What are you listening 2 now?

[Spotted Horses]

It seems I've been listening to Les Vents Francais for weeks. Marnard, Sonata for piano and winds.



Most music for wind Quintet for Piano and Winds tends to be witty and charming. This work breaks the mould, with a rather symphonic approach, with some strict counterpoint and dramatic harmonic gestures. Thoroughly enjoyed. Reminds me I should explore the collection of Magnard Chamber music that has been released by the Timpani label.

[Karl Henning]

True, I am in the process to find them all.

Harry is on a Mission!

[Karl Henning]

Nice!

[hopefullytrusting]

Ullmann's Drei hebräische Knabenchöre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x_F7TvaYqg

His last composition before meeting annihilation at the hands of the Nazis. Unsurprisingly, it is a pure and pure can get - a cappella boys singing short choruses, music not for great halls, but music for an enclosed space with no windows, an echo chamber, a resounding chamber - a gas chamber. There are few things more tragic than the death of art.

[Florestan]

Mozart


These performances deserve more attention, in my opinion. They have been rather poorly received by some, but don't be swayed by the many critics who want to label their own taste as the standard. This is a refined Mozart, beautifully transparent with wonderful playing from the English chamber orchestra.


Symphonies  32,35 Haffner"& 39

Many people dismiss the early symphonies as shallow and uninteresting but I beg to differ. Big time. Every time I listen to them I find something interesting. Last week I listened to the KV 133 from this set and fell in love with the Andante. I must have listened to it a least 10 times ever since. One of the most bittersweet things Mozart ever wrote.

[Karl Henning]

Thanks, Andrei! Bentoiu now corrected in my post, but I got to know Enescu as Enesco in my youth, and so he will remain (for me) as long as I live. 

Truly, orthography is a hard habit to break!
@Florestan your inbox is full, so I've sent you e-mail. 

[Karl Henning]

I guess you don't object to Don Quichotte de la Manche, then. Oh, and those marvelous Spanish cities, Tolède and Valence.

Nom d'un nom d'un nom!

[Karl Henning]

Bach - Cantata Komm, du süße Todesstunde BWV 161
Johanna Soller | Netherlands Bach Society

I love the chamber ensemble, five players and four singers, for this performance.

Sweet!

[Florestan]

Truly, orthography is a hard habit to break!
@Florestan your inbox is full, so I've sent you e-mail.

Check your e-mail, Karl. The Mazurkas plus a bonus are waiting for you.

[Karl Henning]

Check your e-mail, Karl. The Mazurkas plus a bonus are waiting for you.

Seen, many thanks!

[JBS]

Ullmann's Drei hebräische Knabenchöre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x_F7TvaYqg

His last composition before meeting annihilation at the hands of the Nazis. Unsurprisingly, it is a pure and pure can get - a cappella boys singing short choruses, music not for great halls, but music for an enclosed space with no windows, an echo chamber, a resounding chamber - a gas chamber. There are few things more tragic than the death of art.

I don't recognize the other two songs, but the text of the middle one is the last two verses of Psalm 150.

[Wanderer]

[hopefullytrusting]

I don't recognize the other two songs, but the text of the middle one is the last two verses of Psalm 150.

The translations are in the YouTube comments.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E Flat Major, 1880 (aka 1878/80) - Ed. Robert Haas
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Hermanm Abendroth

[Lisztianwagner]

Camille Saint-Saëns
The Carnival of the Animals

Cristina Ortiz, Pascal Rogé (piano)
Charles Dutoit & London Sinfonietta

[Todd]

The Dvorak.

[Linz]

Claude Debussy CD1
Printemps
Fantasie pour piano et orchestra
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
La Mer
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit

[SimonNZ]

[André]

Multiple re-runs. Comment by Rob Barnett (Musicweb) very much describes what's on offer on this Antes disc.

A fine, very fine discovery.

[JBS]

Before

CD 2 of this set

Now

K387 in G major
K421 in d minor