What are you listening 2 now?

[Sergeant Rock]

A very underrated work IMO and that is its greatest recording.

I first approached this symphony extremely negatively, listening to the many critics who said it was his poorest. Surprisingly, I loved it and I now consider it among my favorite Bax works.

Sarge

[André]

[j winter]

I haven't posted much in this thread the past few days... I've been listening off and on to some early-mid Dvorak symphonies, and they just haven't been exciting me.  Not a thing wrong with the recordings (Rowicki LSO) or the composer, it's just not clicking with me at the moment... 

Moving on to Beethoven Op 131, Alexander Quartet.  Lovely...

[Papy Oli]

A very underrated work IMO and that is its greatest recording.

I first approached this symphony extremely negatively, listening to the many critics who said it was his poorest. Surprisingly, I loved it and I now consider it among my favorite Bax works.
Sarge

I enjoyed that Bax 4 although it was a background distracted listen, but I found some of it chirpy and more accessible that the the 1-2-3 I already listened to. Again, it is only my first visit through the full cycle.

[Sergeant Rock]

And a first time listen to the orchestrated Beethoven String Quartet op. 131, Lenny conducting the Vienna Phil.



Sarge

[Christo]

A very underrated work IMO and that is its greatest recording.

By one of the most underrated conductors of all time. 

[Daverz]

Rouse: Symphony No. 2

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[Christo]

You are in good company. That is Mrs. Rock's favorite opera too 

Sarge

Is it really that short? 

[Sergeant Rock]

I enjoyed that Bax 4 although it was a background distracted listen, but I found some of it chirpy and more accessible that the the 1-2-3 I already listened to. Again, it is only my first visit through the full cycle.

Don't get discouraged or give up the fight, Papy. It took me a good half dozen listens to the symphonies over several years before they finally clicked. For me it was purchasing and listening to the Handley cycle that did it.

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Is it really that short? 

?? I don't understand.

Sarge

[André]

Rouse: Symphony No. 2

[asin] B002P2SAEE[/asin]

Very nice work. Did you like it ?

[Papy Oli]

Don't get discouraged or give up the fight, Papy. It took me a good half dozen listens to the symphonies over several years before they finally clicked. For me it was purchasing and listening to the Handley cycle that did it.

Sarge

Oh, far from that... i enjoyed my run through the first 3 as well Sarge, but the 4th just seemed...happier...  I am having a blast travelling through all those English soundscapes now that most of them are unlocked of sorts 

[Sergeant Rock]

Oh, far from that... i enjoyed my run through the first 3 as well Sarge, but the 4th just seemed...happier...  I am having a blast travelling through all those English soundscapes now that most of them are unlocked of sorts 

Ah, good to know. I was worried for nothing 

Sarge

[vers la flamme]

Nikolai Medtner: Canzona Serenata in F minor, op.38 no.6. Nikolai Demidenko. Nice performance, though I'm not very familiar with either pianist or composer, I must say. 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. 

[Karl Henning]

Dieterich Buxtehude.
Opera Omnia.
Harpsichord Works, CD III & IV.

Aria in C.
Suites: in e/a/F/deest//d/a/C/G/G/e/g/C/C.
Aria in a.
Canzone in d.
Toccata in G.
Aria Rofills in d.
Canzona in C.
Courante in d.

Instruments: by Willem van Kroesbergen, Flemish harpsichord after A. Ruckers, Flemish virginal, after J. Ruckers, Italian harpsichord after B. Stefanini.

Ton Koopman, Harpsichords, and virginal.

CD 4 contains exactly 35:02 minutes of music, that rather short measure.

I am quite satisfied with what I hear. Koopman is consistent in his approach, and never sets a foot wrong. The colours he gets out of his instrument are pretty convincing. Tempi are within the comfort zone. Buxtehude in his hands unfolds nicely, and bodes well for the rest of the 27 CD'S.

Enjoying your report of this set, mijn vriend.

[Ratliff]

Nikolai Medtner: Canzona Serenata in F minor, op.38 no.6. Nikolai Demidenko. Nice performance, though I'm not very familiar with either pianist or composer, I must say. 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. 

I never knew Faure was the French Brahms, and I've been listening to both for at least 30 years.

If you want to pidgeonhole Medtner with a handy phrase, it is customary to say he is Rachmaninoff without tunes.

[vers la flamme]

I never knew Faure was the French Brahms, and I've been listening to both for at least 30 years.

If you want to pidgeonhole Medtner with a handy phrase, it is customary to say he is Rachmaninoff without tunes.

Now you know 

Is that like how Brahms is Beethoven without tunes? 

[vers la flamme]

Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata No.19 in C minor, D958. Mitsuko Uchida. First listen. So far, so good. Not as dreamy as her D960, more tangible, more turbulent and dramatic, but with the same clarity that makes her performance of the B-flat sonata so great.

[SimonNZ]

played an lp last night thats probably in that box:




and now:

[Ratliff]

Now you know 

Is that like how Brahms is Beethoven without tunes? 

Beethoven has tunes?

Seriously, I think my favorite Metdner performer is Geoffrey Tozer. There are lots of individuals CDs, but there is a 4CD set with a collection of core repertoire.