What are you listening 2 now?

[Florestan]

I immensely enjoyed this music. @Brian, give it a try if you haven't already.

NP



The next-to-last disc (11).

As with the precedent disc, Markovina softened her approach a bit, making for a much more pleasant experience.

[Lisztianwagner]

Ludwig van Beethoven
Choral Fantasy

Vladimir Ashkenazy & Cleveland Orchestra

[vers la flamme]

Allan Pettersson: Symphony No.6. Manfred Trojahn, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

One hour long, in a single movement. I've heard it once before but don't remember much about it; let's go.

Once again with this same recording this morning.

[Harry]

Richard Arnell.
Orchestral Works.

Punch and the child.
Harlequin in April.
Concerto Capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra.
Lorraine McAslan, Violin.
BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates.

A composer I admire very much. I nearly have all what is recorded of him, and am in the process to replay it. The performance and sound are pristine.

[Traverso]

John Adams

[Harry]

William Alwyn.
Orchestral Works.
Elizabethan Dances.
The Innumerable Dance-An English Overture.
Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Strings.
Aphrodite in Aulis-An Eclogue for Small Orchestra, after George Moore.
Symphonic Prelude-The Magic Island.
Festival March.
Jonathan Small, Oboe.
Royal Liverpool PO, David Lloyd Jones.

Really good performances and well recorded. If Alwyn is demanded I first go for these performances. 

[Florestan]

No. 1 in G minor (1882; apparently, the first piano concerto to be written by an Armenian composer, and a 20yo for that matter)

Influences and echoes from Chopin, Grieg (the very opening theme resembles the famous one of the A minor concerto) and even Tchaikovsky can be heard, though probably the latter two are coincidental. Pleasant and tuneful music, not at all bad for someone barely past his teens.

[Harry]

Gustav Mahler.
Symphony No.7 in E minor.
Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott.

This is my preferred set of the complete Mahler Symphonies.

[Spotted Horses]

Davies, Piano Concerto, Stott, in it's entirety



Enjoyed, in a state of puzzlement.

[Florestan]

Gustav Mahler.
Symphony No.7 in E minor.
Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott.

This is my preferred set of the complete Mahler Symphonies.

What features recommend it above other, more famous sets? I ask because I have it on my radar.

[Harry]

What features recommend it above other, more famous sets? I ask because I have it on my radar.

The sizable book coming with this box explains the whole purpose behind the works of Mahler as conceived by Jonathan Nott. Much better as I ever could. This is what I can add.
The first feature is the state of the Art SACD recording, the second is that it allows you to hear every detail hitherto unheard in most interpretations, the third feature are the Bambergers, in my view one of the top 5 ensembles in the world, the tempos are to my ears sublime, and last, that all these things together gives you a Mahler who goes much further in interpretation as in all the sets I heard previously.

[Florestan]

The sizable book coming with this box explains the whole purpose behind the works of Mahler as conceived by Jonathan Nott. Much better as I ever could. This is what I can add.
The first feature is the state of the Art SACD recording, the second is that it allows you to hear every detail hitherto unheard in most interpretations, the third feature are the Bambergers, in my view one of the top 5 ensembles in the world, the tempos are to my ears sublime, and last, that all these things together gives you a Mahler who goes much further in interpretation as in all the sets I heard previously.

Thanks. Looks like one to have.

[Florestan]

No. 29 in A major, KV 201

Hat tip to @George.

[Karl Henning]

I forget who posted listening to the Musica Antiqua Köln Telemann recording, Sinfonia spirituosa, but that prompted me to check this out.

[classicalgeek]

Look for some of the Naxos recordings.  These are well played.

Curious, personally I didn't find the performances lacking important accomplishment. The performances on the Naxos CD I posted the other day are definitely better.

Sounds like I should listen to the Naxos recording of Ghedini's orchestral music - which I will do soon!

TD:
Andre Jolivet
Symphony no. 3
*Piano Concerto
#Cello Concerto no. 1
*Lucette Descaves, piano
#Andre Navarra, cello
Orchestre National de France
Andre Jolivet, *Ernest Bour
(on Spotify)



Still processing the music - but there's some great percussion writing!

[Traverso]

Webern

Passacaglia
5 movement op.5
6 pieces op.6
J.S.Bach ricercata
german dances
Im Sommerwind

[Lisztianwagner]

I'll join the recent Pettersson listenings I saw on the thread; I would need to revisit this composer, I absolutely love his Violin Concerto No.2, but the symphonies are still a little tough.

Allan Pettersson
Symphony No.7

Leif Segerstam & Norrköping Symphony Orchestra

[SonicMan46]

Several new BRO arrivals:

Copland, Aaron - Chamber Music w/ Music from Copland House (described below) - nice complement to the usual Copland orchestral works - several reviews attached for those interested.

COPLAND HOUSE is dedicated to nurturing and renewing America's musical heritage, and to fostering greater public awareness and appreciation of our nation's composers and their work. Building upon Aaron Copland's seminal artistic and personal legacies, we further this mission through composer residencies; live, broadcast, and recorded performances; and educational and community outreach programs. (Source)

Telemann, GP - Fantasias for Viola da Gamba w/ John Dornenburg - Telemann wrote four sets of solo fantasias (flute, harpsichord, violin, & viola da gamba) - the gamba works (40:26-37) were believed lost until 2015 - now a number of recordings are available - one review attached.  Dave

Georg Philipp Telemann's collection of Twelve Fantasias for Viola da Gamba Solo, TWV 40:26–37, was published in Hamburg in 1735, titled Fantaisies pour la Basse de Violle. The fantasias for viola da gamba were considered lost until an original print was found in a private collection in 2015. They were published by Edition Güntersberg in 2016, and first recorded and performed again by Thomas Fritzsch the same year. (Source)

 

[vers la flamme]

I'll join the recent Pettersson listenings I saw on the thread; I would need to revisit this composer, I absolutely love his Violin Concerto No.2, but the symphonies are still a little tough.

Allan Pettersson
Symphony No.7

Leif Segerstam & Norrköping Symphony Orchestra

They are tough. I can only listen to them in my worst moods 

[Karl Henning]

LvB
String Quartet № 10 in E^b, Op. 74 « Harp »
String Quartet № 11 in f minor, Op.95
Colorado String Quartet