What are you listening 2 now?

[Todd]

Going all medieval.

[André]

From 1918 and 1932.

No 4 is a bleak work, seemingly drained of emotion (the heading of the central movement is Largo, freddo e senza espressione  ). As if to make up the corpse the following and last movement is an Allegro energico e marcato. It's also the least interesting movement. The first two are colossally intimidating in their bleakness. I'm not sure they could have been topped - or at least equalled - by anything else.

No 11 was composed in 1932 and was Myaskovsky's first symphony after an unusually long hiatus of 5 years. He churned out 6 symphonies in the period 1932-34. His lifelong friend Prokofiev had written to him as early as 1908 that « Unlike Richard Wagner, you have the characteristic of always being dissatisfied with yourself ». These bouts of silence followed by a rush of activity were recurrent in his career, suggesting he may have been manic depressive. Be that as it may, the 11th presents strongly profiled themes, a lot of rythmic action as if the composer's creative juices were flowing once more irrepressibly.

These first two movements of no 4 are certain to etch in the memory.

As usual, playing and conducting are extremely committed and the sound fully satisfying. Obviously Svetlanov and friends were on a mission.

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NP:

Stravinsky
Concerto for Two Solo Pianos
Gold & Fizdale



From this set:

[JBS]

Having played the relevant CD from the Warner Complete Ravel set, I have decided the 2 piano transcription of Bolero is better than the orchestral version, but the 2 piano transcription of Debussy's Nocturnes (also a Ravel transcription) is worse.

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Stravinsky
Variations 'Aldous Huxley in memoriam'
Abraham & Isaac
Introitus: T S Eliot in memoriam
Requiem Canticles
Stravinsky, Craft et. al.



From this set:

[Carlo Gesualdo]

That a fabulous question hey, hhow about  right now listening to Nicolas Gombert on Lyricord, yes capella cordina  une der direction of incredible director Aléjandro Planchart, love what it did wwhit Jacob Obrecht, there there tthat I aam listening and some Gregorian music before I sleep how about Chant Gregorien on Decca it won a prizze.

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Stravinsky
Zvezdolikiy
The dove descending breaks the air
Choral Variations on Vom Himmel Hoch (after J S Bach)
Babel
A Sermon, A Narrative, And A Prayer
Stravinsky et. al.



From this set:

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Varèse
Déserts
Boulez et. al.

[Mandryka]

Philip Glass x Igor Stravinsky = Louis Andriessen. Very entertaining stuff.

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This whole disc:



Spellbinding performances!

[Madiel]

Mozart, Mass no.1 (though possibly not really the 1st)

[Que]

Morning listening:



Franco-Flemish music published by the Antwerp based printer Christophe Plantin.
Quite a list of composers on the front cover, but half of this recording is filled with music by Andreas Pevernage - who is new to me and quite a find.

Q

[Madiel]

Mozart, Symphony no.8

[vandermolen]

Encouraged by discussion on the vinyl thread.
Nystroem's Sinfonia del Mare (Stockholm RSO/Westerberg):

[Que]

Back to this recording for a bit:



I'm pretty much sold on this.... 

Q

[steve ridgway]

I have this nice collection




https://docplayer.fr/33539656-50th-anniversary-edition-50e-anniversaire.html

That looks fun. I'm avoiding buying any more music now, there's plenty of free stuff I can explore.

Now playing Peter Schat - Signalement.

[Que]

A recent personal discovery is Baroque violinist Plamena Nikitassova  (via Spotify):



Q

[Madiel]

90 second samples of Haydn's symphonies 78 to 81...

[Biffo]

Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht - Ensemble intercontemporain conducted by Pierre Boulez - string sextet version

[Harry]

Benjamin Godard.

Symphonic Works.

Symphony No. 2, opus 57.
Trois Morceaux, opus 51.
Symphonie Gothique, opus 23.

Münchner Rundfunkorchester, David Reiland.

Very accessible music, and well performed and recorded.