What are you listening 2 now?

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Nice MI! (Schnittke and the Beethoven)

Thanks, Dave. Both are excellent I must say.

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If you have access to it, and are in the mood, I'd be interested in what you think of The Composers Quartet interpretation of that quartet.

No, sadly I don't. I could only find a recording with the quartets 1 and 2 on streaming and YouTube.

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I have heard the 7th VC is the best. Do you agree?

I need to familiarize with these concertos once again, but I don't doubt it must be stunning.

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Beethoven
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Quatuor Ebène

Good to see you listening to these string quartets.

[Symphonic Addict]

From recent discussion... wow so great!



I'm talking about the concerto for orchestra.

Certainly! A superb work.

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Good to see you listening to these string quartets.

I love the late SQs. They are stunning works.

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I need to familiarize with these concertos once again, but I don't doubt it must be stunning.

The 7th VC in question is a pretty gnarly work as it comes from Bacewicz's later period where she pretty much dropped the Neoclassical and folk-influenced style that informed her earlier period works. It's a cool work and, actually, I should give it another listen.

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Modest Mussorgsky.

Pictures at an Exhibition.
Orchestrated by Henry Wood.

BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Francois Xavier Roth.

Jeffrey kindly sent me an BBC review magazine, with an interview with Ruth Gipps in it, and attached to that magazine was an CD, with the above composition that made me sit upright, for it is quite different as compared to the original, and amazingly creatively done. I enjoyed it immensely, and will listen soon again to amongst the rest to The Ballet of the unhatched Chicks
Thank you Jeffrey for this gesture, I appreciate it very much.

Listening to this same performance and I very much agree.
Has anyone ever released a commercial recording of Wood's arrangement?

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NP:

Walton
String Quartet in A minor
Gabrieli Quartet

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NP:

Gubaidulina
Pro et Contra
Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR
Johannes Kalitzke

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Penderecki
Sinfonietta No. 2
Daniel Ottensamer, clarinet
Sinfonietta Cracovia
Jurek Dybał

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Popov
Symphony No. 6, Op. 99, "Festive"
USSR RSO
Edvard Chivzhel

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First-Listen Tuesday and last work for the night:

Kancheli
Symphony No. 3
Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Jansug Kakhidze

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The 7th VC in question is a pretty gnarly work as it comes from Bacewicz's later period where she pretty much dropped the Neoclassical and folk-influenced style that informed her earlier period works. It's a cool work and, actually, I should give it another listen.

Sounds like something I want to hear. Her string quartets follow a similar evolution.

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Morning listening on Spotify:

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Bainton's And I saw a New Heaven is a staple of Anglican choirs, I've lost count how many times I've sung it.

Listened on YT (Harry Christophers, The Sixteen). Lovely.

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Listening to this same performance and I very much agree.
Has anyone ever released a commercial recording of Wood's arrangement?

Yes, here Jeffrey (on Lyrita CD):

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NP:

Popov
Symphony No. 6, Op. 99, "Festive"
USSR RSO
Edvard Chivzhel

A powerful and moving score IMO - in places it sounds more 'tragic' than festive to me. I also hear echoes of Boris Godunov as well.

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Listened on YT (Harry Christophers, The Sixteen). Lovely.

Shamefully I never heard it before - it's beautiful. I listened to the King's College, Cambridge version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyy7RWXAV9Q

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Morning listening on Spotify:

Very nice recording Que