What are you listening 2 now?

[Harry]

Ruth Gipps.
Orchestral Works II.
BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba.

Drop dead gorgeous, what a magnificent achievement this recording is. Goes straight into my list of best recordings 2022, number one. State of the Art recording, top-notch performances from this sublime orchestra and conductor, and above all immortal music of the highest quality one can imagine. The Third symphony will release so many emotions that I can barely keep pace with it. A plethora of images and so many details to consider, one gets quite overwhelmed. If one is not moved by this music I eat my hat. That said, be nice and buy this CD, Gipps deserves it. And no, I will not reimburse you, if you disagree with me after listening to it.

[SonicMan46]

Dussek, Jan (1760-1812) - Keyboard Sonatas - Becker on a modern piano and several performers on fortepianos - Brilliant HERE has released a total of 10 volumes of Dussek's solo KB works, labelled V. 1-9; the earliest volume w/o a number is attached (I guess that V. 0 would be appropriate?).  Dave

   

[Papy Oli]

Dutilleux - Métaboles

[aligreto]

Cross post from the Vaughan Williams Thread:


Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 [Barbirolli]


   


This was a recent purchase. Although I have the same recording in an Angel presentation I snapped it up in excellent condition for the princely sum of €2.00.

[Traverso]

Desprez

[aligreto]

Chausson - Symphony Op.20

Dutilleux - Métaboles

Are you feeling nostalgic or homesick today, I wonder? 

[aligreto]

Desprez

Excellent! 

[Traverso]

Excellent! 

Indeed it is......

[Papy Oli]

Are you feeling nostalgic or homesick today, I wonder? 

No idea what you mean...

TD:

Poulenc - Suite Française
(From the big blue box)



(The entente cordiale took a dent in the Womens Rugby World Cup this morning....Feeling unnecessarily Gallic today  )

[Linz]

Bach Brandenburg Concertos 1 BWV 1046, 2 BWV 1047 3 BWV 1048 Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alssandrini

[aligreto]

No idea what you mean...

TD:

Poulenc - Suite Française
(From the big blue box)



(The entente cordiale took a dent in the Womens Rugby World Cup this morning....Feeling unnecessarily Gallic today  )

Very understandable in the circumstances 

[aligreto]

Bach Brandenburg Concertos 1 BWV 1046, 2 BWV 1047 3 BWV 1048 Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alssandrini

It has been a very long time since I listened to that set. I must revisit.

[foxandpeng]

RVW
Complete Symphonies
Symphony 5
Bernard Haitink
London PO

Again, I very much appreciate this performance too

[Linz]

Now for CD 2 which has my favorite concerto No. 5

[VonStupp]

George Dyson
Choral Symphony

Elizabeth Watts, soprano / Caitlin Hulcup, mezzo
Josh Ellicott, tenor / Roderick Williams, baritone

The Bach Choir
Bournemouth SO - David Hill

VS

[aligreto]

The Music of Arnold Schoenberg, Vol. II [Craft]





I find the music on the A side of this album to be always intriguing and oftentimes very exciting. I particularly like the orchestral colours achieved by the very clear sonorities throughout his scoring.

The B side of the album consists of a performance of Verklarte Nacht in its Orchestral version.

I am not a big fan of the orchestrated version of Verklarte Nacht. Not that there is anything intrinsically wrong with it as a stand alone work. I came to the work through the original String Sextet version. That is how I have always heard it in my head. I find the orchestrated version to be too lush and dense in comparison and it takes away from the immediacy and intimacy of the String Sextet version, for me.

[aligreto]

Now for CD 2 which has my favorite concerto No. 5

No. 5 is undoubtedly excellent, as indeed they all are! My favourite has always been No. 4.

[foxandpeng]

RVW
Complete Symphonies
Symphony 3 'Pastoral'
Bernard Haitink
London PO

You know, I really like this too. Slower than any other performance I have heard, I think. Works well as a Saturday evening wind down after the grandchildren have gone home 🙂

He was a bit of a clever sausage, RVW, huh? Still remains one of my favourite symphony cycles of all, and Haitink is proving to be a positive interpreter, for me at least. Hurwitz be darned. Darned all the way to heck 😁

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fnfBs1LcFBo

Chotose Okashiro's transcription of Tchaikovsky's 6th symphony. It certainly is a strange experience to hear such familiar music presented in an unexpected way.

Interesting music. Thank you for the link!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

JS Bach: Organ Works played by Kooiman





Toccata und Fuge, BWV 565
Toccata (Praeludium und Fuge), BWV 566
Toccata und Fuge, BWV 540

Excellent!

Bach

Nice!