What are you listening 2 now?

[JBS]

Finishing off this tonight with the last two CDs


After the Beatitudes, the choral Mass, and this, I have to admit Franck's choral music did nothing for me.

Nice enough but not on the level of other French composers like Berlioz.

I'd say Franck's strengths lie in his orchestral and chamber music, closely followed by the organ and piano music.

ETA
Checking on the contents of the Warner set, I'd say that despite Warner's use of first tier performers, this Brilliant set is preferable because it gives a much wider selection of Franck's output.
[But the two four-CD sets on Fuga Libera beat it in terms of quality of performance.]

[Symphonic Addict]

Kalabis: Symphony No. 2 Sinfonia Pacis
Still: Symphony No. 2 Song of a New Race

Both engrossing works in assertive performances. It was particularly a great opportunity to rediscover the Still. Very cool.

[Operafreak]

Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky

Yelena Obraztsova (mezzo soprano)/London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

[Que]

Morning listening is music by Jacobus Gallus aka Jacob(us) Handl/Händl from the Habsburgian Empire (Slovenian).

 

A composer I now know much better through the recordings by Singer Pur of his secular collections of Harmoniae morales and Moralia. But there are many masses and motets left unrecorded....

[Que]

More Pachelbel by Simone Stella:



Harpsichord works (II)

[vandermolen]

Kabelac: 'Mystery of Time'
This finally arrived (yesterday) and I'm thrilled to have a modern recording of this magnificent work. So much more of the orchestral detail can be heard here compared to the fine old Supraphon version:

[vandermolen]

Kalabis: Symphony No. 2 Sinfonia Pacis
Still: Symphony No. 2 Song of a New Race

Both engrossing works in assertive performances. It was particularly a great opportunity to rediscover the Still. Very cool.

The Sinfonia Pacis is my favourite work by Kalabis and that is the best recording of it.

[vandermolen]

Any and all of these




There's also an Ancerl Gold that's a good alternative to the Netopil.

The CD featuring the Frescoes of Piero della Francesca and the Parables is especially fine.

[Mookalafalas]

Played first two disks of this


Now playing this

[vandermolen]

Working my way through this enjoyable set which I bought very cheaply, second-hand, on-line. It arrived with a carefully folded up newspaper clopping from the Guardian in 1996 giving a very enthusiastic review to the two CD set. I find that experience (finding old reviews in S/H CD sets) rather poignant as I wonder if the original owner is no longer around.
Currently listening to 'Antar', beautifully recorded and performed. I'd forgotten how good RK's 1st Symphony is as well:

[Operafreak]

Chaminade: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2/ Trio Parnassus

[Lisztianwagner]

On youtube:

J.S. Bach
Partita for Violin No.3 in E major BWV 1006

Kristóf Baráti (violin)



What a splendid work (and great performance too), Bach was a master of the keyboard, but he was no less brillliant in composing for other instruments.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Kabelac: 'Mystery of Time'
This finally arrived (yesterday) and I'm thrilled to have a modern recording of this magnificent work. So much more of the orchestral detail can be heard here compared to the fine old Supraphon version:

Glad that your CD finally arrived.

Sound details aside, did you prefer one performance over the other?

The CD featuring the Frescoes of Piero della Francesca and the Parables is especially fine.

Am I the only one who really wants to pick up and move that pitcher away from the edge of the table?  But, seriously, I'd love to get some more Martinu.  Enjoy!

PD

[Que]

On Spotify:

[Traverso]

Bach


Suite No.4

[kyjo]

Lloyd, G: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat-BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, George Lloyd

Pounds the table!! An utterly magnificent symphony, positively inspired from start to finish. Lloyd's music has undoubtedly been my most treasured "discovery" of the past few years.

[kyjo]

James MacMillan's
Symphony No. 5

Harry Christophers, Britten Sinfonia, The
Sixteen, Mary Bevan

I'm not overly inclined to declare first listens as 'great', but I think this might be up there. Thoroughly enjoyed.

Yeah, this piece impressed me significantly as well, once I got past the rather strange opening with the choir's breathing sounds!

[kyjo]

Schreker: Irrelohe

Magnificent!

Seems like you've been listening almost exclusively to operas lately, Cesar? Not saying that's a bad thing, of course.

[Spotted Horses]

Finishing off my Solo Piano music project (nearly done) Fantasia K475, Uchida (piano) van Oort (fortepiano)





I must say, Uchida's Mozart style doesn't work for me. Too much emphasis on elegance. The expressiveness of the performance of van Oort is much more satisfying to me.

Just realized I have all of the Mozart with Arrau. Should try some of that.

[Traverso]

Henze

Undine

London Sinfonietta

Oliver Knussen