What are you listening 2 now?

[Harry]

Joachim Raff.

Symphony No. 5, opus 177 "Lenore" in E major

Orchestre de la Suisse Romance, Neeme Järvi.

Raff ist ein Ton Künstler, ganz ohne frage!

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Mozart

Piano Concertos No.13 -15 & 17

How do you find the sound to be overall in this set?  I love Geza Anda's playing but if I'm recalling correctly, the orchestra on the few recordings that I heard of his Mozart sounded rather distant. 

Just put on:  Hugo Alfvén's Symphony No. 1 on a Brilliant set with the Royal Stockholm P.O. and N. Järvi.

PD

[Traverso]

Debussy / Ravel

A good idea to listen to these fine performances.

[aligreto]

Stanford: Down Among the Dead Men [Handley]

[Traverso]

How do you find the sound to be overall in this set?  I love Geza Anda's playing but if I'm recalling correctly, the orchestra on the few recordings that I heard of his Mozart sounded rather distant. 

Just put on:  Hugo Alfvén's Symphony No. 1 on a Brilliant set with the Royal Stockholm P.O. and N. Järvi.

PD

Well, I have no problem with the recording quality offered, they sound excellent and certainly do not stand in the way of enjoying these concerts.
If you like Mozart piano concertos, these recordings are a must because of a naturally non-imposed playing style and they still sound just as refreshing after all these years.
Of course we are all influenced by the HIP practice but this does not prevent me from recommending this set.
This is great musicianship. 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Well, I have no problem with the recording quality offered, they sound excellent and certainly do not stand in the way of enjoying these concerts.
If you like Mozart piano concertos, these recordings are a must because of a naturally non-imposed playing style and they still sound just as refreshing after all these years.
Of course we are all influenced by the HIP practice but this does not prevent me from recommending this set.
This is great musicianship. 

Thank you for your thoughts Traverso! 

Just finished listening to the Alfvén symphony.  My thoughts:  pleasant but not particularly memorable.  Honestly, it felt rather meandering to me.   

Where to go from here in that set?

Since it's Sibelius' birth anniversary, I think that I'll dive into some of his music for a bit.

PD

[Karl Henning]

Listening to a piece which the world first heard on this date in 1813:

LvB
Symphony № 7 in A, Op. 92
Anima Eterna
von Immerseel

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Listening to a piece which the world first heard on this date in 1813:

LvB
Symphony № 7 in A, Op. 92
Anima Eterna
von Immerseel

Cool beans! 

PD

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Bartók
The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz. 73
Dance Suite, Sz. 77
New York Philharmonic, Schola Cantorum
Boulez



Sensational!

[foxandpeng]

Boris Tishchenko
Symphony #1
'The Blockade Chronicle Symphony'
Edward Serov
Leningrad PO
Northern Flowers

Having listened with pleasure to the three Boris Tchaikovsky symphonies yesterday (favourite so far being #3 'Sevastopol'), it seems timely to hear another Boris. Beginning with #1 and Khronika Blokadi Op. 92, because that makes as much sense as any.

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Peter Philips Cantiones Sacrae 1612, Choir of Trinity College Cambridge Richard Marlow on Chandos Early Music.

This is good stuff hey order the naxos of it also same work since I'm a tedious fellow.

The program for me this month is listening to me darn stuff that come in mail.

[Harry]

Jules Massenet.

Orchestral Works.

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Järvi.

Most certainly one of the best CD'S I bought this year. Its popping in my CD player all the time, for I cannot get it over my heart to store it in my collection.

[JBS]

Some before-going-to-work music

[Harry]

Some before-going-to-work music

A fine one from the box!

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Some before-going-to-work music

Love that work! 

Sibelius
Night-Ride and Sunrise
Horst Stein
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Decca (double CD)

A wonderful performance and fascinating work.  It's very easy to imagine oneself galloping away in the darkness just before the sun rises with only the moonlight to guide you.  Then the sun begins to rise.   



PD

[Mirror Image]

Sibelius
Night-Ride and Sunrise
Horst Stein
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Decca (double CD)

A wonderful performance and fascinating work.  It's very easy to imagine oneself galloping away in the darkness just before the sun rises with only the moonlight to guide you.  Then the sun begins to rise.   



PD

Lovely, PD. One of my favorites from Sibelius.

[vandermolen]

Lovely, PD. One of my favorites from Sibelius.

+1 I had the Horst Stein LP.

[ritter]

Prompted by a recent exchange between JBS, SonicMan46 and Brian, revisiting Luigi Cherubini's SQs, in the recording by the Quartetto Savinio (the only one I have in my collection).


CD2: SQ No. 2, No. 3 and No. 6.

What a great composer Cherubini was!

[vandermolen]

Boris Tishchenko
Symphony #1
'The Blockade Chronicle Symphony'
Edward Serov
Leningrad PO
Northern Flowers

Having listened with pleasure to the three Boris Tchaikovsky symphonies yesterday (favourite so far being #3 'Sevastopol'), it seems timely to hear another Boris. Beginning with #1 and Khronika Blokadi Op. 92, because that makes as much sense as any.

The Sevastopol Symphony is great!
TD
Some politically correct, though enjoyable Soviet material:

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Lovely, PD. One of my favorites from Sibelius.

Don't know why, but I don't recall hearing it being played on the radio.   

+1 I had the Horst Stein LP.

Lucky you Jeffrey!

Followed up with more Sibelius:

Pohjola's Daughter from that same CD.

Now back to my spinning....

PD