What are you listening 2 now?

[JBS]

In terms of performance and sonics, this series equals any and all other PI cycles, but I would recommend the Wallfisch set on CPO before this one because Wallfisch was issued as a set of 3 CDs and contains Concertos 0 and 6.

[Mapman]

Maiden-listen Monday
Magnard: Symphony #2
Ossonce: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

I remember that some people here were discussing this composer last week. The consensus seems to be that his 3rd and 4th symphonies are better, but this is the only CD I have. I think my dad got it for me at a library sale a few years ago, and I hadn't listened yet. The music is pleasant, but not particularly memorable. It's always fun exploring new composers like this.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Grieg
String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27
Truls Mørk (cello), Atle Sponberg (violin), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Solve Sigerland (violin)

[Operafreak]

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Violin Sonata in F Major & Songs Without Words

Augustin Dumay (violin), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Jonathan Fournel (piano)

[Mirror Image]

Disc 1 from Strauss' Daphne (Böhm)



There are several recordings of Daphne (a severely underrated opera even within Strauss' own oeuvre), but this recording on DG with Böhm is regarded as the finest of them all. I haven't heard another performance of Daphne, but this is one work where I've felt content with just one recording, because in the back of my mind I felt that it couldn't be bettered. The singing, conducting and live sonics are exemplary.

[Operafreak]

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Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39/ Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43-Klaus Mäkelä
   
 

[vandermolen]

Maiden-listen Monday
Magnard: Symphony #2
Ossonce: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

I remember that some people here were discussing this composer last week. The consensus seems to be that his 3rd and 4th symphonies are better, but this is the only CD I have. I think my dad got it for me at a library sale a few years ago, and I hadn't listened yet. The music is pleasant, but not particularly memorable. It's always fun exploring new composers like this.

Try nos 3 and 4 - there's a newish Naxos CD featuring them.

[vandermolen]

Staying with a Norwegian theme...

Irgens-Jensen
Symphony in D
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Aadland



I haven't heard this work in ages (or really any of Irgens-Jensen's music). Quite fine!

+1

[vandermolen]

Oh that is funny!  I selected it because it was easier to select that one album as opposed to the combing through the box in Qobuz.  Which version do you prefer?

The one with the LSO (featured in the box and on a separate CD).

[Que]

Morning listening - 3rd volume in the series of music by Jacobus Vaet:

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Reissued by Brilliant Classics as a set - pictured to the right.

[Roasted Swan]

Yes, I believe you have the sequence of events more or less accurately described. I bypassed the EMI Bournemouth set and went straight for the Japanese hybrid SACD reissue from Tower Records plus some other Japanese issues. So my Sibelius Berglund Bournemouth collection is a hodgepodge of Japanese releases, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

This was the two-fer release of the Bournemouth/Kullervo......

[Harry]

The Leiden Choir Books.

Volume III-CD I.

Composers: Jacobus Clemens non Papa, Pierre Moulu, Johannes Lupi, Jheronimus Vinders. Anonymous.

Egidius Kwartet & College.


The best of the very best........

[Florestan]

This might not work for everyone, but I found that  the use of voices (solo and chorus) helped P.G. quite a bit.

When it comes to Peer Gynt, I accept no substitute for the whole thing, of which the two suites are just a pale reflection.

[Que]

The Leiden Choir Books.

Volume III-CD I.

Composers: Jacobus Clemens non Papa, Pierre Moulu, Johannes Lupi, Jheronimus Vinders. Anonymous.

Egidius Kwartet & College.


The best of the very best........

One of my treasured sets in Early Music!
What it makes stand out is not only the quality of the performances, but also the generous amount of unknown Franco-Flemish repertoire.

I do hope we are going to see more recordings by this ensemble.

[Harry]

One of my treasured sets in Early Music!
What it makes stand out is not only the quality of the performances, but also the generous amount of unknown Franco-Flemish repertoire.

I do hope we are going to see more recordings by this ensemble.

True in the first instance, and also in the second, the treasure trove of unknown Franco-Flemish music, and yes I look out for more recordings by them. I hope they get enough sponsors to do so.

[Harry]

Joseph Joachim Raff.

Symphony No. 6 in D minor & Suite No. 2 in F major, "In Ungarischer Weise".
Bamberger Symphoniker, Hans Stadlmair.

A fine set, actually the best complete set around.

[Papy Oli]

God morning all,

A first listen to this recent purchase, Bach's St. John Passion by Herreweghe (His first recording of the SJP).

[Biffo]

Yes, I believe you have the sequence of events more or less accurately described. I bypassed the EMI Bournemouth set and went straight for the Japanese hybrid SACD reissue from Tower Records plus some other Japanese issues. So my Sibelius Berglund Bournemouth collection is a hodgepodge of Japanese releases, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

Rather annoyingly, the Warner/Icon Berglund box also has the Helsinki Kullervo

[foxandpeng]

Alan Rawsthorne
Symphonies 1 - 3
David Lloyd Jones
Bournemouth SO
Naxos

I have developed a real affection for these symphonies. Unsettled, mournful, emotional, difficult, and a number of other adjectives apply, but repeat listening convinces me of their value. More initially approachable than Simpson, I think, but not as immediately engaging as the likes of Bax and his ilk. There are times when his film music seeps in too, and I quite like that. Big fan of #2, even with the minor sung contribution.

[Operafreak]

Magnard: Piano Trio in F Minor & Violin Sonata in G Major- Geneviève Laurenceau (violin), Maximilian Hornung (cello), Oliver Triendl (piano)