What are you listening 2 now?

[pjme]

Some early Martinu -  flamboyantly nationalistic , but grandly eloquent and majestic. 

I cherish the Supraphon recording (ca 1985) with Belolahvek and Kusnjer.

[ritter]

The Lajtha String Quartet performs Ildebrando Pizzetti's two SQs (in A major —from 1906– and in D —from 1932/33–).

[Florestan]

Symphony no. 6

Que listening to Sibelius... the end is near, folks! 

[AnotherSpin]

[Todd]

[JBS]

[Spotted Horses]

Mozart, Duo for Violin and Viola K423, Grumiaux, Pelliccia



Ingenious work. The middle (slow) movement is notable. It turns into a trio, with the violin playing a dissonantly harmonized melody line in double stops as the viola plays a countermelody.

[Linz]

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony  No. 5 in C minor, Op.67
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op.92
Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

[ritter]

The second book of Madrigals by Claudio Monteverdi, performed by La Venexiana.

[Florestan]

No. 2 (actually, No.1)

Which I prefer to No. 1 (actually, No. 2) ever since I've heard them both.

Hat tip to @Madiel for reminding me of them both.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, 1890 Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak
Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Georg Solti

[Todd]

[Peter Power Pop]

Brian Kay's British Light Music Discoveries (Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Gavin Sutherland)

[Peter Power Pop]

British Light Music Discoveries 2 (Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Gavin Sutherland)



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[Linz]

Gustav Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn  Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Elisabeth Schwarzkop
London Symphony Orchestra, George Szell

[Philo]

Okay, now I get it. What an excellent recording. Some of the best brass around, and every track is a resounding success. Rimsky is truly a master, although, he may have only had one "hit," but what a hit. I can also see why Dukas and he are sometimes linked. So much control, so much focus and refinement. Cannot praise this enough. What a good time.

Probably tomorrow, unless, I don't sleep: Devieilhe, Desandre, and Haim in Handel's Italian Cantatas

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

The Lajtha String Quartet performs Ildebrando Pizzetti's two SQs (in A major —from 1906– and in D —from 1932/33–).

Interesting! I will check out the recording!

[Que]

A return to my 1st encounter with Franco-Flemish composer Pierre de Manchcourt
(c. 1510 – 1564):

 

With the recent recordings of Manchicourt Requiem by the Utopia Ensemble and a twofer of his masses by Beauty Farm, Manchicourt caught my interest again. The Missa Veni Sancte Spiritus on this recording is also included in the Beauty Farm set, though in a different approach: OVPP, all male Manchicourt's music is very elegant and his mass is dense and flowing.

PS I just realized that I still have the old habit of posting the image of the physical set that includes the recording that I listen to, but I guess in this Era of Streaming that information is now irrelevant to most of you... 

[Que]

Since I wasn't ready yet to move on to some JSB, thrown in for good measure:



This recording with songs and motets of Franco-Flemish composers at the court of Philips II, includes a song (Du fond de ma pensée) and a motet (Media Vita) by Pierre de Manchicourt. Along with other gold nuggets by Manchicourt's predecessor Nicolas Payen, his teacher Nicolas Gombert and his successors Georges de la Hèle, Gerard van Turnhout and Philippe Rogier.

[Wanderer]