What are you listening 2 now?

[aligreto]

Always great to read your posts about Roussel. You definitely have a great appreciation for and understanding of his music!

I definitely agree with that comment. 

[Todd]

Disc six.

[Traverso]

Schubert: Symphony No. 8 [Jochum]





This is a wonderful, strong, powerful performance. The presence of the orchestra is massive on this recording.


I do not listen to nearly enough Schubert.

I have it in this fine set 

[Traverso]

Thanks for the feedback, John. I won't give up on Henze just yet.

Undine is a certainly a fine piece. 

[Florestan]

Disc six.

Good? Bad? Meh?

[Todd]

Good? Bad? Meh?

https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,31165.msg1392416.html#msg1392416

[Florestan]

https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,31165.msg1392416.html#msg1392416

Thanks.

[Traverso]

Beethoven


Piano Sonata In E Flat Major Op. 7

Piano Sonata In C Minor Op. 10 No. 1
Piano Sonata in F major Op.10 No.2

[Florestan]

Beethoven


Piano Sonata In E Flat Major Op. 7

Piano Sonata In C Minor Op. 10 No. 1
Piano Sonata in F major Op.10 No.2

Love that set.

[SonicMan46]

Haydn, Joseph - Symphonies - an assortment from the 'time of the day' early works to a couple w/ Hogwood and onto the Paris Symphonies w/ Kuijken - Dave

   

[Traverso]

Love that set.

Indeed,great Beethoven recordings and one of my favorite sets of these sonatas.Other sets are Backhaus ( stereo) and the almost complete Gilels.I like Brendel in Schubert but not his Beethoven.Kovacevich (EMI) is fine but not in my top three.  I like also Ashkenazy in all its honest modesty, Pollini is not  my thing.  Arrau doesn't click either,I have another view on Beethoven than he delivers.

[Florestan]

the almost complete Gilels.

Oh, yeah!

I like Brendel in Schubert

Me too, both sets.

[VonStupp]

Richard Strauss
Taillefer, op. 52
Wandrers Sturmlied, op. 14
Die Tageszeiten, op. 76

Felicity Lott, soprano
Johan Botha, tenor
Michael Volle, baritone

Ernst-Senff Chorus
Dresden Philharmonic
Michel Plasson

This is my first time hearing these R. Strauss symphonic choral works.

VS

[Maestro267]

Wellesz: Symphony No. 4
Vienna RSO/Rabl

[Karl Henning]

CD 56

Sibelius
Symphony № 4 in a minor, Op. 63
Rakastava, Op. 14
Romance in C, Op. 42
Finlandia, Op. 26
Pohjolan tytär, Op. 49

[André]

You are too generous! I look back at some of those reviews and I can't stand my babbling.

If you liked Franck's Les Béatitudes, his Rédemption is a tad more memorable and more tightly structured. I think it was the Plasson on EMI I last enjoyed.

Of course, 20th 19th Century French oratorios are not everyone's cup of tea! 

VS

Well, they are of their time and place, so I understand some may hold the opinion that they have not aged well. Maybe, but I have no problem doing the mental voyage in time and bask in the cultural atmosphere of 1880s Paris. I also have the Rilling version - very impressive, superb indeed. But Kubelik is really special.

I should have added that a substantial bonus is to be had in the form of a contemporaneous (1974) performance of the Wesendonck Lieder by Norman and Boulez. I heard Norman live around 1975 and was bowled over by her presence - both physical and vocal. The richness of her voice here is almost overwhelming. Applause between songs (it was a Proms concert).

[kyjo]

h/t to Kyle:

Pounds the table! One of the great Nielsen recordings.

[kyjo]

Atterberg is worth a broken table or two! Just outstanding music, both the disc of his works for chamber orchestra (the Suite Barocco and Suite Pastorale, which are utterly enchanting) and the disc of his symphonies I sampled. I'm definitely going to buy the CPO box set of the symphonies! I don't know when I'll buy, but it became an essential purchase for me.

Oh yes, you must hear all of Atterberg's symphonies, even the rather less compelling vocal 9th (and including the Sinfonia for Strings)! Each symphony is an absolute gem, filled with gorgeous and memorable melodies, evocative orchestration, and a sweeping sense of narrative. One of my favorite symphonic cycles by anyone, but of course I'm sounding like a broken record to most GMGers at this point.

[Symphonic Addict]

Pounds the table! Very good sets both. The Heutling in particular is a real sleeper.

Don't know that recording but the work themselves are delightful.

Yes, I've enjoyed both sets and I don't have any quibble about them. Satisfying in all regards.

The Weber was a first listen and also a compelling piece in a good performance.

[DavidW]

Schubert's Mass #6:


Dvorak's 9th:


Both excellent performances.  The latter has excellent SQ, what a great remaster!