What are you listening 2 now?

[Harry]

Alexander Glazunov
Complete Symphonies, and other Orchestral works.
CD III.

Symphony No. 4 in E flat major & No. 7 in F major, "Pastoral".

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jose Serebrier.

[aligreto]

On another topic:
Don't forget Brautigam didn't stop with the sonatas, but went on to do the rest of the solo keyboard works



The Diabellis are the weakest link, but for those Staier and Schiff (and possibly others) provide fortepiano alternatives.

Noted.

[Madiel]

Haydn piano trios 35-37 (Hoboken 21 to 23), aka op.71



All fine mature Haydn (from 1794). The first in C major would have to be one of the most brilliant sparkling pieces Haydn wrote. The third starts with one of Haydn's famous major/minor variation movements.

[André]

I didn't know about these recordings. I will look for the discs.
As for Kono(y)e, he is a younger brother of Prince Fumimaro Konoe- one of the prime ministers during WW2 and a war criminal after the War. Prince Fumimaro committed suicide to avoid the war crime tribunal.  Konoe is one of the oldest and most prestigious aristocratic families in Japan.

From Spotify.

[Florestan]

Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol
Scheherazade
London Symphony Orchestra
Igor Markevitch
(on Spotify)



Thanks Florestan for the recommendation! A fiery, passionate Scheherazade and a rousing Capriccio Espagnol. Markevitch might come up just short of Reiner in sheer intensity, but I like Markevitch's overall pacing better.

Glad you enjoyed it as much as I did. 

[Mandryka]

Glad you enjoyed it as much as I did. 

Here's one you may like -- I think it's very nicely done. I may start a Proust thread, since we will be inundated with Proustiana this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxJOsMYV8Zk&ab_channel=WigmoreHall

[aligreto]

Glazunov: Symphony No. 6 [Serebrier]





Expansive and lyrical, the opening movement has a huge vista. It is big, powerful and bold and it is well delivered here. The second movement is calm and serene with wonderful woodwind scoring. The third movement is light and wonderfully jaunty in tone. The opening tone of the final movement is stern. This soon changes and becomes buoyant and this tone dominates the final movement.

[Traverso]

Bach

After so much depressing news I turn to this Bach recording.

   Motette A 8: Komm, Jesu Komm, BWV229   
   
   Trauer-Ode: Laß, Furstin, Laß Noch Einen Strahl, BWV 198   
   
   
   Motette A 5: Jesu, Meine Freude, BWV 227   


   
   

[Florestan]

Here's one you may like -- I think it's very nicely done. I may start a Proust thread, since we will be inundated with Proustiana this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxJOsMYV8Zk&ab_channel=WigmoreHall

Oh, thanks a lot for that!

[Harry]

Johann Christian Bach.

Six Quintets, opus 11.

Camerata des 18. Jahrhunderts.

[Que]

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli 
    Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

Bit of a classic recording, I guess, and for obviously good reasons!

Poor Palestrina, for decades he has been subjected to what they call nowadays cultural appropriation by British choirs...

There are still very few recordings that show what Palestrina actually sounded like.

[San Antone]

Poor Palestrina, for decades he has been subjected to what they call nowadays cultural appropriation by British choirs...

There are still very few recordings that show what Palestrina actually sounded like.

I am curious which you think do this. 

I like Sergio Vartolo's three recordings of the nine Messe Mantovane; the recordings by Pro Cantione Antiqua (under both Mark Brown and Bruno Turner), Marco Longhini's recordings. 

The Vatican choir's recordings are not very good since they use too large a choir and did not represent the kind of vocal sound Palestrina had available to him, which was something like 12 singers.

[Papy Oli]

Good afternoon all.

A bit of organ music this afternoon.

[Florestan]

KV 515

Uncompromisingly stern and grim reading, almost Shostakovich-like cold, harsh and gloomy. I have never ever heard Mozart's music in general and this quintet in particular played like that. I'm not sure it should be played like that. I'm sure I didn't like it. If that's the general tone of this set, then I'll pass.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Dallapiccola
Cinque Frammenti Di Saffo for Voice and 15 Instruments
Julie Moffat, soprano
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Hans Zender

[Karl Henning]

Last work for the night:

Berlioz
Les nuits d'été, Op. 7
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan

Une nuit d'hiver

[Mirror Image]

Une nuit d'hiver

En effet!

[Mirror Image]

Before heading off to work:

Debussy
Pour le piano, L 95
Estampes, L 100
Kocsis

[Spotted Horses]

Malipiero, Symphony No 11



A wonderful work, I find myself liking the symphonies more and more as the numbers go up, so I think Malipiero's late style appeals to me most. This work is refreshingly brief, has an engaging contrapuntal texture and skillful and inventive use of the orchestra. I again find myself particularly enjoying Malipiero's use of the horns.

[Harry]

Streaming via Oobuz.

J.S. Bach
Orgelbüchlein, 599-644.
Bram Beekman plays on a Rijkere Organ, Oostkerk, Middelburg.