What are you listening 2 now?

[SonicMan46]

A few days ago, received a small BRO ordered and 'tacked on' the CDs below to help the modest shipping cost:

Dohnanyi, Erno - Piano Quintets/String Quartet No. 2 w/ the Takacs Quartet and M-A Hamelin - a replacement.

Gade, Niels - String Quartet FMajor, Octet Op. 17, et al w/ the Kontra Quartet - have another SQ disc of Gade w/ the same group.

Nielsen, Carl - Violin & String Chamber Works w/ the New Hellenic Quartet and the soloists on the cover art - did not have these works in my Nielsen collection - Dave   (P.S. reviews attached)

   

[VonStupp]

PI Tchaikovsky
Symphony 1 "Winter Dreams" in g minor, op. 13
Berlin Philharmonic - Herbert von Karajan (rec. 1979)

Some of January will be dedicated to Tchaikovsky, I think.

Beginning with #1.

VS

I don't get to the early symphonies often. As I listened last night, when the 2nd movement tune gets passed around the orchestra, the horns eventually erupt and it slowly ebbs back to the end. It was completely entrancing! VS

I'm going with the e minor symphony.

Nice! A favorite performance? I will get to it eventually...

VS

[Carlo Gesualdo]

I am listening to a rare LP of Capella Cordina by Alejandro Planchart, a great director of the 60'' till early 70'', great honorable mention to this fellow whom past away in 2019 if memory accurate (R.I.P Alejandro Planchart).

Let's talk of his ensemble Capella Cordina has a perfect I would say hegemony, total harmony, equilibrium of voices, respecting the art  of polyphony of Kingdom of Burgundy Franco-Flemish repertoire, Alejandro done it all even ars nova in another mention, that would consist of medieval work of ars nova and ars subtilior, Solage Fume Fumons Parfumé, is on this LP I have it, yeah!

But The ultimate reason I am here is to tell you the record I am listening  that I did not mention thee rare Jacob Arcadelt whit Jean Mouton, believe when I says this exist I have it at home, by Capella Cordina and it's a Lyricord, now please drool like Pavlov dogs oh GMG member fan of this genre of music, I have it so it ment it exist search this but ya wont find it



Lyricord synonymous whit hi-fi quality LP*

[VonStupp]

WA Mozart
Piano Sonata 13 in B-flat major, K. 333
Vladimir Horowitz, piano

I was somewhat familiar with this sonata, but I don't traverse the cycles too often. Horowitz really seems to lay on the bass aggressively and seemed more exaggerated than the paired PC 23, K.488, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

VS

[Daverz]

If one wants to work in Russia, many things must be done in order to get that work. People suffer for their art every day. Did you stop listening to Strauss because he was appointed Reichsmusikkammer during The Third Reich or remained on friendly and civil terms with Goebbels for example? The problem was Strauss felt the need to continue to work in Germany and that was his decision. On paper, it looks like Strauss was a Nazi sympathizer, but we know this wasn't the case. So I find your reasoning for not listening to Gergiev recordings because he is on friendly terms with Putin to be strangely misguided. An artist has to do whatever they can to get the music performed for an audience.

I looked into this Strauss fellow.  Apparently he was an opportunistic pig.  I won't be buying any records he makes, either.

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in this set with Karajan

[Karl Henning]

I love this stuff by Enrico Gatti and his Ensemble Aurora:

 

On the left the original issue (vol.1) on Symphonia that I have, on the right the 2CD reissue on Glossa.

Strongly recommended to lovers of Baroque violin music!

Nice!

[Karl Henning]

Debussy: Iberia. Celibidache/Munchner.

Very nice. Ibéria may be my favorite Debussy orchestral work.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 9 in C major, Op. 103
Matti Raekallio

[vandermolen]

Rubbra: Symphony No.8
A characteristically thoughtful, reflective and, at times, magical work with a uniquely dreamy atmosphere. This is arguably the finest individual release in Hickox's Chandos cycle:

[Linz]

Elgar symphony No. 2 Barbirolli

[Karl Henning]

I have been listening to this again:

https://www.youtube.com/v/bCRzEwIYm-c

[vandermolen]

Elgar symphony No. 2 Barbirolli

A great performance!

[Daverz]

After watching this interview with Julian Anderson

https://www.youtube.com/v/i9fWtuwtAW4

Very interesting guy.  I went out in search of more of his music (I'd already enjoyed a disc of chamber music by the Nash Ensemble).  There are at least two discs on Ondine:



The first piece was OK, but Heaven Is Shy of Earth, which seems like an otherwise lovely choral work, was sabotaged by a wobbly mezzo-soprano, so got the hook.



So far hasn't done anything to offend me.

Update: very much enjoying The Stations of the Sun, that is, if Qobuz will let me hear the whole thing.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Sibelius
Night Ride & Sunrise, Op. 55
Sinfonia Lahti
Vänskä

[Karl Henning]

JSB Cantata № 13 Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, BWV 13

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony 1 and the first movement of the 5th symphony from this set

[Daverz]

Rather intriguing music.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Very nice. Ibéria may be my favorite Debussy orchestral work.

Happy New Year Karl!
My fav too. I like the Munch recording as well.

[Mirror Image]

Happy New Year Karl!
My fav too. I like the Munch recording as well.

I guess Rafael (ritter) and I will have to just go listen to Jeux in the corner.