What are you listening 2 now?

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+1 John!  Some more Milhaud for the afternoon.  Dave

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Strauss
Josephslegende, Op. 63
Staatskapelle Dresden
Sinopoli




[Strauss at the UK premiere of Josephslegende]

Léon Bakst costume designs for Josephslegende:

[Karl Henning]

Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite № 1, Op. 46
Peer Gynt Suite № 2, Op. 55
Norwegian Dance, Op. 35 № 2
March of the Dwarfs, Op. 54 № 3

Sibelius
Valse triste, Op. 44 № 1
The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 № 3
Finlandia, Op. 26
NY Phil
Lenny

[kyjo]

Sonate de concert

Stupendous.

One of my favorite cello sonatas! A masterwork filled with memorable lyricism and virtuosic fire. Alkan was a phenomenal composer.

[kyjo]

To me this is the best CD in the series so far. All works are joyful, uplifting and tuneful. Not that the other 3 CD are bad, but this one impressed me the most.

One more disc to go.



Exquisite music.

Yeah, that disc containing the 4th Symphony is sheer delight from beginning to end. His piano miniatures are beautiful as well. Have you listened to his 3rd Symphony or VC yet?

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Well, for tonight enjoying ensemble vox Lucens they have sutch mignty release a Gombert , a Lheritier, among others goodie. Highly promessing folks!!

Goodnight fellas 

[Karl Henning]

Taneyev
Symphony № 4 in c minor, Op. 12
Russian State Symphony
Polyansky

[André]

Amother Halffter, Cristobal's uncle:



Composed to accompany Jacques Feyder's 1926 film with the spanish megastar Raquel Meller in the title role. Nothing to do with Bizet's opera. The music is much more advanced harmonically, albeit obviously not 'modern'.

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Schoenberg
Kammersinfonie Nr. 2, Op. 38
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Boulez

[VonStupp]

Bedřich Smetana
Richard III, op. 11
Wallenstein's Camp, op. 14
Hakon Jarl, op. 16
Prague Carnival, JB 1:126
Rafael Kubelik and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Overture, Polka, Furiant, & Skočná from The Bartered Bride
James Levine and the Vienna Philharmonic



Since the girls wanted to listen to Má vlast on Sunday, I thought I would finish off revisiting this 2-fer:

Kubelik's asset in Má vlast is how arresting he makes the final two movements, areas of the work where I often find my mind wandering with other recordings; not so with his 70's Boston recording.

Smetana's tone poems on the 2nd disc owe their allegiance to Liszt, and I hear a certain militaristic muscularity familiar from Liszt's symphonic poems. There are fewer recordings of these works, so Kubelik's reading easily holds his own. Levine's Bartered Bride excerpts are fun too!

[Symphonic Addict]

One of my favorite cello sonatas! A masterwork filled with memorable lyricism and virtuosic fire. Alkan was a phenomenal composer.

Very well put, Kyle. I couldn't agree more.

[Symphonic Addict]

First-Listen Tuesday

Strauss
Intermezzo
Lucia Popp, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau et. al.
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Sawallisch

This work lives up to its name since there are several Intermezzi (Zwischenspiel) throughout which are quite refined. I think it is a quite enchanting "light" opera.

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This work lives up to its name since there are several Intermezzi (Zwischenspiel) throughout which are quite refined. I think it is a quite enchanting "light" opera.

I haven't finished it yet, but I'd agree it really is an enjoyable listen so far. Yes, those symphonic interludes have been recorded several times and this was the only familiarity I had with this opera until recently.

[Symphonic Addict]

I saw this composer being mentioned on the Purchases Today thread, and oddly enough I was listening to his opera Lakmé. It's been so long since my last listen to any opera.

The first act doesn't contain the best music (except for the famous and beautiful Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais, D'où viens-tu? Que veux-tu? and Viens! là! là!). On the other hand, the act II was simply splendorous. A very fine opera overall. Time well spent.

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Copland
Prairie Journal
St. Louis SO
Slatkin



If I'm not careful, this could turn into an all-Copland night. Not that I would have any objections to this of course. It seems that even though I love the early and late Modernist periods of Copland's oeuvre, I always return to the Populist period with great affection.

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Schuman
Symphony No. 3
New York Philharmonic
Bernstein



For me, this is still one of the great American symphonies.

[JBS]

The Byrd 1588 landed today so tonight's session is devoted to it.

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Now playing this entire recording yet again:

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Schuman
Symphony No. 3
New York Philharmonic
Bernstein



For me, this is still one of the great American symphonies.

+1 and for Copland's 'Prairie Journal' John. Slatkin's RCA Copand series was excellent, including a fine Third Symphony. I had the good fortune to hear Slatkin conduct an excellent performance of it at the Proms in London many years ago.

TD
Alwyn's lovely Violin Concerto:

[steve ridgway]

More Cristóbal Halffter:



Antiphonismoi (1967, for 7 instruments), Oda para felicitar a un amigo (1969, for 6 players—the piece was part of A Garland for Dr. K., to which Boulez, Stockhausen, Berio and many more also contributed), and Concerto for Flute and String Sextet (1982). José Luis Temes leads the Grupo Ciírculo.

I hadn't heard of him but have just enjoyed listening to Noche Passiva Del Sentido on https://archive.org/details/agp29. I think it's from this album -



I'll be downloading this for my collection later along with the other works which appear to be from here -

[Que]

The Byrd 1588 landed today so tonight's session is devoted to it.

Love to hear your first impressions!