What are you listening 2 now?

[vandermolen]

Samuel Barber's Symphony No. 2 
    Marin Alsop, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

A great CD and a fine work.

NP
Time for some Sibelius - Symphony No.2

[vandermolen]

Jean Sibelius
Tapiola

A fine version in a great set!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

I hope you enjoy the recordings as much as I did. I confess I am a fan of Maazel and his idiosyncrasies.

I personally think that a movie of Maazel or Ormandy would be more interesting than that of Bernstein.

Bach

Canon Alla Ottava
Canon Alla Decima In Contrapunto Alla Terza
Canon Alla Duodecima In Contrapunto Alla Quinta
Canon Per Augmentationem In Contrariu Motu
Fuga A 3 Soggetti
Wenn Wir In Höchsten Nöthen Sein/Vor Deinen Thron Tret Ich Hiermit, Bwv 668
Passacaglia In C-Moll, BWV 582

Nice!

[Traverso]

I personally think that a movie of Maazel or Ormandy would be more interesting than that of Bernstein.




Nice!

[pjme]

https://www.youtube.com/v/kL9WRv75qpM

Philippe Hersant "Cantique des trois enfants dans la fournaise"

[vers la flamme]

Gustav Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Riccardo Chailly, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, with singers Matthias Goerne, Barbara Bonney, Sara Fulgoni, and Gösta Winbergh

Bit of a Mahler kick since the maestro's birthday earlier in the month—but it's been mostly symphonies 7 and 8. It's good to return to some of the earlier music. When I first got into Mahler, I became quickly obsessed, as I reckon happened to a lot of us, but now I appreciate his music only sparingly. I still hold the conviction that he was without a doubt one of the greatest composers to ever live 

As for the recording, it's super killer, but I'm not sure about the Urlicht. (This is kind of a reconstructed, all-inclusive DKW with the symphonic fragments included; there is also Das himmlische Leben which became the finale of the 4th symphony.)

[Mirror Image]

You are becoming an unstoppable force, Jan, with your purchasing. You may become a real rival to John but perhaps you have some way to go there. 

No no no and again no,John is another league,he is hors catégorie 

Yes, I suppose John "owns" the Purchasing Thread 

I think you guys are greatly underestimating JBS (Jeffrey). He purchases a lot more CDs than I do and he definitely buys many box sets, too. My purchasing is actually slowing down as I'm not finding a lot of recordings I want to purchase. There are exceptions of course like the recent Antheil and Schoenberg purchases.

[Karl Henning]

Mahler


Symphony No.2


Christine Schäfer soprano

Michelle DeYong mezzo-soprano

Wiener Singverein


Wiener Philharmoniker





The beginning of this second symphony is immediately spot on, absent is the exaggerated sentimentality that many will judge as boring. The structure is present in all its splendor, no worn clichés but back to the source with an interpretation that at times sounds almost modest but not in its musical elaboration. Entertaining because you are taken along in a way that is more like reveling in whipped sentiments and therefore listening makes you more involved with what really matters, the music is not overly embellished but lets it speak for itself. No superfluous adjectives that can obscure the essential but make a greater appeal to a more active listening.
Because the music does not unfold like a daze, you actually hear more.

Nice.
TD: I  do not release Arnold just yet ...
Schoenberg
Wind Quintet, Op. 26
Irena Kavcic, Flute
Tommaso Lonquich, Clarinet
Jorge Monte de Fez, French Horn
Alexandre José Bocalari, Oboe
Amber Mallee, Bassoon

Recorded live in Auditorio Sony, Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia (Madrid) in 2010
https://www.youtube.com/v/NrtmTu1PxY0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrtmTu1PxY0

[Operafreak]

Mahler: Symphony No. 5- Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

[Karl Henning]

No no no and again no,John is another league,he is hors catégorie 

Quite right!

