What are you listening 2 now?

[foxandpeng]

But maybe I'll get the BIS disc with symphonies 1 and 2 so I can start at the beginning.

I like Lindberg very much indeed. I also like his reconstruction of #1. Feels Pettersson-y. The early Pettersson symphonies are all really worthwhile IMO, but probably #4 is nosing ahead for me.

Thread:

Valeriy Antonyuk
Symphony 2 'Fanfare'
Vladimir Sheiko
National Radio Company of Ukraine SO

Ah, this is great stuff. Bring on the contemporary Ukrainians.

[Florestan]

Leo Delibes - Coppelia, full ballet



First time listening to the whole thing, which is ravishingly beautiful. A magical score full of charms and delights. A masterpiece.

Same comments about Sylvia.

[SonicMan46]

Haydn, Joseph - listening to Manfred Huss's 6-disc box yesterday which included music for the King of Naples (Ferdinand IV), I looked through my collection for other recordings - now playing the top 3 below; also own the 2 recordings in the lower row - the last pic showing two lira organizzata (kind of an upscale hurdy-gurdy) - for those interested check out Haydn's Haus (pgs. 628 & 629 - more links there and attachments).  Dave

   

   

[Karl Henning]

Sweet, Dave!

[aligreto]

Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata [Queyras/Tharaud]





This is a wonderful work that I have not listened to in quite a long time. The opening movement is given a lively and lyrical outing here. The slow movement is quite captivating in its restrained atmosphere. The delivery of the elegance of the final movement is admirable. The song-like themes of this work are well presented throughout and are made to sing out by the performers.

[Florestan]

Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata [Queyras/Tharaud]





This is a wonderful work that I have not listened to in quite a long time. The opening movement is given a lively and lyrical outing here. The slow movement is quite captivating in its restrained atmosphere. The delivery of the elegance of the final movement is admirable. The song-like themes of this work are well presented throughout and are made to sing out by the performers.

A strong contender for my favorite Schubert work, my favorite chamber music work, my favorite piece of music period. I haven't heard this particular recording, though.

[Symphonic Addict]

Verdi: Don Carlos

Verdi's longest opera. The French version will suffice.

[Linz]

Schumann Webern and Schönberg

[pjme]

Witold Lutosławski's
Concerto for Orchestra

Witold Rowicki, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra

Great piece!

And, in spite of its age (the sixties?), a splendid performance and recording.

[Todd]

Going through some discs I did not listen to in the Naxos complete set in 2020.  7 & 8.  A perfect example of run of the mill.

[Brian]

[Karl Henning]

Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata [Queyras/Tharaud]





This is a wonderful work that I have not listened to in quite a long time. The opening movement is given a lively and lyrical outing here. The slow movement is quite captivating in its restrained atmosphere. The delivery of the elegance of the final movement is admirable. The song-like themes of this work are well presented throughout and are made to sing out by the performers.

Oh, that must be tasty!

[Mountain Goat]

Well, I'd definitely recommend the extraordinary No.7

Thanks for the recommendation, I listened to Nordgren's 7th on Youtube, what a wild ride! That folk dance took me by surprise, reminds me of that sudden burst of folk in the last movement of Malcolm Arnold's 7th!

[Linz]

Schumann  Gardiner Complete Symphonies Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique CD1 Symphony in G minor WoO 29 Symphony No. 1 "Spring" op. 38 and Overture, Scherzo and Finale op. 52

[vandermolen]

Thanks for the recommendation, I listened to Nordgren's 7th on Youtube, what a wild ride! That folk dance took me by surprise, reminds me of that sudden burst of folk in the last movement of Malcolm Arnold's 7th!

Indeed! One section also reminded me of Charles Ives at his most cacophonous.

TD
Raff: Symphony No.5 'Lenore', new arrival - a very enjoyable performance:

[Lisztianwagner]

Gustav Mahler
Symphony 10, Adagio

Leonard Bernstein & Wiener Philharmoniker

[Brian]

New release:



I don't have a lot of expertise on Bruckner's Ninth, so my review would not be of much help to you guys. But I can make three "objective" comments that might help some of you decide to stream/buy/avoid:

(1) Ivan Fischer favors relatively fast, flowing, lyrical tempos that allow melodies to sing a little. The whole performance takes 55', and the adagio is almost to-the-second identically timed to Bruno Walter's. He also accelerates into climaxes at times (like the recap at 13' in the first movement - near-apocalyptically insane).
(2) The scherzo is very fast. (9:32)
(3) There is no longer anything particularly unique in the sound of the Budapest Festival Orchestra, at least on first listen. They sound gorgeous, but I would not be able to identify in a blind listening game except to say they're somewhere on continental Europe.

Overall it sounds very good to me but I have few points of comparison (mainly Honeck [moving, amazing] and Walter [very un-Brucknerian in a refreshing way]).

[Todd]

(3) There is no longer anything particularly unique in the sound of the Budapest Festival Orchestra, at least on first listen. They sound gorgeous, but I would not be able to identify in a blind listening game except to say they're somewhere on continental Europe.

That narrows it down.

Given the versions you listed, perhaps consider sampling Furtwangler or Giulini on DG.  Those will expand your horizons.

[ritter]

Some Fauré tonight chez ritter: Jean-Philippe Collard plays the 13 Nocturnes.

[Todd]

First listen.  Perfectly serviceable second-rate music.