What are you listening 2 now?

[T. D.]

I once attended a live performance of Paul Bunyan (Glimmerglass Opera). Music was good enough, but overall it dragged and the staging didn't really work for me. Wasn't inclined to purchase a recording.
Listening:

[Que]

Morning listening:



http://www.musica-dei-donum.org/cd_reviews/Cypres_CYP1673.html

Q

PS A happy King's Day to my fellow Dutchmen! 
And of course  a very happy birthday to His Majesty.

[Florestan]

[Florestan]

Children's Album, op. 39

[Que]

Another inspired by the revival of the Albinoni thread:

[asin]B07RLHNRJP[/asin]
(This is a reissue of a record previously issued on ZigZag)

You should cross that post, Que, in the Albinoni thread as that album is not listed there.

I will! 
But neither of these recordings was familiar to me.
New discoveries in my search for state-of-the-art HIP approaches by ensembles that have a knack for Italian repertoire.
Which are not thay many in Albinoni...

Q

[Mandryka]

Tribute  to Sondheim from Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald, all clearly in lockdown attire.

https://www.youtube.com/v/A92wZIvEUAw&feature=emb_logo

[aligreto]

The most dramatic and opulent he wrote, possibly my favorite.

So you obviously have no issue with the vocalise element of the work [Symphony No. 4]. I do like the music itself very much I must say. The vocalise element of the work has grown on me over time and perhaps it will do so some more in the future.

[aligreto]

Another inspired by the revival of the Albinoni thread:

[asin]B07RLHNRJP[/asin]
(This is a reissue of a record previously issued on ZigZag)


But neither of these recordings was familiar to me.
New discoveries in my search for state-of-the-art HIP approaches by ensembles that have a knack for Italian repertoire.
Which are not that many in Albinoni...

Q

A very good reason to post them there Que - you can show us the way 

[vandermolen]

Miaskovsky Symphony No.22, St Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Cond. Alexander Titov.
Volume 1 of the Northern Flowers Wartime Music series:

[Traverso]

Mozart & Schumann

Anthony Pay Clarinet

[aligreto]

The Art of the Baroque Trumpet Vol. 3





Selections from the above which included music by Caldara, Fux, Predieri and Stradella.

[vandermolen]

Symphony No.23

[Iota]

Matheus de Perusio: Vocal Music (Huelgas Ensemble, Nevel)

The rhythmic intricacies and harmonic adventurousness of Ars subtilior so often put me in mind of contemporary music, it's such fertile and expressive territory. This disc is a lovely example of it, Helas Avril and Puisque la Mort here are particularly winning for me, but there's not a dull moment on it. The Huelgas are terrific.

For those interested, Perusio also sometimes appears with the name Matteo da Perugia, which seems to have the advantage of letting us know where he was from ..

[not edward]

Ecological catastrophe music in the morning:

[asin]B083XRCCLG[/asin]

Liza Lim's extraordinary aural imagination is in full flight here in this bleak essay. Amazing stuff.

[aligreto]

Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 4 Nos. 1-3 [Ewerhart/Collegium Aureum]





These works are always a pleasant and charming listen and these forces present the works in an engaging and appealing way.

[Florestan]

[Traverso]

Bach

Italian Concerto BWV 971
French Overture [partita] BWV 831
4 Duetti BWV 802-805
Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue BWV 903

[Que]

The Art of the Baroque Trumpet Vol. 3



Selections from the above which included music by Caldara, Fux, Predieri and Stradella.

Love that series! 

[MusicTurner]

That recording of 'Tamara' is glorious, a highlight in the Balakirev discography, IMO.

[Mahlerian]

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 in G minor
Boston Symphony Orchestra, cond. Michael Tilson Thomas