What are you listening 2 now?

[Mirror Image]

My first Xenakis CD, bought as an experiment. The result of the experiment may be deduced from the fact it remains my only Xenakis CD. Nothing connected in any way with me, I'm sorry to say. When I want a gnarly Greek, Skalkottas does the job very well.

Love Xenakis and all his insanity and just can't get into Skalkottas who feels like a half-baked composer to me.

[Mirror Image]

Enescu: Symphony No. 3 on this retrospective live set:



Streamed via Qobuz.

H/T to the Hurwitzer for bringing this set to my attention.  Very fine recording of the Enescu symphony.

I own this set and it's still sealed. I need to get around to it as I love Jurowski's conducting.

[Symphonic Addict]

My first Xenakis CD, bought as an experiment. The result of the experiment may be deduced from the fact it remains my only Xenakis CD. Nothing connected in any way with me, I'm sorry to say. When I want a gnarly Greek, Skalkottas does the job very well.

That's nice, we all perceive things differently. Even though I'm not a big fan of Xenakis, there is something aggresive, visceral and dissonant in many of his works that often put me in the right mood for something different. On the other hand, I enjoy the Neoclassical Skalkottas, but the serialist one is still a tough nut to crack to me.

[JBS]

Love Xenakis and all his insanity and just can't get into Skalkottas who feels like a half-baked composer to me.

That's surprising. Most of the Skalkottas I've heard is stuff I would have thought to be right up your alley.

[Operafreak]

Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

[Mirror Image]

That's surprising. Most of the Skalkottas I've heard is stuff I would have thought to be right up your alley.

Yeah, I thought so too, but this turned out to not be the case. I'll revisit his music at some juncture I'm sure.

[vandermolen]

I checked Fnac's web site and it says. for the Landowski box, "Stock en ligne épuisé" (online stock sold out.) It does say that it's available in their stores; as much as I hope to travel someday (including to France), well, it's not going to happen anytime soon! I'll continue to keep an eye out for it, though. And the Genzmer box will definitely be one of my next purchases!

I'll definitely give them another listen, to this disc as well as his other volumes of orchestral music.

I'd probably listened to him before, years ago - but I can't recall. This is definitely the first time in a while, and I was very impressed! I'll check out your recommendations. There's a complete set of his symphonies on Ondine that's very tempting...


TD:
at Jeffrey's (vandermolen) recommendation:
Joonas Kokkonen
Symphony no. 4
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska
(on Spotify)



I was definitely impressed with this! Powerful climaxes, and like you said, Jeffrey, the end is very moving.

Glad you enjoyed the Kokkonen! 

[Daverz]

Love Xenakis and all his insanity and just can't get into Skalkottas who feels like a half-baked composer to me.

Probably a gross oversimplification, but Skalkottas seems to have a populist side and a difficult atonal side.  The atonal music I've heard is quite gnarly, and I haven't warmed up to any of it yet, but I really enjoy the populist works like the Greek Dances.

[vandermolen]

Kokkonen: Symphony No.4

[Operafreak]

Shostakovich: Jazz & Variety Suites- Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton

[foxandpeng]

Dmitri Shostakovich
Complete String Quartets
Mandelring Quartett

These today, 1 - 15 from start to finish, to make Friday's work day bearable. Mostly admin, only one call scheduled, so a good opportunity to turn up the Sonos in the office.

[Operafreak]

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D major/ Norfolk Rhapsody No.1/The Lark Ascending


    London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sarah Chang (violin)-    Bernard Haitink

[Lisztianwagner]

Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 1

[Harry]

I have a few hours this afternoon to listen. Must divert my thoughts.

Rued Langgaard.
Complete Symphonies.
CD IV.

No. 6, "The Heaven Rending" & No. 7, version 1926. No 8 also on this disc I skipped movement III, do not like vocal  contributions.

Danish National SO, Thomas Dausgaard,

[Harry]

Johann Straus II.

Complete Orchestral works.
CD III.

Mountain Songs, Waltz op. 18 (Berglieder)
Practical Joke, Polka op. 17 (Jux-Polka)
Vienna Punch Songs, Waltz op. 131 (Wiener Punch-Lieder)
Demons Quadrille op. 19 (Daemonen-Quadrille)
Cheerful Greeting, Polka op. 127 (Freuden-Gruss-Polka)
Love Songs, Waltz op. 114 (Liebeslieder)
Pleasure Train, Quick Polka op. 281 (Vergnuegungszug)
Satanella-Quadrille op. 123 (Satanella-Quadrille)
The Austrians, Waltz op. 22 (Die Oesterreicher)
Aesculapius, Polka op. 130 (Aesculap-Polka)
Lind Songs, Waltz op. 21 (Lind-Gesaenge)
Amazons Polka op. 9 (Amazonen-Polka)

CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra (Košice), Alfred Walter.

[DavidW]

I've also been impressed by Gielen's Mahler so far, although I haven't listened to much of it yet.

Today, I listened to Des Knaben Wunderhorn.

Gielen's Mahler is my favorite cycle, tied with Bertini.

[DavidW]

I don't recognize this cello concerto at all, maybe I somehow never heard it before?

[Operafreak]

Lully: Te Deum & Dies irae

Jennifer Smith, Francine Bessac (sopranos), Zeger Vandersteene (countertenor), Louis Devos (tenor), Philippe Huttenlocher (bass)

L'Ensemble vocal 'A Coeur Joie' de Valence, Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, Jean-François Paillard

[vers la flamme]

Alfred Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No.4/Symphony No.5. Neeme Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

I love these BIS Schnittke edition album covers. They look like the covers of math textbooks.

[MusicTurner]

I don't recognize this cello concerto at all, maybe I somehow never heard it before?

Op.129 on that disc is the only real cello concerto by Schumann ... he also arranged the work as an alternative violin concerto, but that version is very rarely heard.