What are you listening 2 now?

[SymphonicAddict]

I was particularly impressed with no 3 and its very peculiar structure. All of them are interesting, though.

The 3rd SQ is my second favorite after the 1st one. It has a clearer structure than the 4th and 5th SQs methinks.

[SymphonicAddict]

Symphonies 1-3

Stunning music. It's very intriguing how his style became 'softer' after the first two symphonies, which per se are superb. The 3rd struck me as visionary. I like the use of bells in that work. There is no waste with any of these works altogether.




Symphony in D major

Possibly this work lacks memorable material, but it's undeniable how well crafted it is. For me it's like a blend between Bruckner's both grandeur and scale and Brahms's counterpoint. I found thoroughly pleasant and I didn't feel it overlong. The highlight for me was the 3rd movement (Canzone Dorica): utterly endearing!!

[André]

Nordic Capriccio is a fun work, short and very sweet. The symphony is very engaging, but falls just short of memorable. Ditto the concerto. The ballet suite does have a gorgeous slow movement.

[JBS]

TD
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I have begun listening to  this. I had the two fer of highlights already.
Currently CD 3, various freeform fugues etc recorded at the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Toronto.

Continuing with this set. Tonight a double dose, CDs 4 and 5, with Clavier Ubung III and Kirnberger Chorale Preludes
CD 4 recorded on the Organ of the Chapel of New College, Oxford.  The remaining part of CU 3 and a couple of the chorales  on CD 5 recorded on the Organ of the Chapel of Knox Grammar School, Australia , and most of the chorales (the remainder of CD 5) recorded on the Organ of the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Toronto. The booklet gives no explanation why CU3 was split between opposite sides of the globe.

I have sort of gotten used to baroque (or baroque-ish) organs in Bach. Hearing the music on modern organs does make a difference.

[Alek Hidell]

Very nice indeed. And having finished it, moving on to ...



No "theme" going here: just by co-inky-dink are these two records performed by HIP trios.

[Moonfish]

Mozart
Pires

[Que]

Morning listening - one more run! 

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Early Italian keyboard music by Marco Antonio Cavazzoni and several other composers, including his son, Girolamo Cavazzoni.

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2019/Feb/Cavazzoni_ricercars_8572998.htm

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[Mandryka]

I just signal, for those who haven't heard it yet, that the pieces from Apt are interesting, and the performance is fluid, imaginative and articulate.

[Que]

I just signal, for those who haven't heard it yet, that the pieces from Apt are interesting, and the performance is fluid, imaginative and articulate.

Noted!    I'm a Vellard fan.

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[Mandryka]

You can hear it on YouTube I think, at least YouTube seemed to come up when I searched the image. I'd like to hear Vellard in concert.

[Harry]

Symphony in D major

Possibly this work lacks memorable material, but it's undeniable how well crafted it is. For me it's like a blend between Bruckner's both grandeur and scale and Brahms's counterpoint. I found thoroughly pleasant and I didn't feel it overlong. The highlight for me was the 3rd movement (Canzone Dorica): utterly endearing!!

I must confess I fell asleep playing Tovey's music, and that never happened before. Not dull well crafted, but like a sleeping lullaby.

[Harry]

His Majesty's Harper
Andrew Lawrence-King

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That's a very nice CD. I have very good memories about this one.

[Wanderer]

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[Wanderer]

The recent purchase of a few of Niquet's Naxos recordings, brought Marc-Antoine Charpentier back on my radar:

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Q

This is such a superb recording. And I hope you liked the Naxos Niquet discs.

[Wanderer]

Debargue seems to pull off a trick of sounding entirely unostentatious yet setting off an entrancing display of iridescence, refinement and wit. He has all the precision and elan of Pogorelich but with an inner warmth, and seems to play Scarlatti almost as some play Haydn.

This is a very apt description of his general style. I was at one of his recitals in Paris a couple of years ago and all those qualities you mention shone through. He played Liszt's B minor Sonata with such inner passion and multi-layered turmoil, illuminating the main theme at each instance no matter how stormy the surroundings and giving rapt attention to slow sections, worthy of Schumann at his most visionary.

[Wanderer]

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[Moonfish]

That's a very nice CD. I have very good memories about this one.

It is very relaxing, but one definitely needs to enjoy the realm of the harp!  0:)

[Moonfish]

Sibelius: Symphony No 5
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Leif Segerstam

Love this rendition by Segerstam and the DNRSO. Slow and steady, but with great power. Quite immersive.

[Wanderer]

Sibelius: Symphony No 5
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Leif Segerstam

Love this rendition by Segerstam and the DNRSO. Slow and steady, but with great power. Quite immersive.

Indeed, one of my favourite renditions. I quite like the Seventh on this disc, as well.

[Wanderer]

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