What are you listening 2 now?

[Sergeant Rock]

Boieldieu (1775-1834) Overture Le Calife de Bagdad and five other overtures




Sarge

[Papy Oli]

Good afternoon all,

R. Strauss
Also Sprach Zarathustra
Ein Heldenleben
(Fritz Reiner, Chicago SO)

I have always been quickly bored with Strauss, very rarely finishing a work.

Today is different. I may with Don Quixote and Don Juan.

[San Antone]

That looks tasty.

I love these trios and this group does a good job with them. 

[Carlo Gesualdo]

That a good question, I will try to answer the best I can and will 

How about, Francesco Layolle mint LP  on Lyricord Aléjandro Planchart?

The answer is no way, it's seal and It's gonna stay seal, I know how stupid, if I open it, will lose value, don't wont that, even if if burning whit desire to know how this sound , the analogue elegant sounds, the sexy sound of petrol pure whiteout scratch... but no this is not my inner voice, it's temptation, this is satan talking whit my conscience imitating my inner voice 

So will listen to one splendid ensemble truth is I'm extremely difficult, picky, I always wont the best performance & rendition of works by Classical Composers to be top notch and therefore, gold medalists.

I bet a real classical or audiophile feel the same, here an anecdote once spend like 80$ on a Alexander Mosolov album on russian Odyssea Label Russia release, than receive the LP, was like oh wow, what the hell , this most be so good, thick media from  x ccp soviet russia, let's spin this one, than was shock, I mean Piano  work  and story of a soldier we're ockay to be fairplay, but the IRON FUNDRY was axcellerated to a speed, I said blast!!! this is not right, I'm so mad, please don't laught 

But recently I received a wonderfull Guillaume DE Machaut on AEON , they ARS NOVA are real good and promessing ensemble, had there two other releases of this composer Messe de Notre- Dame was real sweet, and the Motets, I'm sorry did not get in this right away, but acknowledge this is a decent double CD.

Hail ARS NOVA, than again hail this era and t an extend we see in some case Guillaume DE Machaut was such a great composer for one reason, that he bridge Ars Nova era whit some Ars Subtilior  later on, no one actually did this if accurate beside him.

What do you think of this statement or you in favor  or affirmative, I defenatly think this is a solid affirmation.

So I am Listening to Ballades on AEON label, a french label  I guess, normally they release good quality, was rarely deceived or unhappy whit result of there stuff.

The thing is now perhaps love for ancient lore decline so, I won't bash any ensemble that do  result I don't like, because I would be the service ''female of a dog'' (capitche) or a hater, don't wont ensemble to disapear even if some ensemble I don't like, now see how nice I am, Look in dictionnary on Deprofundis there is my picture 

The boy dose is post whit  humor, spice it up a bit, some people did give me remark my post were limit too short, non Chromatic enought, so here you have my take on this!

Have a grewat splendid lovely & super day, love you folk of GMG menbers that care and read my post 

[Florestan]

I love these trios and this group does a good job with them.

Me too, always in the market for a new (to me) recording.

[LKB]

Good afternoon all,

R. Strauss
Also Sprach Zarathustra
Ein Heldenleben
(Fritz Reiner, Chicago SO)

I have always been quickly bored with Strauss, very rarely finishing a work.

Today is different. I may with Don Quixote and Don Juan.

If you enjoy Reiner's Zarathustra and Heldenleben, there's an awesome SACD version:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/393893975798

Worth seeking out if you have SACD capability.

[Mandryka]

Thanks. Still not applicable to Beethoven, though.

True, Beethoven is one of the other six. Grumpy obvs.



You can never have too many Docs.

[Florestan]

This is a thrilling account. The firebrand young Maazel (34 at the time) takes no prisonners and glows white hot. Superb.

[Sergeant Rock]

CD 22
RVW
Symphony Number 8 in d minor
Halle OrchestraI haven't checked but I suspect this is the world premiere recording of the Eighth.
Performances are excellent.

This was my first classical purchase (the LP, in 1965). It is a great performance.

Sarge

[Harry]

CPE Bach.
Complete Organ Works.
CD II.

Luca Scandali plays on a Dell Orto Lanzini organ 2007.


Organ music by CPE Bach is as far as I would like to go, period wise that is.. To flashy and expressive. That has probably to do with the Sturm und Drang that is looking around the corner. The organ used is not bad at all, but it is not a favourite of mine. Performance and recording are excellent though.

[Sergeant Rock]

Boieldieu (1775-1834) Piano Concerto in F Major




Sarge

[Florestan]

First listen to these works

[Mirror Image]

First listen to these works

Nice! I'm quite the Zemlinsky fan, Andrei. If you like this piece, then check out Lyrische Symphonie next.

[Florestan]

Nice! I'm quite the Zemlinsky fan, Andrei. If you like this piece, then check out Lyrische Symphonie next.

