What are you listening 2 now?

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Stravinsky
Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa
Danses concertantes
Concerto in D
Apollon Musagète
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
DRD

Nice!

Thread duty -

Enescu
Piano Quartet No. 2 in D minor, Op. 30
Tammuz Piano Quartet

[SimonNZ]

[Mookalafalas]

First listen.
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[Daverz]

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.

Quite a recommendation!  I'll have to check those out.

We're now definitely into comfort music phase of the evening:

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto No. 1




cadmysainmartninnafieldsnevlmarrinerconducting...

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The 3rd Piano Suite:

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Here what I'm listening for tonight Hyronimus Praetorius on Arisis, label, from the talented choir of the church for the Advent, of the great familly of Germans musicians spanning for late renaissance to baroque.

Than ''tapis rouge'' for this release, Claude Vivier Chamber music for piano solo on Brilliant Classical this is very very good and impressive, a composer from my hometown I like.Great idea Brilliant Classic I salute warmly this release, quite solid I might had...this coming from a Renaissance & early music guy , so it says a lot, it most be good and it is.

Than I will Listen to the rest of my Singer Pur album Jeremiah, great find by a GmG menber and also a track from Manchester Ensemble of Polyphony Robert Fayrfax a great favorite of mine, Nice quite nice, very nice.

[Christo]

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

John Rutter isn't religious either, but his 'childlike', often completely sorrow-free & very 'English' can be a joy to the heart. ;-)

BTW I myself not an admirer, though I often sing his choral music with joy, one strain among it standing out IMHO: his Christmas music. Carols & bells by John Rutter are quintessential for any good Christmas time, music that I love to sing and which communicates strongly with the audience. Rutter's at his very best when he's completely innocent and celebrating. 

For better new choral music in a similar vein, at least as popular with audiences and choirs alike, I would turn to Ola Gjeilo and Ēriks Ešenvalds instead: two young composers, each a very dinstintive style, both brilliant in a way and on a level good old John Rutter hardly ever reaches at. 

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John Rutter is the John Tesh of the classical world. Corporate manufactured pap served up on a 'classical' dinner plate.

[San Antone]

[Mandryka]

I must have listened to Thirty Pieces for String Quartet every day for the past week. Bozzini seem to me to make it expressive, to give it an ineffable emotional content. I love it.


Does anyone know how it was composed? Did Cage use random processes or a more wilful approach?

[Christo]

Stravinsky Time! Playing the cd that I probably love more than all others, Stravinsky at his most overtly 'Russian':



 

[Daverz]

Stravinsky Time! Playing the cd that I probably love more than all others, Stravinsky at his most overtly 'Russian':

My first exposure to Le Noces was the Bernstein on DG.

Currently listening on headphones: K. A. Hartmann, Concerto funebre - Theo Olof, violin; Kurt Sanderling, conducting.

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Never heard of this violinist before, but he's very very effective in this work.  There is some coughing in this live recording.

There is a recording of Le Noces in one of the other Concertgebeouw anthologies, perhaps I'll check it out.

Earlier, I finished up the evening on the living room speaker system with the new Brabbins VW 3, which I found very satisfying.

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[Christo]

Currently listening on headphones: K. A. Hartmann, Concerto funebre - Theo Olof, violin; Kurt Sanderling, conducting.

Never heard of this violinist before

WHATT??!!?>! Never heard of our great Theo Olof??  The 'Jaap van Zweden' of his time? One of those German ""jewish"" refugees that made it into Amsterdam's pride: watch the photo down right where he poses with the very young Jaap van Zweden, his later successor:

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Olof

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Gregorian Chant [Dominican Sisters of Fichermont]





Gregorian Chant sung by female voices [obviously] but with organ accompaniment.

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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!

I reckon that Celibidache was paid by the minute while he was in the recording studio 

[ritter]

WHATT??!!?>! Never heard of our great Theo Olof??  The 'Jaap van Zweden' of his time? One of those German ""jewish"" refugees that made it into Amsterdam's pride: watch the photo down right where he poses with the very young Jaap van Zweden, his later successor:

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Olof

And let's not forget that Theo Olof was the dedicatee of Bruno Maderna's wonderful Violin Concerto, of whcih there are AFAIK three recorded documents with him (two conducted by the composer--including the world premiere perfomance in Venice in 1969.--, and one under Diego Masson--in volume 4 of the RCO Anthology collection).

Here's the beginning of the work:

https://www.youtube.com/v/mr7r7aV9Rpo

[Madiel]

I own a CD version of this, but listening on streaming for the sake of equality in my orchestral Ravel comparison.



I gather this is still considered one of Dutoit's greatest records so I can't imagine I'm suddenly going to feel let down.

[Papy Oli]

Good morning all,

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Oboe concerto in A minor

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Mozart: Serenade for Wind Instruments K.388 [Schneider]

[Harry]

Storm is still raging, but a little less so. There is some damage, but until now not serious. Thank you for all the good thoughts and prayers, I am sure they helped!

Anatoly Liadov.
Complete Piano works. CD III.
Marco Rapetti, Piano.

Music that soothes my nerves, heavily battered since Sunday.