What are you listening 2 now?

[Mandryka]

Op 50/4. Whatever you think of the performance, the MDG sound is amazingly good.

[Traverso]

My favorites are El Capitan and The U.S. Field Artillery March whose Trio became The Army Song 

Sarge

[Traverso]

Debussy

[Karl Henning]

Myaskovsky Madness!

Symphony № 5 in D, Op. 18
Svetlanov & al.

[VonStupp]

Aaron Copland & Roy Harris
Portraits of Freedom
James Earl Jones, narrator
Seattle Symphony & Chorale - Gerard Schwarz

[vandermolen]

Tovey Symphony in D




Sarge

I really like that work Sarge, although it gets a bad press.

[MusicTurner]

Even if it was not directed at me, I'll follow vers la flamme's suggestion and listen to Elliott Carter's Horn Concerto (Martin Owen, horn, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen, cond.) and Clarinet Quintet (Charles Neidich, clarinet, Juilliard String Quartet), from this set:



Some American music on the national day of the US. Happy July 4th to our friends across the Atlantic! 

Nice.

[Karl Henning]

CD 5

LvB
Duo № 1 in C WoO27 for cl & bn

Schumann
Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Märchenzählungen, Op. 132

Brahms
Clarinet Quintet in b minor, Op. 115

Reger
Clarinet Quintet in A
ii. Vivace

Just one mvt of the Reger is a hell of a tease

[Sergeant Rock]

I really like that work Sarge, although it gets a bad press.

I like it too although it doesn't sound English, more Germanic. Reger? Anyway it is individual enough to hold my attention. I particularly like the way each movement ends.

Sarge

[Symphonic Addict]

I don't have very positive memories of the Schubert - it's probably my least favorite symphony of his, but I'll have to revisit it. Oddly enough, when I first heard the Fibich a few years ago, I didn't think it was anything special, but upon revisiting it recently I enjoyed it greatly! Indeed, it's interesting how it doesn't have a proper slow movement. I listened to this superb recording:



I didn't realize how complicated it was to spell "Czech" in German!

Fibich wrote some pretty lovely music. To me each of his symphonies seems better than the previous one.

Seems that German language likes to get complicated more than others. 

[Symphonic Addict]

Saygun - Symphony no. 4



Holy s***!! Cesar was totally right about this piece. Absolutely stunning!! I'd encountered some works by Saygun before and they were quite good, but they weren't as powerful and exciting as this symphony. Saygun is one hell of a magnificent orchestrator, and he knows how to keep a musical argument sustained throughout an entire movement. The music is "modern" without being overly acerbic or harsh. Ari Rasilainen (of Atterberg fame) and the Rheinland-Pfalz orchestra give a magnificent performance. Highly recommended!

Good to know, Kyle. Your impressions concur with mine. A riveting composition for sure.

[Symphonic Addict]

I like it too although it doesn't sound English, more Germanic. Reger? Anyway it is individual enough to hold my attention. I particularly like the way each movement ends.

Sarge

That symphony sounds like a blend between Brahms and Bruckner to me. And I also like it.

[vandermolen]

I like it too although it doesn't sound English, more Germanic. Reger? Anyway it is individual enough to hold my attention. I particularly like the way each movement ends.

Sarge

There are some lovely moments. I will listen to it again soon.

Jeffrey

[Symphonic Addict]

Svendsen: Symphony No. 1 in D major

It's hard not to like this endearing symphony. Full of memorable material and optimism. The slow movement has a melody that reminded me of Atterberg's 2nd movement from his Symphony No. 2.




Raff: Cello Concerto No. 2 in G major

Raff is regarded like a good melodist, but in this work that feature is a little absent. The work is quite enjoyable and vigorous, nonetheless.

[VonStupp]

Alexander Borodin
Polovstian Dances from Prince Igor

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Overture Solennelle "1812", op. 49

Kirov Orchestra & Chorus - Valery Gergiev

I don't think I have ever heard the brass articulations in Polovtsian Dances played as they are done here (plus chorus). Look it up and give it a listen - it is something else.

This 1812 comes with cannons; the neighbors won't be happy at all. 

[vers la flamme]

Philip Glass: Company. Takuo Yuasa, Ulster Orchestra

I'm in the G's in my American composer's sampling for today... I'm not the biggest fan of Glass's music, but I do admire his work and enjoy some of it from time to time. Definitely need to hear more of it.

Edit: Now the Violin Concerto No.1, with Adele Anthony. A much better work, I think. Of the three movements I think the second is most successful.

[foxandpeng]

Prokofiev 6
Kitayenko

Enjoying this cycle very much, still. I actually have fairly poor hearing, so I appreciate how these recordings seem to put me right in the middle of the orchestra.

[vers la flamme]

Edward MacDowell: Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor, op.23. Stephen Prutsman, Arthur Fagen, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

First listen to this work, which is an early famous American piece, albeit in a predominately German style—I hear influence from Wagner and Liszt, among others. Very much a Romantic piano concerto, dominated by the soloist. The reason I bought this disc is because I was so impressed with Prutsman's work in Barber's Piano Concerto on Naxos, and he's recorded seemingly little else.

[Symphonic Addict]

Rubbra: Viola Concerto

Revisiting this work. I confirmed how attractive it is. I often think of Rubbra like a meditative composer, and this work has a little of it, mostly in the 3rd movement Collana musicale.




Ginastera: Violin Concerto

Arresting piece, albeit somewhat astringent as well.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Debussy

Prokofiev 6
Kitayenko

Enjoying this cycle very much, still. I actually have fairly poor hearing, so I appreciate how these recordings seem to put me right in the middle of the orchestra.

Nice album/set.