What are you listening 2 now?

[Fëanor]

Three dynamic orchestral works a bit of the path most trodden ...

Michael Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony for Orchestra ~ Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony

Jennifer Higdon:  City Scape ~ Robert Spano & Atlanta Symphony

Sophia Gubaidulina:  Fachwerk, for Bayan, Percussion & String Orchestra ~ Geir Draugsvoll (bayan); Anders Lauguin (perc); Oyvind Gimse & Trondheim Symphony

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Hello  folks, I am revisiting Beauty Farm solid Release,  one of my Favorite Jacob Obrecht double album and Bauldeweyn Masse's, Perhaps Ockeghem Masse and The Sound and Fury new release of Pierre de Larue.

I am drinking a stout  first class, Le seigneur Noir , strong black beer 11% alcohol, and Friday I'm receiving Friends over perhaps two one officially.

My Styr-Fried are stuff of legend, beleive me when I say this, I am thee styr-fried king of Rosemont Petite- patrie my neighborhood, I put a lots of work, in my coocking, I am a professional, all the right ingredients are there and it's served whit English Breakfast sausage's plus dessert plate fruits : blue raisin(whiteout seeds), orange quarter, dates, this is gonna be hudge I tell ya folks.



P.s goodnight and not just listen the music abandon yourself to it, listen deeply, feel it.

[stingo]

A few weeks ago:




Today:

How were they? I have been thinking about picking them up for a long time now.

[André]

[André]

How were they? I have been thinking about picking them up for a long time now.

I wrote comments in the Opera thread 

[stingo]

I wrote comments in the Opera thread 

Oooh undiscovered country! Thanks!

[springrite]

I always enjoy this piece by a composer better known for other sorts of things;  a haunting bassoon concerto ...

John Williams:  Five Sacred Trees ~ Judith Leclair (bassoon);  John Williams & London Symphony

The bassoon concerto and the tuba concerto are both masterpieces from this composer of much more substance than just pop music scores.

[Mirror Image]

Now playing this entire recording:



It's been awhile since I've revisited this recording, but it is excellent. It makes me wish that Stenz would record more Strauss, because he nailed both of these works. Alban Gerhardt's cello playing in Don Quixote also makes this a rather enticing listen.

[listener]

César FRANCK:  The Three Chorales, Pièce Héroïque and Fantasie Idylle
François-Henry Houbart,    Cavaillé-Coll organ at La Madeleine, Paris
Excellent!
MOZART: Piano Concertos  no.20 in d, K.466
And no.21 in c K.467  ("the one he wrote for that Ingmar Bergman film" said the member who is seen in the dress circle of benefit concerts but is not a regular)
Malcolm Binns, fortepiano     English Baroque Soloists      John Eliot Gardiner, cond..

[Mirror Image]

Now, heading into Steve Ridgway territory

Xenakis
Ata
SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden & Freiburg
Gielen



Excellente!

[Symphonic Addict]

NP:

B. Tchaikovsky
Chamber Symphony
St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra
Edward Serov

I remember being impressed by this singular work. The use of the harpsichord is particularly interesting.

[Symphonic Addict]

Previously posted in the wrong thread  ...



There are a few recordings of Miserere, an unaccompanied choral work of some 35 minutes where two very short lines of latin text are sung over and over again, as the 8-part ensemble picks them up with slightly different harmonies as it progresses, crescendoing toward the conclusion. A kind of religious Boléro.

There must be something in it that appeals to choral societies. Musically it is quite effective. Gorecki wrote it in response to a political event from the early 80s, whereas police forces brutally quashed a peaceful demonstration. Of course the regime banned it and it was heard only when the regime's iron grip relented somewhat. The other works on the disc are shorter and the whole program is effective.

A religious Boléro? Intriguing!

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Delius
In a Summer Garden
Hallé Orchestra
Barbirolli



This 2-CD set of Delius orchestral works is still one of the best introductions to this composer's wholly individualistic sound-world. I still have yet to hear a better performance of In a Summer Garden. Mackerras got pretty close, but Barbirolli is a bit more leisurely with the tempi, which gives the music more time to breathe. One of the things that always bothered me about the acclaimed Beecham recordings is his tendency to gloss over some important textural details that should be indulged in a bit further. Anyway, if any of you are curious about Delius and don't know where to begin, then look now further than the Barbirolli set.

[JBS]

And then on to CD 1 of this, which was part of the same order.

Tonight's main course is CD 2.

[Symphonic Addict]

I love that almost neo-Baroque slow movement of the Saint-Saëns 1st cello sonata with its walking bass line. It provides appropriate respite from the stormy outer movements.

Yeah, I guess I just have to be prepared to give my full attention to Reger's chamber music whenever I listen. I'll queue up the Sextet to listen later today. I seem to recall you think quite highly of some of his SQs as well?

Yes, I also enjoy them. The first two SQs possess a more approachable idiom, whilst Nos. 3-5 are Reger in full display. As a whole they represent an important part in the development of the composer's technique IMO. No. 3 is particularly impressive, lasting more than 50 minutes long. The music is rigurously and meticulously written.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Delius
A Village Romeo & Juliet
Benjamin Luxon (Manz), Noel Mangin (Marti), Colin Manley (Sali - as a child), Wendy Eathorne (Vrenchen - as a child), Elizabeth Harwood (Vrenchen), Robert Tear (Sali), John Shirley-Quirk (The Dark Fiddler)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
John Alldis Choir
Meredith Davies

[Que]

Morning listening:

[Mandryka]

Morning listening:

That was the only one in the series I enjoyed - so let me know if you find anything special in the other CDs

[Harry]

Early morning listening

Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia.

Organ Music.

Miguel del Barco Diaz, Organ.
Renaissance before 1578. (1 manual of 42 keys, C-a with a short octave.
Iglesia de Santa Maria de la Consolacion, Garrovillas de Alcontar, (Caceres, Spain)

Surpassed my expectation in the positive vein. Brilliant often finds performers and interesting organs, plus composers not often recorded. This is a gem, every organ buff needs this. Well recorded.

[vandermolen]

NP:

Delius
In a Summer Garden
Hallé Orchestra
Barbirolli



This 2-CD set of Delius orchestral works is still one of the best introductions to this composer's wholly individualistic sound-world. I still have yet to hear a better performance of In a Summer Garden. Mackerras got pretty close, but Barbirolli is a bit more leisurely with the tempi, which gives the music more time to breathe. One of the things that always bothered me about the acclaimed Beecham recordings is his tendency to gloss over some important textural details that should be indulged in a bit further. Anyway, if any of you are curious about Delius and don't know where to begin, then look now further than the Barbirolli set.

'In a Summer Garden' is one of my very favourite works by Delius. Recently I've been listening to the Violin and Piano Concerto.

Now Playing:
Sibelius 'Luonnotar':