What are you listening 2 now?

[Que]

Morning listening:



Q

[Mookalafalas]

Late afternoon in Taiwan. A thunderstorm is just rolling in.  This interpretation is just right--stormy, passionate, unrestrained.

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Dvorak: Requiem [Ancerl]

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Cabaret songs by William Bolcom, Arnold Schönberg, Erik Satie.

A very sophisticated album of cabaret songs from three cultures (american, austro-german and french), sung in three languages and given a vocal profile worthy of the best opera houses. Not that the interpretations are operatic in any way,  but Brueggergosman's voice is of a beauty, range and size to shame many a well-known diva. Her obvious relish of the words and ability to enunciate properly and naturally is truly infectious. Bolcom accompanies her on the piano in his own works, while the other items are accompanied by the BBC Symphony under David Robertson. This disc is a stunner.

Intrigued by your comments, I decided to google her and checked out her website.  Thought that you and others might be interested in this.  Every Friday (up to August 7th), she's offering a free download of a selected track.  https://www.measha.com/measha-free-fridays

PD

It's a while since I listened to that inimitable Leningrad. I must rectify that.

Nice!  The Busoni pc is the only one that I don't know.  I do have that Lenny B set (a classic!), and, as you probably know, I do enjoy my Sibelius! 

Bax for piano and orchestra

Feeling like the weather is a bit hot there in Florida now JBS?     Just kidding.  I do enjoy Bax's tone poems.

PD

[Biffo]

+1 a very nice CD with Symphony 8 unless your playing a download.

The downloaded album also has No 8 and Ode to the Queen, Op 83 - treats yet to come.

Listening to Bliss: String Quartet No 2 in F minor - Griller Quartet

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Brahms: Symphony No. 3 [Alsop]

[Christo]

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Donizetti: Orchestral Music [Kovács]





Concertino in G major for cor anglais
Concertino in B flat major for clarinet
Sinfonia in D minor per la Morte di Capuzzi

[Biffo]

Rubbra: Symphony No 4 - Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Norman Del Mar - gripping performance, especially the 1st movement.

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Debussy: Prélude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune [Haitink]

[Traverso]

Debussy: Prélude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune [Haitink]

This is a real fine recording 

[Todd]

[Pohjolas Daughter]

As Steals the Morn.... Handel arias and scenes for tenor with Mark Padmore, The English Concert and Andrew Manze.  An enjoyable revisit with this album.  I did catch this time, however, as to why I was able to purchase it at cut-out prices.  Someone was not diligent in proof-reading the booklet.  For the last aria from Samson, they didn't include the Italian liner notes, repeated an earlier aria in the English translation and then forgot to put in the English and Italian liner notes plus the German and the French for the last aria.  So it goes, I'm just happy that I have the music! 

PD

[Traverso]

Rodrigo

[vers la flamme]

Brahms: Symphony No. 3 [Alsop]

I now have the other three discs of Alsop's Brahms cycle, and ordered this one—damn good Brahms!

Td;



Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.9 in D minor, WAB 109. Georg Tintner, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Currently the adagio. My mind is blown... this is amazing! I have long enjoyed Bruckner's 9th but somehow it has never clicked with me in such a way before, where now, it feels like all the pieces are falling into place perfectly. Great recording! But now I feel the need to listen to my other two recordings of the same work (I also have Barenboim/Berlin PO and Wand/NDR SO/Lübeck Cathedral) for comparative purposes... try and figure out what I was missing before.

This music is pure Bruckner, but two associations are coming to mind: the Adagio finale of Mahler's 9th, and to a lesser extent music from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.

[Traverso]

Mozart

CD 2

[Sergeant Rock]

David Diamond Symphony No. 3, Schwarz conducting the Seattle




Sarge

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De Lalande: Lecons De Ténebres [Desrochers] 





Out of season but good music is never out of season.

This is a most poised, refined and elegant performance from all concerned, particularly from the soprano Desrochers who ultimately carries the presentation with a sublime performance. The accompaniment is also very fine and sensitive and definitely contributes to the overall sense of occasion.

[aligreto]

This is a real fine recording 

Yes, very enjoyable altogether.

[aligreto]

I now have the other three discs of Alsop's Brahms cycle, and ordered this one—damn good Brahms!

Yes, good music making. I have not listened to any Brahms symphonic cycle in quite some time. I am now three quarters way through this one.