What are you listening 2 now?

[vandermolen]

Does not matter what you buy of him, there is always quality in abundance. I bought all this music as soon as it was available, and that goes for a bunch of other Dutch composers too.

Very true.
Now playing:
Prokofiev: Symphony No.6
A fine performance (Ansermet) of this tragic masterpiece:

[pjme]

A real find. Sinding is a very fine composer...lyricism... closer to that of verismo one-acters than that of Wagner's logorrheic confections...luxuriant music....sumptuously played and sung...the total silliness of the plot...the music is gorgeous. Recommended

Hmmm, my curiosity was strongly aroused. And I spent some very pleasant time on the internet searching for this Mysterious mountain. The libretto is based on a play by Dora Duncker (1855-1916), a German writer/journalist who was definitely stronger, smarter and much more independent than the women she depicts in Der heilige Berg ( actually mount Athos in Greece). She was raised in a cultured publishers family in Berlin, traveled extensively in Europe, married, had a daughter and divorced. In her extensive oeuvre she (according to Wiki) tried to give women prominent roles, so that society would notice them.
German only:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Duncker
Sinding's music is indeed sumptuous and one forgets the plot.

[Que]

[Traverso]

'Mr Beveridge's maggot'

https://www.youtube.com/v/Iortz4zSHeo

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Hindemith
Die junge Magd, Op. 23
Gabriele Schnaut
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Gerd Albrecht



Absolutely exquisite!

[The new erato]

Listening to Vyacheslav Nagovitsin: Violin Concerto and it's really excellent!

[Todd]

Disc 5 of the mono LvB cycle. 

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NP:

Hartmann
String Quartet No. 1, 'Carillon'
Zehetmair Quartett

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NP:

Hindemith
Clarinet Quintet, Op. 30, "Erstfassung"
Löffler, Buchberger-Quartett

[André]

There's quite a few collections of Distler's sacred music (a capella motets mostly - he didn't write cantatas or oratorios). He is still performed regularly in Germany and a professional ensemble from Berlin bears his name (founded by Klaus Fischer-Dieskau, DFD's brother).

Totentanz is his best known work and has been recorded a few times. This version features the optional recorder part at the beginning of each stanza. Distler did not so much follow in Schütz's footsteps, rather he bridged a 300 years gap. This is music of beauty, solace and confidence. Strange that the man himself was so tormented and riddled with self-doubt. A conscientious objector, he committed suicide when he received his mobilization order in 1942.

[Todd]

Disc 5.

[JBS]

Starting this with CD 1

Serenade Grotesque*
Menuet Antique*
La Parade**
Pavane pour une infante defunte*
Jeu d'eaux***
Sonatine****
Menuet in c sharp minor*
Miroirs****

* Bertrand Chamayou
** Alexandre Tharaud
***Samson Francois
****Anne Queffelec

[Daverz]

Never knew Massenet wrote so much enjoyable orchestral music.

[Symphonic Addict]

Never knew Massenet wrote so much enjoyable orchestral music.

Yes, a very welcome revelation. You could also enjoy the different orchestral suites he composed.

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Britten
Nocturne, Op. 60
Peter Pears
LSO
Britten

[JBS]

Decided to listen to yet another set I haven't listened to in a while

Number 1 Opus 1 no 1 in E Flat Major
Number 2 Opus 1 no 2 in G Major
Number 8 WoO 39 in B Flat Major in one movement

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Mahler's 4th yet again, but this time with Abbado's later Berliner live recording:

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I guess I'm the only one up...

One more work before bed:

Hindemith
Trauermusik
Geraldine Walther (viola)
San Francisco Symphony
Blomstedt

[Madiel]

Well, some of use were up but were rather busy at work (in fact as you posted I was having a fairly miserable time)...

However, earlier today I found this very enjoyable.

[pjme]

Never knew Massenet wrote so much enjoyable orchestral music.

I'm interested in this cd. This is only the second recording of Visions I know of. Massenet not only uses a (vocalising) soprano, but also (briefly, discreetly) an "Electrophone" in the closing pages of this work. Is that mentioned in the comments?