What are you listening 2 now?

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MacMillan
Veni, Veni Emmanuel
After the Tryst
as others see
Three Dawn Rituals
Untold

Evelyn Glennie (percussion)
Ruth Crouch (violin)
Evelyn Glennie (percussion), Neil Foster (percussion), Peter Evans (piano), David Nicholson (piccolo)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
James MacMillan, conductor, piano



classicalgeek

Poulenc
La Voix Humaine
Denise Duval
Orchestre du Theatre National de l'Opera Comique
Georges Pretre

(on Spotify)



I tried to find an English translation online; I couldn't, but I did read a synopsis. I do believe this is the first time I've heard this, and as a performance by a singer and conductor who knew the composer, it's tough to imagine anyone doing it better. Duval plays the part of the desperate lover to perfection!
So much great music, so little time...

Original compositions and orchestrations: https://www.youtube.com/@jmbrannigan

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MacMillan
From Ayrshire
Nicola Benedetti, violin
ASMF
MacMillan




Such a gorgeous work.

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MacMillan
Trumpet Concerto, "Epiclesis"
Ninian, Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra

John Wallace, trumpet
John Cushing, clarinet
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Alexander Lazarev



vandermolen

Bax at his most inspired (Piano Quintet):
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Mandryka

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This is, without a doubt, the best Josquin mass  I have ever heard - music and performance. I'm tempted to say the best mass I've heard, full stop. Not sound in unfortunately, though it is certainly listenable.

I wonder if it was their first recording, that may explain why they make it work so well.
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen


André

Quote from: classicalgeek on October 20, 2021, 11:14:04 AM
Poulenc
La Voix Humaine
Denise Duval
Orchestre du Theatre National de l'Opera Comique
Georges Pretre

(on Spotify)



I tried to find an English translation online; I couldn't, but I did read a synopsis. I do believe this is the first time I've heard this, and as a performance by a singer and conductor who knew the composer, it's tough to imagine anyone doing it better. Duval plays the part of the desperate lover to perfection!

Translation starts at page 99 of this dissertation.

https://aquila.usm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1923&context=dissertations

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Turnage
Evening Songs
LPO
Jurowski



André



Two sextets for piano and winds. Both works are much more substantial and interesting than I had imagined.

Mandryka

Quote from: Traverso on October 20, 2021, 01:23:29 PM
Did you like it ?

I like some of the motets more than others of course. The short answer is I think I like it, but I'm not sure.
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

vandermolen


Max Richter: 'Exiles' - ideal late-night listening:
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Karl Henning

Henning
Square Dance, Op. 72
for clarinet quartet
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

Henning
Murmur of Many Waters, Op. 57
for percussion ensemble
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

Henning
Journey to the Dayspring, Op. 40
for percussion ensemble
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

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Turnage
Three Screaming Popes
CBSO
Rattle

classicalgeek

Quote from: André on October 20, 2021, 01:24:50 PM
Translation starts at page 99 of this dissertation.

https://aquila.usm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1923&context=dissertations


Thank you, Andre! I'll need to listen to it again with the translation in front of me.

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Stravinsky
Petrushka
Le Sacre du Printemps
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ernest Ansermet




Technically, these have been superseded many times over by later recordings - but they're well worth hearing nonetheless.
So much great music, so little time...

Original compositions and orchestrations: https://www.youtube.com/@jmbrannigan

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Turnage
This Silence
The Nash Ensemble




Such an exquisite piece.

Daverz

Martin: Petite Symphonie Concertante



Very good performance. 

Bloch: Concerto Grosso No. 1



Over 60 years old and still a great recording.  Marriner also recorded the Bloch, but I don't think I've ever encountered it on CD.

John Copeland

Henning:  Opus 129 — From the Pit of a Cave in the Cloud. Text by Leo Shulte. First performance at King's Chapel in Boston.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1GX6gAmom8
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I like this.  It's a pity we can't hear it (yet?) balanced and mastered on CD, because something this good shouldn't really go amiss.  I wish to have heard it in-situ, but this live recording at Boston's King's Chapel, 27 Oct 2015 is more than enough .  The libretto is quite vivid (!) and the deployment of instruments which could even be heard as other voices deep from the 'Pit of a Cave in the Cloud' nail things perfectly.

(The Cops came to get Henning outside around 4m:30s, but must have heard the playing and decided not to arrest him.. :laugh:)