What are you listening 2 now?

[amw]

I'm not sure why I like this recording of Op. 111 so much.

[Brian]

Macelaru went to the same school I did and I saw him conduct the student orchestra (in student compositions) so, even though we never interacted in any way, I feel an utterly irrational attachment to his career.

[Linz]

Gustav Mahler 1 Edo de Waart and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic

[Symphonic Addict]

Medtner: Piano Quintet in C major

[foxandpeng]

Allan Pettersson
Symphony 3
Leif Segerstam
Norrköping SO
BIS

More early Pettersson symphonies as I am unlikely to get a great deal of sleep tonight. I know the first 4 symphonies far less well than I know the others.

[SimonNZ]

a couple of days ago they played on the radio a concert of this work from this years Proms, which has made me give this set another listen

it included some of the best between-act discussions I've heard in a while

[Traverso]

Gustav Mahler 1 Edo de Waart and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic

Good to see this one..

[vers la flamme]

Allan Pettersson: Symphony No.7. Gerd Albrecht, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Heard it was his birthday, decided to give this a spin. This is weird, weird music. Very dark, very repetitive, full of ostinati. Can't quite make heads or tails of it just yet, but I reckon I'm glad to have heard it. (And I hear this is his most accessible symphony! ) In any case, happy birthday to the great Swedish symphonist.

[Daverz]

Jan Novak (no relation to Vitezslav Novak)



The Filharmonie Brno conducted by Dennis Russell Davies.  This is upbeat, rhythmically exciting music.  The music is strongly reminiscent in places of his teacher Martinu.  It looks like an ECM cover design, but it's a label that I've never heard of, Supertrain Records.

https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/jan-novak-choreae-philharmonicae-ludi-symphoniaci-elegantiae-tripudiorum-filharmonie-brno/pxdkyuh8yv7yc

[vers la flamme]

Allan Pettersson: Barfotasånger. Monica Groop, Cord Garben

Much easier going than the symphony; still a very dark mood overall, but fairly straight-ahead romantic Lieder, actually. Very lyrical, nice melodies.

[vers la flamme]

Béla Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle, BB 62. István Kertész, London Symphony Orchestra, with vocal soloists Christa Ludwig and Walter Berry

Haven't heard this in a long time, but I do recall admiring the work greatly.

[TheGSMoeller]

Giovanni Sollima: Violoncelles, vibrez!

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

A recorded version also exists on this album...

[JBS]

Sir Arthur Bliss 'Processional' composed for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. I'm very fond of this music and find it appropriate for today.
VW, Elgar, James MacMillan and Judith Weir's music will feature during today's funeral of HM at Westminster Abbey.
On the radio this morning the presenter commented that the then Princess Elizabeth had met Elgar at the recording of his 'Nursery suite' and speculated if she had been the last living person to have met Elgar.

It's possible--but there are still plenty of people around who are 93/94 or older, and who could have met him and were old enough to remember him. Drop the requirement that they remember him, and anyone 88 or older would qualify.

[JBS]

In 35 years of listening to classical music and being a Mozart super-fan, it's only earlier this year that I frst listened to it, so you're not quite alone. 

Same here, except for me the time period is 45+ years (I may have heard some of it via radio back when Miami had a classical music station).

[JBS]

My 'care package' arrived from Presto today.
First up

[JBS]

And another item from the care package

The track listing has no timings, so I have no idea of how long this will be.

[Mapman]

Maiden-Listen Monday:
Gluck: Alceste, Act 1
Geraint Jones Singers and Orchestra



Because I haven't listened in a few months:
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Mullova, Ozawa: Boston

[Symphonic Addict]

Rubbra: Inscape

This work and the Missa Cantuariensis represent some of the most endearing and sublime choral writing by this composer.

[Operafreak]

Franz Ignaz Beck - Symphonies Op. 3, Nos. 1-4/ Toronto Chamber Orchestra, Kevin Mallon

[Harry]