What are you listening 2 now?

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Vladigerov: Dramatic Poem, op. 52



Sounds like something that hooks my attention completely. The use of the orchestral forces, melodic material, rhythmic writing and pathos are nothing short of tremendous!


Zygmunt Stojowski: Symphony in D minor, op. 21



Wow, another stupendous find! Think of Raff, Glazunov, Noskowski, Röntgen, in a music-blend kind of style. It could also be a little meandering in some parts of the movements, but the music is engaging most of the time. One of my discs of the year so far along with the Vladigerov's third volume of his orchestral pieces.

Here a photo of him:



Capriccio is for sure one of my favorite record labels. There is much interesting stuff to be played apart from... yes, you know. 

I thought that the Stojowski disc and Jeno Takacs disc from Capriccio are good too. The Vladigerov String Concerti set is excellent as well, imo. I love Capriccio!

[Symphonic Addict]

I thought that the Stojowski disc and Jeno Takacs disc from Capriccio are good too. The Vladigerov String Concerti set is excellent as well, imo. I love Capriccio!

Good to know! Jeno Takacs is a new name to me. Hungarian he must say, I assume. Another to explore then!

[Mirror Image]

I endorse this. I've got lots of enjoyment from these highly consistent recordings.

Same here. Villa-Lobos has long been a favorite composer of mine. I adore his music.

[Mirror Image]

Takemitsu
Autumn
A Way A Lone II
I Hear The Water Dreaming
Twill By Twilight
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Ryusuke Numajiri
(on Spotify)



Takemitsu's sound world is like no one else's - the influence of Debussy is omnipresent, but Takemitsu's music is wholly original. I especially loved the last two pieces on this disc (I Hear The Water Dreaming and Twill By Twilight). Just excellent music.

Pounds the table!

[Mirror Image]

Yesterday I played this wonderful CD from beginning to end, enjoying every work on it:

A great disc, Jeffrey. I have you to thank for your posts about Ben-Haim. He's been a nice discovery.

[Karl Henning]

Nice!

[Karl Henning]

Ornstein: Piano Quintet and String Quartet No. 3

Simply ravishing both works. This composer should be better known apart from the fact that he lived more than 100 years!

Love that disc!

[Operafreak]

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Hilary Hahn, violin
LSO
Davis



I know it's one of RVW's most popular and overplayed works. I know it's a work that has been recorded so many times, but you know what? I don't care. When music is this lyrical, sensuous and majestic, all of these things don't even matter. Stunning performance from Hahn with Sir Grunts-a-lot on the podium.

[Symphonic Addict]

Love that disc!

It's great. There are even some hints of Second Viennese School in the String Quartet. The Piano Quintet has always been a guilty pleasure for me.

[Symphonic Addict]

Martin: Les quatre elements

Mystical music, and avoids musical cliches or imitate any style by others.





Bliss: Mêlée Fantasque

I have to remind myself to listen to more Bliss. This was rather good! The all disc is a no-brainers.

[Karl Henning]

Havergal Brian
Symphony № 24 in D
New Russia State symphony
Alexander Walker

[bhodges]

James MacMillan: Larghetto for Orchestra (2017, Manfred Honeck / Frankfurt Radio Symphony) - Even as a MacMillan fan, never heard this and it's quite wonderful, an adaptation of his Miserere for choir (2009).

Honeck is one of the greats today, and the Frankfurt group continues its outstanding record of live broadcasts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlxIGd4zlCY

--Bruce

[bhodges]

Ravel: Boléro (Alondra de la Parra / WDR Sinfonieorchester, recorded live in Cologne, 27 January 2022) - Wow, what a find. De la Parra does a masterful job of letting the score breathe, and the musicians beautifully capture all of Ravel's colors. (I happen to like this piece a lot, and see it as an expert example of proto-minimalism.)

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

--Bruce

[Operafreak]

 

[Que]

Morning listening:

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Returning to music by Jacobus Vaet, a 16th c. Franco-Flemish composer who deserves to be wider known. Born in Kortrijk/Courtrai, Flanders, he worked at the court of Emperor Maximilian II and was a contemporary and personal friend of Clemens non Papa and Lassus. There is one Vaet disc by the Ensemble Cinquecento (Hyperion), but don't overlook this excellent series by the Dufay Ensemble (Freiburg).

Not long after I collected the four volumes of the series, it was reissued by Brilliant Classics - pictured to the right.
Early Music fans shouldn't pass this set over.

[vandermolen]

A great disc, Jeffrey. I have you to thank for your posts about Ben-Haim. He's been a nice discovery.

Always a pleasure John - Ben-Haim was a great discovery for me too.

[vandermolen]

Martin: Les quatre elements

Mystical music, and avoids musical cliches or imitate any style by others.





Bliss: Mêlée Fantasque

I have to remind myself to listen to more Bliss. This was rather good! The all disc is a no-brainers.

Martin's 'In Terra Pax' is my favourite of his works. Bliss's 'Melee Fantasque' was a great discovery for me a few years ago Cesar.

TD
Wilhelm Georg Berger: Symphony No.4 'Tragic'. An expressive and darkly powerful work by this Romanian/Transylvanian composer:

[Mandryka]

If you decide to listen to his (Fray's) Goldberg Variations, I'd be interested to read any ideas you have about it. I've just not been in the mood for the music since it came out, so haven't given it the attention it deserves.

[Harry]

After 5 years of rest in my music library, I again play these fabulous recordings, still on top of the many recordings that exist in this genre.

De Leiden Choir Books.
Volume I. Codex A.
CD I.

Works by: Crecqouillon, Appenzeller, De Monte, Cleeff, Hollander, Richafort.

Egidius Kwartet & College.