What are you listening 2 now?

[Harry]

Josef Holbrooke.
Symphonic Poems III.

The Birds of Rhiannon.
The Girl I left behind me.
Symphony No. 3, "Ships".

Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrucken Kaiserslautern, Howard Griffith.

It gets better with every hearing, I clearly hear the fine orchestration that eluded me the last time, also the coherence in The "Birds of Rhiannon". The music is getting to me on a much deeper level, which I did not expect at first. Griffith delivers a fine performance, and CPO give a fine recording.

[Harry]

Hi Fergus,
The only information I can find is on the back of the individual CD sleeves. For the Octet, it shows the Amati String Orchestra. No further performers info in the booklet at all.

True I looked it up too, only the ensemble is mentioned.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amati_Quartet

[aligreto]

Hi Fergus,
The only information I can find is on the back of the individual CD sleeves. For the Octet, it shows the Amati String Orchestra. No further performers info in the booklet at all.

True I looked it up too, only the ensemble is mentioned.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amati_Quartet

Thank you both. I did see the Amati String Orchestra mentioned but I did not want to make the assumption. I appreciate the responses.

[Florestan]

Continuing with Russian (Soviet?) songs:



A superb disc.

All her recordings are superb.

[Daverz]

Haydn: String Quartet Op. 64 No. 1



Very good, robust performance.

[aligreto]

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas [Backhaus]





Piano Sonata No. 26 "Les Adieux" Op. 81
Piano Sonata No. 27 Op. 90

[steve ridgway]

Takemitsu - Solo Piano Works from https://archive.org/details/toru-takemitsu-kumi-ogano-solo-piano-works. Just letting the whole thing tinkle slowly along.

[Harry]

Einojuhani Rautavaara.

Before the Icons.
A Tapestry of Life.

Helsinki PO, Leif Segerstam.

Before the Icons is for me the most important work Rautavaara wrote. As if my Icons at home are depicted in music that perfectly fits around it. It gets a fine performance and sound. In two months I get a new Icon from Russia, painted in a monastery in St. Petersburg of the Holy Apostel John, to which I look forward. It will be a blessing to my home. Every year one Icon is added to my chapel.

[Papy Oli]

Kuijken / BWV 179

...and we'll see how it's going.

[Que]

Following Harry's lead:



Even on Spotify the SOTA recording quality makes a significant difference! 

Q

[Daverz]

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6



Really enjoyed this recording.  With this and the Ormandy mono recording released in a fine transfer, it's a good month for Prokofiev's 6th symphony.

[aligreto]

Buckley:





Lullaby for Deirdre [solo guitar/Feeley] This is a very fine work which is very lyrical and full of emotion and atmosphere.

Airflow [solo flute/Dowdall] This is a very free flowing work which very much extolls the use of wind as a force in music. It is an intriguing concept which is very well executed here. The flute is an ideal medium through which to portray this concept. It is a short work [4'18"] but it is very effective and engaging.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Strauss
Hornkonzert Nr. 2 in Es-Dur
Norbert Hauptmann, horn
Berliners
Karajan



This is quite a good performance but not as deeply felt as the Tuckwell/Ashkenazy performance I listened to last night.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite
New York Philharmonic
Boulez

[Papy Oli]

BWV 38

[Mirror Image]

BWV 38

Taking a break from your French exploration, eh, Olivier?

[SonicMan46]

Hoffmeister, Franz Anton (1754-1812) - Flute & Clarinet Works - over the last few days I've been listening to Franz Hoffmeister, best known as a Viennese music publisher, but also a friend to the 'greats' of the time in the city (see quote + link); now considered a second tier composer, he was respected and popular in his time - the number of compositions which are MANY is hard to pin down, e.g. he wrote at least 50 Symphonies and 25+ Flute Concertos.  I now own about 16 discs of his music but have been concentrating on the winds, esp. the flute and clarinet (reviews of most attached).  Dave

Franz Anton Hoffmeister was born in Rottenburg. His reputation today rests mainly as a music publisher. By 1785 he had established one of Vienna's first music publishing businesses, second only to Artaria & Co. Hoffmeister published his own works as well as those of many important composers of the time, including Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Clementi, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf and Johann Baptist Wanhal. These famous composers were also among Hoffmeister's personal friends: Mozart dedicated his String Quartet in D to him and Beethoven addressed him in a letter as my "most beloved brother". ([urlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Anton_Hoffmeister]Source[/url])

     

     

[Papy Oli]

Taking a break from your French exploration, eh, Olivier?

A little bit John, I needed a change of scenery, just glancing down the Bach cantata rabbit hole at the moment !

I have some unfinished business on the French side that I'll attend to soon. I owe Monsieur Poulenc some listening time when I am first back

[Irons]

String Quartets 3 and 4

Wow, how visceral is the 3rd SQ! It's quite something. The 4th sounded less intense but even so it was interesting. These works have reminiscences of Shostakovich.

You are definitely turning the screw!

[Mirror Image]

A little bit John, I needed a change of scenery, just glancing down the Bach cantata rabbit hole at the moment !

I have some unfinished business on the French side that I'll attend to soon. I owe Monsieur Poulenc some listening time when I am first back