What are you listening 2 now?

[Florestan]

Friedrich Gulda - Concerto for cello and wind orchestra

If there is a cello concerto that stands out for being fun, for its inexhaustible freshness and originality, it has to be this. It would be a guaranteed hit in concert halls! The first and fith movements are especially exhilarating.

I agree 150%.

[vandermolen]

I found this work fascinating on so many levels. Delius based his Requiem on non-religious text from passages he collected from the bible, which must have been a massive task in itself. The work lives and breathes the natural world and mostly extremes of emotion are kept in check - this isn't Verdi. There is a mighty climax at the end for baritone, soprano and chorus followed by a peaceful orchestral coda.   

I'm very pleased that you thought highly of this neglected work Lol.

I caught the end of Moeran's lovely 'In the Mountain Country' on the radio this morning. So, I thought that I'd listen to this CD before work today. NP 'Overture for a Masque' (1944). Like Bax's 'Festival Overture' it is a deeper work that its title might imply:

[Madiel]

Too early to form an opinion on nos 11-13, but I listened to 8 and 9 three times and think that no 8 is one of his best.

That is a fairly common opinion.

It's also the last of the early-to-mid symphonies, as you know.  Number 9 is a far tougher nut to crack, but once you get there it also has massive rewards.  As for the last 3... well I've gone from loving 11 to not quite grasping it, from not grasping 12 to loving it, and 13 is finally getting there.

[vandermolen]

Concerto in due tempi, for piano and orchestra

I liked it because of the sonorities and some good effects from the piano, but I had the feeling that this music went to nowhere.




Cello Concerto

This was much better. Oddly enough I perceived certain "English pastoral melancholy" in some passages. A very good work by Myaskovsky.

Interesting point about the Miaskovsky Cesar. In a way his Cello Concerto reminds me of Elgar's.

[vandermolen]

That is a fairly common opinion.

It's also the last of the early-to-mid symphonies, as you know.  Number 9 is a far tougher nut to crack, but once you get there it also has massive rewards.  As for the last 3... well I've gone from loving 11 to not quite grasping it, from not grasping 12 to loving it, and 13 is finally getting there.

I like the inspiriting opening of the choral No.4 very much and my other favourites are 6,7,8 and 10.

[Harry]

Ignatz Waghalter.

Mandragola-Overture and Intermezzo.
New World suite-Reconstructed by Alexander Walker.
Masaryk's Peace March.

New Russia State SO, Alexander Walker.

Superb music and recording. I am a great fan of his music. A pleasure to return to this CD.

[Harry]

Havergal Brian.
Symphony No. 6-28-29-31.

New Russia State SO, Alexander Walker.

Quite a successful series that acted as a introduction to this composer for me. To this day I find these recordings to be very good indeed.

[Que]

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[Traverso]

Philips & Sweelinck

[Biffo]

William Walton: Piano Quartet in D minor - Peter Donohoe piano and members of the Maggini Quartet. Final instalment of the Maggini Quartets epic survey of British String Quartets (plus a few other works)

[Harry]

Elisabetta Brusa.

Symphony No. 1.
Merlin-Symphonic Poem.

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Daniele Rustioni.

[Traverso]

Dandrieu

Messe Solennelle de Saint Hubert

[Todd]

[André]

Rilling took the mental from Karl Richter as upholder of the German Bach tradition

I find them hugely different from one another.

[North Star]

And that must be nice!

G'day, Karl! It was indeed.


Thred-duty - continuing my Scelsi exploration

Scelsi
Trilogia
Ko-Tha. A Dance of Shiva
Frances-Marie Uitti (vc)
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[Harry]

Sperindio Bertoldo & Cesare Borgo.
Complete Organ Music.
Manuel Tomadin plays on a Vincenzo Colombi Organ, (1532-33)Ss Corpo di Cristo Church, Valvasone.

A marvelous acquisition.

[Traverso]

Richard Danielpour

Darkness in the Ancient Valley - symphony in five movements

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Diving into my box of latest acquisitions, I decided to start with a Poulenc CD which serendipitously, worked out quite well!  Listened to his Concerto Pour 2 Pianos et Orchestra and his Concerto Pour Piano (his Aubade to follow at some point in time).  They were fun, light and very enjoyable...good works to listen to after catching up on some of the political shenanigans and also virus updates earlier this morning.



PD

[Traverso]

Schubert

Symphony No.9


Staatskapelle Dreden

[North Star]

Scelsi
Maknongan (1976) for bass flute
String Quartet No. 2 (1961)
Riti: I Funerali di Achille. Marcia rituale per quattro percussionisti (1962)
Quattro Illustrazioni sulle Metamorfosi di Vishnu (1953) for piano
Riti: I Funerali di Carlo Magno (A.D. 814) (1976) for cello & percussion
Roberto Fabbriciani (bass flute), Fabrizio Ottaviucci (piano), Francesco Dillon (cello) & Fulvia Ricevuto (percussion)
Quartetto d'Archi di Torino