What are you listening 2 now?

[ChamberNut]

In the mean time, it occurred to me that Bax' chamber music perhaps appeals to me more than his orchestral music, and I placed an order for recordings of his string quartets by the Maggini quartet on Naxos.

Should have just got the Maggini Naxos box set?  Unless you already have most of these individually.  NB:  I was absolutely floored recently hearing Bax's first string quartet.

[Traverso]

Monteverdi

Zefiro Torna    Wonderful piece......

[DavidW]

I don't mind saying I've just listened to this [1905] twice.

I ended up doing the same.  Has to be one of the best recordings of that symphony!

[Spotted Horses]

Should have just got the Maggini Naxos box set?  Unless you already have most of these individually.  NB:  I was absolutely floored recently hearing Bax's first string quartet.

Yes, I have a lot of Maggini discs from Naxos, although I didn't do a careful cost analysis to see if the box is still worth it. I got the Bax discs for cheap and acted reflexively.

[DavidW]

[Bachtoven]

Excellent playing and sound.

[prémont]

CD I-Rudolph Garrels organ, 1730-32. Grote Kerk Maassluis. No info about Pitch and Temperament.
CD II-Rudolph Garrels Organ, 1734-1739. Oud-Katholieke Kerk s'Gravenhage. No info about Pitch and Temperament.

The Maassluis organ is tuned a=440 and equal temperament.

The temperament of the organ of the Oud-Katholieke Kerk, Den Haag is Kirnberger III. I have not been able to find the pitch.

[Roasted Swan]

Yes, I have a lot of Maggini discs from Naxos, although I didn't do a careful cost analysis to see if the box is still worth it. I got the Bax discs for cheap and acted reflexively.

Do get the Naxos Violin Sonatas and Viola Sonata and other chamber discs too.  If you enjoy the Bax quartets then his other chamber works will appeal too I think....

[Harry]

The Maassluis organ is tuned a=440 and equal temperament.

The temperament of the organ of the Oud-Katholieke Kerk, Den Haag is Kirnberger III. I have not been able to find the pitch.

Thank you Premont. It seems I was right about the Maassluis organ ( 440 Hz, equal temperament), and it was a surprise for me, that the organ in the Oud Katholieke Kerk is Kirnberger III, but that figures, for this organ was brought back to its original state, and I had my doubts already concerning the equal temperament. So I am indebted to you for the info, I could not find this in all the sites I visited. Still looking for the pitch though!

[Spotted Horses]

Do get the Naxos Violin Sonatas and Viola Sonata and other chamber discs too.  If you enjoy the Bax quartets then his other chamber works will appeal too I think....

I do have the violin sonatas, but not the viola sonata. (I also have a Naxos disc with clarinet sonatas, and a Chandos disc with the Nash Ensemble playing a selection of chamber pieces.)

In terms of orchestral music I have the two symphony cycles on Chandos, and their collection of orchestral music.

[Karl Henning]

Myaskovsky
Symphony № 21 in f# minor, Op. 51 (1940)

[Linz]

Myaskovsky Vol.10 Symphony No.3 in A minor Op.15 and Symphony No.23-Suite in A minor Op.56, Evgeny Svetlanov, Russian State Symphony Orchestra

[Karl Henning]

Myaskovsky
Symphony № 21 in f# minor, Op. 51 (1940)

Really a "bite-size" symphony, isn't it? Love this performance/recording. Can Petrenko be contemplating a complete cycle?

Easy enough to cue up the only "competition" I have ready to hand ...

[Lisztianwagner]

Libretto in hand:

Richard Wagner
Das Rheingold

Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker

[Spotted Horses]

Libretto in hand:

Richard Wagner
Das Rheingold

Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker

Have you seen the Unitel film of Rheingold by Karajan?  It uses audio from a live performance from he Salzburg Festival, which I like better than the studio recording.

[Bachtoven]

This is a new release on Qobuz today. I like his music--while not exactly hummable (not that music always needs to be so), it's not overly random and abrasive, either.

[vandermolen]

I managed to listen to the second and third movements over a few days. I found the second movement equally enthralling, although the finale didn't resonate with me to the same extent. A second listen to the music is in order.

In the mean time, it occurred to me that Bax' chamber music perhaps appeals to me more than his orchestral music, and I placed an order for recordings of his string quartets by the Maggini quartet on Naxos.

I think that you'd like the Quintet for Harp and Strings as well.

[vandermolen]

Roy Harris: Symphony No.5

As with Malcolm Arnold the odd-numbered symphonies (+ No.6) are best:

[ChamberNut]

Excellent playing and sound.

Welcome back. 

[Lisztianwagner]

Have you seen the Unitel film of Rheingold by Karajan?  It uses audio from a live performance from he Salzburg Festival, which I like better than the studio recording.

Do you mean this one? Of course I've seen it, such a masterful performance, a joy for the soul both musically and visually; that's how Wagner's Ring should be represented, not the falsch und feig staging of the modern Bayreuth.