What are you listening 2 now?

[Harry]

The Saint and the Sultan-1219.

St. Francis meets Sultan al Malik.

On the occasion 800 anniversary in 2019 of the historic meeting of St Francis with the Muslim Sultan Al Malik.
Music from the 13th century by Christians and Muslim, between Orient and Occident. Mystical and sacred music, lauds and Sufi songs for peace.

"Music is the word of God"-Rumi islamic mystic

Pera Ensemble, Mehmet C. Yesilcay.
Recorded in Istanbul in 2019.

More authentic as this will not go. It is a spectacular project which gives me personally much pleasure. It is so well done and recorded. Top musicians created a long forgotten time back into the limelight, and in what fantastic way. It is a twofar with instrumental and vocal compositions, and I would have liked 25 CD'S in this style, but have to do with two, but rather two fantastic examples and what humans are capable of.

[aligreto]

Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin [Partridge/Partridge]

[San Antone]

Durufle : Complete Choral Works - Messe "Cum jublio"
Robert Simpson (not the composer), Houston Chamber Choir

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Boulez
Incises
Sur Incises (1996/1998) pour trois pianos, trois harp, trois percussion-claviers
Une page d'éphémeride
Dimitri Vassilakis, Hideki Nagano, Florent Boffard, Frédérique Cambreling, Sandrine Chatron, Marianne Le Mentec, Vincent Bauer, Daniel Ciampolini, Michel Cerutti, Pierre Boulez



Sur Incises is like listening to a gamelan orchestra filtered through the Second Viennese School --- pretty cool.

[Traverso]

Richard Strauss

Sometimes it's like coming home when you listen to Richard Strauss,for me anyway

Don Quixote
Till Eulenspiegel
Salome - Dance of the Seven Veils

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Richard Strauss

Sometimes it's like coming home when you listen to Richard Strauss,for me anyway

Don Quixote
Till Eulenspiegel
Salome - Dance of the Seven Veils

There's some truth in that. For me, Debussy is that composer where it feels like I'm coming home. Hmmm...this might be a cool thread idea.

[Traverso]

Boulez
Incises
Sur Incises (1996/1998) pour trois pianos, trois harp, trois percussion-claviers
Une page d'éphémeride
Dimitri Vassilakis, Hideki Nagano, Florent Boffard, Frédérique Cambreling, Sandrine Chatron, Marianne Le Mentec, Vincent Bauer, Daniel Ciampolini, Michel Cerutti, Pierre Boulez



Sur Incises is like listening to a gamelan orchestra filtered through the Second Viennese School --- pretty cool.

it is indeed

[André]

Music by Monteverdi, Strozzi, Cavalli, Cesti, Carissimi, etc. Emmanuelle Haïm and her Concert d'Astrée accompany an unbeatable line up of singers. I know of few concept albums as well realized as this one.

[Papy Oli]

Let us know what you think Olivier. That's one of the Simpson CDs that I own but I hardly know either symphony.

I found the Simpson 2 dense, tense, unnerving, odd...and yet you can't look (listen) away. will try the 4th tomorrow. Might be intrigued enough that i may get some more symphonies down the line.

[SonicMan46]

Durufle : Complete Choral Works - Messe "Cum jublio"
Robert Simpson (not the composer), Houston Chamber Choir

Hi San Antone - love Durufle's Requiem and have two older recordings but decided to replace them w/ the one shown above after reading some superlative reviews - in the mail as I type -   Dave

[vandermolen]

I found the Simpson 2 dense, tense, unnerving, odd...and yet you can't look (listen) away. will try the 4th tomorrow. Might be intrigued enough that i may get some more symphonies down the line.

Thanks Olivier.

[Karl Henning]

Debussy
Jeux
Images pour orchestre
Martinon

[André]

I found the Simpson 2 dense, tense, unnerving, odd...and yet you can't look (listen) away. will try the 4th tomorrow. Might be intrigued enough that i may get some more symphonies down the line.

I binged on the symphonies last year:

I haven't listened to the symphonies in a very long while (...).

Simpson's musical hero is said to be Beethoven - if I am to believe some mentions made in the notes to the Hyperion issues, although the influence of Sibelius and Nielsen is also mentioned, esp with regard to the first symphonies. The manic, violent scherzo of the 4th symphony reminds me of Walton, too.

Symphonies 1, 2, 4 and 8 which I have listened to today bear out an outsize, formidable personality, as well as a total command of his resources. Whatever influences one may notice, there's no denying that Simpson has absorbed and assimilated 150 years of musical evolution and managed to develop an original, immediately identifiable voice. I don't know if I'll listen to all 11 symphonies in the coming days, but so far it's an excellent musical adventure.

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Debussy
Jeux
Images pour orchestre
Martinon

Nice! Jeux is my favorite purely orchestral work from Debussy. I believe there are an array of tempo changes in this work and yet Debussy found a way to make it completely seamless and not jarring to the listener.

[SonicMan46]

Dvorak, Antonin - Piano & String Chamber Works - last few days listening my chamber works (some shown below) by one of my favorite composers from the 19th century - decided that I must have chosen well in the past - no bummers to discard!   Dave

     

[Papy Oli]

I binged on the symphonies last year:

Merci for your perspective André. I'll see how i get on with the 4th.

[Harry]

Merci for your perspective André. I'll see how i get on with the 4th.

I bought all the Symphonies and SQ by Simpson when they were released, back then, I was seen as the odd one out buying Simpson, but I am glad that more people are finding him worthwhile. I for one must dig those recording out again.

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Debussy
Images, Books I & II
Ciccolini



Which I will follow with another Debussy work:

Jeux
Boulez
Cleveland

[San Antone]

Hi San Antone - love Durufle's Requiem and have two older recordings but decided to replace them w/ the one shown above after reading some superlative reviews - in the mail as I type -   Dave

Thanks for the comments, Dave - The Durufle Requiem is among my most favorite works.  This set includes all of his choral works along with Op. 9.  I liked it but haven't listened to it completely.  Be aware that this is the Requiem with organ only (cello in the Pie Jesu) which is my preferred version, but many people like the orchestral versions better.

[Traverso]

Delius

Let us take the Golden road to Samarkand with Delius 

Eventyr  (once upon a time)  Hallé Orchestra  Vernon Handley  (1982)
Hassan  Incidental music - five acts  Bournemouth sinfonietta and choir  Vernon Handley  (1979)