What are you listening 2 now?

[Karl Henning]

There are still many people who think that what they cannot comprehend must be bad. 

Alas, yes!

[Karl Henning]

Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.2 in B minor, op.14, "To October". Vasily Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra

I like this symphony and find it underrated among Shostakovich's works, at least the first two movements are interesting.

I like it, too. Notwithstanding a long period where I felt I was not permitted to.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Great stuff DBK! It's a most underrated symphony. The best recording, however, is Tjeknavorian with the LSO (RCA LP) which has sadly never been reissued on CD. The composer's own version is very good as is the historic Gauk version.

Yes, fascinating symphony. The RCA-TJ is my favorite performance. Glad somebody posted the recording on YT. I periodically check the Tower Records Japan, but the record has not been reissued. Also, I like Gauk's sy1, as well as the cello concerto. The both sound very atmospheric and I love them. I was under the impression that you like Gauk in general.
Have a nice weekend, Jeffrey! 

[bhodges]

There are still many people who think that what they cannot comprehend must be bad. 

A good life observation right here, and not only for recordings.

--Bruce

[Brian]

Sitting in a Vietnamese sandwich shop right now, waiting for my takeout order, and they're playing the "1812 Overture". Interesting choice!!

[vers la flamme]

Michael Haydn: Symphonies No.34 and 35. Johannes Goritzki, Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss

First listen to anything by this composer. The disc was a random find at Half Price Books for two dollars. So far so good. Nice classical period music, nothing crazy.

[bhodges]

Sitting in a Vietnamese sandwich shop right now, waiting for my takeout order, and they're playing the "1812 Overture". Interesting choice!!

I would pay good money to see a banh mi shot out of a cannon.

--Bruce

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Sitting in a Vietnamese sandwich shop right now, waiting for my takeout order, and they're playing the "1812 Overture". Interesting choice!!

They eat a lot of beef!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

I like to recommend a recording which might be interesting ,it is so far as I know only available as a LP .I found a fragment which gives you only an idea.The piece takes 23 minutes,very beautiful and lyrical.

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

Thanks a lot, the video sounds very good! I will look for recordings by him. I've been thinking about making a world/ethnic music thread. Fergus, and I to a lesser extent, posted some flamenco, Tango, Arab, and Asian music on the non-classical music thread, but most posts on the thread are Anglo/American popular music.

[SonicMan46]

Jacob Lindberg Lute Music - Spotify playlist of four albums, assume mostly using his original (of course rebuilt) c. 1590 Rauwolf lute shown below; from his Wiki article, the list of Lindberg's lutes is quoted, most apparent reproductions made by the English luthier, Michael Lowe.  Dave

- Original lute: made by Sixtus Rauwolf, Augsburg c. 1590, one of the few extant, "possibly the world's oldest lute in playing condition." Originally a 7-8 course instrument, modified in 1715 to incorporate an extended neck, with the work labelled "Leonhard Mausiel of Nüremberg 1715" inside the lute body. The restoration has been made for this instrument to accommodate 11-course d minor, or 10-course Renaissance tuning/stringing.
- 6-course lute: made by Michael Lowe, Oxford 1985, based on European lutes used c.1500-1550.
- 8-course lute: made by Michael Lowe, Oxford 1980, based on an Italian 1580 model, employing yew wood for the back ribs, each strip containing both sapwood and heartwood rendering a stunning natural striped effect.
- 10-course lute: made by Michael Lowe, Oxford 1977, with a yew wood back of 31 ribs.
- 13-course lute: made by Michael Lowe, Oxford 1981, based on models from c.1720 Germany, with a rosewood back, and a lower pegbox extended to an upper pegbox, supporting longer bass strings, lending a rich strength of sound to the lower tessitura. (Source)

[Artem]

Intérieur I. Interesting piece.

[vandermolen]

Yes, fascinating symphony. The RCA-TJ is my favorite performance. Glad somebody posted the recording on YT. I periodically check the Tower Records Japan, but the record has not been reissued. Also, I like Gauk's sy1, as well as the cello concerto. The both sound very atmospheric and I love them. I was under the impression that you like Gauk in general.
Have a nice weekend, Jeffrey! 

Yes, I do like Gauk - his recording of Miaskovsky's Symphony No.27 is the most moving of all and like Tjeknavorian's recording of Khachaturian's 1st Symphony and Edward Downes recording of Bax's 3rd Symphony has never been released on CD. I was hoping that one of the Brilliant boxed sets of Gauk's recordings would feature it - but they didn't (his great recording of NYM's 17th Symphony was included however). I hope to have a nice weekend, but much depends on how England perform in the Euros final tomorrow! The atmosphere in the country is bordering on the hysterical. You have a good weekend too Manabu. 

[Brian]

I would pay good money to see a banh mi shot out of a cannon.

--Bruce

Wish I knew which performance it was - very fast and grim and unsentimental. Now hopefully the sandwich does not match the description!

[vers la flamme]

Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major. Aldo Ciccolini, Jean Martinon, Orchestre de Paris

As always, one of my favorite works, but it sounds especially good on a rainy summer day like this. My favorite recording remains the Samson François with Cluytens and the Paris Conservatoire orchestra, but this one is probably every bit its equal. Ciccolini was a master.

Dare I suggest this box set is indispensable for any lover of French music. Continuing on with Tzigane with Itzhak Perlman as violin soloist...

[Symphonic Addict]

Tcherepnin: 'Narcisse et Echo'
A hauntingly atmospheric work, rather like Ravel's 'Daphnis and Chloé' (which it pre-dates):

A delectable work. Both the CPO and this recording are gorgeous.

[Symphonic Addict]

Sally Beamish: The King's Alchemist.

I can't think of many works by English contemporary composers I like but this I very much do, a gem. The subject of the work is a true historical figure, John Damian, who Beamish casts in the mould of Elgar's Falstaff and Richard Strauss' Don Quixote. Damian is a nutcase. My only criticism, at only 10.45 I wish the Trio was longer.

Sounds certainly enticing.

[Symphonic Addict]

Hilding Rosenberg
Symphony 3
Gothenburg SO

Shostakovich
SQ 12
BorodinQuartet

I connected to Rosenberg some years ago and was a bit stuck with YouTube until I found these. Nice start to Saturday along with some more Shostakovich SQ 12, which is now finding a place in my head. Zoo with adult offspring and their tribes, soon.

Rosenberg's symphonies 1-5 are fantastic. No. 3 has a visionary quality to it I find quite enthralling.

[Symphonic Addict]

Yesterday I revisited the Toch pf quintet, which is a beauty!

A work I yet need to listen to for the first time.

[Symphonic Addict]

Symphony No. 1 in B minor

Not properly too distinctive. There are slight traces of Tchaikovsky and Sibelius. It has gorgeous passages, especially in the dreamy (and a bit long) slow movement and in the epic 4th movement.

[vandermolen]

Rosenberg's symphonies 1-5 are fantastic. No. 3 has a visionary quality to it I find quite enthralling.

+1
2,3 and 6 are particular favourites.