What are you listening 2 now?

[Brian]

An Argentine Jew whose primary focus is German music, should have no business being such a sympathetic Elgar conductor. Or am I wrong? After all he has recorded both symphonies multiple times to much acclaim.

Well, those kind of national stereotypes don't have much basis in reality. Barenboim seems to have a strong affinity for a lot of big late romantic symphonies with large orchestras and interesting forms; he's recorded symphonies by Elgar, Furtwangler, Bruckner, and Saint-Saens to great acclaim, and a bunch of Wagner operas.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Continuing with Jongen and his Harp Concerto:

This man wrote some really beautiful music.

I love the Concerto in question and the entire album.

Jongen: String Quartet No. 2 in A major

It kind of inhabits Ravel's sound world, but this work has its own charm. A delight from start to finish.

Very interesting. I must check it out!

[JBS]

Well, those kind of national stereotypes don't have much basis in reality. Barenboim seems to have a strong affinity for a lot of big late romantic symphonies with large orchestras and interesting forms; he's recorded symphonies by Elgar, Furtwangler, Bruckner, and Saint-Saens to great acclaim, and a bunch of Wagner operas.

And Mahler.
Poking around Amazon revealed this one


ETA
And other incarnations show he recorded RVW's Tuba Concerto with the CSO.

[vers la flamme]

Well, those kind of national stereotypes don't have much basis in reality. Barenboim seems to have a strong affinity for a lot of big late romantic symphonies with large orchestras and interesting forms; he's recorded symphonies by Elgar, Furtwangler, Bruckner, and Saint-Saens to great acclaim, and a bunch of Wagner operas.

I'm sure you are right about that, but for some reason, Furtwangler, Bruckner and Wagner makes sense to me for Barenboim, but Elgar and Saint-Saëns not as much. Still, I do find him good with Elgar, and now that you're mentioning this, I would love to hear his CSS Organ Symphony!

[JBS]

TD
Another new arrival

Six quartets with programmatic titles. Preserved together in two separate manuscripts,  so bundling them together probably originated with the composer, one of the musicians Mozart knew during his Milanese stays.
Total time is 60 1/2 minutes so each one is relatively short.
In C Major "gli amanti rivali"
In D Major "opera in musica"
In F Major "la fucina del volcano"
In b minor "il giuocatore"
In g minor "divertimento notturno"
In E Flat Major "la caccia"

[Mapman]

Miaskovsky: Symphony #6
Järvi: Göteborgs

There's some good music here, especially the beautiful ending, but I still haven't been as impressed by Miaskovsky as some others seem to be. I'll give him another chance another time.

[Peter Power Pop]

Ravel: Complete Piano & Orchestral Works (Samson François, pf; Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire / André Cluytens)



David Hurwitz review

[Operafreak]

Mahler: Symphony No. 5- Bamberg Symphonic Orchestra, Jonathan Nott

[Que]

Morning listening on Spotify:



Top shelf lute playing.

[Harry]

Morning listening on Spotify:



Top shelf lute playing.

I never heard of this composer, but have found it on Qobuz, so on my listening list.
Goedemorgen Que!

[Que]

I never heard of this composer, but have found it on Qobuz, so on my listening list.
Goedemorgen Que!

Goedemorgen Harry, highly recommended! 

I think the music is quite pretty.

Vincenco Galilei was the father of the famous Galileo Galilei, and his other son was a composer and lutenist as well:

[San Antone]

PENDERECKI, K.: Dies irae

[vandermolen]

I found this on You tube and am listening to it Thanks

My pleasure - I've listened to it ('Processional' by Sir Arthur Bliss) several times (in the car and at home) over the last two days.

Now playing - Rubbra Symphony No.4

[vandermolen]

Ireland: Legend, for piano and orchestra

A great work Cesar - which I prefer to the more famous Piano Concerto.

[vandermolen]

Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony. Bryden Thomson, London Symphony Orchestra

I love the introduction to the first movement. It sounds very Coplandesque.

An interesting comparison, which I agree with although I hadn't thought of it before. The Chandos CD is very fine, especially as it also features the 'Concerto Grosso'.

[vandermolen]

Miaskovsky: Symphony #6
Järvi: Göteborgs

There's some good music here, especially the beautiful ending, but I still haven't been as impressed by Miaskovsky as some others seem to be. I'll give him another chance another time.

You might enjoy the concise and eloquent 21st Symphony or the movingly valedictory 27th Symphony + the Cello Concerto and String Quartet No.13 and Cello Sonata No.2.

[Irons]

Wordsworth: 3rd Symphony.

Listening to William Busch led me onto William Wordsworth. The one similarity was that both being WW2 conscientious objectors which affected detrimentally their career as composers. 

[Lisztianwagner]

On youtube:

Richard Wagner
Die Walküre



I was extremely impressed by Keilberth's Rheingold, a very owerwhelming performance; so I'll go on with his whole Ring Cycle.

[Operafreak]

Liszt: Sonata, Ballades & Polonaises-Stephen Hough (piano)

[Brian]

I'm sure you are right about that, but for some reason, Furtwangler, Bruckner and Wagner makes sense to me for Barenboim, but Elgar and Saint-Saëns not as much. Still, I do find him good with Elgar, and now that you're mentioning this, I would love to hear his CSS Organ Symphony!

I haven't heard his Organ Symphony but it's supposed to be great.

There is some controversy around his affinity for Wagner, which included presenting (or attempting to present) Wagner in Israel.