What are you listening 2 now?

[Ratliff]

Enescu, Symphony No 1.



Last time I listened to the first symphony I was lost and felt a lack of clear themes and dramatic arc. This time I just enjoyed the wonderful orchestral sonorities.

I also listened to the first movement of the Suite No 3, "Villageoise." I found it haunting. Will listen to the full suite when I have time.

[aligreto]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 [von Karajan]





Von Karajan delivers a broad, sweeping and expansive performance which is very lyrical, emotionally powerful and contemplative throughout.

[Traverso]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 [von Karajan]





Von Karajan delivers a broad, sweeping and expansive performance which is very lyrical, emotionally powerful and contemplative throughout.

Did you have seen this documentary?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np4QU9_nkuc

[steve ridgway]

Birtwistle : Earth Dances (Eotvos).

[vandermolen]

Ireland, Mai-Dun, Thomson, London Philharmonic



Wow, a surprise. I was expecting something along the lines of Ireland's Legend, vaguely mythical and poetic. This is like the score of a Kirk Douglas movie. Mai-Dun refers to a pre-historic hill fort in England, and this music seems to depict an epic battle, with a slow middle section. Very dramatic, delightful music, but not what I was expecting.

Mai-Dun (after Maiden Castle, Dorset - see picture below) is probably my favourite work by Ireland and I'm glad that you like it as well. Nice to hear the late Kirk Douglas referenced in relation to it! That is a very fine Ireland disc conducted by the underrated Bryden Thomson. There was an earlier manifestation of the recording:

[vandermolen]

Why not use this one?

[vandermolen]

Good morning all,

Ralph Vaughan Williams - String quartet No.1 in G minor
Britten Quartet

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Very nice Ravellian work although I prefer the darker No.2

[vandermolen]

Is the Delius CD new André? I love the Piano Concerto and like the programme generally.

[Symphonic Addict]

Indeed. This particular work was used in Kubrick's The Shining (along with many other Penderecki works).

Oh, yes, you're right. I had forgot The Shining. Penderecki's music suited the movie extraordinarily well.

[Symphonic Addict]

https://www.youtube.com/v/3Y52JYoHY9g

Prokofiev - Symphony No. 6

I've had some difficulties with this symphony, especially with the 1st movement. Gergiev and the Mariinsky orchestra make sound it raw when needed, and effusive in the most dramatic and exciting parts. The 2nd movement is impressive, I didn't remember how haunting it is. However, I consider the very ending of the work is a bit abrupt, not convincing enough for me.

[Symphonic Addict]

All I know is I had a preconceived notion of Medtner as the "Russian Brahms" (much like Fauré is the "French Brahms") and what I'm hearing appears to confirm that. 

Sergei Taneyev is also considered the Russian Brahms. I associate Medtner with Rachmaninov more than any other composer. I never thought of any Medtner-Brahms connection thus far.

[Florestan]

Sergei Taneyev is also considered the Russian Brahms. I associate Medtner with Rachmaninov more than any other composer. I never thought of any Medtner-Brahms connection thus far.

If need for a Medtner comparison be, then I'd say rather Schumann than Brahms.

[Ratliff]

Mai-Dun (after Maiden Castle, Dorset - see picture below) is probably my favourite work by Ireland and I'm glad that you like it as well. Nice to hear the late Kirk Douglas referenced in relation to it! That is a very fine Ireland disc conducted by the underrated Bryden Thomson.

I like Thomson. I ended up getting the single track as a lossless FLAC download from presto. I was too cheap to spring for the entire disc since I already have recordings of the PCs that I like.

[Karl Henning]

Weinberg
Chamber Symphonies
Kremerata Baltica

[Todd]

I didn't really need another version of Monteverdi's Vespers, but then I found Jordi Savall's set on discount.  Clearly I needed Savall's take, I thought.  Turns out I was right.  While only the fourth version I've listened to, this is probably my favorite overall, and in splendid sound.  Maybe four versions is enough.

[JBS]

The storm has started in the Netherlands. She has a name "Ciara". It's a heavy one, and a lot of damage is expected. Wind speeds up to 140 kilometers, heavy rains, up to 30 mm. Let's hope we stay safe. I am still repairing damages from the last storm in 2019. Pray for us if you can, and those that cannot, keep your fingers crossed that all goes well.
So no listening for me today.

Stay safe, all of you.  But perhaps listening to this will help

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[Karl Henning]

The storm has started in the Netherlands. She has a name "Ciara". It's a heavy one, and a lot of damage is expected. Wind speeds up to 140 kilometers, heavy rains, up to 30 mm. Let's hope we stay safe. I am still repairing damages from the last storm in 2019. Pray for us if you can, and those that cannot, keep your fingers crossed that all goes well.
So no listening for me today.

Holding you in prayer.

[Iota]

Bartok: Quartet No.4

The 4th always seems such a sharp lurch into radical territory, the instruments seem to reincarnate as howling Munch-like beings at times. The work of an extraordinary mind. The Hagen excellent as always.

[Symphonic Addict]

Bartok: Quartet No.4

The 4th always seems such a sharp lurch into radical territory, the instruments seem to reincarnate as howling Munch-like beings at times. The work of an extraordinary mind. The Hagen excellent as always.

Yes, a radical and visceral piece. Along with No. 5, my favorites.

[Karl Henning]

Stravinsky
Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa
Danses concertantes
Concerto in D
Apollon Musagète
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
DRD