What are you listening 2 now?

[Linz]

Arnold Bax Symphonies 1 And 6 with Bryden Thomson

[Karl Henning]

Symphony no 3 'Heroic' (for strings only) by Gavriil Popov (+ a filler). Honestly not in the same league as that composer's outstanding symphonies 1 and 2. Thank you Spotify, you made me save money 0:)

A success story!

[vandermolen]

Symphony no 3 'Heroic' (for strings only) by Gavriil Popov (+ a filler). Honestly not in the same league as that composer's outstanding symphonies 1 and 2. Thank you Spotify, you made me save money 0:)

+1 Good cover art though!

No.6 is good André. Do you know it?
It reminds me of Nielsen's 6th Symphony as it strives to be jolly but there's an underlying sense of tragedy (sounds like me!  )

[listener]

LIAPOUNOV  Symphony no.2 in b^b op. 66
Radio France Philharmonic Orch.  Evgenyi Svetlanov cond.
public performance, very little noise from them.
William BOYCE The Eight Symphonies
Bournemouth Sinfonietta   Ronald Thomas cond.
genial, like Handel's op.6 concertos

[André]

+1 Good cover art though!

No.6 is good André. Do you know it?
It reminds me of Nielsen's 6th Symphony as it strives to be jolly but there's an underlying sense of tragedy (sounds like me!  )

Hi Jeffrey ! Yes, I have the 6th on the Olympia label. It's very fine work.

I usually enjoy strings-only works (fine examples abound) but here Popov doesn't have memorable material and most of the time his writing is in unison. Textures sound clotted and unvaried.

[Karl Henning]

It reminds me of Nielsen's 6th Symphony as it strives to be jolly but there's an underlying sense of tragedy (sounds like me!  )

(* chortle *)

[Florestan]

It reminds me of Nielsen's 6th Symphony as it strives to be jolly but there's an underlying sense of tragedy (sounds like me!  )

You're wrong, it's the other way around: you strive for tragedy and gloom but there's always such jollity in your posts that I can't take you seriously. 

[Karl Henning]

Geo. Antheil
A Jazz Symphony (1925)
BMOP (Boston Modern Orchestra Project)
Gil Rose

[vandermolen]

You're wrong, it's the other way around: you strive for tragedy and gloom but there's always such jollity in your posts that I can't take you seriously. 

LOL 

[vandermolen]

Hi Jeffrey ! Yes, I have the 6th on the Olympia label. It's very fine work.

I usually enjoy strings-only works (fine examples abound) but here Popov doesn't have memorable material and most of the time his writing is in unison. Textures sound clotted and unvaried.

Totally agree with you André. The Northern Flowers CD featuring Symphony No.3 was a disappointment but Popov definitely returns to form in the 6th Symphony with its ominous references to Boris Godunov. I find the final section very moving.

[foxandpeng]

Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartets 3 and 8
Novus Quartet
SWR

New release, first hearing.

[Linz]

Brahms Symphony 4 Tragic Overture and Schicksalslied op. 54

[kyjo]

You're wrong, it's the other way around: you strive for tragedy and gloom but there's always such jollity in your posts that I can't take you seriously. 

[foxandpeng]

Geo. Antheil
A Jazz Symphony (1925)
BMOP (Boston Modern Orchestra Project)
Gil Rose

+1 Mr. Antheil

[Que]

   

[ritter]

I don't mind applause...
But apparently the Bertini recording was never released on CD

It was reissued on CD, on a cheapo RCA series (I have a copy in my collection). It's long OOP, but second-hand copies are available at reasonable prices on European Amazon (that's how I got mine), probably also in the US.




Notes and synopsis in English, German and French. Full German libretto, but no translation.

[JBS]

It was reissued on CD, on a cheapo RCA series (I have a copy in my collection). It's long OOP, but second-hand copies are available at reasonable prices on European Amazon (that's how I got mine), probably also in the US.




Notes and synopsis in English, German and French. Full German libretto, but no translation.

Thanks, I shall look again--but the first time Amazon US only showed LP copies.

ETA
Only copy on Amazon US is listed at $47.

[Linz]

Haydn Masses With Nikolaus Harnoncourt and the Concentus Musicus Wien Cd1 Missa in tempore belli, Hob.XXII:9 "Paukenmesse" and Salve Regina, Hob.XXIIIb:2

[classicalgeek]

Brahms Symphony 4 Tragic Overture and Schicksalslied op. 54

Schicksalslied is so beautiful - really, all the Brahms works for chorus and orchestra are (including the Alto Rhapsody.) I've long loved the Abbado/Berlin recordings on DG (except for the Alto Rhapsody, where no one can compare to Janet Baker), but I'm sure Walter does them really well too.

TD: something not by Ives!

Debussy
Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien
London Symphony Orchestra (with soloists and chorus)
Michael Tilson Thomas
(on Spotify)



I confess I wasn't really that familiar with the piece... but it's delightful! Debussy orchestration is dazzling, of course (and there are plenty of orchestral bits in between the vocal parts), the LSO and the various soloists and chorus are all top-notch, and Tilson Thomas keeps it all flowing nicely. Thanks John/MI for the recommendation!

[Mirror Image]

Debussy
Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien
London Symphony Orchestra (with soloists and chorus)
Michael Tilson Thomas



I confess I wasn't really that familiar with the piece... but it's delightful! Debussy orchestration is dazzling, of course (and there are plenty of orchestral bits in between the vocal parts), the LSO and the various soloists and chorus are all top-notch, and Tilson Thomas keeps it all flowing nicely. Thanks John/MI for the recommendation!

Pounds the table! Glad you enjoyed it.