What are you listening 2 now?

[Karl Henning]

Edmund Rubbra: Symphony No.6 (Cheltenham Festival 1956 recording)
The 'Canto' is especially deeply felt here - reminding me of Shostakovich briefly.

I should guess these are in the Barbirolli box, yet I do not recall listening to them.

TD, catching up at last with this:

Amused at the "more pleasant than apocalyptic" comment. One sees it, of course.

[Karl Henning]

No listening today, we await a huge storm in the Netherlands and especially the part where I am living. Wind speeds up to 120 KM, fall winds, going into tornado like surges. So we expect disaster. Keep my fingers crossed!

Good luck, my friend!

[Todd]

[vandermolen]

I should guess these are in the Barbirolli box, yet I do not recall listening to them.

TD, catching up at last with this:

Amused at the "more pleasant than apocalyptic" comment. One sees it, of course.

Hi Karl- the recording of the 6th Symphony (Rubbra) has never been issued before. The 5th Symphony can be found in this rather unlikely set:

[VonStupp]

Jules Massenet
Orchestral Suite 1
Suite 2 'Scènes hongroises'
Suite 3 'Scènes dramatiques'
Suite 4 'Scènes pittoresques'
Suite 5 'Scènes napolitaines'
Suite 6 'Scènes de féerie'
Suite 7 'Scènes alsaciennes'
Hérodiade, ballet suite
New Zealand SO - Jean-Yves Ossonce

Fun, vivid works for orchestra that seem to give a little more than the ballet suites I heard earlier last week. I was particularly fond of the Hungarian Wedding sequence and the stormy nature of the Shakespeare-based set, but there is a lot to like throughout.

It was also nice to be introduced to the paintings of Camille Corot (1796-1875), as I like these images very much, especially 'Gust of Wind'.
VS

[foxandpeng]

Keep safe my friend!

+1, Harry!

[foxandpeng]

Valentin Silvestrov
Symphonies 4 & 5
Jukka Pekka Saraste
Lahti SO
BIS

Second spin of this in the last 24 hours. Much to appreciate and enjoy.

[SonicMan46]

Janitsch, Johann Gottlieb (1703-1763) - Chamber Works on period instruments by four excellent groups - pulled out my collection of a half dozen discs and listening to the first three at the moment.  Janitsch was in the court of Frederick the Great and amongst some great composers, such as CPE Bach & Johann Quantz - short bio on the Brilliant website, for those interested.  Dave 

   

   

[Todd]

From the big box.  Only one cantata, BWV187, is included.  Very nice, old-fashioned playing and singing.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Giuliani & Arnold: Guitar Concertos. Julian Bream.

[brewski]

Still haven't listened to this entire Ligeti tribute concert yet, but last night a friend was over and we watched the finale, Lux aeterna, which was terrific—not to mention, an unusual way to end things.

-Bruce

[Iota]

Dvořák: Serenade for Strings
I Musici de Montréal, Turovsky

Sometimes only the Dvorak Serenade will do.

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony in D Minor, 1869 Ed. Leopold Nowak, Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Eliahu Inbal

[Bachtoven]

[vers la flamme]

Aaron Copland: Symphonic Ode. Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony

First listen as far as I can remember. Nice work, I liked the coda.

[Linz]

Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 3, Op.52 and Symphony No. 4, Op. 83, Helsinki Pilharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund

[classicalgeek]

Over the last few days:

Haydn
Symphony no. 92
Symphony no. 104

Symphony no. 94
Symphony no. 96

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner
(on CD)

 

As delightful as ever!


Franz Schmidt
Symphony no. 3
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi
(on CD)



Really beautiful music, with some spectacular (and spectacularly played) woodwind writing.

[Todd]

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Jules Massenet
Orchestral Suite 1
Suite 2 'Scènes hongroises'
Suite 3 'Scènes dramatiques'
Suite 4 'Scènes pittoresques'
Suite 5 'Scènes napolitaines'
Suite 6 'Scènes de féerie'
Suite 7 'Scènes alsaciennes'
Hérodiade, ballet suite
New Zealand SO - Jean-Yves Ossonce

Fun, vivid works for orchestra that seem to give a little more than the ballet suites I heard earlier last week. I was particularly fond of the Hungarian Wedding sequence and the stormy nature of the Shakespeare-based set, but there is a lot to like throughout.

It was also nice to be introduced to the paintings of Camille Corot (1796-1875), as I like these images very much, especially 'Gust of Wind'.
VS

Yes nice paintings. Some of the Suites in these discs are terrific compositions.

[Karl Henning]

Cross-post:

Holmboe
Symphony № 6, Op. 43 / M. 155 (1943)