What are you listening 2 now?

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Now playing Kurtág Movement For Viola & Orchestra

[DavidW]

I like his playing and will probably listen to his recording of Kabelevsky's cello sonata next:

[ritter]

Some Honegger this evening, ranging from the relatively obscure —including the quite wonderful Prélude, fugue et postlude— to the well-known —the lovely Pastorale d'été—. Conducted by Marius Constant and Charles Dutoit.

[Spotted Horses]

Out of the three on my shelves (2,4 & 5) the second symphony I find the most interesting, although I'm listening to the (inferior?) Bostock recording. Outstanding fife-and-drum march section which is toe-curling good! Sonics of the Chandos Gipps recordings through my system are pretty faultless, a far cry from the harsh sound of the early digital Thomson Bax recordings.

I'm glad you mentioned the Bostock recording. I had not come across it and didn't know of its existence. I'll put it on my list for future listening.

[Linz]

Zdeněk Fibich Symphony No. 3 in E minor and Three overtures
Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Marek, Štilec

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Now playing Thorvaldsdóttir Metacosmos

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Now playing Boulez Notations I-IV

[DavidW]

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, 1872 First concept version. Ed. William Carragan
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, François-Xavier Roth

[Iota]

Prompted by this post I'm listening to Morris' Mahler 5 - it really is very fine.  I remember having the old double LP gatefolds.  There was a player list and "The Symphonica of London" really was a who's-who of the finest London players of the time.  Worth considering too that Mahler was so less frequently performed so any performance/concert of this epic music was an "occasion" for both players and audiences.  These days it can feel like a-n-other-Mahler-cycle.......

Thanks for that post, very interesting, and it's good to hear your positive impression of the Mahler 5, I too had those Mahler gatefolds but some while ago got rid of 99 percent of my vinyl including them. Also very interesting to hear of the stellar credentials of the SOL players, not something I'd ever known, though obviously they played well. And it's so true what you say about Mahler performances feeling more pioneering and special back then, I'd kind of forgotten about that, and your post was a very happy reminder.

[ritter]

Charles Rosen plays Elliott Carter: Night Fantasies and Piano Sonata.

[Linz]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quintet for Piano & Winds in E-Flat Major, K. 452
Ludwig van Beethoven Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-Flat Major, Op. 16, Sextet in E-Flat Major, Op. 81b
Melos Ensemble

[Lisztianwagner]

Richard Strauss
Symphonia Domestica

Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker

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Now playing Alwyn Symphony No. 4

[Karl Henning]

Exquisite!

[foxandpeng]

Dmitry Shostakovich
Complete SQs
SQ 2
Mandelring Quartet

I think the Mandelring Quartet cycle of the DSCH SQs is my favourite.

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Now playing Chopin Polonaise-Fantasy in A flat major, Op. 61

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Before dinner --- Schubert Fantasie in C, D. 934

[KevinP]

I'm faced with my common dilemma of which thread (classical or jazz) to put this in.

I bought this CD in the 1990s back and never really listened to the Peaslee piece until much later but like it a lot.

(The Russo piece is a standalone version of his soundtrack to the Hubbles' animated Everybody Rides the Carousel from '76, which can be viewed on YouTube and apparently other websites. The movie also features a then-unknown Meryl Streep.)

[ChamberNut]

Dmitry Shostakovich
Complete SQs
SQ 2
Mandelring Quartet

I think the Mandelring Quartet cycle of the DSCH SQs is my favourite.

I don't know if it's my favourite, but it is damn good! Glad to have it.