What are you listening 2 now?

[ritter]

In anticipation of the second release in this series (which I just ordered), revisiting the little-known reductions (by Stravinsky himself) of the Dumbarton Oaks Concerto—piano four hands—and the Septet—two pianos—, from this CD, performed by the Bugallo-Williams piano duo:

[Todd]

Holy crap!  What a disc.  Forty-nine minutes of absolutely masterful music making.  The Scarbo sounds unique but not over the top, and Heidsieck makes a compelling case for Roussel. 

[DavidW]

Vandermolen inspired me to listen to Bax' 4th symphony.

[Symphonic Addict]

Very nice, Cesar. The other works on the program seem extremely interesting as well !

They are, André. The other works on the CD are the concertos by Ned Rorem, Walter Leigh and Michael Nyman. An interesting selection of compositions.

[Symphonic Addict]

I'm enjoying this much more than on my previous listen. I ought to find some more of his music. Definitely an interesting composer, in my book.

It's one of his most cogent symphonies, if not the best of the bunch. It requires several listens to reveal its secrets.

[Symphonic Addict]

Delius: Violin Concerto
I've never been much of a fan of Delius but the Violin and, in particular, the Piano Concerto are works that I greatly admire. I also like 'In a Summer Garden', 'North Country Sketches' and 'Brigg Fair'. I also find the end of the Requiem to be very moving:

Are not you keen on Florida Suite, Jeffrey? It's one of the most lovely works I know.

[Symphonic Addict]

One of the reasons I don't enjoy Elgar's Cello Concerto as much as I should is because I don't find all the movements satisfactory. In fact, my favorite movement is the 1st one, whilst I feel the others lack something.

[SimonNZ]

[JBS]

Tonight's agenda

Followed by CD2 of this doublet (Suites 4-6, BWV 815-817, and Suite in e minor, BWV 996)

[Mirror Image]

In anticipation of the second release in this series (which I just ordered), revisiting the little-known reductions (by Stravinsky himself) of the Dumbarton Oaks Concerto—piano four hands—and the Septet—two pianos—, from this CD, performed by the Bugallo-Williams piano duo:

Sweet! Looks like a fascinating disc, Rafael.

[Mirror Image]

Delius: Violin Concerto
I've never been much of a fan of Delius but the Violin and, in particular, the Piano Concerto are works that I greatly admire. I also like 'In a Summer Garden', 'North Country Sketches' and 'Brigg Fair'. I also find the end of the Requiem to be very moving:

That makes two of us! I have a love/hate relationship with the composer. Sometimes I'm intoxicated by his sound-world and other times I'm completely turned-off by it or simply bored out of my mind. I'd say Songs of Sunset is the one work from Delius I'd take to the desert island as I do believe he writes best for the voice than another other instrument. Those miniatures and tone poems from his are quite lovely, though --- In a Summer Garden, Summer Night on the River, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, The Song of the High Hills and The Walk to the Paradise Garden (an intermezzo from A Village Romeo & Juliet).

[Mirror Image]

Solo piano selections from this set (mostly with Tacchino on piano):



Charming, lyrical, heart-rendering beauty --- I love Poulenc's solo piano works.

[SonicMan46]

Tonight's agenda
 

Thanks for posting the Vol. 9 of this ongoing set of Dussek's Piano Works - I've got them up to Vol. 7, so looks like several more have been released - will have to put on my 'want list' - Dave

[Symphonic Addict]

Fauré and Brahms: Piano Quintet No. 1 and String Quintet No. 1 respectively

Some riveting music here. The Brahms set has been exceptionally good to my ears. All the works I've heard from it have delighted me a lot.

[SimonNZ]

[Karl Henning]

Tonight's agenda

Interesting typos on the cover: Où with an accent grave means "where," they want instead ou, "or."

Also, "in G" n'est pas français.

[Mirror Image]

NP: Ravel Shéhérazade (Crebassa/Say)



Lovely. This is an interesting arrangement done by the composer for voice, flute and piano. I find myself not missing the orchestra at all.

[Harry]

Johann Sebastian Back.
Complete Organ Works.
Volume X.
Olivier Vernet plays on a Christoph Treutmann organ 1737. Grauhof-Goslar,
3/4 de ton au dessus de la-440Hz. Kelner/Bach.

Thomas Schott (1630) Josef et Victor Ferdinand Bossart (1743-44). Klosterkirche de Muri.
A= 440 Hz, Temperament: Egal.

An ongoing success, one of the best Bach integrals one can get. Not all is perfect, but most of it is.

[Que]

Morning listening:



Monteverdi was a pioneer of the musical style we now call Baroque, but the Mass on this record is in classic Renaissance style and the music might have been written in the 1500s rather than the 1600s. In between the five parts of Monteverdi's Mass, four madrigals have been placed by composers of an earlier generation, who shifted borders at their time and sound chromatic, sometimes enharmonic, or are dramatically charged. They were written before Monteverdi's Mass, but in a more progressive style. Thus, the album gives a surprising insight into the styles of this period and provides an impressive new view onto Monteverdi's monumental "Messa in illo tempore".

Q

[Que]

Nice!