What are you listening 2 now?

[Karl Henning]

Carl Nielsen
Symphony 4 'The Inextinguishable, op. 29
San Francisco SO - Herbert Blomstedt

VS

Top-tier feel-good music!

[Lisztianwagner]

Carl Nielsen
Symphony 4 'The Inextinguishable, op. 29
San Francisco SO - Herbert Blomstedt

Top-tier feel-good music!

+1

[Traverso]

Debussy


After the Previn recording I listen to this one...

[steve ridgway]

Isang Yun - Loyang For Chamber Ensemble.

[DavidW]

Telemann, GP - will be finishing up my 'selective' listening my my GPT collection today - i.e. the top row (believe I've had those Pinnock CDs since their first release) and the Paris Quartets w/ Jed Wentz and gang - listen to the Kuijkens earlier in the year.  Dave


 

The Kuijkens united!  I wonder how many albums feature so many Kuijkens?  I imagine not many.

[Linz]

 Bruno Maderna Mahler Symphony No. 9 BBC Symphony Orchestra

[classicalgeek]

Yes, sorry, I was talking about the DG recording, I've only listened to that too; but anyway any Mahler Bernstein recorded is gold. 

I agree that most of Bernstein's Mahler recordings, from either cycle, are outstanding!

TD: last night
Jiri Antonin Benda
Sinfonias nos. 1-6
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Christian Benda
(on CD)



Really pleasant early-classical period symphonies, in the style of C.P.E. Bach. Not as harmonically adventurous as Carl Philipp's works, perhaps, but easy to listen to (and I mean that in the best possible way!)

[Karl Henning]

'round Midnight- Quatuor Ebène (string quartet)

Looks very interesting. What do you think of the Merlin?

[Karl Henning]

Dvorak cello concerto: Queyras/Belohlavek.

The intense lyricism of Queyras' playing that I'm familiar with from the Bach cello suites also comes through here. Very nice.

Sweet!

[DavidW]

Karl Henning Considering My Bliss Options Op 137 № 2b

https://youtu.be/YtUsw5eE2Sw

Really mellow, melodic music.  If you watch the video you'll see a sign that says "people are eating children in this area"

[Karl Henning]

Pettersson's 9th again

What do you think?

[DavidW]

What do you think?

Meh.  Symphonies 6-8 I think are the best.  And 10-11 (his hospital symphonies) are interesting for their uncharacteristic passion and rage.  But 9 right in the middle is just kind of a mess.  A transition between the two, with nothing really distinctive about it.

[Karl Henning]

Meh.  Symphonies 6-8 I think are the best.  And 10-11 (his hospital symphonies) are interesting for their uncharacteristic passion and rage.  But 9 right in the middle is just kind of a mess.  A transition between the two, with nothing really distinctive about it.

Thanks!

TD:

Both the Dutilleux and Merlin qualify for First-Listen Fridays!

Dutilleux
Ainsi la nuit (1976) for string quartet

Merlin
Night Bridge (1982) "Nocturnal poem for string sextet, after four jazz standards on nighttime

Schoenberg
Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (1899)

Quatuor Ébène plus
Antoine Tamestit, va
Nicolas Alstaedt, vc

[SonicMan46]

The Kuijkens united!  I wonder how many albums feature so many Kuijkens?  I imagine not many.

Hi David - well, I just went on Amazon quickly and did a Kuijken search and came up w/ at least the ones below, 3 of which are in my collection - as you can see in the second one, even the kids are getting into the act!    Dave

     

 

[DavidW]

I will definitely listen to those Haydn trios!

[VonStupp]

Carl Nielsen
Symphony 5
San Francisco SO - Herbert Blomstedt

Continuing on...

VS

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 3 in D Minor 1878 version Christoph von Dohnányi from this set

[Mirror Image]

Isang Yun - Loyang For Chamber Ensemble.

Nice!

[Que]

[Linz]

Willi Boskovsky Conducting mostly Johann Strauss II