What are you listening 2 now?

[Carlo Gesualdo]

A nice bit of Busnoys -- elaborately treated but effective I think.

https://www.youtube.com/v/kF_ApgAlI4Y&ab_channel=HuelgasEnsemble-Topic

This music would sound fun with the peps of Sollazzo Ensemble.

I have this awesome release, Paul Van Nevel is a true genius, I really like the opening song, it start strongly and the rest is very amazing, blast the Huelgas ensemble is my favorite ensemble or one of my favorite, I rank them high.

[vandermolen]

Amazingly Jeffrey that CD has been cherry picked from four LPs and the cover image, which is the best, from one. I will give the Edinburgh Overture a spin.

Yes, it's a very special CD - I love the cover image from the old Groves 'Colour Symphony' and 'Things to Come' LP. Yes Lol, do give 'Edinburgh' a spin; it's a very upbeat and memorable piece, which features in the Handley Icon boxed set as well.

[Roasted Swan]

Bliss 'Miracle in the Gorbals' Bournemouth SO, Berglund - best recording IMO. Also this CD features the best version of 'A Colour Symphony' (although Bliss's own recording is very special) and the only recording of the enjoyable Edinburgh Overture:

++1 for that disc too - simply wonderful from start to end.  I'm not saying this recording, but didn't the BBC use the closing pages "Red" one time as an Olympics (2012?) theme......

[Selig]

A powerful performance, and a well-directed video to go along with it

[Traverso]

Bach

CD 1

[Harry]

William Wordsworth.

Orchestral Works Volume I.

Divertimento in D.
Symphony No 4 & 8.
Variations on a Scottish Theme.
Liepaja SO, John Gibbons.

I have sung the praises of this disc and music many times, and do so again. Sample the music and you will know, it is for you or not, but chances are you will like it. 

[vandermolen]

++1 for that disc too - simply wonderful from start to end.  I'm not saying this recording, but didn't the BBC use the closing pages "Red" one time as an Olympics (2012?) theme......

Not sure about that but you could be right.

[Harry]

Josef Schelb.

Orchestral Music Volume I.
Movimento.
Music for Orchestra 3&4

Liepaja SO, Paul Mann.
Philharmonie Baden-Baden, Pavel Baleff.




Lets be honest, Josef Schelb...who? Before I saw the first volume released by Toccata I never heard of this composer, and I am listening already for about 45 years to classical music. Having a fairly wide interest in unknown composers I was surprised to find such a high level of compositions assembled on this CD. The Movimento is a work of great beauty freewheeling, luminous and transparent, well yes it is, without a doubt. Tonality is almost maintained, and harmony and balance are key pointers in this music, which brightly surfaces in the Music for orchestra 3 & 4. Here the energy and bucolic come into play, as well as the lyrical melancholy, words you find back on the backcover of this CD. I can only affirm this. The performance under two different conductors and orchestra are seamlessly fitting together. The recording quality is very good, so all in all its worth your money to invest in this composer.

[Brahmsian]

Somebody wrote me a PM today on GMG, he stated I was a collector of worthless composers. He had not seen a decent composer that was worth the trouble of listening to, but was eagerly promoted by me, a worthless and uncritical listener. Well, I am proud wearing the title of a collector of being a collector of worthless composers, and you know what, here's is another one, probably worthless but hey, I listen mainly to worthless composers, so....

I'm very sorry to hear this, Harry. That would personally make me want to either leave, or request that the offending member be removed from the forum.

I'm 100% positive that I cannot be the only person who is dying of curiosity to figure out which member this is?

[André]

Just ordered this, on your good word:

Prepare to be blown away 

[Mandryka]

https://www.youtube.com/v/c9RBfcMEuVk&ab_channel=Ecossaisen

Trudelies Leonhardt (yea sistren!) plays Beethoven (yuck) C minor Variations (horrah!)

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Johannes Brahms: 8 Piano Pieces, op.76. Richard Goode

First listen to this disc, which was a $2 thrift store find. Sounds good to me. I don't think I've ever heard Richard Goode's playing before.

I don't know this Brahms disc, but I've heard some of his recordings of Beethoven's piano sonatas which I've enjoyed.  They were from this set:



You've got me thinking now:  I don't recall ever hearing Brahms' works for solo piano before.  I do like his piano concertos though. 

PD

[Harry]

I'm very sorry to hear this, Harry. That would personally make me want to either leave, or request that the offending member be removed from the forum.

I'm 100% positive that I cannot be the only person who is dying of curiosity to figure out which member this is?

Well what's done is done, I do not seek revenge in this matter. I will ignore this, and did block him. To expose the perpetrator is not in my interest and extremely harmful to this member and also to GMG.
But I was severely shaken by it, this I admit. I am not the youngest anymore, and less flexible in harnessing such matters as in the olden days. I thought about leaving, but then again I am a member for so long, and music is my only obsession, so I will not be pushed out by this event.

[Que]

[Harry]

There is a lot of wind lately around you, hopefully you are not blown away

[Traverso]

More coals on the fire!
We live in a time where we constantly measure each other, the me too movement is a good example.
Someone has sent a personal email apparently out of some irritation, we can leave it at that.
I think the proportions are a bit lost.
It's like a witch hunt.
For the record, I'm not the PM person.
No one needs to be pilloried here to appease feelings of justice.
This matter must be handled privately.
Everyone is free to have a different opinion about this, but I think that the response is not proportional.

[Brahmsian]

You've got me thinking now:  I don't recall ever hearing Brahms' works for solo piano before.  I do like his piano concertos though. 

PD

Some of my favourite solo piano music is by Brahms. Run, don't walk.... to begin the exploration! 🙂

[Traverso]

Well what's done is done, I do not seek revenge in this matter. I will ignore this, and did block him. To expose the perpetrator is not in my interest and extremely harmful to this member and also to GMG.
But I was severely shaken by it, this I admit. I am not the youngest anymore, and less flexible in harnessing such matters as in the olden days. I thought about leaving, but then again I am a member for so long, and music is my only obsession, so I will not be pushed out by this event.

Very sensible Harry but did you not ment "golden days"  ? 

[Harry]

Very sensible Harry but did you not ment "golden days"  ? 

A bit old English, so yes I meant the olden days, Scrooge said something in the same vein.

[Mandryka]

In fact the similarity between golden days and olden days is something I've never thought of before --  and it's very nice. You could use it in a poem.