What are you listening 2 now?

[vandermolen]

Vaughan Williams: Scenes adapted from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (1906) - BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus & soloists conducted by Martyn Brabbins. This is the fill-up to Brabbins' performance of Symphony No 5. RVW's first setting of PP and probably for completists only. Pleasant enough though the 'folk voice' of Emily Portman wasn't to my liking. I sense the word 'twee' will be putting in an appearance soon.

Oh dear! I think this is arriving here tomorrow. How was the performance of the 5th Symphony?

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Folks since I love you and resppect yourlove for baroque, I got quite a thing for yah: Girolamo Kaspperger on metronome 2019  release , quite solide , bold and daring nothing more to had

[JBS]

Landed yesterday, first listen now

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Johannes Okeghem Missa Prolationum Now People have been hard critic of this even if it's so good. Musica Ficta is quite solid ensemble I don't know there is perhaaps better but this is fairly good to real good?

Thanks Naxos!

[JBS]

Just started this. The Salieri is an 18 minute long treat, with so many instrument solos it might qualify as a concerto for orchestra. But it might be too grand for its theme.

[Daverz]

Just started this. The Salieri is an 18 minute long treat, with so many instrument solos it might qualify as a concerto for orchestra. But it might be too grand for its theme.

The Folia is a very grand theme.

Now playing: 

Serebrier: Symphonic B A C H Variations



An exciting and fun work.

[Que]

Q

[Irons]

These things shall be:

The work, performance and recording all click, so impressive. As promised, and forgive me for slipping on my trusty anorak, I delved into the details of the recording. Presumably the same for CD, Lyrita never divulged information, I guess as they subcontracted to Decca.

Recorded 22-23 November 1967 (interestingly Moeran's Sinfonietta was recorded at the same sessions) at Kingsway Hall. Produced by David Harvey and engineered by the legendary Kenneth Wilkinson.

Eric Parkin had to feature on my listening last night after reading of his passing on the forum. I chose this -

[Mandryka]

Folks since I love you and resppect yourlove for baroque, I got quite a thing for yah: Girolamo Kaspperger on metronome 2019  release , quite solide , bold and daring nothing more to had

Fred Jacobs, I remember when it was released.

[Mandryka]

Q

This is a great favourite of mine and I'd love to have it with better sound than Spotify but it's not possible, I wrote to Claire Antonini and she said she didn't even have a copy of the CD!

[Biffo]

Oh dear! I think this is arriving here tomorrow. How was the performance of the 5th Symphony?

I bought it as a lossless download and haven't listened to the symphony yet. I bought two other new releases from Hyperion so now have a bit of a backlog.

[Mandryka]

Turner Quartet play contrapuntal music by Mozart, very enjoyable - not music I'm at all familiar with. Played tenderly rather than severely.

[Daverz]

Scarlatti on organ:

https://www.youtube.com/v/1Nz_NxRrxsg

Very colorful.

[Que]

This is a great favourite of mine and I'd love to have it with better sound than Spotify but it's not possible, I wrote to Claire Antonioni and she said she didn't even have a copy of the CD!

It's a very good recording, and I also had a look around....nowhere to be found! 

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[Madiel]

Symphony no 8 and The Noonday Witch op 108. Harnoncourt, RCOA.
'American Suite' Op 98b with Zinman and the Rochester Phil.

Harnoncourt completely rethinks the dvorakian phraseology and in the process uncovers myriad colours, especially in the winds and brass. These tend to be submerged in more linear conceptions of the music. Here they stand in bold relief. The effect is pretty much like that of watching the Sistine Chapel ceiling pre and post cleansing. Huge difference. I dare say the effect would have been damped down if a lesser orchestra had been playing. The RCOA provide a masterclass in orchestral virtuosity.

This very inexpensive 5cd box contains the last three symphonies and the great op 107-110 tone poems with Harnoncourt and the RCOA, as well as other yummies played by other orchestras/conductors.

I've got that box. Basically a very good way of rapidly getting a Dvorak orchestral collection. Before buying I'd seen lots of positive reviews of the Harnoncourt discs and most of the other things in the box as well.

[vandermolen]

I bought it as a lossless download and haven't listened to the symphony yet. I bought two other new releases from Hyperion so now have a bit of a backlog.

OK thanks. The CD arrived today.

[Todd]

[JBS]

Are those works for unaccompanied cello or they jusr decide the other performers were not worthy of mention?

TD
I'll see your one cello and raise you one.

[Todd]

Are those works for unaccompanied cello or they jusr decide the other performers were not worthy of mention?

https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,31.msg1324769.html#msg1324769

[JBS]

https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,31.msg1324769.html#msg1324769

Thanks!