What are you listening 2 now?

[Harry]

Happy Birthday Harry!
Enjoy the box and have a good day.

Thank you Jeffrey. The unpacking is in the afternoon. Since it is a normal working day, my friends will arrive in the evening.

[Irons]

Howells: Piano Quartet/Fantasy Quartet/Rhapsodic Quintet.

An excellent selection all from between 1916-19 which make for an enjoyable programme.



Recording of piano (Bernard Roberts) brilliantly caught in the PQ. Must be one of the few works that come with a dedication to a hill! The Fantasy Quartet is CC Vaughan Williams. Unlike many British works featuring clarinet the Rhapsodic Quintet for clarinet and string quartet is not pastoral but meaty and at times fiery.

[ritter]

Having my 65 birthday today I expect all kind of freebees in the form of music played today which I like. At my home there stands a big box from JPC which my wife and friends ordered, really huge, so I will report later whats in it.

Happy birthday, Harry! Enjoy your day...

[Harry]

Happy birthday, Harry! Enjoy your day...

Thank you kindly!

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Having my 65 birthday today I expect all kind of freebees in the form of music played today which I like. At my home there stands a big box from JPC which my wife and friends ordered, really huge, so I will report later whats in it.

Oh, boy!  So did they know where you hid your "wish list"?  Or had you made specific hints?  Or???   

In any event, a belated but still very Happy Birthday to you Harry!

PD

[Harry]

Oh, boy!  So did they know where you hid your "wish list"?  Or had you made specific hints?  Or???   

In any event, a belated but still very Happy Birthday to you Harry!

PD

Well from what I gathered, my wife relayed a Wishlist which she found in one of my files on the computer. They got their marching orders from my wife
The wishes are not belated, my day has just begun.
Thank you for them

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Well from what I gathered, my wife relayed a Wishlist which she found in one of my files on the computer. They got their marching orders from my wife
The wishes are not belated, my day has just begun.
Thank you for them

Clever of her!  I hope that you kept it up to date? 

And, of good!  I was thinking that it was yesterday?  Very early here so I must have misread things.  And happy unpacking! 

PD

[vandermolen]

Clever of her!  I hope that you kept it up to date? 

And, of good!  I was thinking that it was yesterday?  Very early here so I must have misread things.  And happy unpacking! 

PD

My wife would have thrown the whole lot out!

[The new erato]

Having my 65 birthday today I expect all kind of freebees in the form of music played today which I like. At my home there stands a big box from JPC which my wife and friends ordered, really huge, so I will report later whats in it.

All the best to you Harry!

[The new erato]

My wife would have thrown the whole lot out!

The friends? Or the discs? Or all of the above?

[Brahmsian]

Having my 65 birthday today I expect all kind of freebees in the form of music played today which I like. At my home there stands a big box from JPC which my wife and friends ordered, really huge, so I will report later whats in it.

Bonne fête Monsieur! 

[DavidW]

Happy birthday Harry!  My birthday is next week.

[Spotted Horses]

This is an excellent disc. I was surprised at how negative your feelings were about that 3rd chamber symphony. My own recollection was more positive  . For the 2nd chamber symphony the Olympia disc is perfect IMO - coupled with the 2nd symphony (check under Vainberg, not Weinberg).

Turns out I have the Olympia recordings of the four Chamber Symphonies as well. I don't know what possessed me to buy the Naxos recordings, except that they were very inexpensive hi-rez downloads.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

My wife would have thrown the whole lot out!

The friends? Or the discs? Or all of the above?

 

PD

[Traverso]

Having my 65 birthday today I expect all kind of freebees in the form of music played today which I like. At my home there stands a big box from JPC which my wife and friends ordered, really huge, so I will report later whats in it.

Congratulations,I wonder if there are also "Nutcrackers"in the huge box .   Have a pleasant evening with your friends.

[Papy Oli]

Good afternoon all & Happy Birthday Harry !

Back to this gorgeous gem of a disc:

[Traverso]

Henry Purcell

A fine recording with the Parley of instruments and Red Byrd.

[Tsaraslondon]

Some say Barbirolli's Elgar can be too much heart-on-the-sleeve but I disagree and in works like the Enigma Variations his response to the music is so deeply heartfelt it can move me to tears. On the other hand his Falstaff has a quixotic energy that is most engaging.

Excellent 1960s recordings.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Alfredo Casella SY2.

[vandermolen]

Alfredo Casella SY2.

A fine recording of a great work.

TD
Frankel: 'Curse of the Werewolf' - that doomed processional at the end is marvellous!
I'm sorry that Frankel remained so resolutely atonal in his symphonic scores. He could write great tunes. I'm sure that others will disagree with my point but that's how I feel about Frankel's music. This is my favourite disc of his music and I have several of his symphonies and the Violin Concerto in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust.