What are you listening 2 now?

[Florestan]

I found this website + chronological list:
https://stabatmater.info/stabat-mater-composer/chronologically/

That's a terrific resource, thank hyou very much, Peter.

[Brian]

Saw a lot of chatter about this composer in the composer subforum and found this album on streaming as quickly as I could. I am starting with "Sinfonia ecologica," not "Sinfonia dolorosa." I'm not feeling very dolorous today so guess I have to feel ecological instead. 

It starts with a furious pounding similar to, but harsher than, that at the beginning of Brahms' First Symphony. For a while, I was worried that the loudest parts were the most compelling and the quieter parts were more formless/squishy. But starting around 9', there is some wonderful stuff, atmospheric, full of imagery. I don't know what the program is meant to be but I could certainly imagine this being the score to a Planet Earth documentary. 

[Brian]

I first listened to Einar Englund and his piano concertos about a decade ago. They haven't come up a lot since, so it's time to revisit. The First reminds me of a shorter, lighter, more facetious version of Prokofiev 2.

[ritter]

Years ago I've been rather dismissive of this work as being too bombastic for both the subject matter and my taste but this time I found nothing objectionable. This is one of the most moving Stabat Mater I've ever heard and the orchestration is just about right. Maybe my taste in the subject matter has changed? Be it as it may, Pergolesi's still remains my favorite setting.

Btw, besides Rossini and Dvorak, I am not aware of any other major 19th-century composer who wrote a Stabat Mater.

I listened to a section of Dvořák's Stabat Mater yesterday on Spanish National Radio, not knowing what it was until the presenter mentioned it after it finished (it was the Bělohlávek recording, BTW). Not my cup of tea (I have very little affinity with or interest in the music of this composer), but I did find that it has its allure. I actually own a recording of it (Sinopoli's, bought for a pittance when I was compulsively collecting the conductor's work), but have not listened to it (and should do so soon).

Good evening, Andrei.

[vandermolen]

Going to a concert performance of this later in the year (same orchestra, different conductor).

How exciting! I saw the Third Symphony recently in London - a great evening.

[vandermolen]

I first listened to Einar Englund and his piano concertos about a decade ago. They haven't come up a lot since, so it's time to revisit. The First reminds me of a shorter, lighter, more facetious version of Prokofiev 2.

Epinikia is very nice as well - a great disc.

[foxandpeng]

Wojciech Kilar
Symphony 5 'Adwentowa'
Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk
Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir

Happy to recommend Kilar's Symphony 5 if you enjoy atmospheric, liturgical music. I'm finding him to be surprisingly engaging.

[Florestan]

I listened to a section of Dvořák's Stabat Mater yesterday on Spanish National Radio, not knowing what it was until the presenter mentioned it after it finished (it was the Bělohlávek recording, BTW). Not my cup of tea (I have very little affinity with or interest in the music of this composer), but I did find that it has its allure. I actually own a recording of it (Sinopoli's, bought for a pittance when I was compulsively collecting the conductor's work), but have not listened to it (and should do so soon).

Good evening, Andrei.

Good evening, Rafael!

I have the Sinopoli recording as well but haven't listened to it yet. As for Dvorak, I love his music, it's right up my alley.

[Lisztianwagner]

Gustav Mahler
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Rückert-Lieder

Anne-Sophie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
John Eliot Gardiner & NDR Sinfonieorchester



Absolutely splendid music for both the compositions, despite the massive orchestration, there's such a fluent transparency in the textures. Touching, mesmerizing atmospheres.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Ulvi Cemal Erkin: Symphony No. 2.

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, 1889 Version (aka 1888/89) Ed. Leopold Nowak [1959], Münchner Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel

[Mandryka]

Just lovely - mater patris.  A lot of two part writing in this mass. I guess it's a Lady Mass (thinking of Ludford's Missa Sabatto.)

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 1 in C Minor 1877 Linz version with revisions - Ed. Leopold Nowak [1953], Staatskapelle Dresden Eugen Jochum, I like the Brilliant set because it includes the Symphony O with Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

[vers la flamme]

Bruckner Symphony No. 1 in C Minor 1877 Linz version with revisions - Ed. Leopold Nowak [1953], Staatskapelle Dresden Eugen Jochum, I like the Brilliant set because it includes the Symphony O with Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

Loved that recording of the 1st, which must be the most underrated Bruckner symphony. It's sooo good, and gets no attention whatsoever.

[vers la flamme]

George Frideric Handel: Marian Cantatas. Anne Sofie von Otter, Reinhard Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln

I'm always forgetting what a brilliant composer Handel was.

[foxandpeng]

Following your earlier post I streamed some Kilar and ended up buying the Naxos disk with his Piano Concerto.     Possibly not quite what you intended   but thanks anyway.

Ah, good call. I obviously haven't heard the PC, but everything else I have heard is top quality. Enjoy 😁

[vers la flamme]

Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold, WWV 86a. Christoph von Dohnányi, Cleveland Orchestra

First listen. It sounds good. The only other Rheingold I've heard is the Clemens Krauss; this one is in much better sound (obviously), perhaps lacking the "sense of occasion" of the earlier Bayreuth performance, and maybe the singing is less "Wagnerian". But it is detail oriented and sounds good to this non-Wagnerite.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Maria Yudina: Bach works.

[Lisztianwagner]

Richard Strauss
Don Quixote

Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker

[foxandpeng]

Vagn Holmboe
Complete String Quartets
SQ 5
Kontra Quartet

This has to be one of the great SQ cycles of the last century, surely?