What are you listening 2 now?

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Karl Henning

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
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André

Quote from: Daverz on January 12, 2025, 02:09:38 PMLast night's bedtime listening, Weigl: Symphony No. 3


Starts out promisingly if enigmatically, but then sort of lolls about with little tension or forward movement until perking up in the concluding Allegro.  Nor did the musical material seem very interesting.

Perhaps further listening will unlock those first 2 movements.

Now: the Symphonic Prelude to a Tragedy.  Much more interesting music.


I don't know the 3rd, but I failed to connect with his 5th and 6th symphonies. Maybe I should revisit them.

Cato

This morning, thanks to the radio, the Third Suite from Alcione by Marin Marais:



Then:

Haydn: Symphony #54  Antal Dorati conducting the Phiharmonia Hungarica:







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brewski

Listening to this broadcast (audio only), recorded yesterday in Amsterdam. Loving the Debussy, but really curious to hear Fujikura's new concerto, with its two superb soloists.

Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Claire Chase, flute
Akiko Suwanai, violin

Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Dai Fujikura: Double Concerto for Flute, Violin and Orchestra (world premiere)
Messiaen: Les offrandes oubliées
Debussy: La mer
"I set down a beautiful chord on paper—and suddenly it rusts."
—Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)

brewski

Xenakis: Pithoprakta (Arturo Tamayo / Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra). Hadn't heard this piece before, and here it is with a fabulous graphic score.

"I set down a beautiful chord on paper—and suddenly it rusts."
—Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)

Madiel

At one point today I went through a very fragmentary bit of the Mozart catalogue, so I won't bother posting all of it here. But one thing I learned is that Mozart liked setting vocal canons to very rude words for him and his friends - in at least a couple of cases it's now fairly certain that he didn't come up with the music, but replaced with the original words with very vulgar ones.
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AnotherSpin


vandermolen

#122187
Auric: La Belle et la Bete (film score)
A magical work.
I much prefer the original Marco Polo cover (below) to the Disneyish Naxos one.
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Harry

Suzanne un Jour,
French Music for the Lute.
See back cover for details.
Alban Tixier, Lute.
Recorded: at Chapelle des Pères Montfortins Saint Laurent sur Sèvre, 2023.


A really nice start in the cold morning. Well performed and recorded. A few vocal works on this CD which I skipped, I found them to be of no interest.
All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

Harry

Anton Zimmermann.
Symphonies.
See back cover for details.
l'arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt.
Recording: 2018, Bayer Erholungshaus, Leverkusen, Germany.


Zimmermann is not a bad composer, and he fits well in his time, but he was alas short lived. The symphonies are bursting with new ideas, stylistic and formal experiments and also point far into the future in their drama and variety of contrasting tones. Rapid tempi and sharp contrasts, makes it a very pleasant listen. Not music that will shake the world on his fundament's though! Well performed and recorded/
All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

Harry

#122190
Vincent d'Indy.
Orchestral Works.
Volume II.
See back cover for details.
Iceland SO, Rumon Gamba.
Recorded: 2008, Haskolabio, Iceland.


A marvelous series which I enjoy very much, every time when I return to the six volumes., Well-controlled but malleable in phrasing and pace, is one of ravishing colour, capitalising on the music's fluid, succulent harmony and glowing orchestral palette. Funny enough Qobuz took the sixth volume out of their library, and there was not other version offered, like with the other 5. SOTA sound and performance.
All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

foxandpeng

Quote from: Harry on January 13, 2025, 12:48:14 AMSuzanne un Jour,
French Music for the Lute.
See back cover for details.
Alban Tixier, Lute.
Recorded: at Chapelle des Pères Montfortins Saint Laurent sur Sèvre, 2023.


A really nice start in the cold morning. Well performed and recorded. A few vocal works on this CD which I skipped, I found them to be of no interest.

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Madiel

#122192
Bartok: String Quartet no.3 (1927)
Bridge: String Quartet no.3 (1925-6)



EDIT: By this point, Bridge has had his transformation in sound and doesn't sound all that far off Bartok.

Freedom of speech means you get to speak in response to what I said.

71 dB

Jehan Alain - Organ Works vol. 1
Eric Lebrun
NAXOS 8.553632

Revising this music. For some reason I have bought this CD and also volume 2 years ago. I'm not feeling a connection to this music. Sounds kind of ugly to my ears now.  ???
Spatial distortion is a serious problem deteriorating headphone listening.
Crossfeeders reduce spatial distortion and make the sound more natural
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Iota



Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101
Brahms: 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117


Continuing my investigation into Anda with the Beethoven and Brahms in, to me, attractive 50's analogue sound. His playing continues to impress, it's just so alive. Endless ripples and nuances of feeling come and go, it feels fresh and natural, yet underpinned by an insightful, rigorous musical intelligence. Both works emerge illuminated beautifully by such sensibilities and I felt effortlessly drawn into their world.
Liszt B minor sonata or Beethoven PC 1 beckon when I next visit. What have I been missing?!

Harry

Ferruccio Busoni.
Orchestral Works.
2 CD'S.
See back cover for details.
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi.
Recorded: 2001/2004,  Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester.


An immensely original composer! He gets fantastic performances on this double CD, in superb sound. It feels like a gorgeous treat, and my ears are pricked up to miss no detail. Järvi knows how to give this music the right swing.
All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

Traverso


Dry Brett Kavanaugh

Fikret Amirov - Shur, Azerbaijan Capriccio, etc..




Spotted Horses

Quote from: Iota on January 12, 2025, 11:28:52 AMI'd certainly recommend it. Anda gets right to the heart of the piece for me.

I listened to the Anda recording of the Davidsbündlertänze, but for whatever reason it didn't reveal the poetry of the music for me. I returned to Kempff this morning and there is an indescribable quality of Kempff's performance that I connect with. Part of the reason may be that the Anda recording has a very dry accoustic, which I didn't find attractive.
Formerly Scarpia (Scarps), Baron Scarpia, Ghost of Baron Scarpia, Varner, Ratliff, Parsifal, perhaps others.

Traverso