What are you listening 2 now?

[Mandryka]

Tatrai get in touch with the serious and sad side of Haydn op 50. I can imagine that people who think his music is by a smiling avuncular papa will hate it, but I love it, obvs.

[Harry]

Marin Marais.
Deuxieme Livre de Pieces de Viole.
Pieces a une et Deux Violes, Premier Livre, (1686).
CD IV.

Suite in D minor. Continuo: Harp & Bass Viol.
Suite in A  major. Continuo: Harpsichord & Bass viol.

Francois Joubert Caillet, Bass Viol.
L'Acheron.

I can find no fault with performance or sound. These are the best performances of the Suites I ever heard.

[vandermolen]

Theodorakis: Symphony No.4 - appreciating this more and more:

[foxandpeng]

Currently enjoying this disc (very fine program) of music by David Matthews:

I agree that this is a very fine disc. I have been listening to Matthews' music for a while, but this is a well-curated disc of his work which combines well together. Although I've been listening mostly to the available symphonies, I really need to explore his SQs and on the back of 'A Vision of the Sea' and 'Toward Sunrise', his other works.

[Que]

Marin Marais.
Deuxieme Livre de Pieces de Viole.
Pieces a une et Deux Violes, Premier Livre, (1686).
CD IV.

Suite in D minor. Continuo: Harp & Bass Viol.
Suite in A  major. Continuo: Harpsichord & Bass viol.

Francois Joubert Caillet, Bass Viol.
L'Acheron.

I can find no fault with performance or sound. This is the best performances of these Suites I ever heard.

The superb recording quality is definitely a plus, but I also agree on the performance. 

[Que]

More from Spotify:



EDIT: I realise this is quite early music, but iI don't find it very interesting...

[aligreto]

Krommer: Clarinet Quartet Op. 69 [Klocker/Consortium Classicum]





This work and performance provides lively, free flowing movement in both the music and performance with lilting dance rhythms. It is all very upbeat and joyful.

[Biffo]

Oboe Concertos by Corelli and Pegolesi  played by Evelyn Rothwell with the Halle Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli - arrangements made by Barbirolli for Rothwell

[aligreto]

Oboe Concertos by Corelli and Pegolesi  played by Evelyn Rothwell with the Halle Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli - arrangements made by Barbirolli for Rothwell

I have Rothwell/Barbirolli doing Albinoni, Cimarosa and Marcello Oboe Concerti on an old LP which I enjoy.

[Biffo]

I have Rothwell/Barbirolli doing Albinoni, Cimarosa and Marcello Oboe Concerti on an old LP which I enjoy.

I never owned that LP but I had a friend who loved it and nearly played it to death. Just checked - those concerti (and others) are on the next disc in the Warner Barbirolli edition.

[Harry]

Sergei Bortkiewicz.

Piano Music, CD II.

Preludes, opus 66.
Minuit, opus 5.
Sept Preludes, opus 40.
Im 3/4 Takt, opus 48.
Six Preludes, opus 13.
Six Pensees Lyriques, opus 11.

Klaas Trapman, Piano.

After the second CD I am certain, Bortkiewicz piano music is very addictive, thus I must restrict myself not playing all 6 discs in one go. When the first notes flow into my ears, I am in, deep into the recesses of my appreciation level. What fine harmonies, melodies, moods in every fashion, and all expertly played by Klaas Trapman. Piano Classics made the sound State of the Art.

[vandermolen]

Holst: Two Psalms (1912)
This is a fabulous disc, which I play from beginning to end with much pleasure. It includes:
Finzi: Requiem da Camera (1923-25). First recording of a beautiful, heartfelt and entirely characteristic work.
Britten: Cantanta Misericordium (1963) and the Holst works:

[Madiel]

Martin Frost - Nordic Concertos
Vagn Holmboe Clarinet Concerto 3
Karin Rehnqvist 'On A Distant Shore' (A Poem for Clarinet and Orchestra)
BIS

I picked this up to hear the Holmboe Clarinet Concerto 3. As an amateur listener who likes Holmboe very much, this seems to me to be a performance I'll revisit. The unexpected bonus here for me, however, is Karin Rehnqvist's Poem for Clarinet and Orchestra, 'On A Distant Shore'.

I don't find this work easy, but having played it, I've found myself wanting to hear it again. Short movements, lots of quarter notes and sparse orchestration, with little initially identifiable melody of any sort. The scenes of Light, Dark, the Wild, and bird calls presented by the clarinet all have their own individual interest. I like it, even if I'm not sure why.

*edit*

I have to confess that I don't like this performance of the Holmboe nearly as much as the one on the Da Capo label. It's one of the few times where I think the BIS recordings of Holmboe come up short. But that's just me.

[aligreto]

Victoria: Sacred Works [Noone]





Ave Maria
Vidi Speciosam
Guade Maria Virgo

[aligreto]

I never owned that LP but I had a friend who loved it and nearly played it to death. Just checked - those concerti (and others) are on the next disc in the Warner Barbirolli edition.

I am sure that you will enjoy them.

[Karl Henning]

Holst: Two Psalms (1912)
This is a fabulous disc, which I play from beginning to end with much pleasure. It includes:
Finzi: Requiem da Camera (1923-25). First recording of a beautiful, heartfelt and entirely characteristic work.
Britten: Cantanta Misericordium (1963) and the Holst works:

A beauty, Jeffrey! Thanks again for bringing my attention thereto.

[Karl Henning]

I have to confess that I don't like this performance of the Holmboe nearly as much as the one on the Da Capo label. It's one of the few times where I think the BIS recordings of Holmboe come up short. But that's just me.

Interesting, and a pity. I should have thought Fröst would excel there ....

[PaulR]

Morning!

[Harry]

Josef Schelb.

Orchestral Music, volume II.
Three concertos.

Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra (1949)
For Viola and String Orchestra, (1956)
For Cor Anglais and String Orchestra (1970)

Tatjana Blome, Piano.
Sarina Zickgraf, Viola.
Dominik Wollenweber, Cor Anglais.
Kammersymphonie Berlin, Jürgen Bruns.


I was already thoroughly impressed by the first volume, but this disc seals the deal completely. Three concertos, three masterworks according to my view, impeccably played and recorded (State of the Art) and hugely satisfying in its musical concept.  They refer to him as a composer that works from  a tonally liberated, quasi-expressionist contrapuntal tradition of Hindemith and Hartmann, and some Bartok in the bargain. As to the last I am not sure, but the influence of the first two composers is clearly audible.
Not a single movement in all three concerto is less as the other, every one elicited a wow reaction, especially all three movement with piano, the first two movements with the Viola, and the Cor Anglais concerto made me bow in deep respect.  This is For me "The discovery" in 2021, getting a prominent place in my appreciation.

[Biffo]

Edgar Bainton: The Golden River Suite for Orchestra after Ruskin - BBC Philharmonic conducted by Paul Daniel