What are you listening 2 now?

[André]

Is the Delius CD new André? I love the Piano Concerto and like the programme generally.

Hi Jeffrey. The cd is recent but not new. I bought it 3 years ago. Very fine program indeed! 

[Symphonic Addict]

I praised his 9th, but with this happened almost the opposite. I didn't feel it 'Austrian', not sure if I'm very used to Germanic performances of this work, but this one is devoid of that 'flavour' and special touch. Some gestures seemed not very fitted the nature of the work either. Now I need to listen to the right performance in order to feel the work as should be interpreted.

[André]

I praised his 9th, but with this happened almost the opposite. I didn't feel it 'Austrian', not sure if I'm very used to Germanic performances of this work, but this one is devoid of that 'flavour' and special touch. Some gestures seemed not very fitted the nature of the work either. Now I need to listen to the right performance in order to feel the work as should be interpreted.

Coincidentally, I am listening to this one right now:



I remember that the payoff is at the very end, with a jaw dropping coda. An hour to go before that...(79 minutes  ).

[aligreto]

Brahms: Symphony No. 2 [Monteux]





Monteux unleashes a powerful and electrically charged first movement. The slow movement is assertive, ardent and yet lyrical. The third movement is very fine with elegant pacing. Monteux, once again, unleashes a powerful and electrically charged atmosphere in the final movement. This is a fine, robust reading.

[aligreto]

Did you see this documentary?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np4QU9_nkuc

No, I have not seen that one. Thank you for the link. I will watch it over the coming week.

[vandermolen]

Hi Jeffrey. The cd is recent but not new. I bought it 3 years ago. Very fine program indeed! 

Thanks André 

[Symphonic Addict]

Coincidentally, I am listening to this one right now:



I remember that the payoff is at the very end, with a jaw dropping coda. An hour to go before that...(79 minutes  ).

Despite Celibidache's accounts on Bruckner are notoriously slower than most of recordings, his approach works for maximum grandeur and I like that. No doubts the coda must be overwhelming!

[listener]

FOULDS: Chinese Suite, Miniature Suite, Undine Suite  and short pieces in the style of Eric Coates gone oriental
BBC Concert Orch   Ronald Corp cond.
SORABJI: 4 pieces played by Michael Habermann + one of his own in the style of Sorabji
RIES: Symphonies 7 & 8
Zurich Chamber Orch.   Howard Griffiths, cond.

[André]

Despite Celibidache's accounts on Bruckner are notoriously slower than most of recordings, his approach works for maximum grandeur and I like that. No doubts the coda must be overwhelming!

Finished listening, and I confirm: it's worth waiting 75 minutes for that moment. Simply blinding. Entry of the gods in Valhalla x 10.

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Playing now, the last disc of this fantastic set, containing some piano works:



The sonata for piano no 5 is hugely impressive.

[Tsaraslondon]

I'm not religious, but I do like the quintessintial Englishness of Rutter's music.

[Todd]

Starting in on William's Youn's Mozart cycle again.  It gets better each time I listen.  I do hope he has recorded or will record at least some Beethoven for this anniversary year.

[vers la flamme]

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.6 in A minor, the "Tragic". Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic.

[San Antone]

[Karl Henning]

The Rakhmaninov Vespers on WCRB 99.5 FM

[Symphonic Addict]

Piano Quintet

Deliberately intense interpretation, conveying all the gravitas of the piece. Brilliant work.

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Hello

I'm recovering , was sick like a dog, stomach pain, acidity.It was an hour long of agony, ouch...

Now I'm listening to Dufay on label Seraphim Missa La face y est pale.

Wondeful little LP.

[vers la flamme]

Alexander Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.5 in F-sharp major, op.53 & Piano Sonata No.6, op.62. Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Hello

I'm recovering , was sick like a dog, stomach pain, acidity.It was an hour long of agony, ouch...

Now I'm listening to Dufay on label Seraphim Missa La face y est pale.

Wondeful little LP.

Is it the David Munrow? Isn't that a great recording? It's the first disc of renaissance music I've heard that really spoke to me (& to this day, one of the few—I'm not a big renaissance guy like some of you).

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Yes  Vers la Flamme it is, thank for responding to this, it,s a fine record, love it

[JBS]

The first of two CDs that present MH's complete string quintets
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Originally a CPO release

This CD has the quintets in B Flat, in C, and in F. MH numbers 412, 187, and 367. I am finding them to be on the same level as Mozart's quintets and Brother FJH's quartets.

[Daverz]

Roussel: Symphony No. 3 - Hans Vonk, conducting

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Really sounds wonderful in that hall.

And now...

Dvorak: Cello Concerto - Gendron, LPO, Haitink

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...the Rondo in G and Silent Woods are nice encores.