What are you listening 2 now?

[Irons]

Dag Wirén: 4th String Quartet.

A leap forward in time from the 3rd. A surprisingly "knotty" work.

[The new erato]

Great sounding Beethoven.

[Irons]

Elgar
The Wand of Youth Suites Nos. 1 & 2, Op. 1
Hallé
Elder

The Boult recording of Wand of Youth Suites are very good. The LP cover for some reason I found evocative, a few years ago we visited Kensington Gardens to see the Peter Pan statue featured.

[Irons]

The Clarinet Concerto just resonates with me. This work has everything to enchant me. It's arguably the best clarinet concerto ever written I would say. That feeling of "malice" that conveys makes me smiling   

If I were a composer, my music would sound like Nielsen's. Quirkiness and energy would be my stamp. 




I was listening to Alfama Suite from this splendid disc. Oh, how lovely and tuneful! Delightful from start to finish. BTW, this CD has no dull works.

That Braga Santos CD is tempting. In fact I will order a copy - it is Christmas!

[Irons]

I think that DNP is a great work and has been well-served on disc. Yes, the combination of DNP and Sancta Civitas on a single CD is magical. I read a negative review of the Spano recording but I like it very much. Boult is great and I also like Thomson and VW's own recording has tremendous atmosphere, despite the sonics.

TD
Bliss: 'March of Honour' (in Memory of Churchill) - a fine, short and moving tribute to Churchill (it was performed just before Churchill's funeral - see below). It is rather Elgarian and echoes the final section of 'Morning Heroes' (Bliss's greatest work IMO). This was a fine release from the much-missed Unicorn label. I owned the LP as well:

Amazing photo of Churchill's funeral, Jeffrey.

[Harry]

Knudage Riisager.
Orchestral Works.

Fool's Paradise Suite 1 & 2 for Orchestra.
Six Dances from the Hans christian Andersen ballet " Twelve by the mail".
Concertino for Trumpet and String Orchestra.
Darduse, Dances from the Fairytale play by Johannes V. Jensen.

Hakan Hardenberger, Trumpet.
Vocal Group Ars Nova.
Helsingborg SO, Thomas Dausgaard.

Great music and superb sound.

[Traverso]

Scarlatti

CD 32


sonatas KK 520-539

[Traverso]

Some fine choices this morning  ,Jacobus Handl-Gallus is on my listening list today.

[Brass Hole]

[Brass Hole]

One of the 4 great B's of classical music: Berglund, Boult, Barbirolli and Blomstedt.

I don't share the same notion. Maybe in their respective nonoverlapping repertoirs? After years of selective elimination I have only 3 Boult and 1 Berglund left.

[Que]

Some fine choices this morning  ,Jacobus Handl-Gallus is on my listening list today.

Thanks! I see you are still going strong with Scott Ross' Scarlatti! 

Listening now:



Q

[Que]

Interesting! 

Lined it up for a listen on Spotify.

Q

[amw]

I like this version of 109 better than any of the later Serkin recordings I've heard, but have to say the tempi are slow.

[Harry]

Henk Badings.

Symphony No. 4 & 5.

Bochumer Symphoniker, David Porcelijn.

One of Holland's finest composers, not entirely forgotten. The Third movement of No. 5 is out of this world, one of the best things I ever heard. Great performance and sound.

[amw]

Moving on to a live 106 I've never heard before. Pretty good: some fluidity to the tempo (even though first and last movements are both well under tempo), a lot of intensity, and a quasi-symphonic piano sound complete with extra low notes Beethoven didn't have on his piano. People who like this sort of thing will find it the sort of thing they like.

[Traverso]

Jacobus Handl-Gallus

Moralia 1-28

[Brass Hole]

Excerpts:

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Despite my efforts I could not find a copy that was affordable. I hope they will re-release this. I will put some pressure on my contacts at Brilliant.

Hi Harry.

I might have found a copy for you; not certain what the shipping costs might be though.  I'll send you a PM.

PD

p.s.  I just double-checked; alas the one that I found was of excerpts (1 CD vs. 3 CDs listed on Discogs). 

[Harry]

Hi Harry.

I might have found a copy for you; not certain what the shipping costs might be though.  I'll send you a PM.

PD

p.s.  I just double-checked; alas the one that I found was of excerpts (1 CD vs. 3 CDs listed on Discogs). 

Still I thank you for the effort PD, that was awfully kind!

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Still I thank you for the effort PD, that was awfully kind!

You're welcome Harry.  Perhaps in the meantime you could enjoy the excerpts?  The CD was cheap, but no idea how expensive the shipping to you might be?

Best wishes,

PD