What are you listening 2 now?

[Mirror Image]

and Gubaidulina and Philip Glass 

Well, sure there are several. Although I wouldn't say I'm quite into Glass as I am Gubaidulina for example.

[Mirror Image]

Since it was brought up...:



Gustav Mahler: Rückert-Lieder. Janet Baker, John Barbirolli, New Philharmonia Orchestra

Beautiful singing and accompaniment.

I'll join you:

[Traverso]

Well, sure there are several. Although I wouldn't say I'm quite into Glass as I am Gubaidulina for example.

The same for me,I listen not that often to Glass.The last time was  AKHNATEN 

[Mirror Image]

The same for me,I listen not that often to Glass.The last time was  AKHNATEN 

Interesting. I'll have this work in the Glass Sony box set that I bought a few nights ago once it arrives.

[Traverso]

Arnold

Symphony No.3

[Papy Oli]

A first listen to Zelenka's Trio Sonatas. No.1,2 & 3 initially.

[JBS]

The same for me,I listen not that often to Glass.The last time was  AKHNATEN 

After seeing a part of the MET's broadcast last year (which is now on DVD), I am pretty sure Akhnaten is an opera that must be seen and not merely heard.

[JBS]

TD
Beginning 2 recently arrived sets

Milhaud
Cantate de l'enfant et de la mere Op 185
Juilliard SQ with Madeleine Milhaud narrator, Leonid Hambro pianist, Darius Milhaud conductor
La Muse menagere Op 245
Darius Milhaud pianist*


Beethoven
Overtures

*included because this is an Original Jackets style set.

[SonicMan46]

Ives, Charles - Orchestral, Chamber, Piano Works on the discs below remaining in my Ives collection - boy, the Emerson recording dates from 1990/91 - they look so young (likely about when I saw them live), and will retire in 2023 (HERE).  The Violin Sonatas have some competition; of more recent releases, I guess Curt Thompson vs. Hiliary Hahn - attached are some reviews on each one - I'll stick w/ Thompson, although I've not heard Hahn, her recording is on Spotify, so will take a listen.  Dave

[Artem]

Besides the not so great sound, I'm enjoying these Gieseking recordings.

[Bachtoven]

Masterful.

[classicalgeek]

A bunch of Koechlin chamber music for winds:
(on Spotify)

Clarinet Sonata no. 1
Clarinet Sonata no. 2
Les confidences d'un joueur de clarinette
Idyll for two clarinets
Flute sonata
Épitaphe de Jean Harlow
Divertissement
Suite un quatuor
Wind trio
Sonata for two flutes
Nocturnes
Flute sonatine modale



More great stuff! It's interesting to compare and contrast Koechlin's chamber music for winds with that of Poulenc - they're different in many regards, but both delightful!

[classicalgeek]

Sometimes life calls for a little Rite of Spring. Twice:

Stravinsky
Le Sacre du Printemps
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein




Stravinsky
Le Sacre du Printemps
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen

(both on Spotify)



As much as the Bernstein is an iconic recording (and it is indeed fabulous), I preferred Salonen: more clarity and detail throughout, also more urgent and hard-hitting. And the percussion pack a serious wallop, something I found disappointing on Bernstein's recording. But they're both excellent, for different reasons.

[SimonNZ]

[Karl Henning]

Sometimes life calls for a little Rite of Spring. Twice:

Stravinsky
Le Sacre du Printemps
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein




Stravinsky
Le Sacre du Printemps
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen

(both on Spotify)



As much as the Bernstein is an iconic recording (and it is indeed fabulous), I preferred Salonen: more clarity and detail throughout, also more urgent and hard-hitting. And the percussion pack a serious wallop, something I found disappointing on Bernstein's recording. But they're both excellent, for different reasons.

Yes!

[classicalgeek]

Yes!

Another Salonen fan?  Or just a Sacre fan?

Thread duty:

A few selections from this set (on Spotify):

Howard Hanson
Symphony no. 1 'Nordic'
Symphony no. 5 'Sinfonia sacra'
Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitsky
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Schwarz



Enjoyable for what it is, but I'm on the fence as to whether this is great music - not that music has to be truly great to be worthwhile, though! Not sure the Seattle Symphony (even though they're my hometown band) were a great orchestra when these recordings were made in the early-to-mid 1990s (they've vastly improved in the intervening years.) The First Symphony owes a lot to Sibelius (maybe that's the reason for its subtitle?) and it sounds like it's trying too hard to be 'heroic'; it had its moments, though. In the Fifth Hanson asserts himself as a more distinctive composer; I didn't take to it at first listen, but I'll definitely try it again. The greatest piece of these three for me was the Elegy - very beautiful, poignant and heartfelt. I'll definitely continue to work my way through the symphonies and the other orchestral works.

[Karl Henning]

Another Salonen fan?  Or just a Sacre fan?

Great fan of Le sacre! It blew my mind long ago, and my mind has never really been un-blown since.

[Bachtoven]

This arrived today—it's every bit as wonderful as I had hoped.

[Symphonic Addict]

Interesting point Cesar. I think that Tchaikovsky was clearly an influence on Sibelius.

I also hear hints of him [Tchaikovsky] in the 4th movement from Sibelius's 1st Symphony, albeit Sibelius didn't make it sound blatantly derivative.

[Symphonic Addict]

I need to revisit Boulez the composer sometime. I've heard a few of his works... but nothing has stuck with me...

more conductor/composers:
Klemperer
Kletzki
Martinon
Furtwängler (who basically sounds like third-rate Bruckner)
and who could forget Leif Segerstam and his 934,172,565 symphonies? 

I'll put in a word for Markevitch the composer... wonderful, evocative music. He sounds more French than Russian. Marco Polo recorded a bunch of his orchestral works that are now available on Naxos. Great stuff!

Furtwängler is another who stands out, definitely. His Symphony No. 2 is especially impressive and monumental.

Segerstam is just a "crazy" man. Actually, I can't take him seriously as a symphonist.

Yes, I know a few pieces by Markevitch and I can also detect a strong French influence on his music.