What are you listening 2 now?

[Daverz]

Ended up listening to the whole disc, plus the 2nd Piano Sonata. Enjoyed all immensely. Been a long time since I've listened to much Boulez.

Now playing:



George Frideric Handel: Oboe Concertos Nos. 1-3. David Reichenberg, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

Stunningly beautiful works—very tranquil and pastoral.

Couldn't find this on Qobuz, so settled for a similar Leppard disc:



Stylish pre-HIP baroque, but still sweet sounding.

[vers la flamme]

Couldn't find this on Qobuz, so settled for a similar Leppard disc:



Stylish pre-HIP baroque, but still sweet sounding.

Nice! Streaming a bit of now, this sounds like a Wes Anderson soundtrack. I'm tempted to try and find this disc.

[Mapman]

Today's concert in Detroit, conducted by Markus Stenz.

Beethoven: Piano Concerto #3 (Stephen Hough)
Encore - Chopin: Nocturne in Eb, op. 9/2
Bruckner: Symphony #4

[San Antone]

Scriabin : Piano Music
Andrei Gavrilov (2022)

[vandermolen]

Yesterday I was blown away all over again by this impressive disc;



The music of Joly Braga-Santos has often been enthusiastically discussed on this forum and rightly so.  This is a tremendous disc with 2 finely wrought, superbly played exciting works.  The back of the disc mentions how Braga-Santos wished to create a form of Latin Symphonism with an element of monumentalism.  This he does in spades.  The sub-15 minute Symphonic Variations deserve to be heard in any concert programme while the 53 minute Symphony is powerful, engaging and effective from first bar to last. 

If you enjoy tonal, emotionally clear and direct music but do not know these works do seek them out.  And just in case we think composers are marginalised on account of race or gender worth noting that not a single work of Braga-Santos (Portugal's most significant 20th century composer) has ever been played at the Proms.  Hilarious to think that Florence Price's symphony 3 is on the recent Classic FM "20 Greatest Symphonies Ever" list while this infinitely superior work here - to name but one superior work to the Price - languishes little known........

Totally agree!

[Symphonic Addict]

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

It was recommended by the guy who mustn't be named. A fine performance, but not so much the recording. The percussion is not as audible as I wanted except for the timpani and cymbals. There's an interesting passage for the orchestral piano in the 1st mov. and I missed that part because it sounds sinister.

[JBS]

Yes, the Schneiderhan box.

I don't recall hearing any of his recordings before, but his name is familiar to me.

PD

He may now be best known as the first violinist to play the LvB Concerto using a cadenza based on the one that Beethoven used in the piano version (Opus 61a "PC 6")

[Bachtoven]

[JBS]

CD 3
SQs 5 in C major Op 29 and 6 in d minor Op 35, plus the withdrawn Quartet in f minor (1897)


After a first traversal I'm tempted to say this deserves much more recognition as a major 19th century string quartet cycle.

[Symphonic Addict]

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1

As much as I have his 3rd PC in high esteem, I think I prefer this concerto. The slow movement features very lovely music.




Stravinsky: Petrushka (1911 version)

This performance doesn't include the drumrolls that link each scene or tableau. Otherwise, this is most excellent in every aspect.

[Symphonic Addict]

Debussy: Nocturnes




Dvořák: String Quintet No. 1

An early piece (his op. 1) but quite substantial it is too. Dvořák was such a consistent and brilliant composer that always has surprises under his sleeves.

[Que]

Morning listening. Delving further, to my great satisfaction, into my lute music collection:



On this recording a publication from 1546 after Francesco da Milano's death three years earlier, prepared by his former pupil Perino Fiorentino - who added pieces of his own to complete this collection of Fantasias.

Absolutely great recording. Also recommended is Paul Beier's other da Milano recording of Intabolatura da Leuto 1530 ca (also on Stradivarius).

[Mandryka]

Listening to Missa d'ung aultre amer again, I reacted negatively last time but now I see it just doesn't sound like Josquin, so expectations are confounded. I've ordered Fallows's book, it's scheduled to arrive on Friday, it'll be interesting to see what he has to say about this one.

[vandermolen]

Bloch: 'Voice in the Wilderness'
Nelsova/LPO/Ansermet

[foxandpeng]

Alexander Glazunov
Orchestral Works Volume 11
Works for Cello and Orchestra
Igor Golovschin
Moscow SO
Naxos

First day back at work and logged on. Glazunov to soften the blow.

[vandermolen]

Lennox Berkeley: Symphonies 1 & 2

[Pohjolas Daughter]

That's a great album!  Like you, I have the SACD recording of it.

PD

[Traverso]

Bach

Brandenburgische Konzerte  1-3 & 4

[Traverso]

Beethoven

15 Variations and Fugues in E flat op.35  "Eroica"
6 Bagatelles op.126

[DavidW]

No luck on the Prazak. 

From the big Mozart box: Horn Quintet, Oboe Quartet and Clarinet Quintet.  All wonderful chamber works.