What are you listening 2 now?

[Roasted Swan]

Let's not forget that Stokowski also recorded the Dawson Symphony:

The Dawson is interesting but as a composer he soon made the decision to move away from orchestral works and focussed on educational projects and choral arranging.  So I get the distinct sense that this remains an "early" work so to speak and that if he had chosen to stick with this type of score he would have written piecers of greater substance - but perhaps he knew his limitations/that his heart lay elsewhere,  Still is quite different - he wrote orchestral scores throughout his pretty long life including 5 Symphonies.  The No.1 has been recorded around 6 other times before this recording so hardly neglected - it is an attractive and skillfully written piece.  I only know 2 other versions before this new one and both are better than here; the Jarvi/Detroit/Chandos and the Jeter/Fort Smith/Naxos.  If anyone thinks another version is a standout performance I'd be interested to know.

[Irons]

Two Tippett works conducted by David Atherton from the BBC Archive.



Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage.Highly enjoyable. Obviously different subject matter but I am reminded of Britten's The Four Sea Interludes.



Concerto for Violin, Viola, Cello and Orchestra. A rare event, but every so often a piece comes along that makes me sit up in a mild state of shock. I listened once, then straight off a second time. The old brain cells are exercised. From Tippett's late period a concerto with a strange mix of music from the West and Far East, I detected jazz too. Progressive and original.

Sonics on both CDs are excellent. The Concerto/St Augustine is listed on Amazon at over $100! I paid £1.99.

[Florestan]

I warmly appreciate your championship of Nuhro. I listened again today, hadn't heard it in some while. I do think it a mighty good piece.

Nuhro is one of the most beautiful and moving a capella works I've ever heard.

I liked it a lot.
I don't know what it was about, unfortunately, but it reminded me, in tone, of a lot of John Tavener's Eastern Orthodox-inspired choral music

You're not far off the mark. If I'm not mistaken, it is inspired by a Syriac prayer.

[Harry]

J.S. Bach.
Complete Cantatas.
Volume 39, Leipzig 1725 & 1728.
Also Hat Gott die Welt geliebt.
Es Rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen.
Gottlob! Nun geht das Jahr zu Ende.
Sie werden euch in den Bann tun.
Ich bin ein Guter Hirt.
Sampson, Blaze, Turk, Kooij.
Concerto Palentino, Cornetto & Trombones.
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki.


Another fine CD with Cantatas.

[Harry]

New Arrival.

Johannes Ockeghem.
Missa L'Homme Arme, a 4.
Missa Quinti Toni a 3.
Beauty Farm.

First listen, and it confirms my trust in the ability of these singers. Well balanced it gets to the heart of the music rather quickly. The vocal lines are clear, and the pronunciations clear as a bell. A fine narrative of Ockeghem's music.
Bloody awful cover art though, but I at least now know where the origins for artwork comes from.

[Karl Henning]

Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet (Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa)

That's the recording which introduced me to the piece, and it's still a fave!

[Operafreak]

Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov plays Franz Liszt-Daniil Trifonov (piano)

[Karl Henning]

I liked it a lot.
I don't know what it was about, unfortunately, but it reminded me, in tone, of a lot of John Tavener's Eastern Orthodox-inspired choral music, with bits of Britten thrown in at times! (Mind you, I hear bits of Britten in everything!)
Anyway: it's a rather desirable combination in my book

Thanks!

[Karl Henning]

Nuhro is one of the most beautiful and moving a capella works I've ever heard.

You're not far off the mark. If I'm not mistaken, it is inspired by a Syriac prayer.

Thank you. The text is a Hymn of Light from the Maronite morning prayer service.

[Traverso]

Thank you. The text is a Hymn of Light from the Maronite morning prayer service.

Much praise indeed and rightly so.  I like I to add my appreciation, well done Karl.

[Karl Henning]

And this performance from here at NEC's Jordan Hall:

Martinů
Cello Sonata № 3, H 340 (1952 Vieux-Moulin)

https://www.youtube.com/v/ee2CO0I_ij0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee2CO0I_ij0

[j winter]

Starting the day with some soothing old favorites, to celebrate the fact that election day is over at last... 

[Karl Henning]

Starting the day with some soothing old favorites, to celebrate the fact that election day is over at last... 

(* chortle *)

[Karl Henning]

And this performance from here at NEC's Jordan Hall:

Martinů
Cello Sonata № 3, H 340 (1952 Vieux-Moulin)

https://www.youtube.com/v/ee2CO0I_ij0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee2CO0I_ij0

Of course, I need (and am full willing) to spend more time with these. I especially enjoyed the second & third mvts of the Third Sonata.

[Karl Henning]

Much praise indeed and rightly so.  I like I to add my appreciation, well done Karl.

Warm thanks, Jan!

[Biffo]

Haydn: Symphony No 104 in D major London - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis - final instalment of the London symphonies. I have the set on cassette but haven't been able to listen to it for a long time. A favourable mention in the Haydn thread prompted me to buy the CDs and I have been listening to them over the last couple of weeks. Very enjoyable.

[Karl Henning]

Haydn: Symphony No 104 in D major London - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis - final instalment of the London symphonies. I have the set on cassette but haven't been able to listen to it for a long time. A favourable mention in the Haydn thread prompted me to buy the CDs and I have been listening to them over the last couple of weeks. Very enjoyable.

I'm in!

[TheGSMoeller]

One of the top versions of Mahler's 9th Ive heard, and gets better with each listen.

[Todd]

[Que]

I once had a Stokowski phase!