What are you listening 2 now?

[Symphonic Addict]

Alfvén: Suite from 'Bergakungen'

Imaginative, colourful music, though the suite could have included more sections from the original ballet.





Godard: String Quartet No. 2

Exquisite piece, so are the other two quartets. The 1st movement has enough charm to delight effortlessly.

[Linz]

Tchaikovsky Symphon 4 Mariss Jansons Conducting

[Lisztianwagner]

Alban Berg: 3 Pieces from the ''Lyric Suite''

[Karl Henning]

Allow me to list the works on the Tcherepnin 3 Generations CD:

Alexander Tcherepnin: Violin Sonata in F major op. 14; Romanze WoO for Violin & Piano; Elegie op. 43 for Violin & Piano

Nikolai Tcherepnin: Poème lyrique op. 9 for Violin & Piano; Andante & Finale op. posth. for Violin & Piano

Ivan Tcherepnin: Pensamiento for Flute & Piano; Cadenzas in Transition for Flute, Clarinet, Piano


Chamber music has usually not been of much interest to me, but in recent years my tastes have changed: this CD I am heartily recommending.

Under 3 minutes long, the Romanze of Alexander Tcherepnin I wanted to continue!  All the works by his father and son are highly intriguing: Ivan's especially gets some interesting soounds from the Flute and Clarinet.



This may be of interest:

https://toccataclassics.com/three-generations-of-tcherepnins/

Nice. Good to see you!

[Karl Henning]

CD 66
Whole lotta Delius ...
In a Summer Garden
Hassan (arr. Beecham)
Interlude between Scenes 1 & 2
Serenade
Koanga—La Calinda (Act 2) (arr. Fenby)
On hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Summer Night on the River
String Quartet № 2—III. Late Swallows (arr. Fenby)
Brigg Fair 'An English Rhapsody'

This began so well. Loved In a Summer Garden and so on. In particular, I remember reflecting how much better I thought of Cuckoo than the first time I heard it (decades ago) ... Somewhere in the midst of the Summer Night or the Quartet movement, Delius Fatigue set in. I pulled out of it enough to enjoy Brigg Fair substantially. I'll come back to the disc before returning it to the box.

So, I went back, listening (first) to everything but the Quartet arrangement ... confirming that I do really like all else. I afterwards did give the Swallows a fresh spin, and it's all right, but not in my Delius Short List.

[Karl Henning]

Grieg piano music was not on my bingo card at year's start ... but here we are:

CD 6
Grieg

Sonata in e minor, Op. 7
Lyric Pcs, Op. 12
Lyric Pcs, Op. 43

I found that the music is pleasant, but does not enthuse me. As ever, YMMV.

[classicalgeek]

I have good recollections of the Symphony. The Variations are still unknown to me, though.

The Eighth Symphony is a fine piece! I've also heard the disc of his Fifth and Seventh Symphonies as well as some of his piano music. It's all been good stuff! I'd love to see more of his music recorded.


TD:
Miloslav Kabelac
Symphony no. 3 for organ, brass, and timpani
Symphony no. 4
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marko Ivanovic
(on Qobuz)



As much as I wanted to enjoy these, I just didn't find them pleasant to listen to.

[Maestro267]

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor
Paul Lewis (piano)

Ravel: Violin Sonata in G major
Shlomo Mintz (violin), Yefim Bronfman (piano)

[Symphonic Addict]

I listened to this years and years ago and vaguely remember coming the a similar conclusion, that the third symphony was more successful than the Manhattan Trilogy, which seemed more foggy. Generally I connect better with composers with an acerbic style (Malipiero, Bacewicz, Roussel, Honegger) than the spiritualists.

It must have to do with your personality. 

[Symphonic Addict]

The Eighth Symphony is a fine piece! I've also heard the disc of his Fifth and Seventh Symphonies as well as some of his piano music. It's all been good stuff! I'd love to see more of his music recorded.


TD:
Miloslav Kabelac
Symphony no. 3 for organ, brass, and timpani
Symphony no. 4
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marko Ivanovic
(on Qobuz)



As much as I wanted to enjoy these, I just didn't find them pleasant to listen to.

If Kabelac's symphonies are not your thing, please give his Mystery of Time a listen. It's a magnificent work.

[Linz]

Haydn Die Schopfung Hengelbrock

[Karl Henning]

The Eighth Symphony is a fine piece! I've also heard the disc of his Fifth and Seventh Symphonies as well as some of his piano music. It's all been good stuff! I'd love to see more of his music recorded.


TD:
Miloslav Kabelac
Symphony no. 3 for organ, brass, and timpani
Symphony no. 4
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marko Ivanovic
(on Qobuz)



As much as I wanted to enjoy these, I just didn't find them pleasant to listen to.

Interesting! I should go back to this set. I recall enjoying those two.

TD:

CD 67

Debussy
Trois Nocturnes
La mer

Grieg
Danses norvèges, Op. 35

CD 9
JSB

Prelude & Fugue in a minor, BWV 895
Keyboard Suite in f minor, BWV 823
Prelude & Fughetta in d minor, BWV 899
Prelude in F, BWV 927
Quodlibet, BWV 524, fragment for 4 vv & b.c.
Prelude in E, BWV 937
Prelude in G, BWV 929
Erbauliche Gedanken eines Tobackrauchers,
BWV 516a "So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife"
Prelude in d minor, BWV 940
Canon a 2 perpetuus in d minor, BWV 1075
&c.
Concluding with:
Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo in B^b, BWV 992

[classicalgeek]

If Kabelac's symphonies are not your thing, please give his Mystery of Time a listen. It's a magnificent work.

Will do, Cesar! If I recall correctly, I have that sitting around somewhere coupled to Janacek's Glagolitic Mass with Ancerl conducting. And I'll sample some of his other symphonies as well.

Interesting! I should go back to this set. I recall enjoying those two.

That was my initial impression, anyway. I'll sample some of his other work.

[Todd]

[Daverz]

Working my way thru the Saygun symphonies again, one of my favorite symphony cycles.

Saygun: Symphony No. 3



The Bartok influence is obvious, but integrated into a distinct voice.

And now: Weill Symphony No. 2



On a second listen I don't find myself expecting someone to start singing Mack The Knife.  A fine work.

[Symphonic Addict]

Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 3 for cello and small orchestra

Delightful as only Hindemith could do it. Love this!




And this thrilling choral work:

Nikolai Roslavets: Komsomoliya

https://www.youtube.com/v/hjK9ZTaNi0U

Anyone who responds to, say, Schmitt's Psaume XLVII could find this work a fine partner to it.

[Karl Henning]

Will do, Cesar! If I recall correctly, I have that sitting around somewhere coupled to Janacek's Glagolitic Mass with Ancerl conducting. And I'll sample some of his other symphonies as well.

That was my initial impression, anyway. I'll sample some of his other work.

Check. I'm all for candor in first impressions! Heck, my first impression was that Delius is just a daawwg!

First-Listen Fridays: (figuring on overcoming a negative first impression of the composer!)

https://www.youtube.com/v/cb-xj20YkDI

[Daverz]

Dvorak: Symphony No. 8



I love the sound of this orchestra and the East German engineering, already familiar from so many fine recordings with Kurt Sanderling.

[VonStupp]

Franz Schubert
Symphony 8 in b minor 'Unfinished', D759
Symphony 9 in C Major 'Great', D944

Boston SO - Charles Münch

VS

[Karl Henning]

First-Listen Fridays: (figuring on overcoming a negative first impression of the composer!)

https://www.youtube.com/v/cb-xj20YkDI

This is superb! h/t to Davey.