What are you listening 2 now?

[Que]

Devastatingly beautiful. Totally different from the performance by La Compagnia del Madrigale, but the musical duality of Gesualdo comes clearly at the surface, and the struggle in this his last work is painted in vivid colours. The choir balance is amazing, the singing exemplary and the recording is state of the art. To be honest I could not live without this interpretation.

Thx! 

[Harry]

British Tone Poems.
Volume I.

BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rumon Gamba.

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British Tone Poems.
Volume I.

BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rumon Gamba.

A great CD and I like Volume 2 just as much.

[Papy Oli]

More Hans Gal :

3 Intermezzos, Op. 103
Sonata for 2 Violins and Piano, Op. 96
3 Sketches, Op. 7
Huyton Suite, Op. 92

[Harry]

A great CD and I like Volume 2 just as much.

Me too

[Todd]

[steve ridgway]

Stockhausen - Kontakte.

[Biffo]

I love Svendsen's symphonies - wonderfully well-crafted, tuneful, and uplifting works. Unfortunately, due to the current obsession with "heavyweight" symphonic repertoire (Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Bruckner, Mahler, Shostakovich), they never get performed.

Good description - just listened to Symphony No 2 in B flat major from Dausgaard/DNRSO

[Harry]

Leopold van der Pals.

Orchestral Works.
Helsingborg SO, Johannes Goritzki.

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Rubbra: Piano Concerto:

[Papy Oli]

Hans Gal : Chamber music for Clarinet.

Finishing the Clarinet quintet. Lovely. Absolutely lovely. 

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Rubbra: Piano Concerto:

How's the Rubbra Piano Concerto, Jeffrey?

Thread duty -

Korngold: Piano Quintet in E major, Op. 15



So gorgeous.

[Judith]

Just been listening to Trout Quintet. Studying fourth movement on course so thought I'd listen to rest of it.  Have only one recording by "Caspar de Salo" so need recommendations. Thank you🎼🎼

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Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82

[MusicTurner]

Just been listening to Trout Quintet. Studying fourth movement on course so thought I'd listen to rest of it.  Have only one recording by "Caspar de Salo" so need recommendations. Thank you🎼🎼

There are of course a lot of good recordings, so perhaps sample a bit on you-tube.

I haven't heard the one you mention, maybe it's fine.

Among the modern recordings, Richter/Borodin/EMI is good, but a bit 'serious'; I like for example also the fresh Kantorow/Rouvier, which is also dirt-cheap on amazon.co.uk, in case you need the CD,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S173MCPYmnQ
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Schubert-Trout-Quintet/dp/B00KB49RJU

For some later, historical-performance addition with a lot of different accents and phrases, maybe Yudina/Beethoven4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSxgio-LcWI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNunZahrIiQ

[kyjo]

What do you think about Berkeley's other music?

I think his output can be rather hit-or-miss - some of his later works, in particular, suffer from being too emotionally detached. That said, I really enjoy some of his works such as the Concerto for 2 Pianos (my favorite work of his), Symphony no. 1, Divertimento in B-flat, Flute Concerto, Piano Concerto, and the Guitar Concerto already mentioned. And don't miss his brief but eloquently touching Andantino for cello and piano:

https://youtu.be/AJ2PVZnWLDE

[kyjo]

Yes, it's a fine piece, and I need to get familiar with her chamber works.

I'm realizing that female composers have written pretty good piano concertos.

Don't miss Beach's Piano Quintet! The slow movement is ineffably lovely.

And yeah, I've had exactly the same observation about female composers writing particularly fine works for piano and orchestra. There's the concerti by Auster, Beach, Bosmans (a concertino actually), Garūta, Gipps, Jaëll, Kuzmenko, Levina, C. Schumann, and Tailleferre (plus a Ballade), plus the Fantaisie variée by N. Boulanger and Konzertstück by Chaminade. Also, I see that Bacewicz has a PC that's just recently been recorded.

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I think his output can be rather hit-or-miss - some of his later works, in particular, suffer from being too emotionally detached. That said, I really enjoy some of his works such as the Concerto for 2 Pianos (my favorite work of his), Symphony no. 1, Divertimento in B-flat, Flute Concerto, Piano Concerto, and the Guitar Concerto already mentioned. And don't miss his brief but eloquently touching Andantino for cello and piano:

https://youtu.be/AJ2PVZnWLDE

Cool, thanks for the recommendations, Kyle. I'll have to check these out at some juncture. In the meantime, I should revisit that Berkeley Guitar Concerto.

[kyjo]

Schubert: String Quartet No. 8 in B♭, D 112



I hadn't delved into Schubert's earlier quartets before now.  This is a wonderful discovery.  Written by a 17-year-old!

Good to hear about the quality of Schubert's earlier quartets. Admittedly, I haven't heard any of the pre-Rosamunde ones.

[Mahlerian]

Dufay: Missa L'homme Arme
The Hilliard Ensemble