What are you listening 2 now?

[Karl Henning]

More stuff I've never heard before from the Brilliant Cesar Franck Edition

Nice!

TD:

"Wolferl"

Symphony in A, K. 201 (1774)

[Mapman]

Svendsen: Symphony #2
Järvi: Gothenburg

I'll be traveling to Norway in a few weeks, so I thought it would be worth hearing some Norwegian music other than Grieg.

An attractive, if unexceptional, Romantic symphony. The 3rd movement, with it's folk dance-like melody is especially fun. (I also like how the same melody slowed down serves as a Trio section.) The fourth movement has another fun tune, but seems like the weakest movement to me, with a lot of tuneless filler.

[SimonNZ]

[Operafreak]

Lloyd, G: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat-BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, George Lloyd

[SimonNZ]

[Que]

Morning listening via Spotify:

Thanks Que for the recommendation - put together a Spotify playlist of both volumes - greatly enjoy the vihuela and Cherici is a fine performer on the instrument and the recorded sound is excellent.  Dave

Agreed, and you're welcome! 

[Que]

Interesting, thanks for posting!

[Peter Power Pop]

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy)

[Harry]

J.S. Bach.
Complete Cantatas.
Volume 30.
Cantates for Soprano and BC.
BWV. 51/1127.
And Bonus Tracks, BWV 210.
Carolyn Sampson, Soprano.
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki.

Wonderful.

[vandermolen]

Rautavaara: Symphony No.8 'The Journey' preceded by the Harp Concerto
This is my favourite performance of the 8th Symphony, especially for the beautifully hypnotic opening taken slowly:

[Harry]

Rautavaara: Symphony No.8 'The Journey' preceded by the Harp Concerto
This is my favourite performance of the 8th Symphony, especially for the beautifully hypnotic opening taken slowly:

To play that music which I like early in the morning, would be beyond my capacity. My mind needs coffee and a gentle way into the day with music that touches me lightly-golightly
You must have a sturdy mind, that needs substantial nourishment in the morning
So Good morning Jeffrey!

[vandermolen]

To play that music which I like early in the morning, would be beyond my capacity. My mind needs coffee and a gentle way into the day with music that touches me lightly-golightly
You must have a sturdy mind, that needs substantial nourishment in the morning
So Good morning Jeffrey!

Haha! Good morning to you too Harry. I don't know about having a 'sturdy mind' mine is usually all-over-the-place 
I think that the Harp Concerto may be more appropriate early morning listening than the Symphony No.8 but I really enjoy this CD generally.

[Harry]

Paul Wranitzky.
Symphonies.
Volume II.
No. 50/37/51.
NDR Radiophilharmonie, Rolf Gupta.

As mentioned before a wonderful new recording. Wranitzky needs more attention, for he is an excellent composer, and these recordings do him proud. Fine sound too. Gupta is well versed in this music and his insight generates enthusiasm and energy into this orchestra. Recordings of his works are far and wide between, so snatch it up, its worth the effort and investment.

[Harry]

Jean Sibelius.
Symphony No. 1 in E minor.
Berliner-Sinfonie-Orchester, Kurt Sanderling.
Recorded in the Christus Kirche, Berlin 1976.

Not bad at all! It is as if I hear the score of the first symphony anew. Sanderling brings out details that I never heard before, and at the same time produces a clarity that opens the score in a way that I never heard  before. It is certainly different from all other interpretations I have. And I really like Sanderling's art. The sound is good, better as I expected.

[Traverso]

Bach

[Traverso]

Mozart

Symphony No.39
Wiener Philharmoniker 

[Harry]

Pyotr Ilyich Thaikovsky.
Violin concerto.

Jean Sibelius.
Violin concerto in D minor.
Viktoria Mullova, Violin.
Boston SO, Seiji Ozawa.

[Todd]

The remainder of Op 9.

[Traverso]

Chopin

The Mazurkas

[Traverso]

Beethoven

Symphony No.4