What are you listening 2 now?

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

I was thinking of these releases recently. Really fabulous.

Yes, orchestral works, piano concerti, strings concerti, etc.- they all are excellent sets with exotic, colorful music.

[vers la flamme]

Franz Schubert: Symphony No.9 in C major, D 944, the "Great". Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

This recording is just stellar. Whole cycle is very, very good. I could see this becoming my go-to Schubert cycle (I have three: in addition to this one I also have Blomstedt/Dresden & Goodman/Hanover Band). Harnoncourt is very, very good with Schubert and Haydn. (I am less keen on his Mozart.)

Any other fans of this set? I don't see it talked about too much. I know Linz has been listening to it lately too.

[SimonNZ]

[foxandpeng]

Kaija Saariaho
Notes on Light
Orchestre de Paris
Christophe Eschenbach
Ondine

Change of pace.

[Todd]

Randomly pulled from the Josquin and the Franco-Flemish School box.  Nice. 

[JBS]

From The Box
Barbirolli/Halle Orchestra
CDs 17 and 18

Elgar
Second Symphony
Cockaigne Overture
Introduction and Allegro for Strings*
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sinfonia Antartica**
Overture to The Wasps
Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus
Fantasia on Greensleeves***

*the third of the five recordings of this work in The Box
**the work's first recording, made about 6 months after Barbirolli and tne Halle had given the first performances in Manchester and London. Margaret Ritchie was the soprano for both the performances and the recording.
***the second of three recordings in The Box

[bhodges]

Watching the Lunar New Year concert from the Minnesota Orchestra, with conductor Junping Qian. Link and programme notes below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu7Qz-gR4v8
https://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/tickets/calendar/2122/lunar-new-year/

--Bruce

[Mirror Image]

Lutoslawski: Jeux venitiens

The composer's use of textures to create such mesmerizing and oneiric landscapes is a thing of a miracle. It's even a little bit scary if you want (in the right context).

An outstanding work, Cesar.

[Mirror Image]

Having a little Villa-Lobos-a-thon:

String Quartet No. 4
Cuarteto Latinoamericano



Préludes (arr. J.V. Brandao for piano)
Sonia Rubinsky



Chôros No. 10, 'Rasga o Coraçao'
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Eduardo Mata



Danças Caracteristicas Africanas
Slovak RSO
Roberto Duarte

[bhodges]

More from the Concertgebouw's fantastic weekend, 'Made in America.' From 27 January, Korngold's suite from The Sea Hawk, with conductor Stéphane Denève is worth all, but many will delight in the opener, Alfred Newman's fanfare for 20th-Century Fox, done as you have never heard it before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chrPnlsjfUY

--Bruce

[Mirror Image]

Last work for the night:

Janáček
Violin Sonata
Isabelle Faust, Ewa Kupiec



I've heard (and own) several performances of Janáček's Violin Sonata, but this one with Faust and Kupiec is my favorite.

[Wanderer]

More from the Concertgebouw's fantastic weekend, 'Made in America.' From 27 January, Korngold's suite from The Sea Hawk, with conductor Stéphane Denève is worth all, but many will delight in the opener, Alfred Newman's fanfare for 20th-Century Fox, done as you have never heard it before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chrPnlsjfUY

--Bruce

Thanks for posting this, Bruce! It looks like an exciting project. The Star Wars excerpt is also beautifully performed.

Edit: And Herrmann's Vertigo! Splendid!

[Roasted Swan]

Thanks for posting this, Bruce! It looks like an exciting project. The Star Wars excerpt is also beautifully performed.

Edit: And Herrmann's Vertigo! Splendid!

Thanks for the original post - tremendous playing and beautifully filmed too.  To my mind probably better (VERY relative term!) than the VPO with John Williams - haven't heard the BPO version.  Really gorgeous playing.  Deneve risks some very indulgent tempi in the Korngold but heck why not when you've got an orchestra this good playing tunes this great.........

[Que]

Morning listening - Hans Leo Hassler came up in conversation on Tomadin's recording of his organ works:

[Mandryka]

Trying a couple of magnificats - 4th and 8th tone. Hassler is clearly author of a major cycle of magnificats.

In the 4th tone, the  playing is good, the music is good, the organ is good, and the sound engineering is OK.

In the 8th tone the playing is full of personality and (I think) good judgement; the music is exquisite and distinctive;  the organ is magnificent, I don't know what it is;  and the sound engineering is the work of a master.

[vandermolen]

Uhhh, interesting Jeffrey. I'm a sucker for convincing piano-duet transcriptions. I need to hear this.

I think that you'd enjoy it Cesar - it's playing here now.

[The new erato]

On Qobuz streaming. Superb in all ways.

[The new erato]

Fine disc:



Might be interested in buying and not just streaming it.

[Que]

On Spotify:

[vandermolen]

Auric: La Belle et La Bete - a magical score: