What are you listening 2 now?

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Toshio Hosokawa

My explorations into contemporary classical music have been stumbling and haphazard and so far extremely satisfying.
Never heard of this composer until recently, this is my first CD.

I think the conductor, Jun Markl, is half Japanese (and half German).

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Creston symphonies. Kuchar/Kiev.

[Harry]

Good call. Kayser is worth the time investment!

I am glad you agree, like minds we are!

[VonStupp]

Gustav Mahler
Das Klagende Lied

Marina Shaguch, soprano
Michelle DeYoung, alto
Thomas Moser, tenor
Sergei Leiferkus, baritone

San Francisco SO & Chorus - Michael Tilson Thomas

An enjoyable live performance.
VS

[Harry]

New release.
French Opera Overtures.
See back cover for details.
Recording venue Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn; 9 June (live) (Le Domino noir), 10 June (live)
(Les Cloches de Corneville), and 13–17 June (other works) 2022.

Absolutely bloody marvelous, gorgeous, out of this world music. SOTA sound. A true Järvi performance. It dances and swings out of our realm. What a feast this CD is.

[Spotted Horses]

Koechlin, Wind Septet, Sonata a 7



The Wind Septet didn't make a strong impression. The Sonata a 7 resonated strongly with me. It is a piece for winds, strings and harpsichord. The brilliant part is the third movement, Andante. A simple melody woven into a texture of poignantly dissonant harmony. Brilliant!

I was streaming on Apple Music and didn't have access to notes, so I was surprised to hear that harpsichord appear in the Septet. My first reaction: "At least it's not an ondes Martenot."

[AnotherSpin]

Koechlin, Wind Septet, Sonata a 7



The Wind Septet didn't make a strong impression. The Sonata a 7 resonated strongly with me. It is a piece for winds, strings and harpsichord. The brilliant part is the third movement, Andante. A simple melody woven into a texture of poignantly dissonant harmony. Brilliant!

I was streaming on Apple Music and didn't have access to notes, so I was surprised to hear that harpsichord appear in the Septet. My first reaction: "At least it's not an ondes Martenot."

Qobuz has notes. I can post it, but I can't remember how to copy it.

[Mandryka]

Qobuz has notes. I can post it, but I can't remember how to copy it.

It's quite complicated to get a link for the notes, I go via an app for the Logitch Media Server on  my ipad.

@Spotted Horses this is the link

https://static.qobuz.com/goodies/87/000018778.pdf

I know the CD mainly through Paysages et Marines - and I'm not so keen on their performance of it (I prefer the recording from Ensemble Mobile Zurich.)

[Karl Henning]

Marie-Claire Alain playing the music of her brother Jehan.

[JBS]

Probably the only critic remembered from the 19th-century is Eduard Hanslick, and he is, of course, remembered for often being wrong about composers, especially about Anton Bruckner.

There are other 19th century critics whose critical writings are still read. Two off the top of my head: Hector Berlioz and Robert Schumann.

[Harry]

Lux Laetitiae
Splendors of the Marian Cult in Early Renaissance Ferrara.
La Reverdie.
See details on back cover.
Recording dates: 28-31 July 2021.
Recording venue: Church of Farrò (Treviso), Italy.

What a fine close of the listening day. A day for me totally dedicated to music. I had little of it as it was, but I hope it will be more in days to come.
A remarkable CD. Really well sung and performed in the Church of Farro, which has a splendid acoustic.
Recommended. a fascinating release.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Krejčí: Serenade for Orchestra. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ančerl.

[Todd]

[Spotted Horses]

It's quite complicated to get a link for the notes, I go via an app for the Logitch Media Server on  my ipad.

@Spotted Horses this is the link

https://static.qobuz.com/goodies/87/000018778.pdf

I know the CD mainly through Paysages et Marines - and I'm not so keen on their performance of it (I prefer the recording from Ensemble Mobile Zurich.)

Thanks! I'm considering buying a download, but after listening to the other available recordings of the Sonata (on cpo and Oehms).

I would note that the booklet, which you kindly linked, does not specify what instruments are employed in the Sonata a 7. It lists two ensembles with a total of 15 players, and I can only infer from the personnel lists that there is at least one oboe and one violin in the Sonata. Duh!

[Mandryka]

Thanks! I'm considering buying a download, but after listening to the other available recordings of the Sonata (on cpo and Oehms).

I would note that the booklet, which you kindly linked, does not specify what instruments are employed in the Sonata a 7. It lists two ensembles with a total of 15 players, and I can only infer from the personal lists that there is at least one oboe and one violin in the Sonata. Duh!

I agree that it's a gorgeous piece of music, I'm listening to Oehms, which has the requisite vibe of mystery and interiority.

[Bachtoven]

Excellent playing and sound, which one can always count on from Channel Classics.

[AnotherSpin]

Mahler's Symphony No. 2, live recording from 1991.

[pjme]

I recently discovered Nenov's pianoconcerto. This large orchestral work dates from the same period (1938). I find it - after listening to it once - quite impressive, dark and strange! Lutoslavski - Bartok- Szymanowski come to mind. A real find - I'll listen again asap.

[Spotted Horses]

I know the CD mainly through Paysages et Marines - and I'm not so keen on their performance of it (I prefer the recording from Ensemble Mobile Zurich.)

Now I just noticed, Paysages et Marines is a piano piece, but arranged by Koechlin for wind ensemble?

[Karl Henning]

Stravinsky 
Cantata 
Mass
From the Anĉerl Gold Edition.