What are you listening 2 now?

[Mirror Image]

Piano Trio from this recording:

[Que]

Morning listening of a new arrival, 2nd disc:

 

A lovely set, to which I often turn.

I agree, and I can imagine! 
I also enjoyed  (via Spotify) the Codex Chantilly series by the ensemble Tetraktys (Olive Music): less mellow and a bit more edgy and quirky. Together both series would offer a sufficient dip into the Codex to satify most.

Q

[Que]

Now (1st run):



http://www.musica-dei-donum.org/cd_reviews/BrilliantClassics_94781.html

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2014/May14/Cabanilles_vocal_94781.htm

https://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=1152988

Q

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Symphony No. 4

This work grows on me more and more. Each movement ends with a feeling of uncertainty, doubt. A relatively fast performance, and it worked quite well.

That's a great set. He conducted one of the best versions of Tapiola as well but I don't think that it's included in that box. I have a beautifully produced remastered release which does include it:

[vandermolen]

Egge's 2nd piano concerto ('Symphonic Variations and Fugue on a Norwegian Folktune') seems to be one of his most popular pieces (there are 4 recordings listed on Amazon). This is my first acquaintance with it. The actual folk tune is presented first on the disc in a piano arrangement by Grieg. A nice idea as it provides the melodic anchor to the Egge concerto that immediately follows. Various piano pieces by Norwegian composers (Egge, Bergh, Hurum and Tveitt) fill up the disc. A nice concept and a good, satisfying program.

Do you know the First Symphony André? It is one of my favourites. I'm encouraged to listen to that ASV Bloch CD again following your posting about it.
His String Quartet on this CD is one of the few of my musical choices that my wife enjoys as well:

[Mandryka]

https://www.youtube.com/v/KWwLSsfdmNk&ab_channel=Berwaldhallen

Malin Broman, Concert Master of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra performs all eight parts of Mendelssohn String Octet, op 20, 4th movement- Presto

Someone commented that it's like Buster Keaton



But it reminded me of Toad's banquet in Wind in the Willows

[prémont]

Malin Broman, Concert Master of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra performs all eight parts of Mendelssohn String Octet, op 20, 4th movement- Presto

A good solution in these corona times.

[Biffo]

Schubert: String Quartet No 14 in D minor 'Death and the Maiden' , D 810 - Quartetto Italiano - impassioned account but the Alban Berg Quartet are still my favourite in this work

[Traverso]

Mozart

Violin Concertos 1-2 & 3

Thomas Zehetmair & Ruth Kilius

[Mandryka]

Very good singing, especially from Marc Lewon, and excellent songs too. The whole series is outstanding in fact, none more so than this. The Tacet sound is wonderful.

[pjme]

Cyrillus Kreek.

[Que]

A gloomy, rainy day in times of pestilence Covid...

Time for some Vivaldi! 



Q

[MusicTurner]

Symphony No. 4

This work grows on me more and more. Each movement ends with a feeling of uncertainty, doubt. A relatively fast performance, and it worked quite well.

The composer Per Nørgård was a customer in a classical  shop where I once worked, and while buying that set of complete Sibelius symphonies with Maazel, albeit on the Decca Jubilee LPs, he told me he had to, because his old, identical set had been worn out, due to it being played a lot at his home ....

[Biffo]

Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104 - Alisa Wellerstein cello with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jiri Belohlavek

[Traverso]

Boulez

[Pohjolas Daughter]

The composer Per Nørgård was a customer in a classical  shop where I once worked, and while buying that set of complete Sibelius symphonies with Maazel,  albeit on the Decca Jubilee LPs, he told me he had to, because his old, identical set had been worn out, due to it being played a lot at his home ....

Nice story MT! 

[André]

Do you know the First Symphony André? It is one of my favourites. I'm encouraged to listen to that ASV Bloch CD again following your posting about it.
His String Quartet on this CD is one of the few of my musical choices that my wife enjoys as well:

Hi Jeffrey! Yes I do know the symphony, a super fine work indeed. As a matter of fact, I think I'll listen to it today . Last time dates back over 4 years ago... BTW the sonata on that Naxos disc is very impressive, a strong, quite stark work that leaves quite an impression.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I don't listen to early music often these days, but am greatly enjoying a compilation that someone had posted on youtube.  Old San Antone had embedded the video into a posting on the Early Music thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lNaXMBturI

PD

[MusicTurner]

Nice story MT! 

Well, I might-might have mentioned it before - but still, it's sort of a bit interesting 

[Todd]