What are you listening 2 now?

[Harry]

Great stuff Harry! I think that's a great CD. It also features the only recording of 'Hellas' which I like very much. There's a kind of underlying sadness in Foulds's music which I find affecting.

Yes Jeffrey an underlying sadness, that's so true. And I agree with you also on the Hellas, suite. The first two movements always greatly affect me. Sort of melancholy comes over me, especially in the Processional.

[Traverso]

Great stuff! 

Glad to hear it  ,the two recordings I found are coming from Turkey and Cypres and not too expensive.

[aligreto]

Sibelius: Violin Concerto [Haendel/Ancerl]





In Memorium Ida Haendel.

[aligreto]

Love that set although No.3 is my favourite.

Mine too.

[Traverso]

Great stuff! 

Glad to hear it  ,the two recordings I found are coming from Turkey and Cypres and not too expensive.

[Traverso]

Haydn

Symphony No.35,38 & 39

[aligreto]

Haydn

Symphony No.35,38 & 39

And I am assuming that you are enjoying that set too [even after the initial problems with it].

[Traverso]

And I am assuming that you are enjoying that set too [even after the initial problems with it].

Yes,this box was quite dented, but after some ironing it is back in a decent condition.

Symphony No.39 is my favorite on this dic.

[Irons]

Third rerun.

John Foulds.
Orchestral Works.
London PO, Barry Wordsworth.

Fine music and performances, though I still struggle with the Three Mantras opus 61b. I miss the logic in it, orchestrally it comes across as a chaotic avalanche of notes. Not that I say its bad music, far from it, but I struggle, that's all.

I purchased this CD after positive comments but unlike you only listened once. Underwhelmed if I'm honest.

[Irons]

Sibelius: Violin Concerto [Haendel/Ancerl]





In Memorium Ida Haendel.

Oh really! RIP.

[aligreto]

Oh really! RIP.

Yes, unfortunately. Jeffrey brought us the news yesterday


https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,30001.msg1303866.html#msg1303866

[aligreto]

Bax: String Quartet No. 1 [Maggini Quartet]





I really like the lilting tone, joyous mood and the musical language of the first movement with its wonderful harmonies and dissonances. The music of the slow movement is wonderfully lyrical, subdued in tone and contemplative but not disconcerting or forlorn. Once again the harmonic structure is wonderful. The opening and closing sections of the final movement is a right romp, for contrast. It is a very interesting movement in many ways.

[Florestan]

[Maestro267]

Schnittke: Cello Concerto No. 2
Ivashkin (cello)/Russian State SO/Polyansky

[Que]

Doing a full run of this set:

[asin]B0000266YE[/asin]
Q

[Mirror Image]

Cinderella, Op. 87

From this outstanding set:

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 1 [Anda/Fricsay]

[Polite pounding of the table.]

+1

[Mahlerian]

Stravinsky: The Firebird
London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Haitink

[vandermolen]

Sibelius: Violin Concerto [Haendel/Ancerl]





In Memorium Ida Haendel.

A nice tribute to a great artist.

[Mirror Image]

Ben-Haim: Cello Concerto