammar Quartet

From these recordings -



I don't have my Järvi box set handy or ripped to my hard drive, so I'm relying on some other recordings. To be fair, Järvi is no match for Westerberg in the 2nd and the same goes for Cristina Ortiz in the 2nd PC in comparison with the Seta Tanyel/Manze performance.

[Florestan]

[Spotted Horses]

Continuing my leisurely trip through Malipiero symphonies and orchestral works. This time listened to the Symphonies 9 and 10 from the de Almeida series.



I continue to find Malpiero's symphonies a very satisfying body of work. They have just the texture I like in 20th century music, a contrapuntal texture and a chromatic, if not atonal, harmonic organization, with colorful orchestration. I find I often appreciate his use of horns. I continue to find de Almeida's recordings to be satisfying.

[SonicMan46]

Hoffmeister, Franz Anton (1754-1812) - German composer and Viennese music publisher who represented some of the 18th century greats from that city as the quote below indicates; he wrote a LOT of music as said in the last statement - hard to find a 'complete' list or to know what is extant or lost?  A partial list HERE - flute music was a specialty but he composed many symphonies, other orchestral works, plenty of chamber music, and 8 operas.

At present, I own about 15 recordings - the first 4 up for a morning's listening below - Dave

Hoffmeister published his own works as well as those of many important composers of the time, including Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Clementi, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf and Johann Baptist Wanhal. These famous composers were also among Hoffmeister's personal friends: Mozart dedicated his String Quartet in D to him and Beethoven addressed him in a letter as my "most beloved brother". Prominent in Hoffmeister's extensive oeuvre are works for the flute, including more than 25 concertos as well as chamber works with the flute in a leading role. Many of these works would have been composed with Vienna's growing number of amateur musicians in mind, for whom the flute was one of the most favoured instruments. Hoffmeister also composed at least eight operas, over 50 symphonies, numerous concertos (including an often-played concerto for the viola), a large amount of string chamber music, piano music and several collections of songs.(Source)

[Karl Henning]

Immerseel Beethoven's 3rd and Schubert's 4th.  The detail, transparency, and rhythmic drive really do wonders to these works, most especially the Schubert 4th.

I do enjoy that LvB set!

TD:

CD 57

Sibelius
Symphony № 3 in C, Op. 52
Symphony № 6 in d minor, Op. 104

[Karl Henning]

Stravinsky: Mass
Ančerl: Czech Philharmonic

Saying that the ensemble used is "double wind quintet" is misleading, as the work uses 2 oboes, English horn, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, and 3 trombones.

Fair enow. Great scoring, though!

[Karl Henning]

This Stravinsky CD looks quite nice, and that is an interesting work.

I have the Ančerl Gold Edition vol. 32, with Les noces and the Cantata

[Karl Henning]

Continuing my leisurely trip through Malipiero symphonies and orchestral works. This time listened to the Symphonies 9 and 10 from the de Almeida series.



I continue to find Malpiero's symphonies a very satisfying body of work. They have just the texture I like in 20th century music, a contrapuntal texture and a chromatic, if not atonal, harmonic organization, with colorful orchestration. I find I often appreciate his use of horns. I continue to find de Almeida's recordings to be satisfying.

Ditto.

[Mandryka]

I like this one very much. Good lady singer, and (much harder to find in this music) a good gentleman singer too.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Paul Gilson: Sailor's Dance. Rahbari/Brussels.

[Linz]

Bruckner 7

[Todd]

PC 15 = Meh

PC 27 = Wow!  This marks the first time a Helmchen recording has had that type of positive impact for me.