What are you listening 2 now?

[Traverso]

Messiaen

La Nativité Du Seigneur

[SonicMan46]

Martinu, Bohuslav (1890-1959) - Cello Sonatas & Concertos w/ the performers on the cover art below.  Checking my database (attached for those interested in the composer's instrumental works - have no operas, other vocal works, nor ballets), I cannot believe there are two dozen CDs; the only other 20th century composer that tops him in my collection is Shostakovich, mainly because he was more prolific in string quartets and symphonies and I own multiple sets of these Shosty works.  BUT, many of these Martinu CDs are old purchases so any more recent recommendations will be appreciated.  Dave

 

[JBS]

Any and all of these




There's also an Ancerl Gold that's a good alternative to the Netopil.

[VonStupp]

Richard Wetz: Symphony No.3 in B-flat major, op.48. Erich Peter, Symphonisches Orchester Berlin

My admiration for this composer grows with each successive listen. Wetz was a very, very fine composer, unjustly maligned, in my opinion. This recording—the first recording of any of his symphonies, I think—is excellent! The CPO recording is perhaps sharper (it's quicker too), but this one has a real sense of occasion to it. I don't know anything at all about the conductor, the orchestra, or the label—if anyone knows anything about any of them, I'd love to know. I suspect it was an East German production.

I first hopped onto Sterling with a pair of recordings featuring Hugo Alfven's cantatas, and ended up following their Swedish orchestral series. A lot of fun, lesser-known composers and works there.

https://www.sterlingcd.com/catalogue

VS

[VonStupp]

WA Mozart
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K.525
Posthorn Serenade, K.320

Zdeněk Tylšar, posthorn
Prague CO - Charles Mackerras

VS

[Florestan]

Lieder by Swiss composers on poetry in Swiss dialect. I don't understand a iota but the music is gorgeous --- and I'd bet that it gives a correct indication of the overall mood. 

Here's the content:

https://www.highresaudio.com/en/album/view/our8t6/fabienne-romer-sybille-diethelm-plangliedli-lanzigliedli-herbstliedli-heiwehliedli

[Lisztianwagner]

Fryderyk Chopin
Waltzes Op. 34
Fantaisie Impromptu Op. 66

Pianist: Arthur Rubinstein

[Linz]

Mahlern Symphony No. 9 and Kindertotenlieder with Hermann Prey baritone and the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

[Todd]

[SonicMan46]

Any and all of these

There's also an Ancerl Gold that's a good alternative to the Netopil.

Thanks JBS for the recommendations - most of my 'vocal music' interests are from the Baroque and Medieval/Renaissance eras, so own little post Mozart/Haydn - BUT, the Netopil orchestral recording interests me and has received some excellent reviews - I'll look around for a good deal! 

More Martinu for the afternoon - chamber works - Dave

   

[Karl Henning]

More:

Dvořák:

Cypresses, Sine Op. (1887)
String Quartet in F, Op. 96 « American » (1893)
Panocha Quartet

[vers la flamme]

Einojuhani Rautavaara: Symphony No.3, op.20. Hannu Lintu, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

[Peter Power Pop]

Prokofiev: Ballets, Orchestral Works, Film Music (London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn; Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti)

[pjme]

[Linz]

Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain, Pictures at an Exibition, Claudio Abbado Berliner Philharmoniker

[Karl Henning]

Dvořák
String Quartet in G, Op. 106 (1895)
String Quartet in A^b, Op. 105 (1895)
Panocha Quartet

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Einojuhani Rautavaara: Symphony No.3, op.20. Hannu Lintu, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

I don't believe that I've heard his Symphony No. 3, but I do love his Canctus Arcticus.  Have you heard that work?  And if so, how do you like it? 

PD

[Todd]

The Say disc is every bit as entertaining, just in a slightly different way.

[Todd]

Kinda hard to believe it has been nine years since this was released.

[Symphonic Addict]

Sinding: Symphony No. 2
Villa-Lobos: Symphony No. 6
Langgaard: Symphony No. 16

Of these three works, the Villa-Lobos is the best piece by far, what a compelling symphony. The Sinding is nice but lacks memorability. The Langgaard has passages that sound akin to Richard Strauss's style.