What are you listening 2 now?

[SonicMan46]

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Several of the works on this recording are not in concerto form, but are ouvertures (suites) with violin solos.

Hi Que - own the first two volumes - will listen to V.3 on Spotify!  Dave

[Traverso]

 Listening to the beautiful Sweelinck Madrigals with the Gesualdo Consort and to Adriaan Willaert with Singer Pur is a real pleasure, what I particularly like is the use of a soprano instead of a counter tenor. I don't hate counter tenors but a female  voice amidst male voices give more relief to the sound. It is less homogeneous, but the clear female voice makes it more sparkling. A wise choice.


Adriaan Willaert

Motets CD2

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Selections from this recording:



An outstanding introduction to this composer. I find Katyn Epitaph especially moving.

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NP:

Pärt
Symphony No. 3
Gothenburg SO
Järvi

[Harry]

First listen.

Alexander Brincken.
Orchestral Music, volume I.

Symphony No. 4 in G minor.
Capriccio for Piano and Chamber Orchestra.

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Rainer Held.
Alexander Brincken, Piano

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Nielsen
Aladdin Suite
San Francisco SO
Blomstedt



Such a fun piece! I need to give another listen to the complete work (Rozhdestvensky recording on Chandos).

[Harry]

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Several of the works on this recording are not in concerto form, but are ouvertures (suites) with violin solos.

I never ventured further as volume two like Dave, because at that time I found the performances utterly boring.

[Karl Henning]

Had to circle back to this because Copland wrote little (if any) music more beautiful than the second mvt of the Short Symphony.

CD 5

Copland
Appalachian Spring (Suite)
Short Symphony (Symphony № 2)
Quiet City
3 Latin American Sketches

[vandermolen]

First listen.

Alexander Brincken.
Orchestral Music, volume I.

Symphony No. 4 in G minor.
Capriccio for Piano and Chamber Orchestra.

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Rainer Held.
Alexander Brincken, Piano

Ah-ha! So, what's your verdict Harry?

[Harry]

Ah-ha! So, what's your verdict Harry?

I have to listen a few times more, to this highly complex Symphony and gather my thoughts in a comprehensive way. I have to make my way through the dense scoring, and that's not easy, so I will try to get a score from this work, to see what's there. I have no negative feeling about the music, just need some time. Now listening to the second work on this disc. A bright and clear cut work, easy to follow, that speaks to me right away. Will report later on the symphony Jeffrey.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Arthur Lourie piano works.

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NP:

Stravinsky
Concerto for Piano & Wind Instruments
Paul Crossley, piano
London Sinfonietta
Salonen

[Que]

I never ventured further as volume two like Dave, because at that time I found the performances utterly boring.

Sofar, I'm inclined to see your point on that.
Perhaps the conducting by Wallfish is a factor in this, since this is even an issue with the first two volumes which are with the L'Orfeo Barockorchester. Also I feel that the musical variety is less than in the mixed and wind concerts.

[Roasted Swan]

Selections from this recording:



An outstanding introduction to this composer. I find Katyn Epitaph especially moving.

In the UK there was a commentator on music - Antony Hopkins (NOT the actor - no "h" in Antony!) who did a weekly talk on the radio about a work of especial interest that was being payed on BBC Radio 3 in the following week.  One such talk was on Panufnik's "Sinfonia Sacra" which he illustrated using this recording;



Definitely a "music that has blown you away recently moment" and I've loved the piece and that performance ever since.  When the horns blaze out the opening fanfare over the knight's hymn at the end of the work it never fails to give me goosebumps and there's something rather raw in this Monte Carlo performance that feels very right........

The same performance appeared on CD here;



with the Katyn Epitaph a powerful coupling

[SonicMan46]

Sofar, I'm inclined to see your point on that.
Perhaps the conducting by Walfish is a factor in this, since this is even an issue with the first two volumes which are with the L'Orfeo Barockorchester. Also I feel that the musical variety is less than in the mixed and wind concerts.

Harry & Que - have not listened to those Violin Concerto volumes in a while - will do soon and likely 'cull out' if I feel the same.  Dave

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In the UK there was a commentator on music - Antony Hopkins (NOT the actor - no "h" in Antony!) who did a weekly talk on the radio about a work of especial interest that was being payed on BBC Radio 3 in the following week.  One such talk was on Panufnik's "Sinfonia Sacra" which he illustrated using this recording;



Definitely a "music that has blown you away recently moment" and I've loved the piece and that performance ever since.  When the horns blaze out the opening fanfare over the knight's hymn at the end of the work it never fails to give me goosebumps and there's something rather raw in this Monte Carlo performance that feels very right........

The same performance appeared on CD here;



with the Katyn Epitaph a powerful coupling

Sinfonia Sacra is a fantastic work. It's probably one of his better known pieces. I find the whole CPO series to be exemplary. I do own a few performances outside of this series. I'm trying to buy less physical media these days, but that recording does whet the appetite for sure. Panufnik has actually recorded this symphony twice: Unicorn (later remastered on EMI I believe) and Nonesuch. Thanks for mentioning that Unicorn recording. I do own it, but I haven't listened to it yet. I should rectify this!

[Harry]

Julius Rontgen.

Works for Violin and Piano.
Volume II, recorded in 2012.

Sonata in F major.
Schwedische Weisen und Tanze.
Nordisches Volkslied, Variationen.
Sonata opus 20 in F sharp minor.

Christoph Schickedanz, Violin.
Ernst Breidenbach, Piano.


The second volume, but CPO did not follow up this series as so often is the case with them. I was rather hoping that they would go through with all his chamber works, but alas, that will probably not happen any time soon, which is a great miss for us all and CPO. Recordings of his chamber works are not thick on the ground. Even Toccata started with chamber music but never got further as Volume I. It can not be the music for those are compositions on a high level, which this release signifies. The orchestral works are pretty much covered by CPO and for this I am extremely grateful, but....
This CD is filled with fine pieces. The Sonata in F major always gets at the roots of my enthusiasm, it is a deep and passionate work, and makes me revel in its glory and musical content, for it shows Rontgen at its best, as a matter of fact so are all the compositions on this CD. Any label that has an appetite to record more?

[Papy Oli]

JS Bach
Concerto for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord ("Triple Concerto") BWV 1044

Musica Antiqua Köln

[Iota]

C. Stamitz: Symphony in D Minor, Op. 15, No. 3

Kölner Akademie, Willens


A very characterful and likeable work indeed. The more I listen, the more it becomes. The sound of the band and the direction of Willens is excellent too, the music seems to sound just as nature intended.

[steve ridgway]

Berio - Concertino.