What are you listening 2 now?

[JBS]

Mahler Symphony no 2
Ormandy/Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Corinne Frank Bowen soprano
Anne O'Malley Gallogly contralto
Twin Cities Symphony Chorus
Recorded in 1935. As far as I can tell, this was the second commercial recording of the symphony. Ormandy doesn't linger over many roses, but he wasn't a speed demon: overall time is approximately 76 1/2 minutes.  There are some intonation flubs but the sound is good compared to most recordings of that era.


ETA
Quite out of the blue, Ormandy included peals of church bells over the final moments of the symphony.

Onto another CD from the set
The Fourth Symphonies of both Schumann and Beethoven, filled out by the Leonore Overture 3

[Operafreak]

Dvorak: String Quartets Nos 4 and 5



Panocha Quartet

[Symphonic Addict]

Strauss: Don Quixote

A fine reading overall, but I thought it lacked something to be entirely convincing.

[Mandryka]

Dvorak: String Quartets Nos 4 and 5



Panocha Quartet

What do you make of these early quartets?

[vandermolen]

Ib Nørholm
Symphony 5 'The Elements'
Jan Latham-Koenig
Danish RSO
Via YouTube

I've long been curious about Ib Nørholm's symphonies, so have dug out my YouTube rips from some years ago. I know I listened with interest, but remember little of them. The Fifth Symphony is spread over four movements depicting the elements of air, earth, fire and water. Far more complex than my limited musical understanding can effectively describe but I really do like this kind of thing.

Most interesting Danny.

Early morning listening: Bax Symphony No.3 Hallé Orchestra/John Barbirolli
This is a superb restoration of this classic 1943/44 recording - the best I have heard. Interesting cover-art as well.
Definitely one for all my fellow Baxians out there! 

[ritter]

Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 04 
    Michael Gielen, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg

I am an admirer of Michael Gielen, think he was an important and insightful Mahler conductor, but I found very little to enjoy in his recording of the Fourth . And the soprano in the final lied is not really suited to the part IMHO. A pity.

[Mandryka]

Just beautiful! Huber and Gerhaher more than that.

[Spotted Horses]

Dvorak: String Quartets Nos 4 and 5



Panocha Quartet

I always get peeved when I see this set mentioned, because I have proof that I bought it, but I can't find it, and I don't remember getting rid of it. Grrrr!

(I'm not lacking for the repertoire, since I have the cycles by the Prager and Stamitz quartets, besides numerous individual recordings.)

[Que]

Domenico Scarlatti's
Keyboard Sonatas 48

Scott Ross (harpsichord)

Another small dose of these never-ending sonatas. I enjoy them, for around 30 minutes -and then I find them rather too relentless to warrant a second round any time soon (though that might have more to do with Scott Ross than Domenico Scarlatti!)

I think so! 

[Florestan]

Coppelia

[foxandpeng]

Most interesting Danny.

Early morning listening: Bax Symphony No.3 Hallé Orchestra/John Barbirolli
This is a superb restoration of this classic 1943/44 recording - the best I have heard. Interesting cover-art as well.
Definitely one for all my fellow Baxians out there! 

I definitely need to hear this! Thank you.

TD:

Second spin of the Ib Norholm Symphony 5 in progress. Lots of brass and percussion! I like it very much

Ib Nørholm
Symphony 5 'The Elements'
Jan Latham-Koenig
Danish RSO
Ripped Via YouTube

[Traverso]

François Couperin

[Papy Oli]

Good afternoon all,

Listening to a new acquisition from the Presto sale:

[Lisztianwagner]

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No.3

[Traverso]

Telemann


This is a great Telemann recording, especially the overture No 1 in D Major fills my heart with joy.

[Todd]

[vandermolen]

Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
SWR Symphony Orchestra cond. Britten (1956 recording)
As the booklet notes, the Sinfonia, with its liturgical titles to each movement pre-echoes Honegger's Symphony No.3 'Liturgique' written five years later.
A fine, deeply felt, performance not unlike Britten's later Decca recording:

[Traverso]

Villa-Lobos


Bachianas Brasileiras 1,4,5 & 6

[vandermolen]

Vaughan Williams (150th Anniversary on 12th October)
'A London Symphony' (1920 version) for piano duet.

[Operafreak]

The Call of Rome: Music by Allegri, F. Anerio, Josquin and Victoria-The Sixteen, Harry Christophers