What are you listening 2 now?

[Mirror Image]

Such denial is now anathema to me

[Mirror Image]

Two back-to-back Martin works:

Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke
Okka von der Damerau, contralto
Philharmonia Zurich
Fabio Luisi



9 Préludes
Daniel Spiegelberg

[Karl Henning]

Next:

CD 51

Richard Wagner
Siegfried-Idyll

Joaquín Turina
La oración del torero

Hugo Wolf
Italienische Serenade

Giacomo Puccini

Cisantemi

Louis-Hector Berlioz
Rêverie et Caprice, Op. 8

Jean Sibelius
Valse triste, Op. 44

Dvořák
Nocturne in B, Op. 40

Here's a disc I look forward to for both what I already know and love, and for what is new to me.

[kyjo]

Franz Schubert: Symphony No.1 in D major, D 82. Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

I can't believe how good this symphony is for how early it is in Schubert's career. Harnoncourt really brings it to life. Such an excellent cycle.

Yep, Harnoncourt really excels in those early Schubert symphonies. I love the freshness and vigor he brings to them.

[vers la flamme]

Yep, Harnoncourt really excels in those early Schubert symphonies. I love the freshness and vigor he brings to them.

Yeah, agreed. Makes me think a bit differently about Schubert to hear so much vitality in such early music. I listen to a lot of his late music, but he was really writing very high quality stuff right from the start.

Now playing:



Frank Bridge: The Sea. Vernon Handley, Ulster Orchestra

Sounds great; I need to hear more Bridge. I don't know anything about the guy.

[Karl Henning]

Maiden-Listen Monday

Jacques Ibert
Bostoniana (1961)

[Karl Henning]

Maiden-Listen Monday

Francis Poulenc
Les biches (1924)

[bhodges]

Many will recall (I certainly made no secret about it erewhile) how Delius-averse I have been, historically. For that very reason, I am honor-bound to report that I listened to Walk to the Paradise Garden three times in succession.
Separately, the Heming is deeply touching.

Coincidentally, now listening to the Frankfurt Radio Symphony with Andrew Davis play another Delius summer hit, In a Summer Garden, recorded in May 2016. Quite lovely. Today's rhetorical rant: Why don't you see more Delius programmed in the U.S.?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7mGeMFfueI

--Bruce

[Klavier1]

[Karl Henning]

Maiden-Listen Monday

Francis Poulenc
Les biches (1924)

It won't come as any surprise to the Poulenc fans, but: This is great!

[bhodges]

Janáček: Sinfonietta (Dohnányi/Cleveland, live in Severance Hall, 24 September 1998)

The Dohnányi/Cleveland years were among the best in this orchestra's distinguished history, and here's a great example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfzOAbMT23w

--Bruce

[vandermolen]

Yeah, agreed. Makes me think a bit differently about Schubert to hear so much vitality in such early music. I listen to a lot of his late music, but he was really writing very high quality stuff right from the start.

Now playing:



Frank Bridge: The Sea. Vernon Handley, Ulster Orchestra

Sounds great; I need to hear more Bridge. I don't know anything about the guy.

I really like that Chandos Sea-themed CD. When it was reissued they added Stanford's 'Irish Rhapsody No.4' making it even more desirable. I'd recommend 'Enter Spring' and 'Oration' by Bridge and there is some fine chamber music like the Cello Sonata.

Early morning listening - Merikanto Symphony No.1
A long time since I've listened to the Merikanto symphonies:

[Que]

Morning listening - back to Johann Gottfried Walther:



First disc with concerto transcriptions - nice. 

[Que]

One of the few performances that really stand out.   

[Harry]

CPE Bach.
Complete Organ Music.
CD I.
Sonatas and fugues.
Luca Scandali plays on a Dell Orto Lanzini organ 2007 in the Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta, Vigliano.
Pitch: A=440 Hz, at 18 degrees celsius.
Tunning: Modified Kirnberger.

[Roasted Swan]

Yeah, agreed. Makes me think a bit differently about Schubert to hear so much vitality in such early music. I listen to a lot of his late music, but he was really writing very high quality stuff right from the start.

Now playing:



Frank Bridge: The Sea. Vernon Handley, Ulster Orchestra

Sounds great; I need to hear more Bridge. I don't know anything about the guy.

That disc is excellent all round - one of Handley's first in Ulster as I recall and still sounding very fine indeed.  For me, the Chandos/Ulster Hall recordings are still some of that label's very best;

for Bridge check out the Lyrita recordings (no surprise there!)



as well as Enter Spring which is the great work.  As mentioned many times before - not sure anyone beats Groves in this.....

[Irons]

Tippett: 2nd Piano Sonata.

I was pretty scathing in a recent post of John Ogden's recording of the single movement 2nd Sonata. Tippett himself describes the piece as "abrasive" and "barbaric". I found Ogden interpretation disjointed, hard edged and not a pleasant listen.



Frankly I had written the work off until hearing Crossley. He carries off the difficult transitions smoothly and skilfully. Suddenly a work that previously didn't make sense began to do so. Crossley's warm piano sound is expertly captured by the Philips engineers. I look forward to hearing sonatas 1&3 from the same source.

[Traverso]

Canciones Y Danzas de España

Songs and Dances from the time of Cervantes (1547-1616)

[Harry]

Julius Rontgen.

CD II.

Symphonies No.11, 22.23,24.

Helsingborg SO, David Porcelijn.

[Traverso]

 A Song for Francesca

Traveling with the Gothic Voices