What are you listening 2 now?

[aligreto]

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 [C. Kleiber]


   

[aligreto]

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

+1 on that 

[aligreto]

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

     

Good for you Dave.

[pjme]

quote from de profundis:

"There nothing wrong whit religious theme or religious music, music is music for everyone it does not discriminate."

+1

here is a (contemporary) piece of music by French composer Philippe Hersant  that I like:

https://www.youtube.com/v/kL9WRv75qpM

The text is a 17th century French adaptation of a biblical story (book of Daniel): 3 young boys refuse to worship a heathen idol . Nebuchadnesar orders that they must be killed. The boys are thrown in a burning oven... An angel appears and they survive miraculously. The three boys sing a canticle and praise the wonders of the heavens and the world.

And how about this "grand motet" , de Profundis, by Delalande?

https://youtu.be/B0-AssEdEAM

De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine;
Domine exaudi vocem meam.

In 1966 Oscar Espla wrote his version of the De profundis - 4 soloists, chorus and orchestra. Igor Markevitch recorded it with Spanish forces.

https://youtu.be/pP4a-9szLEk

[André]

Symphony no 4 just finished, no 5 is starting. Since it spills over disc 2, I'll also listen to no 6 after that 

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Mahler
Rückert-Lieder
Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano)
LSO
Pierre Boulez

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Szymanowski
Three Fragments to Poems by Jan Kasprowicz, Op. 5
Ewa Podles (contralto)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Liebreich

[Maestro267]

Schnittke: Cello Concerto No. 1
Ivashkin (cello)/Russian SO/Polyansky

Schnittke: Symphony No. 1
Royal Stockholm PO/Segerstam

I learnt of an element to this symphony that is lost on an audio-only recording, the knowledge of which adds considerable depth. The music quietens down at the end of the second movement, and that's because the wind instruments all leave the stage. The following third movement is predominantly for strings, keyboards and percussion, with the winds answering from offstage near the end.

[San Antone]

Durufle - Requiem



I am very impressed with this recording from 2019.  Interesting, Simpson follows Durufle's direction in having the sections that usually are sung by a baritone soloist, sung by the choir.  The mezzo soloist is very good, not operatic - but not as good as Clare Wilkinson, or Janet Baker.

[Symphonic Addict]

Marco Enrico Bossi - Concerto for organ, four horns, strings and timpani in A minor, Op. 100

It's the first time I ever hear something by this Italian composer. I have to say this was much better than expected. Dramatic and memorable are two features that come to my mind upon hearing it. Don't know many Italian organ concertos (maybe only that by Casella, which is imposing and great).

Listening to it again, it feels less engaging, but even so leaves a good impression.

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Varèse
Déserts
ASKO Ensemble
Chailly

[Maestro267]

Varèse
Déserts
ASKO Ensemble
Chailly

I listened to Déserts for the first time yesterday, albeit with Kent Nagano's recording. Fascinating work!

[Roasted Swan]

Symphony no 4 just finished, no 5 is starting. Since it spills over disc 2, I'll also listen to no 6 after that 

Love all these symphonies but think the earlier/analogue Neumann cycle with the Czech PO MUCH better than this slightly too soft-edged digital remake

[Karl Henning]

Durufle - Requiem



I am very impressed with this recording from 2019.  Interesting, Simpson follows Durufle's direction in having the sections that usually are sung by a baritone soloist, sung by the choir.  The mezzo soloist is very good, not operatic - but not as good as Clare Wilkinson, or Janet Baker.

Dang, that's a temptation!

[Roasted Swan]

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

     

ALL absolute crackers!  I think the 2 Piano Quartets are quite superb!

[André]

[Karl Henning]

Martinů
Pf Cto 4, Invocations
Koukl
Ginastera
Pf Cto 1, Concerto argentino
Nissman

[Roasted Swan]

I love unaccompanied British Choral Music at the best f times but this is a gorgeous recital quite superbly sung;



John Alldis conducting the Netherlands Chamber Choir in glorious performances of great music from RVW/Holst/Britten and the Howells Requiem.  Then a real cherry on the cake is David Bedford's "The Golden Wine is Drunk" which is quite a discovery of a substantial piece

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I listened to Déserts for the first time yesterday, albeit with Kent Nagano's recording. Fascinating work!

It sure is! It would be awesome if it was programmed with Ives' Orchestral Set No. 2. I don't know why I thought of this work in particular, but whenever I think of Varèse, I also think of Ives. I guess it's a lot of that 'I don't care what you think' or 'Stand up and use your ears like a man' kind of thinking I really admire with both of these composers.

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Martinů
Pf Cto 4, Invocations
Koukl
Ginastera
Pf Cto 1, Concerto argentino
Nissman

Cool!