What are you listening 2 now?

[Que]

From the first couple of tracks, this is consonant and light.

Sounds like typical Vellard. 

[Que]

Picking up were I left off:

[Madiel]

Dvorak, Symphony No.1



Reputedly one of the best versions of no.1, so I thought I'd use it for trying the piece again.

[Que]

On to the next volume:

[Traverso]

From the first couple of tracks, this is consonant and light.

Thank you for posting,a new recording and it sounds very well.

[Traverso]

Mozart


pianosonatas KV.279-KV280-KV.281-KV.282 & KV.283

[Harry]

Kurt Atterberg.

Orchestral Works, volume I.

Symphony No 6, opus 31 "Dollar Symphony".
A Värmland Rhapsody.
Suite No. 3, No. 1, (Arrangement by the composer for Violin, Viola and String orchestra of movements from incidental music 1918, to the mystery play Sœur Beatrice 1901 by Maurice Maeterlinck)
Symphony No. 4 "Sinfonia Piccola" .

Gothenburg SO, Neeme Järvi.
Sara Trobäck Hesselink, Violin.
Per Högberg, Viola.


I decided to try the Chandos releases of Atterberg's music starting with the first volume. I already have the excellent set with Ari Rasilainen on CPO and quite happy with it, and after listening to Järvi's take I will stick to the earlier set.
I think that all the pieces are soullessly played, and adding tempi that are too fast and cutting out the contemplative element in this music, makes this a no go for me, in fact it made my mind wander off to different shores. Technically all is well played, and the usual good sound from Chandos, be it a little boomy, and the dry acoustics of the Concert Hall in Gothenburg is not helping either.
An absolute highlight in this recording was Suite No. 3, with perfect solo contributions of the musicians above mentioned. Never heard is like this before and it made a great impression.
But this does not save the day so I will not continue this series.

[vandermolen]

Sauguet: Symphony No. 2 'Allégorique' (The Seasons)
What a wonderful work! I hadn't fully appreciated it before. It's long (87+ minutes spread over two CDs) but my attention was held throughout. Unlike the urgent and powerful 1st Symphony 'Expiatoire', this one is dreamily atmospheric but also hauntingly memorable with some delightful passages (choral sections are interspersed with orchestral ones). Although I've owned this double CD set for many years I have only just 'clicked' with this music - one of my discoveries of the year:

[Traverso]

Messiaen

[Spotted Horses]

Szymanowski, String Quartet No 1, Royal Quartet



I have not listened to Szymanowski before, although I have a smattering of discs of his music in my collection. I enjoyed this work, mixing some sensuality with contrapuntal rigor.

[vandermolen]

Janis Ivanovs: Symphony No.20 - arguably the greatest of his symphonies:

[Mirror Image]

Now playing from this new acquisition:

Weinberg
Violin Concerto, Op. 67
Gidon Kremer, violin
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Daniele Gatti

[VonStupp]

Edward Elgar
Severn Suite, op. 87 (orch. by Elgar)

LSO - Richard Hickox

I completely missed that Elgar's orchestrated Severn Suite was paired with Caractacus. I would be interested to hear the original brass band version.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Nicolas Medtner, Piano Concerto No.3.

[JBS]

[Mirror Image]

One more before work:

Sibelius
Nightride & Sunrise, Op. 55
Toronto SO
Saraste



This is an excellent performance from an outstanding Sibelius series on Finlandia. The symphonies from this series are not the same performances Saraste recorded with the Finnish RSO earlier on RCA. These performances hail from a live cycle he recorded in St. Petersburg, which, for me, are miles better than the earlier performances.

[Karl Henning]

I've been listening to this disc quite a bit these days. It's not much of a cover, the pianist is Peter Arne Rohde:

[Harry]

Eugen Suchon.

Metamorphoses, Variations on Original Themes in the form of a Suite for Orchestra,
Balladic Suite.
Symfonietta Rustica, from the series Pictures from Slovakia.

Estonian National SO, Neeme Järvi.


What a fine composer this is, and how unknown! A new discovery that pleased me greatly. Great performance and recording. Try sample a few pieces on this CD, you will be pleasantly surprised...or not?

[Harry]

I've been listening to this disc quite a bit these days. It's not much of a cover, the pianist is Peter Arne Rohde:

At least the woman is nice to look at

[kyjo]

Why did I have no idea that César Franck wrote 4 (or more?) piano trios...? They don't seem to get much love.

...and they're excellent! The first one, in particular, is a true masterpiece. A stunning work from a young composer!