[Mirror Image]

Hurwitz in a review of what he considered to be recommended sets was rather negative with regard to Boulez.
Boulez, according to Hurwitz, viciously noted that after his inspiration dried up, he became more involved in conducting, which was a practice he previously detested.
How condescending and prickly

What Hurwitz doesn't understand is, at the end of the day, his opinion is merely just that --- an opinion. He speaks like everything he says is gospel and he's dead wrong about Boulez. How in the hell does he know or understand the inner thoughts of Boulez? I have read that Boulez took up conducting because he wasn't making any money as a composer, but as he began to conduct more and more, he enjoyed the experience immensely even though he initially was lukewarm to the idea of having to do it. Hurwitz needs to stop talking about things he has no knowledge of and his own ignorance is on full display with these thoughts of his on Boulez. Inspiration drying up? No, this is just flat-out wrong. This is why it's best to ignore people like Hurwitz when they give these kinds of opinions, because they result in nothing more than empty tirades.

[Traverso]

What Hurwitz doesn't understand is, at the end of the day, his opinion is merely just that --- an opinion. He speaks like everything he says is gospel and he's dead wrong about Boulez. How in the hell does he know or understand the inner thoughts of Boulez? I have read that Boulez took up conducting because he wasn't making any money as a composer, but as he began to conduct more and more, he enjoyed the experience immensely even though he initially was lukewarm to the idea of having to do it. Hurwitz needs to stop talking about things he has no knowledge of and his own ignorance is on full display with these thoughts of his on Boulez. Inspiration drying up? No, this is just flat-out wrong. This is why it's best to ignore people like Hurwitz when they give these kinds of opinions, because they result in nothing more than empty tirades.

I was looking for some comments about the various box sets.I saw a YouTube video with Hurwitz were he gave his views on many  Mahler sets.

[Mirror Image]

I was looking for some comments about the various box sets.I saw a YouTube video with Hurwitz were he gave his views on many  Mahler sets.

We all have our own biases and this is fine, but when you begin to misconstrue the truth, this is where I begin to cast doubts on the overall opinion being given and this exactly what Hurwitz did with Boulez. It's like, just to give a made-up scenario, when a lawyer in a court case says the defendant walked right up to the plaintiff and pointed a gun at them when the video evidence showed just the opposite, then the following testimony is baseless.

[Bachtoven]

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony 4 Rudolf Barshai also Gluck "Iphigenia Aulis"  Overture

[Roasted Swan]

Antonio Vivaldi's RV 589 Gloria 
    Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti, Coro della Radiotelevione svizzera, Julia Lezhneva
    (soprano), Franco Fagioli (countertenor)

Posting in the hope that the thread can be about what music people are listening to, rather than their opinions about other people who have opinions.

I'd rather have an opinion especially on the "listening thread".  Without a comment/reaction to what the person has just listened to I find this particular thread incredibly dull.  I want to know how/why a person reacted to what they have just heard.   Perhaps I'll start a "what I had for breakfast" thread...  no comment or explanation.... just today it was toast and marmalade... fascinating I know........

[Karl Henning]

Henning:
Down Along the Canal to Minerva Road, Op.149
https://www.youtube.com/v/yCbOqaDNYWE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCbOqaDNYWE

Revisiting this 2018 composition, as I was asked for a couple of "approachable" demos for the ensemble.

[Traverso]

Bruckner

Symphony No.6

[Karl Henning]

I'd rather have an opinion especially on the "listening thread".  Without a comment/reaction to what the person has just listened to I find this particular thread incredibly dull.  I want to know how/why a person reacted to what they have just heard.

Not unreasonable, of course. (Speaking as one who frequently just posts the piece/disc sans commentaire.)

[Mapman]

Just now,
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Stokowski: Philharmonia



Last night:
Brahms: Symphony #2
Skrowaczewski: Saarbrücken



Rubbra: Symphony #2
Hickox: BBC NOW

My 2nd listen to this work. The Scherzo is great, with multiple overlapping lines. The symphony can get a little repetitive, though. This disc remains one of my favorite discoveries this year.