What are you listening 2 now?

[Harry]

CPE Bach.
Harpsichord concertos, in F major/B minor/C minor.

Les Amis de Philippe, Ludger Remy, Direction and Harpsichord.
No mention of the Harpsichord used.

K.Leymann in the WDR on 20.11.95: "What distinguishes the CD, what makes it spontaneously sympathetic, is the reconstruction of the musical adventures as CPE loved them: Adventures of form, of motivic development, of Harmony." Gramophone 2/96: "Vital and incisively rhythmic Performances." Fanfare 2/96: "Great works. Anyone with the slightest Interest in this composer's music must have this record Record."

[aligreto]

Glazunov: Symphony No. 3 [Serebrier]





The opening movement contains wonderfully buoyant and exciting music. Once again, I am drawn to Glazunov's very effective scoring for the woodwinds. The music is sweeping and the presentation is also quite  expansive. The second movement, Scherzo, is a wonderfully energetic and animated affair, crisp and sharp, which also displays very fine orchestration. The slow movement is a wonderful synthesis of both string and woodwind scoring. The final movement is also a buoyant and well driven piece of music. Tension and drama abound in an exciting environment which is created by innovative orchestration. I find Glazunov's sense of orchestration to be quite well honed and I find it exciting.

[Traverso]

Hassler

CD 10

"Susanna Un gioir" ( Orlando di lasso) is one of the most attractive pieces from this eleven-part CD box set with works by Hassler.
Really enjoyable . 

[Traverso]

Byrd

CD 3

[SonicMan46]

Myaskovsky: String Quartet No. 13

There is a gesture/melody that reminded me of Vaughan Williams at 4:00 mark in the 4th mov. A solid piece of music.

Pacifica, please, record the whole cycle!

Hey SA - they already completed that project - I bought V. 4 (others inserted above) in 2014 -    Dave

[SonicMan46]

Check it out, or at least some of it, on YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kBgHExPhb-0

Thanks Todd & Mandryka - just listened to the YouTube link - enjoyed greatly and would love to compare to the appropriate Sequentia recording - need to hear the whole album - available for purchase at Prestomusic ($17 + S/H to USA) and JPC (20 Euros + S/H) - there is one used one at Discogs but no USA shipment - will do some more searching today.  Dave

[Spotted Horses]

The second selection from this release, the 5th Symphony of Malipiero, conducted by de Almeida.



Another engaging work, a concertante piece featuring piano solo, not quite prominent enough to be a real piano concerto.

A dramatic and engaging work, in good performance.

[vandermolen]

Delius: Piano Concerto (early version in three movements):

[Traverso]

Haydn

CD 5

[Harry]

Johann Bernhard Bach.

Orchestral Overtures.
CD I.
Suite I-4.

Freiberger Barockorchester, Thomas Hengelbrock.

I actually forgot how good the Overtures were. Musicality is a key point, with gorgeous melodies, and well written. I was utterly amazed to be precise. The sound is top notch, and the performance leaves nothing to be desired. God what beautiful music.

If J. S. Bach had not copied four overtures by his cousin Johann Bernhard for his own use in 1730, they - like most of his other compositions - would probably be lost today. Johann Bernhard originally wrote far more orchestral suites for the Eisenach court, and the quality of the four surviving pieces makes the loss seem all the more bitter.

[Traverso]

Delius

The Walk  to the Paradise Garden

Songs of Sunset 

Idyll

La Calinda

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  Eric Fenby

[Mirror Image]

The second selection from this release, the 5th Symphony of Malipiero, conducted by de Almeida.



Another engaging work, a concertante piece featuring piano solo, not quite prominent enough to be a real piano concerto.

A dramatic and engaging work, in good mediocre performance.

Changed that for you.

[Brian]

Second-listen Smonday:



Aho's Triple Concerto, which spins up to 30 minutes from a 5-minute opening based on a lullaby he wrote for his granddaughter on the day of her birth. The lullaby is the most old-fashioned, romantic, "pretty" music Aho has ever written (at least that's reached my ears), while the rest of the concerto develops it into more typically Aho-sounding material.

[Mirror Image]

Now playing this entire recording:

[Papy Oli]

I find that such an enjoyable set! 

+1 and it is also a lavish production in the hand.

Yes indeed, it's one of the sets on my shelves that gives me real pleasure to hold in hand.

(Re Haydn's Seasons by Jacobs)

Make it more tempting than it is already, guys, why don't you     

Finishing Autumn and Winter at the moment. Lovely work throughout.

[Todd]

[Mirror Image]

Two versions of Koechlin's Paysages et marines, Op. 63 from these recordings:

For solo piano performed by Michael Korstick -



For chamber ensemble performed by Ensemble Contraste and Ensemble Initium:

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Pancho Vladigerov: Six Bulgarian Folk Songs.

[aligreto]

(Re Haydn's Seasons by Jacobs)

Make it more tempting than it is already, guys, why don't you     

It is fun spending other peoples' money   

[classicalgeek]

Pounds the table! Sinopoli is amazing in this repertoire. I also believe that his Three Pieces for Orchestra contains the loudest hammer blows on record.

He certainly is - I look forward to listening to the rest of the set! I like Karajan in the Berg Three Pieces, but Sinopoli is just as fine. I wonder if Sinopoli used the same hammer for his recording of Mahler 6? Probably not as his Mahler was with the Philharmonia and the Berg was in Dresden. But an intriguing thought...

Now Karajan recorded Berg's op. 6 and Mahler 6 both in Berlin. I don't think I've ever listened to his Mahler 6. I wonder...

Two versions of Koechlin's Paysages et marines, Op. 63 from these recordings:

For solo piano performed by Michael Korstick -



For chamber ensemble performed by Ensemble Contraste and Ensemble Initium:

Koechlin: String Quartet No. 2

The longest of the three. A work that flows effortlessly and has no hurry.

I approve of any and all Koechlin!

TD:

Vaughan Williams
Symphony no. 7 'Sinfonia antarctica'
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult