What are you listening 2 now?

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Jehan Lescureil on Ricercare Outhere music, pretty rendition of song's, one of the most accomplished chansons genre master, too bad he was killed, I bet he had some incidence on Guillaume DE Machaut on thing to come I have two recording the the other is called Fontaine DE Grace by ensemble Gilles DE Binchois, this is what I'm currently listening.

Someone should do a post on him his world chansons, ballades, rondeaux

[Papy Oli]

Good morning all,

Back to this one today, from scratch. Didn't have time to go beyond the 1st mvt earlier in the week.

Shostakovich - Symphony No.4
(Barshai)

[vandermolen]

Robin Walker
Orchestral Music
Great Rock Is Dead
Odysseus on Ogygia
The Stone King
The Stone Maker
Alexander Walker
Novaya Rossiya Symphony Orchestra

Third spin of this solid British orchestral writing. Lots of meat and potatoes. I'm noticing more grit and gravel this morning, probably due to the overnight distance from Tabakov's relentless wall of drama 

'Lots of meat and potatoes' definitely agree. 

[Florestan]

I meant that, despite the work is great and expertly written, I could live without the singing, not only in this opera, but in others. On the other hand, the choruses have a better impact on me. Generally speaking, I pay more attention to the instrumental forces. I've listened to several operas, but I'm not completely used to the singing.

Thanks, got it now but I think that if you take singing out of an opera then you're left with no opera at all. 

[Traverso]

Thomas Tallis

[Traverso]

Sarum Chant

Missa in gallicantu

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Quite true, Kyle. I wholly concur with you. The Holberg Suite is quintessential Grieg and it's rather hard to tire of it. But it was the rest of the content of the CD that really impressed me:



There is so gorgeous music in all of those "Two-Piece" works.

You've inspired me to want to listen again to a CD which I had purchased years ago.  Love his Holberg Suite but have forgotten what the other works were like.  By the way, do you like his Lyric Pieces (for solo piano)?  They are great favorites of mine--along with his piano concerto.    This is the CD that I was referring to (on BIS):



PD

[Cato]

Robin Walker
Orchestral Music
Great Rock Is Dead
Odysseus on Ogygia
The Stone King
The Stone Maker
Alexander Walker
Novaya Rossiya Symphony Orchestra

Third spin of this solid British orchestral writing. Lots of meat and potatoes. I'm noticing more grit and gravel this morning, probably due to the overnight distance from Tabakov's relentless wall of drama 

I have never heard of Mr. Walker, but I am intrigued by his obsession with Geology!   

And why did he need to go to the New Russian Symphony Orchestra to be recorded?!  Why did no British orchestras "step up"*  to promote his works?

* A phrase found (too often) in American sports in the last decades.  "Yeah, Johnson got injured early, but Smith stepped up and helped us to win the game."

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

A magical work! I hope you have enjoyed it.

Yes, lively and picturesque music.

Alwyn: Oboe Concerto
This is a lovely CD of Alwyn's shorter works. I especially like the Oboe Concerto, Aphrodite in Aulis, the Elizabethan Dances (like Malcolm Arnold's English Dances) and The Magic Island:

Excellent disc!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Jacques Ibert: Les Amours de Jupiter.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Some of the bigger works are not too shabby either. The Piano Concerto is a mainstay of the repertoire. Maybe a collection of miniatures, the complete Peer Gynt is outstanding and justly famous.
I agree with praise for Holberg Suite.

I love the incidental music that I've heard from Peer Gynt too.

Besides the other works that I had just mentioned enjoying, I've also enjoyed some songs of his--particularly from this CD:



Irons, do you have a favorite(s) recording of his piano concerto? 

PD

[Todd]

[Roasted Swan]

I have never heard of Mr. Walker, but I am intrigued by his obsession with Geology!   

And why did he need to go to the New Russian Symphony Orchestra to be recorded?!  Why did no British orchestras "step up"*  to promote his works?

