What are you listening 2 now?

[Papy Oli]

Wagner - Tristan und Isolde - Prelude und Liebestod
Celibidache / Munich Phil.

[asin]B005HYNCSG[/asin]

[San Antone]

Mompou : Música Callada
Alice Ader

[André]

A very powerful and moving musical drama. It started life as a 'radio opera' before being picked up by opera houses. Il Prigionero shares historical context with works like Don Carlo, Fidelio and Til Uylenspiegel (on which it is partly based), with spanish oppression over Flanders and the Peasant's Revolt as the background. Were the subject matter not so depressing it would make a superb foil to another one acter like Duke Bluebeard's Castle or Il Tabarro.

The Canti di Prigionia share some thematic material with the opera, or so say the booklet notes, but I did not notice it. What I do hear though is the dies irae motive that recurs throughout under various guises. Composed in 1938 it wears its modernism less lightly than the main work here.

[pi2000]

Silvia Marcovici Valentin Gheorghiu
Beethoven Violin Sonatas
7,8 violin sontas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t7VbzI_ESA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQmvCFNdok
[asin]B07ZT796LM[/asin]
from Amazon.co.jp

[André]

Symphony no 6 'Pastorale' and overture Leonore III

« Too big to fail ». « Too good to be true ». Can there be too much of a good thing? That thought occurred to me as the first movement came to a close. It was so inspirational, so suffused with sheer beauty and felicities that I could not believe it could go on until the end (after all I did not have such an epiphany last time I listened to it). And so it proved: although very well made and obviously in the same spirit of enjoying the beauties of the countryside, the second movement was just too dependent on the orchestra (the winds especially) delivering one idyllic passage after another. The spring in the step of the wanderer in I had slowed to a dreamy gait and the movement ended with him quietly dozing off. The peasants' merrymaking movement is okay, but the storm is really very nice, powerful and suitably noisy. The finale returns us to the first movement's atmosphere, with real joy instead of hymnic pomposity. Excellent. But just not as good as that incredible first movement.

Leonore III is given the big treatment, with the orchestra playing with both power and great beauty of tone. It really is a very special band, totally different from the synthetic sounding Berlin Phil.

[Maestro267]

Wagner - Tristan und Isolde - Prelude und Liebestod
Celibidache / Munich Phil.

[asin]B005HYNCSG[/asin]

I assume that lasted at least half an hour, as is tradition for Celibidache?

Thread duty:

Another Villa-Lobos kick has...well, kicked in. Beforehand, I knew I wanted to listen to a choral work this evening. Then the thought occurred...why not combine those two? HVL has that covered!

Villa-Lobos: Symphony No. 10 ("Ameríndia")
Neiva (baritone), Javan (bass), Sao Paulo Symphony Choir
Sao Paulo SO/Karabtchevsky

[j winter]

Been busy the past few days, preparing for a week off from work.  Most recently I've been listening to some of Barenboim's Mozart, specifically the piano concertos and late symphonies with the English Chamber Orchestra.

This is very manly Mozart, I'm not sure how else to describe it.  Forceful, more driven than I was expecting in the fast movements, with sharply articulated strings and strong brass.  The slow movements are well judged, beefy and thick string sound by today's standards but still fairly taut. 

Better than I remembered, and very different from the same forces with Jeffrey Tate a few years later.  Tate, with Uchida in the concertos, is much more elegant, and rather restrained -- Barenboim is much more the romantic -- he doesn't make it sound like Beethoven, but he does make the lineage clear.

[Papy Oli]

I assume that lasted at least half an hour, as is tradition for Celibidache?

20'47 

[vandermolen]

I listen to many different classical composers, and once every so many times one stands out that has a certain added value, such as Heino Eller. Apart from the fact that his orchestrations are genius, he also adds unprecedented creativity. to his compositions .. The core of his music is romantic, with an unmistakable warmth, which amazes me many times ..over. Many of his pieces are true power packs of emotion, and intrigue me into losing myself in endless spiritual musings, like the " Fisherman's Song" or Twilight, and even better Down!
Eller surprised me with his clear arguments and self-assurance in composing such musical fruits, ripe for the picking.
Needless to say that he in now high on my list of preferred composers.
The performance and recording are top notch.

A very nice analysis Harry.

[vandermolen]

Frank Bridge: Oration.



The front cover scene is a view from Bridge's house at Friston, near Eastbourne.

Not too far from here. That CD uniquely couples Bridge's two greatest work IMO.

[vandermolen]

Second rerun.

Boris Lyatoshynsky.
Symphony No. 3, opus 50, in B minor.
Grazhyna, opus 58, Symphonic Ballad.

Bournemouth SO, Kirill Karabits.

I knew the music of Boris Lyatoshynsky for quite some time. The music was recorded on Naxos and made me realize how good this actually was. But I was sorely disappointed by the acoustics in which it was recorded, an echo like in a swimming pool, that I decided not to go for them. Imagine the joy when I saw that Chandos recorded the third, admittingly the most popular of the five. It has quite some history. What moved me profoundly, very profoundly, was the despair and heart ache I felt, when the second movement from the symphony rolled out of my speakers. I really felt that physical and spiritual pain, and very real it was. That does not happen that often. The same emotion caught me when I listened to Grazhyna, an equally heart tearing piece. Lyatoshynsky was a phenomenal fine composer, neglected, ignored, and put away as a far behind Shostakovich. But he is equal in all respects, and this you hear when listening to this Chandos recording, which is superb in performance and also Sate of the Art in sound.
Recommended.

