What are you listening 2 now?

[Duke Bluebeard]

I'll meet you half way. 

Listening to this for the very first time.

Franck

Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne (1846)

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège
Christian Arming

Nice choice!

[ChamberNut]

I'll meet you half way. 

Listening to this for the very first time.

Franck

Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne (1846)

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège
Christian Arming

This is very impressive, I must say!

[Karl Henning]

This is very impressive, I must say!

That Franck box is a gem!

[Duke Bluebeard]

More Liszt --- now playing Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173 with François-Frédéric Guy from this 2-CD set:

[ChamberNut]

That Franck box is a gem!

I JUST popped it open and picked this to first listen to. And wow, I'm impressed.

[Duke Bluebeard]

I JUST popped it open and picked this to first listen to. And wow, I'm impressed.

As I knew you would be! It's a great set and so is the chamber music set, which I know you bought as well. Enjoy, my friend!

[ChamberNut]

As I knew you would be! It's a great set and so is the chamber music set, which I know you bought as well. Enjoy, my friend!

Yes indeed!

[Duke Bluebeard]

Last work(s) of the night:

Moeran
Two Pieces for Small Orchestra - I. Lonely Waters, II. Whythorne's Shadow
Ulster Orchestra
Handley

[Que]

An all male performance and in the lowest pitch (in which it was actually written) of all available recordings. Here recorded in full liturgy, with plainchant. This morning I programmed the plainchant out, since I don't have much time. The mass is about half an hour and it is nice to hear it just as is for a change.

[foxandpeng]

Jean Sibelius
Symphony 4
The Wood Nymph
Value Triste
Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

I do think this is an enjoyable performance.

[AnotherSpin]

Dvorak's Symphony No 7 from this set:

[Irons]

Alwyn: Symphony No.4



Romantic and at the same time unorthodox. Arresting opening chords immediately grabbed this listener's attention which was sustained for the whole symphony. Echoes of Mahler in parts of the finale, I thought. 

[vandermolen]

Alwyn: Symphony No.4



Romantic and at the same time unorthodox. Arresting opening chords immediately grabbed this listener's attention which was sustained for the whole symphony. Echoes of Mahler in parts of the finale, I thought.

It has a wonderful opening movement (like a symphony itself) but I find the repetitive second movement to be rather banal. A great LP though and I really like the 5th Symphony.

[vandermolen]

Ruth Gipps 'Coronation Processional' (1953)
An oddly moving work. I was interested to read that Malcolm Arnold quoted the 'big tune' towards the end in his 'Variation on a Theme of Ruth Gipps'. I was amused to read that Prince Philip was believed to have attended a later rehearsal of the work, the sleeve note writer (Lewis Foreman) adding that 'we leave it to readers to imagine what he might have said'.

[vandermolen]

I prefer the Segerstam recording on BIS. The Lindberg is 'okay'.

I like all recordings, especially Dorati.

[AnotherSpin]

No 7

[AnotherSpin]

No 7

[AnotherSpin]

Symphony No 7

[pi2000]

Beethoven 5 Mindru Katz.Sir John Barbirolli/Hallé Orchestra

[Roasted Swan]

NP:

Liszt
Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne, S. 95
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Masur



This is truly a remarkable set or Liszt's works for orchestra, but also the works for piano and orchestra.

I must admit I rarely find Masur to be a compellingly engaging conductor.  Perfectly good, little to be offended by but not grab you by the throat and demand attention kinda guy.  But these Liszt recordings are some of his finest work I think - preferable (to my mind) to Haitink's cycle of the tone poems with the LPO on Phillips from around much the same time.  But I haven't listened to any of these in ages - so thankyou for the nudge!