What are you listening 2 now?

[Brian]

Continuing my Guarnieri exploration with the very fun Symphony No. 2, which in places (especially the finale) almost sounds North American in its jazzy, brassy modernism.

Hurwitz just posted a video discussion of "tough" symphonies (difficult to listen to or understand but worth the effort) and one of the composers he focused on was Saygun. I don't agree that they are tough nuts to crack. I've never had a problem enjoying his works. Don't find him difficult at all. Anyway, his talk inspired me to take some Saygun off the shelf and give him another listen.

Sarge

I used to always find Saygun tough to crack, which was frustrating to me as a half Turkish person  , but have seen so many posting about his symphonies here on GMG the last week or two, it is clearly time to try again.

Einojuhani Rautavaara.

Cello concerto No. 2.
Modificata.
Percussion concerto "Incantations"

Helsinki PO. John Storgårds.

Truls Mørk, Cello.
Colin Currie, Percussion.

A great album!

[foxandpeng]

No problem at all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSuP0bev-NM

Thank you. Will watch with interest.

[vandermolen]

Hendrik Andriessen: Symphony No.1 (1930) - a fine score.
Seemed appropriate play in view of the recent passing away of Hendrik's son Louis Andriessen. I have Christo to thank for introducing me to this interesting composer:

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Martinů
Sonata for Flute, Violin and Piano, H. 254
Fenwick Smith (flute), Haldan Martinson (violin), Sally Pinkas (piano)



Lovely! Martinů not only composed superb orchestral music, but his ballets, concerti, chamber music, choral works, operas and songs are top-tier and worth exploring for those who want to explore Czech music beyond the usual suspects. I will say that it's so awesome to see Martinů getting more and more attention outside of the Czech Republic. He deserves it and all the accolades one could hurl at him.

[Karl Henning]

After doing the first half this morning, now listening to the second half. This is a very solid performance.

I do like it!

[Sergeant Rock]

Recommended by Kyjo, Huré's Piano Quintet

https://www.youtube.com/v/sNHITB2JuC8


Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Maybe I'm listening to Count Basie too much. 

Trop du Comte Basie!? Mais ce n'est pas possible!

[Sergeant Rock]

I used to always find Saygun tough to crack, which was frustrating to me as a half Turkish person  , but have seen so many posting about his symphonies here on GMG the last week or two, it is clearly time to try again.

Does the music simply not grab you or do you actually find the language difficult? (The latter doesn't seem possible given that his music is no more difficult than say Bartok's orchestral music.)

Sarge

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

It's difficult to understand the prestige of/respect for the music difficult to understand. Is it difficult to understand?   
E=mc2. Maybe only me.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Trop du Comte Basie!? Mais ce n'est pas possible!

Sorry that I don't understand Korean, but I can listen to Basie all day every day.
Especially I like their music in the 1950s, often the music composed/arranged by Neal Hefti. 

[Brian]

Sorry that I don't understand Korean, but I can listen to Basie all day every day.
Especially I like their music in the 1950s, often the music composed/arranged by Neal Hefti. 

I just listened to "Birdland" last night!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

I just listened to "Birdland" last night!

Wonderful album. Live recordings of Basie are very good.
As for the Guarnieri albums, I was (non-seriously) thinking that conductors of big bands would direct the orchestra differently.

[Brian]

Does the music simply not grab you or do you actually find the language difficult? (The latter doesn't seem possible given that his music is no more difficult than say Bartok's orchestral music.)

Sarge

Not replying yet - got some research to do first! Starting with #1

[Sergeant Rock]

Shostakovich 24 Preludes and Fugues played by Nikolayeva




Sarge

[Mandryka]

This is very nicely done, they have sweet voices. But there's a feature of it which is disappointing - they sing Ockeghem in a way which makes him sound like Schumann. What I mean is, their way of projecting, the way they make the notes with their voices, is a bit like what Julia Varady and Dietrich Fischer Dieskau do in Schumann duets, except that the male singers in Blue Heron don't bark like FiDi.

There must be a more medieval way, one which doesn't impose modern values on the pre modern world. Cut Circle maybe.

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Hello beside back pain, spine pain, hernia umbilicus, one scrapped leg, walking whit a cane pain, the Moral is good that all that really count, and music of Renaissance for me 

SO I'm listening to prestigious good album , that is very very very good (neologism obligation for this one folks). Sigismondo India greatestest I heard and heard a lot , kind sweet GmG brother?

Viva La Venexiana , simply irresistible Primo Libro DE Madrigali, and God know if he exist I am the biggest admirer of this composer Sigismondo India = Carlo gesualdo +Monteverdi+ hint of musical heritage of Franco-Flemish greatest Giaches DE Wert, most definitely ask any rational Flemish or Gent specialistmusicologist in Gent mother land of Flanders, if I'm right it's
MEGA
GIGA
ZILLA

a GODZILLA OF TALENT OF A PERFECTION AND EXCECUTION, AN INSTANT WINNER AND i endorse this album has some MONOLITIC titanic proportion award , I give it in renaissance of later Italians renaissance, it's not just  a 5 on 5 decent , it's bello , grandissmo splendide, bene, bene Bene IL Sigiismondo never sound so alive since  (1600 year , this said when Sigismondo decide to craft Gem, from beyond, pardon my enthusiasm, but this album has a music nerd drive an instinct orgasm surreal beauty , I acknowledge , perhaps you or someone should.

Salute Deprofundis is a time span bobble He just listen and take note analyze cadence avant-garde in music, wonderfull GmG people's please take good care have a splendid day not just outhere in the sun, but feel the sun enter your heart , the Sun(son)of god?, atheist just imagine peerless perfection in execution., pretty sleeve, a most!

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Kaprálová
Vojenská symfonieta (Military Sinfonietta), Op. 11
University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth Kiesler



What a fantastic work! This particular performance is much better performed than the Prague SO performance I listened to last night. It has more life in it, but I'm still crossing my fingers that a conductor with the Czech Philharmonic records this work.

[Karl Henning]

Test-Drive Tuesday

Tubin
Symphony № 4 in A, « Sinfonia lirica »
Musikselskabet Harmonien Bergen
Järvi

[ritter]

A selection of solo piano music by Jean Roger-Ducasse, played by Dominique Merlet.



No large-scale works here, but rather shorter pieces, or collections thereof, typical of French music of the time (all works are from the first two decades of the 20th century). I'm really enjoying revisiting this music...

[bhodges]

From the live Concertgebouw Anthology series, 2000-2010:

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 - Mariss Janssons (conductor), recorded Dec. 25, 2006. Soloists: Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Marianne Cornetti (alto), Robert Dean Smith (tenor), Franz-Josef Selig (bass), Netherlands Radio Choir. Recorded on Christmas Day in 2006, and I can't imagine a better way to greet the day. The soloists make an outstanding quartet, beautifully in tune. But most impressive is the sound engineering, in which every strand of the chorus and orchestra is audible. Bravo, Radio Netherlands.

Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra - Pierre Boulez, recorded Jan. 21, 2011 - As pristine and gorgeous as you might expect.

Mozart: Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter" - Iván Fischer, recorded Nov. 6, 2009 - High energy, which the audience reaction at the end confirms.

--Bruce