What are you listening 2 now?

[SymphonicAddict]

Hendrik Andriessen - The 4 symphonies + Symphonie concertante (several cover arts) (on CPO)

What a stunning composer! These have been some of the best Dutch symphonies I've ever heard. Succinct, energetic, witty, delightfully neoclassical. CPO has done it again. These releases are definitely very special for me.

[Ken B]

Arensky
Piano Trios
BAT

[André]

More listening is in order. This is serious stuff, not readily accessible, although the interest is always engaged.

[Karl Henning]

Hendrik Andriessen - The 4 symphonies + Symphonie concertante (several cover arts) (on CPO)

What a stunning composer! These have been some of the best Dutch symphonies I've ever heard. Succinct, energetic, witty, delightfully neoclassical. CPO has done it again. These releases are definitely very special for me.

Well, you've piqued my curiosity!

[Karl Henning]

Alkan
Grande Sonate 'Les quatre âges' Op.33
Hamelin

[SimonNZ]

[Mirror Image]

San Antone,
It is definitely an acquired taste, but it is tantalizing. It is MI's fault that it lives in my cd piles....    For the same reason as yours it is likely to show up in my listening tier within the week. Besides, there has been a fair amount of interesting discussion around the work in the past on the Bartók pages. I've never come across the recording you are listening to. How is it?

Allow me to step in. The recording San Antone was listening to is 'okay', but that's really where the superlatives end. One problem I have with it is it's sung in German when it was written in Hungarian --- the German accenting and pronunciations don't really flow very well, especially after hearing the original Hungarian versions. The performances are not too bad. Kallisch makes for a good Judith and her overall tonality is quite a pleasing one and the same could be said of Fried. The conducting is also pretty good from Eötvös as he knows Bartók's musical language rather well. I don't know but I just didn't feel that spark in the performance like I do from Boulez's first recording or Kertész's (my two favorite performances of this opera). I think Eötvös does a good job of bringing out the darker aspects of the music, but think a bit more energy would have been nice and would have helped breath more life into the overall performance.

[Mirror Image]

Followed by Paul Jacobs playing Debussy's Etudes and En Blanc et Noir with Gilbert Kalish, tip of the hat to MI  I have been meaning to stream Daniel Pollini playing the Etudes.

Pounds the table! What an incredible recording that is! Do check out Jacobs' other Debussy recordings. One of my favorites in Debussy for sure.

[Irons]

This is a HUGE NOSTALGIA TRIP Lol. It was my first EVER classical LP. I was probably about 14 years old.

And Jeffrey you have not looked back since. What a great place to start.

[Irons]

Arnold: Dances.



A famous Lyrita and good to have Dances in one place but I am slightly disappointed by this issue. My favourite set is the Scottish - the third is one of the loveliest things written by any English composer - I much prefer the earlier Scottish set Arnold recorded with the same orchestra for Everest c/w 3rd Symphony.

[Irons]

An aftermath of celebrating VW's birthday on Oct 12 (continuing through the Handley cycle).

Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 6
Symphony No. 9
Fantasia on Greensleeves

Royal Liverpool PO/Handley

How do you find the 6th?

[Papy Oli]

Good morning everyone 

Hubert Clifford - Symphony 1940
(as recommended by Jeffrey/Vandermolen in the British thread):

https://www.youtube.com/v/R0H5A2puSj4

[Daverz]

Roussel: String Quartet, played by the Aurelia Saxophone Quartet

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[Mandryka]

Ferras 1004. You hear lots of things about this one, that he poured out his soul, the music contains all his pain blah blah blah. It seems like very good performance of the chaconne to me! Of its time maybe.

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

[ritter]

Roussel: String Quartet, played by the Aurelia Saxophone Quartet

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Now there's an idea   ... Listening to the Roussel SQ, but played by the Via Nova String Quartet  .

Included in CD 2 of:

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[Tsaraslondon]

General consensus tends to suggest that Karajan's 60s 9th is his best, but I've always liked the 1977 version and t certaonly sounds very good here.

[vandermolen]

Well, you've piqued my curiosity!

He's a fine composer. Christo is a big fan and introduced me to his music.

TD

Again!

[vandermolen]

Good morning everyone 

Hubert Clifford - Symphony 1940
(as recommended by Jeffrey/Vandermolen in the British thread):

https://www.youtube.com/v/R0H5A2puSj4

What did you think of it Olivier? I love the defiant 'shaking his fists at would-be oppressors' (as it says in the notes) ending, composed in London during the Blitz.

[vandermolen]

And Jeffrey you have not looked back since. What a great place to start.

Absolutely Lol!

[Traverso]

Bach

CD 24