What are you listening 2 now?

[JBS]

Symphonies 3 and 4
[asin]B087CP8SD7[/asin]
Have given most of this set a few listens.

The First is done well; the Second is the best performance I remember in a while; the Third, Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth are done well, but nothing outstanding; the Fourth, Seventh, and Eighth [note: these three happen to be my favorites out of all the Holy Nine] are extremely well done and make the whole set worth having. The fast movements in general have a little more energy than usual.

[Madiel]

Má vlast from this outstanding collection of Smetana orchestral works:



To Vers la flamme, if you haven't heard this performance, then you should rectify this ASAP. You'll love it!

Which orchestra is that one? I was reading the other thread and there were so many Kubelik performances I was losing track...

[JBS]

Which orchestra is that one? I was reading the other thread and there were so many Kubelik performances I was losing track...

The DG recording seems to be with the Boston SO for Ma Vlast. The other tone poems on CD2 are with the Bavarian RSO. Levine's share is limited to the selections from the Bartered Bride (with the VPO).

This is the Amazon US listing
https://www.amazon.com/Smetana-Ma-Vlast-Orchestral-Works/dp/B000024577/

ETA
The "other tone poems" are on this CD coupled with Janacek's Sinfonietta. They actually interest me more than Ma Vlast, since the only recording of them I have is a rather blah one on Naxos.
https://www.amazon.com/Smetana-Richard-Wallensteins-Carnival-Sinfonietta/dp/B00000E55Y/

[JBS]

TD
Brahms
String Sextets
Amadeus Quartet and friends

[Symphonic Addict]

Symphony No. 4

[Mirror Image]

Which orchestra is that one? I was reading the other thread and there were so many Kubelik performances I was losing track...

The Boston SO.

Edit: I see JBS (Jeffrey) already beat me to it.

[Mandryka]

I'm not normally keen on two harpsichords, so I'm quite surprised to find myself enjoying this.

[Madiel]

The Boston SO.

Edit: I see JBS (Jeffrey) already beat me to it.

Thanks for replying nevertheless. That means it's the version I already have, on a single disc of just Ma Vlast.

[vandermolen]

Vaughan Williams: Job.

Rubbra: Sonata for Cello & Piano.



Job is morphing from being my least to most favourite RVW work. Disparate parts making a glorious whole.

Sitting on the fence with Rubbra's Cello Sonata. Not the music itself, but the form is odd. The finale, which is as long as the first two movements, is complex and requires repeated hearings I think.

And that's a very nice performance of 'Job' Lol and a great VW disc altogether.

Early morning listening: Frank Bridge 'The Sea'.
I remember how much I enjoyed this LP when it first came out, especially for The Sea and the magnificent 'Enter Spring' which, together with 'Oration', I think is Bridge's greatest orchestral work. 'The Sea' obviously had a great influence on Britten's 'Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes' as Bridge was the teacher of Britten. 'The lovely 'Moonlight' is my favourite movement from 'The Sea' although I greatly admire the work as a whole.

[vandermolen]

Magical, subtle, ethereal music. Narcisse et Echo would come being like the Russian response to Daphnis et Chloé (?). Those wordless choruses provide an evocative effect.

+1

[vandermolen]

Concerto gregoriano



Such a gorgeous work. Could this be Respighi's greatest concerto? It's a likely candidate for sure.

That is a wonderful work. When I first heard it on the radio I thought that it must be by Finzi!

[SimonNZ]

[vandermolen]

Don't get me wrong, there is only one way in my head, Alexander Mossolov a genious but, his string quartet start  and terrified me, very spooky stuff, very good stuff, I have the album Bernard van Dieren , & Mossolov which I find genius , were Bernard van Dieren is conforting music Mossolov is unsettling, and bleak, I love it but it's sure is spooky, what do you think hey?

Great string quartets the best I heard so far in modern era, cough my ears solid...while Mossolov seem a bit hellish in a bizare way when it start, perhaps it's me and I'm a chicken wuss, so I confess to thee lord my chickenwussness, and bow down in shame...

You might enjoy this CD dp. The Mossolov was my favourite work on it. Roslavets has also been a nice recent discovery for me:

[Que]

.[asin]B084C8QNH2[/asin]

A 2CD set with reissued recordings from the late '80s.
Amazing performances, everything in idiomatic style and done to perfection.
This reissue comes with a beautiful cover and at an attractive price, which unfortunately also means a "billfold" presentation with the discs squeezed in and a tiny booklet with brief liner notes and NO texts...

Q

[Mandryka]

A great pleasure to return to this. I have a feeling that this is a recording which repays repeated listening.

[Harry]

A great pleasure to return to this. I have a feeling that this is a recording which repays repeated listening.

I like the organ works, but the vocal contributions are not to my liking.

[aligreto]

JS Bach: Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1055 & BWV 1056 [[Pinnock]





I have always liked this set. The interpretations are clean, crisp and true and the pacing is very good. The playing is always of a high standard.

[Harry]

The Ear of the Huguenots
Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel.

[Thom]

Rubbra symphony no 4. Haven't heard this one for a long time but I remember it so well. It was one of my favourites of Rubbra's output which I like very much on the whole.

[Harry]

Dieterich Buxtehude, Complete Organ Works, 5- CD 2.
Nicolaus Bruhns, The Complete Organ Works.

Ton Koopman plays on the Bielefeldt organ (1736)  St. Wilhadi, Stade Germany.