Only 5 mins in but I already like it. Lush orchestration, sensuous atmosphere, sweeping melodies, a heart-melting violin solo, right up my alley in fact. 

[Mirror Image]

Only 5 mins in but I already like it. Lush orchestration, sensuous atmosphere, sweeping melodies, a heart-melting violin solo, right up my alley in fact. 

Glad you're enjoy it. Other Zemlinsky works I enjoy: Der Zwerg, Op. 17, Symphonische Gesänge, Op. 20, all of the SQs, Eine florentinische Tragödie, Op. 16, all of the Psalms (13, 23, 83), Waldgespräch, Sechs Gesänge, Op. 13, Sinfonietta, Op. 23 et. al.

[Carlo Gesualdo]

First listen to these works

Excellent choice I have this in streaming Florestan Zemlinsky  ''The Mermaids'' is a great favorite of mine have it in naxos, both are quite  good. have a nice day .

[Karl Henning]

Last work for the night and I ended up playing it twice in a row:

Delius
In a Summer Garden
Hallé Orchestra
Barbirolli



I have the Japanese remaster of this set, but it sounds bit too harsh to my ears, so I went back to my older EMI issue (remastered in 1994). Now this is more like it! In a Summer Garden must be counted as among my favorite works from Delius. Karl, if you're reading this, do give this work a thorough listen since you're not as allergic to his music as you once were, which I believe The Walk to the Paradise Garden certainly played a role in your case.

That one (as one might expect) is a-coming later in the box, John, thanks.

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Hello  how about an early English master of vocal music, mister Dunstable [asin]John Dunstable The Motets Hilliard Ensemble[/asin] a super LP by a great ensemble, John Dunstable i perhaps the first English composer at dawn of renaissance of importance, I heard Naxos Tonus Perigrinus have like it cherish it, but that was not enough, needed to investigate more, there were not some much work has I could think available in analogue even CD, perhaps some people might says something else, but when I spotted this one and ultimately decide to buy it at all cost, okay perhaps not all cost , but felt this could be  a smart purchase, so there bought it, listen to side a, now it's up to side B, strap on thigh, it better be good only listen to side A once , furthermore whit only pre amp sound on my English turntable,  whiteout my better amplified sound so that silly, and cannot be fair totally says it good or bad or average, whit only one listen.

So let's listen to John Dunstable one of England Premium Renaissance composer of early renaissance that would lead the way!

[classicalgeek]

The Bloch Party finally resumed yesterday:

Voice in the Wilderness (re-listen)
Wolfgang Schmidt, cello
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Fabrice Bollon

Evocations (re-listen)
Three Jewish Poems
Malmo Symphony Orchestra
Andrey Boreyko

Symphony in C-sharp minor
London Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Atlas




Bloch is definitely a composer who's growing on me; his mature style (most present in Three Jewish Poems, but also evident in Evocations and Voice in the Wilderness) is like no one else's. Lots of chamber-like texture and delicate flourishes of orchestration, and an almost exotic harmonic language that seems to be fond of parallel fifths! I was impressed with his Symphony in C-sharp minor as well, for the large scope as much as anything. True, it did bring to mind Mahler and especially Richard Strauss (there's a passage in the first movement, from about 6:50 to 7:55, that reminds me vividly of a similar passage in Death and Transfiguration.) In some parts I was reminded of Arnold Bax (who was a rough contemporary of Bloch, so he probably hadn't written his major orchestral works when Bloch wrote this symphony); the way the theme from the slow movement is brought back at the climax of the finale reminds me of Malcolm Arnold's Fifth Symphony! And of course the very end brought to mind the close of Rachmaninov's The Bells. I guess these comparisons to other composers is a way of saying I didn't hear a lot of Bloch in this piece - but it was still a rewarding and enjoyable listen. I love decadently-scored late-Romantic orchestral works as much as anyone, and this certainly delivered!

[SonicMan46]

Some 'new' arrivals from various places the last few days:

Fasch, Johann Friedrich (1688-1758) - Orchestral Works V. 3 w/ Tempesta di Mare from the Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra - enjoy this group and have V. 1 but missed V. 2 which is now overpriced on Amazon USA.

Vanhal, Johann Baptist (1739-1813) - Clarinet Sonatas w/ Wolfgang Brunner on fortepiano (Joseph Dohnal, Vienna ca. 1795) and Ernst Schlader on several period clarinets (Agnes Gueroult after Augustin Rorarius, Vienna ca. 1810 and Rudolf Tutz after Heinrich Grenser, Dresden ca. 1800).

Bach, JC (1735-1782) - Wind Sinfonias w/ Eric Hoeprich on period clarinet and others on period bassoons and horns.

Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787) - Drexel Manuscript w/ Paolo Pandolfo on viola da gamba (six string bass viol attributed to Nicolas Bertrand, late 17th century) - some info/review HERE for those interested.