What are you listening 2 now?

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Tsaraslondon



More Sibelius from this Karajan box set. 1955 recordings of the 6th and 7th and a 1953 Tapiola.

\"A beautiful voice is not enough.\" Maria Callas

Traverso

Quote from: Moonfish on October 16, 2019, 04:20:54 PM
Ah, Leonhardt is one of your musical heroes?  8)  I must admit that I've tried hard, but the harpsichord still makes me a bit anxious as an instrument. I've discovered that there are lots of variation depending on the tonal world of the different instruments as well as the skill/approach of the performer. Still - I get a bit anxious - except for Landowska for some reason - ha ha!  I will try harder and immerse myself in its world, but for now I prefer the piano.  One day....

Very funny,you are a bit anxious but for some reason not Landowska,surely she was a remarkable woman,still puzzled what you find attractive in her,is it her looks? The instrument she uses is an instrument made by Pleyel with seven pedals,much choice she did not have.What I dislike mostly is her sewing machine kind of playing.
I really hope you will develop your taste for the real thing and yes Leonhardt is one of my heroes,listening to the way he plays all those wonderful pieces .It gave many hours of  pure joy and occasionally a profound feeling.Come on...... come on....listen to this piece from  Louis Couperin

https://www.youtube.com/v/26EzKYruFDk





Madiel

Sibelius, Jedermann/Jokamies (depending on which language you choose to pay attention to)



A very interesting and in some ways curious 'incidental music' score. The liner notes make the point that this was in fact far less 'incidental' than many of Sibelius' efforts, with an insistence that music and action be synchronised. It wasn't meant to be a general background to scenes, but to be quite integral to what was going on. Perhaps this was why Sibelius never produced a separate concert suite for performance.

It's recognisably Sibelius, but at times I'm conscious that this was a version of a medieval morality play and it has its own particular flavour. It's actually one of the interesting things about going through the Naxos incidental music set, hearing how Sibelius created different styles of music for the very different plays. It would have been very special indeed to experience one of these works performed with Sibelius' music.
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Madiel

First ever listen I think to Brahms, 4 Serious Songs op.121

Listening to a Youtube version of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore, it says a live recording in 1958. If it's really 1958, the sound quality is excellent for the time.

https://www.youtube.com/v/exlYpf_E5EM

And the music is superb.
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Biffo

Taverner: Mass  - The Tallis Scholars directed by Peter Philips - from an album Renaissance Giants, downloaded today

The new erato

Another forgotten baroque gem from Glossa's Hungarian forces:

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ritter

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A favourite work, beautifully performed by one of my preferred singers ever. Gerhaher sings LvB's An die ferne Geliebte, with the great Gerold Huber at the piano:

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From this treasure trove of a set:



BTW, just bought tickets for my daughter and her boyfriend, who live in London, to see Christoph Prégardien and Julius Drake later this month perform An die ferne Geliebte and a selection of Schubert songs at the Wigmore Hall. I can't be there, but at least they´ll be able enjoy it... :)

Christo

Quote from: SymphonicAddict on October 16, 2019, 05:15:10 PM
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.
Great to learn, totally agree. At the moment, my favourite is the 1962 Symphonie concertante (which I had always overlooked, it's rarely being mentioned). It epitomizes his elegant ('French') style, IMHO.
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

The new erato

Quote from: Christo on October 17, 2019, 04:19:59 AM
Great to learn, totally agree. At the moment, my favourite is the 1962 Symphonie concertante (which I had always overlooked, it's rarely being mentioned). It epitomizes his elegant ('French') style, IMHO.
Count me in as a fan as well. Need to relisten I think.

aligreto

Handel: Alcina [Bonynge]





I like this version. The Orchestral playing has a Big Band rich tone but it is still light of touch. The vocalists are robust and earnest but most engaging. Speeds are brisk, bright and jaunty.


aligreto

Quote from: Mirror Image on October 16, 2019, 06:09:20 AM
Enescu
Piano Quartet No. 2 in D minor, Op. 30
Schubert Ensemble




I need to listen to Enescu's Oedipe again rather soon as I think it's one of the great operas of the 20th Century. Of course, his chamber works, especially the late works are incredible as are his works for solo piano and much of the later orchestral works. Enescu really has become one of my favorite composers.

It is good to see you around here again.

Papy Oli

Quote from: vandermolen on October 17, 2019, 01:33:59 AM
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.

Clifford' 1940 was pretty decent, Jeffrey. I found the first two movements particularly strong and enjoyable. It lost me for a bit in the adagio but it regained some traction again in the last movement. Not sure yet if that would warrant a purchase (it's coupled with Bainton's 2nd on Chandos - will have to check that one now just in case...any good ?  ;D  0:) )

TD: Arnold Bax - November woods (Handley / BBC Philarmonic)

https://www.youtube.com/v/9y0fEx85Xa8


I might actually start and enjoy Bax with this one !!  8)


Olivier

aligreto

Mozart: Divertimento K.251 [Orpheus Chamber Orchestra]





This is a sparkling, buoyant and very engaging performance.

Karl Henning

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

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Irons

Quote from: Papy Oli on October 17, 2019, 06:00:26 AM


TD: Arnold Bax - November woods (Handley / BBC Philarmonic)

https://www.youtube.com/v/9y0fEx85Xa8


I might actually start and enjoy Bax with this one !!  8)

I did. My favourite Bax work.
You must have a very good opinion of yourself to write a symphony - John Ireland.

I opened the door people rushed through and I was left holding the knob - Bo Diddley.

Papy Oli

Albert Roussel - Symphony no.1 Op.7 (Janowski / Orch. philarmonique de Radio France)

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Olivier

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Isaac

This is one of their finest