What are you listening 2 now?

[JBS]

3 hours of Handel have begun

[vers la flamme]

Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata No.18 in G major, D 894. Marta Deyanova

At just shy of an hour this monstrous recording is my longest Schubert piano sonata recording by far, about 20 minutes longer than the runner-up in my collection. I personally think it is magnificent, though not something to listen to every day.

[Keemun]

This is a great recording so far. . . .

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Maximillian Steinberg Violin Concerto, Op.37 Symphony No. 4 "Turksib" Op. 24. Sergey Levtin violin, Martin Yates conductor

That's one of the most underrated symphonies that I know. I wrote into Gramophone after they published a snotty review of it and they featured my letter 'In defence of Maximilian Steinberg' in which I said that he deserves to be known as more than the son-in-law of Rimsky-Korsakov and the teacher of Shostakovich. I'm pleased to see someone else listening to it as well. I also like the 2nd Symphony on DGG with its moving, redemptive 'tolling bell' conclusion with the use of the orchestral piano, which I suspect influenced Shostakovich in his 1st Symphony. Gramophone published this photo with my letter (from left to right, Stravinsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, R-K's daughter/Mrs Steinberg, Maximilian Steinberg):


Some early morning music here - Rubbra Symphony No.3

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I do have that one indeed (Vol. 5 was the only one I bought from the original Delos Hanson series when it came out), and we are on the exact same same wavelength regarding Dies Natalis' excellence. I plan to revisit it shortly. It is too bad not everything was ported over to Naxos when they reissued this series.

It took me forever to discover that the Lutheran hymn tune Hanson set the Dies Natalis variations to was Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern by Philipp Nicolai; it drove me nuts for such a long time since I strongly recognized it, but just couldn't place it.

A Master's Thesis on Hanson's Dies Natalis:
https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=theses_dissertations

VS

Excellent - that's most interesting (I also like the Dyson CD that you posted). By the way Dies Natalis was featured on the Naxos CD featuring Hanson's 4th and 5th symphonies with the 'Elegy to Koussevitsky' but it was not mentioned on the front cover of the CD.

[Harry]

Johann Sebastian Bach.
Complete Cantatas.
Volume 42. Leipzig 1726.
Alles nur nach Gottes Willen.
Liebster Gott, mein Verlangen.
Meine Seufzer, meine Tranen.
Herr Gott, dich loben wir.
Rachel Nicholls, Soprano.
Blaze, Turk, Kooij.
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki.

A small but significant issue is the fact that Rachel Nicholls German pronunciation is not good. I understand and speak German fluently, but I did not understand one word she uttered. I had to get the text from the booklet to see what was actually going on. Her voice is okay, but a little short in expression. Not a good choice Suzuki made. It may be that she was not well recorded but I doubt that.
There are some beautiful cantatas on volume 42, so this is extra sad.

[Irons]

That's one of the most underrated symphonies that I know. I wrote into Gramophone after they published a snotty review of it and they featured my letter 'In defence of Maximilian Steinberg' in which I said that he deserves to be known as more than the son-in-law of Rimsky-Korsakov and the teacher of Shostakovich. I'm pleased to see someone else listening to it as well. I also like the 2nd Symphony on DGG with its moving, redemptive 'tolling bell' conclusion with the use of the orchestral piano, which I suspect influenced Shostakovich in his 1st Symphony. Gramophone published this photo with my letter (from left to right, Stravinsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, R-K's daughter/Mrs Steinberg, Maximilian Steinberg):


Some early morning music here - Rubbra Symphony No.3

Great photo, Jeffrey. Thanks for posting.

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Great photo, Jeffrey. Thanks for posting.

[Harry]

New arrival.
Pierre de la Rue.
Masses.
CD I.
Missa Almana.
Missa de Sancto Antonio.
Beauty Farm.

Made a great impression, well balanced singing, pronunciations are perfect, and the dynamics between voices are well handled. The recording is top-notch. As till now I have little or no complaints. The only quibble I have is that "sometimes" the counter Bart Uvyn can be a bit overbearing. And that means in effect that others must sing louder too, and in my experience that is most of the time a dead end.
Still La Rue gets a royal treatment. As per usual the art work is royal grap, but as said the initiator of the recordings is a great fan of naked guys. Thats why I do not post the front of this CD, in order not to shake my equilibrium.

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Eric Zeisl ('near the end of the alphabet..')
Hebrew Requiem.
Rather in the spirit of Bloch and Vaughan Williams's choral music.

[Que]

New arrival.
Pierre de la Rue.
Masses.
CD I.
Missa Almana.
Missa de Sancto Antonio.
Beauty Farm.

Made a great impression, well balanced singing, pronunciations is perfect, and the dynamics between voices are well handled. The recording is top-notch. As till now I have little or no complaints. The only quibble I have is that sometimes the counter Bart Uvyn can be a bit overbearing. And that means in effect that others must sing louder too, and in my experience that is most of the time a dead end.
Still La Rue gets a royal treatment. As per usual the art work is royal grap, but as said the initiator of the recordings is a great fan of naked guys. Thats why I do not post the front of this CD, in order not to shake my equilibrium.

I think their La Rue album is very good. 

[Harry]

I think their La Rue album is very good. 

yes Que I agree wholeheartedly, it is, no doubt about that. What I said about the counter does not diminish that fact.

[Operafreak]

Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne- Natania Davrath (soprano)-With orchesra  conducted by: Pierre de la Roche

[Traverso]

Bach

[Harry]

Melchior Schildt and Delphin Strungk.
Complete Organ Music.
Leon Berben, plays on a Hans Scherer organ, 1624, St. Stephanuskirche, Tangermünde.

One of the best organ discs I bought this year. Not only do I get superb performances by Berben, but on top of it all this fantastic organ.
Both composers get a fabulous interpretation. The SACD recording is State of the Art.
Recommended!

[Que]

Melchior Schildt and Delphin Strungk.
Complete Organ Music.
Leon Berben, plays on a Hans Scherer organ, 1624, St. Stephanuskirche, Tangermünde.

One of the best organ discs I bought this year. Not only do I get superb performances by Berben, but on top of it all this fantastic organ.
Both composers get a fabulous interpretation. The SACD recording is State of the Art.
Recommended!

I'm tempted! 

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Carl Nielsen's
Symphony No. 4

Alexander Gibson, Scottish National Orchestra

Possibly one of my favourite recordings of one of my favourite Nielsen symphonies. The timpani go utterly bonkers, as they should!

Mine too! I like the fill-ups as well.

[Harry]

Ruth Gipps.
Orchestral Works, volume II.
Chanticleer.
Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra.
Death on a Pale Horse, Tone Poem.
Symphony No. 3.
Juliana Koch, Oboe.
BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba.

This is marvelous stuff were dreams are made of. Ruth Gipps has definitively a place in my heart. This is a musical feast for me, every single work. Very good sound too, and the performances, well equally marvelous.

[Todd]

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Ruth Gipps.
Orchestral Works, volume II.
Chanticleer.
Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra.
Death on a Pale Horse, Tone Poem.
Symphony No. 3.
Juliana Koch, Oboe.
BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba.

This is marvelous stuff were dreams are made of. Ruth Gipps has definitively a place in my heart. This is a musical feast for me, every single work. Very good sound too, and the performances, well equally marvelous.

She is one of my favourite recent discoveries as well.