Totally agree with you Harry.

[staxomega]

There has been some discussion on Harnoncourt/Leonhardt's JS Bach Cantata cycle on another forum, myself and someone else are interested in buying this set, I figured I would ask here since I have seen a couple of people listening to it in this thread (Traverso, and possibly Que?), are your CD sets complete without any missing pieces?

What someone posted:

It is not only the box set that is messed up but also the streaming version on Qobuz. Of course this makes sense since probably the source is the same.
I was listening to Cantata no 3 this morning and I realized that instead of the first movement of BWV 3 I was listening to the first movement of BWV 58!
They both use the same text, "Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid" which is probably the reason for the mix up.
My guess is that the actual first movement of Cantata No 3 is in the place of the first movement of No 58, but I don't have the time to search right now.

And possibly these CDs are duplicated? CD (30&35, 36&29, 51&42)

Any info appreciated, thanks



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And I finished listening to Dvorak's 8th 9th, Kubelik, BPO

[Que]

There has been some discussion on Harnoncourt/Leonhardt's JS Bach Cantata cycle on another forum, myself and someone else are interested in buying this set, I figured I would ask here since I have seen a couple of people listening to it in this thread (Traverso, and possibly Que?), are your CD sets complete without any missing pieces?

What someone posted:

It is not only the box set that is messed up but also the streaming version on Qobuz. Of course this makes sense since probably the source is the same.
I was listening to Cantata no 3 this morning and I realized that instead of the first movement of BWV 3 I was listening to the first movement of BWV 58!
They both use the same text, "Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid" which is probably the reason for the mix up.
My guess is that the actual first movement of Cantata No 3 is in the place of the first movement of No 58, but I don't have the time to search right now.

And possibly these CDs are duplicated? CD (30&35, 36&29, 51&42)

Any info appreciated, thanks

I have the recordings, but in their 1st CD incarnations  (with the brown covers)  - not the set.

Q

[Daverz]

Continuing the VW 6 survey with Handley:



I think I'd put this toward the top of the pile with Previn and Boult/EMI.

And now Martinu 6:

[asin] B074V3CXH6[/asin]

[vandermolen]

Continuing the VW 6 survey with Handley:



I think I'd put this toward the top of the piile with Previn and Boult/EMI.

And now Martinu 6:

[asin] B074V3CXH6[/asin]

Two great choices!

[Irons]

Been busy the past few days, preparing for a week off from work.  Most recently I've been listening to some of Barenboim's Mozart, specifically the piano concertos and late symphonies with the English Chamber Orchestra.

This is very manly Mozart, I'm not sure how else to describe it.  Forceful, more driven than I was expecting in the fast movements, with sharply articulated strings and strong brass.  The slow movements are well judged, beefy and thick string sound by today's standards but still fairly taut. 

Better than I remembered, and very different from the same forces with Jeffrey Tate a few years later.  Tate, with Uchida in the concertos, is much more elegant, and rather restrained -- Barenboim is much more the romantic -- he doesn't make it sound like Beethoven, but he does make the lineage clear.

I agree with your assessment. Barenboim and the ECO do a fine job as do the EMI engineers.

[San Antone]

Bach : Cantatas BWV 98, 180, 56, 55
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken



I've been a fan of this series since the first installment.

[JBS]

There has been some discussion on Harnoncourt/Leonhardt's JS Bach Cantata cycle on another forum, myself and someone else are interested in buying this set, I figured I would ask here since I have seen a couple of people listening to it in this thread (Traverso, and possibly Que?), are your CD sets complete without any missing pieces?

What someone posted:

It is not only the box set that is messed up but also the streaming version on Qobuz. Of course this makes sense since probably the source is the same.
I was listening to Cantata no 3 this morning and I realized that instead of the first movement of BWV 3 I was listening to the first movement of BWV 58!
They both use the same text, "Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid" which is probably the reason for the mix up.
My guess is that the actual first movement of Cantata No 3 is in the place of the first movement of No 58, but I don't have the time to search right now.

And possibly these CDs are duplicated? CD (30&35, 36&29, 51&42)

Any info appreciated, thanks



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And I finished listening to Dvorak's 8th 9th, Kubelik, BPO

I have it as part of this, which you might want to consider. Amazon is offering at, essentially, $1 per CD.
[asin]B077QT18DW[/asin]
I don't recall any mixups.

Another option: There are two used copies of the older L/H cantata set currently offered on Amazon MP for approximately $125 plus shipping.
https://www.amazon.com/Bach-Sacred-Cantatas-Johann-Sebastian/dp/B000000SKY/

[Sergeant Rock]

Listening on YouTube to Hilary Hahn playing Sibelius, Mikko Franck conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France . Link posted by MI in the Snowshoed Sibelius thread.

Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Schnittke - Stille Musik. A few repeats of this by itself not having just listened to the preceding Cello Concerto No. 1 on the CD provide a much better experience. It takes more concentration to follow the sequences of sounds growing then dying away or echoing into nothingness, like turning up the sensitivity on one's hearing until when it ends left listening to silence itself.

[asin] B00000FY9Z[/asin]

Beauty!