* A phrase found (too often) in American sports in the last decades.  "Yeah, Johnson got injured early, but Smith stepped up and helped us to win the game."

Its not a question of "stepping up" its a question of paying the session fees.  Always has been always will be.  My guess is that Mr Walker (or his immediate friends and family) under-wrote the recording costs of this disc to a substantial degree - that is Toccata's recording model - fair enough, again the same thing has always happened over the years.  Basically it'd be a lot cheaper for him to get this disc done in Russia than the UK (let alone the US!!!!)

[vers la flamme]

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.7 in E major, WAB 107. Daniel Barenboim, Berlin Philharmonic

The first movement of this symphony is probably my favorite Brucknerian movement of them all. The adagio might be my second favorite. What a symphony. This is my favorite recording of it, though I haven't heard too many of them. Now taking suggestions for great Bruckner 7ths... 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Its not a question of "stepping up" its a question of paying the session fees.  Always has been always will be.  My guess is that Mr Walker (or his immediate friends and family) under-wrote the recording costs of this disc to a substantial degree - that is Toccata's recording model - fair enough, again the same thing has always happened over the years.  Basically it'd be a lot cheaper for him to get this disc done in Russia than the UK (let alone the US!!!!)

Interesting! I found this interview with Martin Anderson from Toccata Classics.  http://www.mstation.org/martin_anderson.php
PD

[Traverso]

Stravinsky

[Traverso]

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.7 in E major, WAB 107. Daniel Barenboim, Berlin Philharmonic

The first movement of this symphony is probably my favorite Brucknerian movement of them all. The adagio might be my second favorite. What a symphony. This is my favorite recording of it, though I haven't heard too many of them. Now taking suggestions for great Bruckner 7ths... 

This is the last recording of the seventh I purchased,it is a very fine  one,no surprise of course.

I posted this yesterday.

Yesterday I watched and listened to Bruckner's seventh symphony (available on Blu-ray) that Haitink gave at his retirement as a conductor.
It was very touching to see this fragile man, but the music was not that of an elderly man.
The rendition was powerful, and a fleeting hand-blown kiss between parts showed his appreciation for the great playing orchestra.
I wish I could have hugged this insecure man, a temptation I rarely have.
When the orchestra disappeared from the scene, the hall quickly emptied but one person kept on clapping stubbornly and indeed Haitink, supported by his wife, came on stage again in front of an almost empty hall, cheers from those who were still present, a dignified farewell with a beautiful performance of Bruckner, he will be missed.

A truly great recording !

[Mirror Image]

One of the greatest and most warm-hearted performances of the 5th Symphony and a great VW photo.

It sure is, Jeffrey. I wish Barbirolli had recorded the whole cycle.

[vers la flamme]

This is the last recording of the seventh I purchased,it is a very fine  one,no surprise of course.

I posted this yesterday.

Yesterday I watched and listened to Bruckner's seventh symphony (available on Blu-ray) that Haitink gave at his retirement as a conductor.
It was very touching to see this fragile man, but the music was not that of an elderly man.
The rendition was powerful, and a fleeting hand-blown kiss between parts showed his appreciation for the great playing orchestra.
I wish I could have hugged this insecure man, a temptation I rarely have.
When the orchestra disappeared from the scene, the hall quickly emptied but one person kept on clapping stubbornly and indeed Haitink, supported by his wife, came on stage again in front of an almost empty hall, cheers from those who were still present, a dignified farewell with a beautiful performance of Bruckner, he will be missed.

A truly great recording !

Fascinating. Karajan also ended his career with a monumental recording of Bruckner's 7th. Rest in peace to maestro Haitink. I must hear more of his Bruckner... I've ordered the 6th with the Bavarian RSO, another late recording.

[Traverso]

Fascinating. Karajan also ended his career with a monumental recording of Bruckner's 7th. Rest in peace to maestro Haitink. I must hear more of his Bruckner... I've ordered the 6th with the Bavarian RSO, another late recording.

Better to purchase this one,very fine interpretations and very well recorded, very recommendable