What are you listening 2 now?

[Harry]

LAURENT DE SAINT-LUC, (Bruxelles, 1669 - Vienne (?), après 1708).
Lute music.
See back cover for details.

Evangelina Mascardi – Baroque Lute, Cezar Mateus 1999.
Recording : 2017, église de Franc-Warêt, Belgique.

She has a pleasant tone, just the right tempi, and a balance in warmth and poise. To my ears perfect.
This composer is not that often heard, but belongs to a famous circle of Lute specialists. He was appreciated as a representative of the French lutenist school in the 17th century. Clear sound. I like it very much. 

[Que]

For me lute (and theorbo) music as well:



The recordings by Luca Pianca on Passacaille caught my eye a while ago This is a new one, focusing on French instead of Italian repertoire.

[AnotherSpin]

CD3

[steve ridgway]

Messiaen: Le Rousserolle Effarvatte

[Harry]

Elizabethan Consort Music 1558-1603.
See back cover for details.
Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall.
Recorded in 1997.

One of the finest recordings by Savall. And almost SOTA sound. I always puts a smile on my face, when I hear the Galliards, Pavans, and Allemandes.

[vandermolen]

Walton: Symphony No.1
Philharmonia Orch. Haitink
I'd forgotten what a fine performance this is. Haitink treats it a bit like Bruckner or Mahler - the slow movement is especially impressive given this treatment, however I was gripped throughout.

[prémont]

Almost always put in an international order this will happen to me.  After I confirm it, I'll have to redo the checkout as the card denied first time.  I prefer the system where it just asks for a two factor authentication instead of immediately rejecting it.  But eh it is a small inconvenience to pay to avoid fraud.

Interestingly, I'm directed to use two-factor authentication by Amazon.de and can place orders without any issues. However, Amazon.com, Amazon.fr, and likely other Amazon sites do not prompt me for two-factor authentication.

[Harry]

A Dance in the Garden of Mirth.
Music from the Middle Ages.
See back cover for details.
The Dufay Collective.
Recorded: 1993.

Every bit as fascinating as the previous two recordings I have listen on the same label. The performances are exemplary and SOTA sound. A forgotten ensemble but well worth exploring. There are even more recordings of them to explore, which I will.

[Florestan]

No. 4

[Florestan]

[Harry]

William Walton.
Orchestral Works.
See for details front cover,
LPO, Bryden Thomson.
Recorded: 1991, at the St. Jude's Church, London, UK.

How beautiful are these recordings from yore. Well balanced recordings and performances. Listening to them is like discovering these works all over again. Everything is done with taste and respect for the composer. Not a step wrong with Thomson on this recording, plus the warm yet detailed resonance of St. Jude's.

[Mookalafalas]

[Florestan]

[Harry]

Kenneth Leighton.
Orchestral Works, volume I.
See details on back cover.
John Scott, Organ.
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox.
Recorded: 2006, at the St. David's Hall, Cardiff, Wales.

For me Kenneth Leighton is one of the most distinguished post-war British composers, ever.
His music is always tonal, usually lyrical, often dramatic, and fits comfortably into the more conservative English modernist world. I like his music very much, for there are awe inspiring moments in his music, one does not forget easily. Superb sound and performances.

[pjme]

I don't think No.1 is cut often/ever(?) - the main question is how much percussion to include.  From memory that Slatkin uses some but not all - Litton and Petrenko go the full hog.

Was the symphony ( Rachmaninov 1 - or am I mixing up things?) cut and re-orchestrated?
That percussion set up is very normal for a 19th century symphony and used rather parsimoniuously...No unusual instruments at all.

I'm curious. Do you know if Petrenko and Litton changed the percussion parts? What can be left out - according to Slatkin?

On IMSLP I read:" Full score lost after composer's departure from Russia. Reconstructed posthumously by Pavel Lamm from a set of parts discovered in 1944 (this version was published in 1947.
Percussion:  -timpani, snare drum, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, bass drum, tam-tam
Details on Wiki: the symphony is scored for 3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B♭, 2 bassoons, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in B♭, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, cymbals, bass drum (movements 1, 2 and 4 only), triangle (movements 2 and 4 only), snare drum, tambourine, tam-tam (movement 4 only).

[AnotherSpin]

Op. 106

[Madiel]

It's your turn for your inbox to be full. It needs some room.

[Florestan]

It's your turn for your inbox to be full. It needs some room.

Room made. Hit me.

[Madiel]

You have been duly hit. *kapow*

[vandermolen]

Mahler: Symphony No.3
Boston SO
Leinsdorf