What are you listening 2 now?

[vandermolen]

Maybe try "Harmonie der Welt" with Mravinsky (though as far as I remember Hindemith also recorded it, and you migh already have it). Currently it's not that many works by him that grab me either, but it goes up and down ...

EDIT: Yes, Hindemith recorded it too, I have it on an old Decca LP.

Ok thanks for the recommendation. I might have it somewhere 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Béla Bartók


Music for strings,percussion and celesta

That's a lovely set...enjoy!

PD

[André]

Disc one. 3 Pieces opus 6 (Bamberger, Metzmacher) violin concerto (Zimmermann, Gelmetti) and Lulu-Suite (Rattle Birmingham). A well-planned, meaty programme.

[ritter]

Disc one. 3 Pieces opus 6 (Bamberger, Metzmacher) violin concerto (Zimmermann, Gelmetti) and Lulu-Suite (Rattle Birmingham). A well-planned, meaty programme.

I bought that same twofer after seeing Frank Peter Zimmermann play the Berg Violin Concerto live here in Madrid. It was a great performance, and the recording is excellent as well IMHO.

[Traverso]

That's a lovely set...enjoy!

PD

Thank you,it sure is,a beautiful Pulcinella, and Metamorphosen to name Just a few.

[Traverso]

Ligeti

String Quartets 1 & 2

[prémont]

I would add Nobilissima Visione. Not the first name to come to mind for Hindemith but Klemperer is very good.

I have a Klemperer live recording of this work from Köln, which I haven't listened to so far.

[Todd]

Disc 4.

[Symphonic Addict]

Ireland: Piano Concerto
Walton: Viola Concerto



The Ireland is a very nice piece, but I thought the slow movement was uninspired. There are some quite subtle and beguiling impressionist traces here.

I regard Walton's Viola Concerto as a fine work. However, this work lacks warmth, a soul. It's rather cold in expressiveness.

[André]

I bought that same twofer after seeing Frank Peter Zimmermann play the Berg Violin Concerto live here in Madrid. It was a great performance, and the recording is excellent as well IMHO.

Indeed! The other works are very well chosen and performed, too.

[vers la flamme]

Heinrich Scheidemann: Magnificat VII Toni. Julia Brown, on a John Brombaugh organ at Central Lutheran Church in Eugene, OR

Just killer... I need to hear more of this early Baroque organ music; preferably on this instrument!

[Symphonic Addict]

Mercadante: Theme and Variations for flute and orchestra
Verdi: Canto di Virginia with variations for oboe and orchestra
Rossini: Introduction, Theme and Variations for clarinet and orchestra
Reicha: Theme and Variations for bassoon and orchestra




I created a program with concertante works for different wind instruments in form of variations, and it was a great idea I must say. To discover works like the Rossini and Mercadante gave me quite pleasant listens, above all the Rossini, what a piece!

[T. D.]

And, motivated by a Composer thread, discs 1-2 of

[Mandryka]

Just killer... I need to hear more of this early Baroque organ music; preferably on this instrument!

Scheidt is a good name to explore. There's a lot of it, high quality.

Just speaking personally, the thing which years and years ago tickled my ears so much that I decided to invest time exploring early baroque keyboard music was Delphin Strungk's toccata. This

https://www.youtube.com/v/aeXp_frkOnU

As far as the Eugene Oregon organ goes, I think Julia Brown manages it. Why don't you write to her and ask if there are any recordings which capture it specially well? She'll  be pleased to get an enquiry like that, I'm sure. She studied with Rübsam, so I think you may enjoy Rübsam's Naxos organ recordings e.g. The Leipzig Chorales (that's a hint.)

[Daverz]

Following the Hurwitzer's "ideal" Haydn Paris Symphonies list:

Symphony No. 82: Karajan



I prefer more forward winds.  The timpani cuts through nicely.

Symphony No. 83: Sanderling



To much reverberation swallowing detail.  I don't know anything about this transfer that's on some download sites.

Symphony No. 84: Fey.  I could not find Fey, so substituted Brüggen.  A delightful recording, with all the wind detail and rhythmic bite one might ask for.



Symphony No. 85: Vegh.  Also wonderful winds and a sweeter modern instrument sound.

[vandermolen]

Ireland: Piano Concerto
Walton: Viola Concerto



The Ireland is a very nice piece, but I thought the slow movement was uninspired. There are some quite subtle and beguiling impressionist traces here.

I regard Walton's Viola Concerto as a fine work. However, this work lacks warmth, a soul. It's rather cold in expressiveness.

Two very nice CDs Cesar. Actually I prefer Waton's Viola Concerto to the more famous Violin Concerto. Ashkenazy's recording of the 1st Symphony, in that set, is another great success IMO.

TD
Again:

Some parts of the Symphonic Variations remind me of Ravel's Concerto for the Left Hand.

[Que]

Morning listening:



Q

[Mandryka]

Morning listening:



Q

Oh good find, I know the CD from when it came out but I'd forgotten that Bor Zuljan was the lutenist.

[Que]

Oh good find, I know the CD from when it came out but I'd forgotten that Bor Zuljan was the lutenist.

Spotify pointed it out to me.

[Mandryka]

Spotify pointed it out to me.

Yes it's very good for that. (I'm not sure I rate that Josquin CD This is what I said last year about the CD, which is exactly what I felt just now when I started to play it

How you feel about it will, of course, depend on your reaction to Romain Bockler's voice.  I don't feel that he's a great enunciator of poetry. For me it's a good enough CD for creating a background mood, but doesn't repay close and critical listening,