What are you listening 2 now?

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Froberger

Vol.2

CD 1

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Exploration came late for me. Placing Dutch music is difficult, since there are influences from so many sources, including ~impressionism, France, the Austro-German composers, minimalism, Stravinsky, etc. etc.

Personally I'm less interested in Belgian composers so far, except Franck, Lekeu, Ysaye and to a lesser extent a couple more.

This is a lovely CD.  Do you know it MT?



PD

[Que]

Sweelinck

Cantiones Sacrae

CD 1

Froberger

Vol.2

CD 1

Thumbs up to both! 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Regarding Dutch composers, I must admit that I, like most others here, don't own/know a lot of music by Dutch composers.

I did by this boxset some years ago (when I ran across it on sale), but it's more highlights from a Dutch festival, so there's only one CD (out of six) that features Dutch composers ("Music by 20th Century Dutch Composers").  The set is called "50 Years Holland Festival:  A Dutch Miracle on Globe.  https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7939922--fifty-years-holland-festival-1947-1997-a-dutch-miracle

Think that I'll check out that CD this afternoon. 

PD

[Madiel]

Realistically, the reason that Belgian composers are better known than Dutch ones is that Belgians tended to go to France.

TD: Dvorak Symphony no.2 again, only this time I'm in a better position to pay attention.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Busoni: Tanzwalzer, Op. 53. Albrecht/Berlin Radio SO.

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Beethoven

Chorfantasie

One of the clearest echoes of the past, for me, is without a doubt the composer Beethoven. Clearly outlined among his contemporaries.
The choral fantasy is often judged as a weak work, a view that I do not share.
I went looking for a nice performance and I found it on youtube.
The two eminence grise give a convincing interpretation of this work that has not lost its meaning.
It is not a sentimental piece, on the contrary it is a powerful example of what Beethoven's motive has been, he clearly wanted to elevate, something which I think he has clearly succeeded in.
If you look enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/v/cSfMH9Y5bi8

[Traverso]

Richard Strauss

Yesterday I specially enjoyed the Don Quixote with Zubin Mehta

Aus Italien
The Cleveland Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy

Also sprach Zarathustra
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta

[The new erato]

First listen to Britten's Prince of the Pagodas from the EMI Edition.

[Traverso]

First listen to Britten's Prince of the Pagodas from the EMI Edition.

I did listen to it a a few weeks ago from the same edition,enjoy.

[The new erato]

I did listen to it a a few weeks ago from the same edition,enjoy.

Rather colorful stuff. Thanks! 

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NP:

Bernstein
On the Waterfront Suite
New York Philharmonic
Bernstein

From this set -

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Enesco

Symphony No.3

Choeur de chambre Les Éléments
Orchestre national de Lyon
Lawrence Foster

Violin Sonata No.3

Valery Sokolov violin
Svetlana Kosenko piano

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NP:

Schnittke
In Memoriam
LSO
Rostropovich

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Enesco

Symphony No.3

Choeur de chambre Les Éléments
Orchestre national de Lyon
Lawrence Foster

Violin Sonata No.3

Valery Sokolov violin
Svetlana Kosenko piano

A nice set, but I own the older iteration (sans the Warner logo) that has Vox maris on it instead of the 3rd Violin Sonata:

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NP:

Enescu
Vox Maris, symphonic poem for soprano, offstage tenor & voices and orchestra Op. 31
Catherine Sydney - soprano, Marius Brenciu - tenor
Chœur de chambre Les Eléments
Orchestre de Lyon
Foster

[Karl Henning]

CD 16:

L'histoire du soldat

[Karl Henning]

CD 21:

Kodály
Hungarian Rondo
Summer Evening

Suk
Serenade for Strings in E^b, Op. 6

[DavidW]

Some Janacek

[Brian]

I did not know those two Kodály pieces well before listening to the Orpheus CD and immediately fell in love with them. Hungarian Rondo is a charming little trifle but oh so charming.