What are you listening 2 now?

[Harry]

Franz von Suppe.

Overtures and Marches.

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi.

Makes a dreary Thursday a little bit more sunnier.

[The new erato]

Nice! If you get a chance to listen to Stig Westerberg's recording of the 2nd symphony, then please do so. As much as I liked Järvi (in the BIS recordings, I don't know his Stenhammar on DG), dare I say Westerberg is even more in-tune with the composer. Also check out the piano concerti.

The LP of that was the first thing I ever heard by Stenhammar, and it completely blew my socks off.

[prémont]

It would be interesting to know what Kirkman thinks of this, as far as I know only Kirkman and Stewart have recorded the mass, which is an extraordinary piece of music.

Capella Cordina and La Reverdie also recorded this mass.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8063048--dufay-choral-works

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7998376--dufay-missa-sancti-jacobi

[Mandryka]

Capella Cordina and La Reverdie also recorded this mass.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8063048--dufay-choral-works

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7998376--dufay-missa-sancti-jacobi

Ah yes, forgot about Reverdie and I didn't know about Capella Cordina.

[MusicTurner]

Yes I am, I have been on about a five year kick of listening to mostly Bruckner

Certainly not a bad thing to choose, and it's more varied than its reputation, obviously. I haven't followed your posting, but suppose you know a good deal of Anton recordings then ...

[ritter]

First dip into this set (it's been just delivered to my office ):



CD 10: Otmar Suitner conducts Paul Dessau's Symphonic Adaptation (after the Quintet in E flat major K 614 by W. A. Mozart) --a curious, rather tongue-in-cheek work, adapted for full orchestra, not just strings, and with a prominent part of horns--, Reger's Mozart-Variations op. 132, and Schubert's Rosamunde (Overture and Entr'acte III). Recording dates span from 1975 to 1987 (live concerts, in excellent sound).

The set is well presented, and comes with a 180-page booklet that seems to contain interesting texts on the orchestra and the conductors, as well as full details of the recordings.

[Que]

[Harry]

Henry Cotter Nixon.

Complete Orchestral Music, Volume III.

Ana Torok, Violin.
Kodaly PO & Liepaja SO, Paul Mann.

For me this composer is a great discovery from 2021. I thoroughly enjoy his music, and hear the uniqueness in it. Great performances and sound.

[Madiel]

It also features here John:

That's the incidental music to a stage version (op.58a). The film score is something different (and much later, op.137).

The same is true of Hamlet. Shostakovich wrote incidental music (op.32), but then wrote a film score much later (op.116).

[Roasted Swan]

The LP of that was the first thing I ever heard by Stenhammar, and it completely blew my socks off.

+1 for Westerberg!

[Harry]

Anthony Van Noordt.

Complete Organ Music.
CD I.

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck.
Erbarm dich mein  O, Herre Gott. ( 6 Variations)

Anthony Van Noordt.
Psalm 2,22,24,38,116.
Fantasia 2 a 4 in D minor, 3 a 4 in E minor, & 4 a 4 in E minor.

Manuel Tomadin Organ.
Stellwagen organ 1636/37, Jacobikirche of Lubeck, Germany.
Pitch: a= 471 Hz.
Temperament: Werckmeister I.
Pressure: 75 mm WS.

Absolutely TOPNOTCH.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Fikret Amirov: The Arabian Nights.

[Mirror Image]

+1 re: Westerberg.

The LP of that was the first thing I ever heard by Stenhammar, and it completely blew my socks off.

A fine performance, indeed.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Bloch
Baal Shem
Gluzman
São Paulo SO
Neschling

[kyjo]

To conclude the day, a composer who I'm not as familiar with as I should be. Hat tip to John/MI and his recent Stenhammar purchases for prompting me to revisit his music!

Stenhammar
Excelsior Overture
Symphony no. 1
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi
(on Spotify)



What a discovery these pieces are! I couldn't help but think Excelsior would make for a great concert opener - the opening theme, once you've heard it, is hard to forget! And the First Symphony is a delight - the opening theme in the horns is meltingly gorgeous (and the Gothenburg horns play it for all it's worth.) At various points, I was reminded of Bruckner, Brahms, Dvorak, and Schumann, among others - but Stenhammar really doesn't sound like any of them. The work can meander and seem aimless, especially in the finale, but it's full of great tunes, and the Gothenburg forces play with conviction and heart (in addition to the aforementioned luscious horns, the woodwinds sound spectacular.) I'm looking forward to listening to the Second Symphony and Serenade tomorrow, and getting to know Stenhammar better.

Great to see you getting into Stenhammar - a great composer. The 1st Symphony is enjoyable enough, but his finest works mostly come from his maturity IMO - e.g. the 2nd Symphony, 2nd Piano Concerto, Serenade, the cantata Sången, the string quartets, and the piano work Sensommarnätter. These works all bear Stenhammar's distinctive and compelling harmonic stamp.

[listener]

DVOŘÁK  Symphony no,7 in d  op. 70  and 4 Slavonic Dances
BRTN (Brussels) Philharmonic O.  AleXander Rahbari, cond.   
dances with the Slovak Radio New Philharmonic O.
Lászlo LAJTHA Piano Works
Klára Kormendi, piano

[ritter]

More from the Staatskapelle Berlin box:



CD 9: Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber and Brahms' Fourth Symphony, conducted by Sergiu Celibidache (January 1966). The disc also includes Dvořák's Slavonic Dance No. 8, but I skipped that bit..

EDIT: I don't have much (any?) CDs of Celibidache in my collection, as what I've heard in the past of him on the radio really never said much to me, and what I've read about his approach to music ("cosmic - mystical - zen"  ) never appealed to me. This Brahms Fourth won't make me explore his music making any further, that's for sure. I'm not a Brahmin by any stretch of the imagination, but apart from some interesting textures, I found this performance quite unidiomatic , the phrasing odd, the tempi too slow (but not sluggish, to be fair), and  Celibidache's grunting, humming and shouting is definitely off-putting. 

[MusicTurner]

DVOŘÁK  Symphony no,7 in d  op. 70  and 4 Slavonic Dances
BRTN (Brussels) Philharmonic O.  AleXander Rahbari, cond.   
dances with the Slovak Radio New Philharmonic O.
Lászlo LAJTHA Piano Works
Klára Kormendi, piano

I got the Lajtha disc not long ago, and it's less simply-folksy than expected, more early-20th century-like, and fine ...

[SonicMan46]

Beethoven, LV - Symphonies, Nos. 1 & 2 w/ Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations on Spotify - prompted by Brian's announcement in another thread of the release of Symphonies 6-9 early next year; so will be curious if they all will be packaged at a decent price?  Appears that Nos. 8 & 9 are to be performed next month (HERE).  Dave

[André]

First dip into this set (it's been just delivered to my office ):



CD 10: Otmar Suitner conducts Paul Dessau's Symphonic Adaptation (after the Quintet in E flat major K 614 by W. A. Mozart) --a curious, rather tongue-in-cheek work, adapted for full orchestra, not just strings, and with a prominent part of horns--, Reger's Mozart-Variations op. 132, and Schubert's Rosamunde (Overture and Entr'acte III). Recording dates span from 1975 to 1987 (live concerts, in excellent sound).

The set is well presented, and comes with a 180-page booklet that seems to contain interesting texts on the orchestra and the conductors, as well as full details of the recordings.

That Dessau-Mozart item is splendid. I have that performance on a Berlin Classics cd.