What are you listening 2 now?

[SonicMan46]

Walter Piston - continuing through my small collection today - left a more extensive post yesterday w/ composer info/bio/links for those that want to look - he wrote a lot of varied music, but seems to be yet another American 'lost soul' from the past - but I am enjoying his music again after a long absence from listening.  Dave

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NP:

Shostakovich
Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 "The Year 1905"
Philadelphia Orchestra
Jansons

This an exceptionally fine performance. I'm looking forward to digging into the rest of Jansons' Shostakovich on EMI (Warner). I own this particular Jansons series in Japanese reissues as it's the only way I could be buy them.

[Karl Henning]

This an exceptionally fine performance. I'm looking forward to digging into the rest of Jansons' Shostakovich on EMI (Warner). I own this particular Jansons series in Japanese reissues as it's the only way I could be buy them.

I especially like his Tenth, which had been supplemented in its original release with the arrangement of Musorgsky's Songs & Dances of Death.

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I especially like his Tenth, which had been supplemented in its original release with the arrangement of Musorgsky's Songs & Dances of Death.

Yep, I also own that recording with the Mussorgsky:



That's what is wonderful about the Japanese reissues --- the recordings come as they were originally issued with all the couplings that were found on these recordings.

[Traverso]

This an exceptionally fine performance. I'm looking forward to digging into the rest of Jansons' Shostakovich on EMI (Warner). I own this particular Jansons series in Japanese reissues as it's the only way I could be buy them.

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[vandermolen]

Frank Bridge: 'Oration' - a masterpiece.
The cover image shows the Sussex countryside as viewed from Bridge's house at Friston, Eastbourne:

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Neat looking set, but it doesn't contain all of the Jansons couplings. Missing are the two PCs and the Mussorgsky.

[ritter]

Joan Cabanilles.

Batailles, Tientos, & Passacalles.

Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall.

Again a fine disc from the likes of Jordi Savall.

I'm not that much of a fan of Mr. Savall, but there's much to admire in that disc.

If you like Batalla imperial, make sure to explore the recently deceased Cristóbal Halffter's (probably the most representative post-WWII composer in Spain) Tiento del primer tono y batalla imperial, which is an orchestral reinterpretation of Cabezón's Tiento and Cabanilles' Batalla, written for Paul Sacher. Halffter combines the music from the past with his own avant-garde language in a very personal and wonderful way. A superb piece!

Here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/v/VKyKWUMYJ9c

[Roasted Swan]

I especially like his Tenth, which had been supplemented in its original release with the arrangement of Musorgsky's Songs & Dances of Death.

Still so coupled in this cheap double forte version

[Karl Henning]

Still so coupled in this cheap double forte version

Nice!

[Karl Henning]

TD: on YouTube

Þorvaldsdóttir
Enigma
Spektral Quartet

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NP:

Panufnik
Bassoon Concerto
Laurence Perkins, bassoon
City of Birmingham SO
William Goodchild

[Harry]

I'm not that much of a fan of Mr. Savall, but there's much to admire in that disc.

If you like Batalla imperial, make sure to explore the recently deceased Cristóbal Halffter's (probably the most representative post-WWII composer in Spain) Tiento del primer tono y batalla imperial, which is an orchestral reinterpretation of Cabezón's Tiento and Cabanilles' Batalla, written for Paul Sacher. Halffter combines the music from the past with his own avant-garde language in a very personal and wonderful way. A superb piece!

Here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/v/VKyKWUMYJ9c

Wow that sounds fabulous! Thank you for this link.

[classicalgeek]

Last night before bedtime:

Honegger
Symphonies nos. 2, 3
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan



Outstanding - it's hard to imagine these performances being bettered.

[classicalgeek]

And first thing this morning:

Edmund Rubbra
Symphony no. 11
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox
(on Spotify)



Even though he lived another seven years, this was Rubbra's last symphony, and it has a valedictory, introspective quality about it. Very nice.

[Harry]

Georg Philipp Telemann.
Wind Concertos Volume I. (Second Rerun)

La Stagione Frankfurt & Camerata Köln, Michael Schneider.

Again marvelous on all counts. Both Telemann boxes I bought are to be preferred before all others.

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Last night before bedtime:

Honegger
Symphonies nos. 2, 3
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan



Outstanding - it's hard to imagine these performances being bettered.

They haven't been bettered!

[SonicMan46]

Georg Philipp Telemann.
Wind Concertos Volume I. (Second Rerun)

La Stagione Frankfurt & Camerata Köln, Michael Schneider.

Again marvelous on all counts. Both Telemann boxes I bought are to be preferred before all others.

+2 Harry - my reaction also - Dave

[classicalgeek]

I'm not that much of a fan of Mr. Savall, but there's much to admire in that disc.

If you like Batalla imperial, make sure to explore the recently deceased Cristóbal Halffter's (probably the most representative post-WWII composer in Spain) Tiento del primer tono y batalla imperial, which is an orchestral reinterpretation of Cabezón's Tiento and Cabanilles' Batalla, written for Paul Sacher. Halffter combines the music from the past with his own avant-garde language in a very personal and wonderful way. A superb piece!

Here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/v/VKyKWUMYJ9c

Just listened to the Halffter - fascinating piece. Thank you for sharing!

[Mandryka]

The interesting thing is the extrañeza, strangeness apparently, in the title. I'm not quite sure what Cea was getting at. And indeed suavidad, smoothness, is a bit . . . strange in the context. That being said there's some incandescent playing, and I'm particularly appreciating the sacred music, a Kyrie for example which soars.

Back to this, and it's all about mood, catching the music when you're ready to enjoy it. This evening Andrés Cea's Cabezon sounds wonderfully smooth and strange.  Cabezon is the Spanish Titelouze - colourful, non-formulaic counterpoint on an organ.