What are you listening 2 now?

[Florestan]

This is Romantic chamber music of the highest order—not for spectacle, but for communion. One listens, and time seems to pause. In this moment, in this sound, the heart listens back.

Having listened to that recording several times, I take the liberty to append a poem to it: a haiku by Blaise Pascal

Le coeur a ses raisons
que la raison
ne connait point.

(Not malt but beer...)

[Lisztianwagner]

Bohuslav Martinů
Sinfonia Concertante
Concerto Grosso
The Parables

Jiří Bělohlávek & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

[Linz]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento No. 1, K. 439b
Divertimento No. 2, K. 439b
Divertimento No. 3, K. 439b
Martin van de Merwe; Irma Kort; Johann Steinmann; Remco De Vries; Hans Wisse; Jos Buurman

[ritter]

First listen to Othmar Schoeck's Notturno, with baritone Christian Gerhaher and the Rosamunde Quartett.



So far, both work and the performance are making a very strong impression on me.

[Florestan]

First listen to Othmar Schoeck's Notturno, with baritone Christian Gerhaher and the Rosamunde Quartett.



So far, both work and the performance are making a very strong impression on me.

Not my usual diet but when I'm in the mood for unremitting melancholy and despondency, this music fits the bill perfectly. You might want to try his Wanderung Im Gebirge, Op. 45, it's in the same vein and of the same quality.

Schoeck was possibly the gloomiest and doomiest composer ever --- I mean, who else composed a Lieder cycle titled Lebendig begraben? (his Op. 48, splendidly performed by Dieter Fischer-Dieskau)

[AnotherSpin]

I hadn't revisited the recordings from this set in a long time. Today I started listening, and ended up going all the way through, all four-plus hours.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphon No. 8 in C Minor, 1887/90 Mixed Versions. Ed. Robert Haas
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim

[ritter]

Richard Strauss' late concertante works for wind instruments: the Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon, the Concerto for Oboe and the Horn Concerto No. 2. Soloists, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Matthias Aeschbacher (cond.).

[Linz]

Charles Gounod Messe solennell St. Cecila Mass in G major for 3 solo voices chorus and organ
Anton Bruckner Te Deum in C major
Elzbieta Towarncka soprano  Matgorzata Walewska, mezzo soprano. Te Deum, Jerzy Knetig tenor, Andrzej Biegun,bass
Krakow Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, Roland Bader

[brewski]

This afternoon, Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, from the Dutch National Opera & Ballet, with an excellent cast and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, all conducted by Vasily Petrenko. I'm no expert on this piece (saw it once, years ago), but this is well worth viewing, in outstanding audio and video. Recorded in June, the production is spectacular, and not incidentally, has some resonance with the current day.

[Linz]

Bohuslav Martinů Double Concertos
Orchestre Philharnoique de Marseille, Lawrence Foster

[Symphonic Addict]

Joyful music wonderfully performed

Agreed!

[Symphonic Addict]

Thanks for the feedback, Cesar,  both the Overture, tense under the surface of the melodious Baroque-inspired development, and the Rhapsody, quite multifaceted, were ravishing and mesmerizing; I'm looking forward to checking out the rest of the disc, I don't think I've ever listened to Martinu's The Parables.

Good to know you enjoyed those pieces, Ilaria. I hope you have felt the same with The Parables and the rest of the disc.

[Symphonic Addict]

I wonder if Rachmaninov knew about the Berwald Third, for the Rachmaninov Symphony #3 also includes a scherzo in the slow movement.

I hardly believe that. To me, Franck seems to be the most apparent influence.

[Symphonic Addict]

Martinu: Sonata da camera for cello and small orchestra and Sinfonia concertante for oboe, bassoon, violin, cello and orchestra

[Cato]

Not my usual diet but when I'm in the mood for unremitting melancholy and despondency, this music fits the bill perfectly. You might want to try his Wanderung Im Gebirge, Op. 45, it's in the same vein and of the same quality.

Schoeck was possibly the gloomiest and doomiest composer ever --- I mean, who else composed a Lieder cycle titled Lebendig begraben? (his Op. 48, splendidly performed by Dieter Fischer-Dieskau)

Not knowing Othmar Schoeck's works seems to be a large hole in my musical education:

[Cato]

I hardly believe that. To me, Franck seems to be the most apparent influence.

Yes, I also thought it unlikely.

Possibly Rachmaninov just decided on a 3-movement form without any thought about previous 3-movement symphonies.

Speaking of which...

[brewski]

Tonight's livestream from the Bowdoin Festival, with Piazzolla, Chris P. Thompson, and Shostakovich.

[T. D.]

Have owned the first 5 volumes forever. Finally completed the set.

[JBS]

As part of

Opp. 6/7/17/24/30/33/41/50/56/59/63

Recorded (and it seems originally issued) in Japan in October 2008.