What are you listening 2 now?

[San Antone]

Bach : Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C Minor, BWV 1026
Andrea Buccarella, Francesco Corti, Il Primo D'oro

[Roasted Swan]

This is good music, well played - I though the sound quality was strange at first but I've adjusted. I'm not normally specially tolerant of Rzewski's piano music but this stuff has made me prick up my ears.

Haven't heard this disc but I must admit being mightily impressed by this disc last year;

[Lisztianwagner]

Isn't it? I ended up listening to the full disc, including the Lark twice   One of the first RVW CDs I ever got, I think, though I confess I have not listened to it all that many times.

Now playing:



Charles Villiers Stanford: Symphony No.3 in F minor, op.28, the "Irish". Vernon Handley, Ulster Orchestra

Something Irish for St. Patrick's Day, I guess. This is round two with this work in the past week. I like it. Reminds somewhat of Brahms, Mendelssohn, Dvorák; so overall perhaps not the most original thing I've ever heard, but it is nice.

Eheh, one leads to another. The Lark Ascending can be surprisingly appealing, it is a composition of a lyrical, contemplative atmosphere, the solo violin, with its melodious, floating cadenzas and light, agil those arpeggios, almost sounds like a bird singing; very charming. The other works are very enchanting too, I have a soft spot for English Folk Song Suite, particularly for its movement Intermezzo (My Bonny Boy), it sounds simple and familiar, but at the same time with a timeless beauty.

By the way, I should provably start exploring some Stanford's music, I admit I know nothing about that composer.

[Que]

If you desire, this may be a valuable cross post into the Guitar Recordings thread.  In any event, I'm off to sample.

The title of the box set is slightly deceiveving: there are 2 guitar solo recordings ("The Spanish Guitar I & II") included, 2 vihuela solo recordings, one with multiple instruments (guitar/vihuela/theorb/percussion), one with guitar/vihuela duets, 2 song recitals with guitar/vihuela accompaniment and 4 discs of Spanish songs with accompaniment by the ensembles Orphénica Lyra or La Romanesca. Singers are Marta Almajeno, Nuria Rial and Carlos Mena.

I absolutely love it all, but it is not really (just) a guitar music set.

[Roasted Swan]

Eheh, one leads to another. The Lark Ascending can be surprisingly appealing, it is a composition of a lyrical, contemplative atmosphere, the solo violin, with its melodious, floating cadenzas and light, agil those arpeggios, almost sounds like a bird singing; very charming. The other works are very enchanting too, I have a soft spot for English Folk Song Suite, particularly for its movement Intermezzo (My Bonny Boy), it sounds simple and familiar, but at the same time with a timeless beauty.

By the way, I should provably start exploring some Stanford's music, I admit I know nothing about that composer.

As the tiniest piece of perfection listen to this;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nThaKFfCi4w

If I die and go to heaven they might well be singing this.......

On a slight tangent to me The Lark Ascending is SO MUCH MORE than simply being charming and pastoral.  Remember it was written before WW1 but revised/published after.  This is one of RVW's requiem works and one of his outstanding masterpieces.  I agree the Hugh Bean version (recorded as an afterthought when Boult completed the Symphony 6 sessions early) is just perfect.......

[Madiel]

Sibelius: Symphony no.5

[San Antone]

A recording from this Spanish Renaissance-Baroque collection (12 CDs) with José Miguel Moreno as a solist or accompanist playing the vihuela or the guitar, or as a director. There are several discs with Spanish songs.

José Miguel Moreno has recorded a number of things for Glossa, one of my favorite labels.  Their production values are very high and they almost always release something of interest to me. 

[Brahmsian]

The title of the box set is slightly deceiveving: there are 2 guitar solo recordings ("The Spanish Guitar I & II") included, 2 vihuela solo recordings, one with multiple instruments (guitar/vihuela/theorb/percussion), one with guitar/vihuela duets, 2 song recitals with guitar/vihuela accompaniment and 4 discs of Spanish songs with accompaniment by the ensembles Orphénica Lyra or La Romanesca. Singers are Marta Almajeno, Nuria Rial and Carlos Mena.

I absolutely love it all, but it is not really (just) a guitar music set.

The various sound samples are very lovely! 🙂

[Undersea]

Recent listening:



Sculthorpe: Sonata #1 for Strings




Pärt: Fratres (for Strings & Percussion)


Some mellow (kind of dark) Music to relax prior to Sleep...

[Que]

[vandermolen]

Wojciech Kilar
Lament
September Symphony
Warsaw Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and Choir
Antoni Wit
Accord

Erkki-Sven Tüür
Symphony 7 'Pietas'
Frankfurt RSO
Paavo Järvi

Night watches often find me seeking a different type of music to the norm. I know very little of early music or polyphony /plainsong, but I find univocal or choral 'spiritual' music to be very soothing in the dark hours. I know nothing whatsoever about it, so will be seeking to stretch my wings a but and explore. I know these works, and enjoyed them very much during the night. I'm aware they don't fit the categories I have mentioned but they are in the right ball park too.

I did pose a question seeking recs in one of the other threads, so please send any recs that you do enjoy! Gregorian chants, Part, Rutter, Taverner.. ?

I assume that you know Gorecki's Symphony No.3 Danny (The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) . Also you might like this:

[Florestan]

An féidir leat an Cheiltis a labhairt freisin?

Med lidt hjælp fra min ven Google Translate. 

[vandermolen]

William Alwyn: Violin Concerto
Should be much better known - a most beautiful work:

[Lisztianwagner]

As the tiniest piece of perfection listen to this;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nThaKFfCi4w

If I die and go to heaven they might well be singing this.......

On a slight tangent to me The Lark Ascending is SO MUCH MORE than simply being charming and pastoral.  Remember it was written before WW1 but revised/published after.  This is one of RVW's requiem works and one of his outstanding masterpieces.  I agree the Hugh Bean version (recorded as an afterthought when Boult completed the Symphony 6 sessions early) is just perfect.......

Thank you very much for the suggestion about Stanford; I've also found some of his symphonies on youtube.

Sorry, I didn't want to give the impression that The Lark Ascending was a pretty piece without substance, because I know it's more than that and that is deeper and more thoughtful than it appears at a first listen; just like Flos Campi. As a matter of fact, one of the aspects of RVW's works I love most is their apparent simplicity, the bucolic quietness and nostalgic mood, yet revealing behind that a great poetical profoundity, evocative power and reflective, meditative atmosphere.

[Todd]

[vers la flamme]

As the tiniest piece of perfection listen to this;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nThaKFfCi4w

Wow! Amazing! I must seek out more of his choral music.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Bach Lute Music - Junghanel.

[vers la flamme]

All of disc one:



Frederick Delius: Brigg Fair; In a Summer Garden; The Walk to the Paradise Garden; North Country Sketches. Charles Mackerras, Welsh National Opera Orchestra

This was the first Delius I ever bought. Still a favorite. I only listen to his music a few times a year, but I'm quite convinced of Delius' greatness.

[Christo]

Rubbra, Symphony No. 5:

[vers la flamme]

Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.1 in D major, op.19. Maxim Vengerov, Mstislav Rostropovich, London Symphony Orchestra