What are you listening 3 now?

[steve ridgway]

Schubert/Berio - Rendering For Orchestra

A mixture of Berio's music with bits of Schubert's ideas for a 10th Symphony, somewhat like the polystylism of Schnittke or Ives. Not bad, I can take a little of the older music with some modernism to break it up.

[Brian]

I wonder if all these people who prefer the "list3ning" title are fans of the movies M3gan and Se7en 

[Madiel]

Mendelssohn:

Six "Sprüche" (variously translated as 'Anthems' or 'Motets'), for 8-part unaccompanied choir, op.posth.79

[Traverso]

Bach

Vol.5

CD 3

[Madiel]

I wonder if all these people who prefer the "list3ning" title are fans of the movies M3gan and Se7en 

Se7en isn't bad. I quite like P!nk too.

[foxandpeng]

Lei Liang
String Quartets
Brentano SQ (and others)
New Focus Recordings

Revisiting, as this made quite an impact on me last week. From Monteverdi to Mongolia, it is a great listen with some beautiful and contemplative music. Chinese SQs... new to me, and really welcome 🌏⛩️☺️

[Madiel]

Haydn: Missa Cellensis (1782)



I kind of had to remind myself that although isn't one of the fabled 'late' masses, it's actually a good long way into Haydn's career, at the time he was free to accept a commission from someone outside of the Esterhazy family.

This recording feels a little bit blunt/strident in comparison to some of the others in the series? Or maybe it's just because I've been listening to relatively sweet Mendelssohn choirs lately, and this is a lot more vigorous.

[foxandpeng]

Lei Liang
Six Seasons
Season 1: New Ice
Season 2: Darkness
Season 3: Sunrise
Season 4: Migration
Season 5: Cacophony
Season 6: Bloom
Coda
Kairos

According to the Kairos website...

This album represents a unique sonic collaboration between science and music. Oceanographer Joshua Jones and composer Lei Liang began exploring Arctic soundscapes in 2018, culminating in the piece Six Seasons in 2022. Violinist Marco Fusi joined the project in 2024, shaping the work into an ambitious solo performance. The project interweaves recordings of Arctic environments and marine life with musical improvisation, offering a glimpse into the remote and fragile underwater world. Through an innovative use of sound, the team has created a profound listening experience that bridges the gap between art and science, highlighting the intricate rhythms of nature.

Huh. Move over Rautavaara with your stupid birdsong and Hovhaness with your pointless whales. Amateurs. Make room for Liang and the entire Arctic.

Edit:
Is ok as non-tinnitus background, so I may well revisit later at night to quell the roar, but otherwise? Only slightly more useful than John Cage and his fantastic traversal of tedious silence.

[foxandpeng]

Lei Liang
Hearing Landscapes/Hearing Icescapes
Hearing Landscapes: I. High Mountain
Hearing Landscapes: II. Mother Tongue
Hearing Landscapes: III. Water and Mist
Hearing Icescapes: Part I: Call
Hearing Icescapes: Part II: Response
Lei Liang
New Focus Recordings

Despite the 'classical music' tag, this ambient stuff probably belongs in the crossover or non-classical area.

Liang is outstanding when there is actual music involved. Not so much here.

[Selig]

In a recorder mood today 

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Dan
Symphony No. 2 in B-flat
Sinfonieorchester Wien
Yazuo Yamada

From this set -

[Iota]

Julián Carrillo: Preludio a Colón
Mitsuko Shirai (mezzo-soprano)

I discovered the Mexican composer Julián Carrillo recently, thanks to Kate Molleson's excellent book, Sound Within Sound, telling the stories of ten composers who altered the course of music history, only to be sidelined in an era that favoured other sounds. I found myself drawn instinctively to the way he uses microtonality, it seems highly expressive and purposeful, creating new and rich nuances to great effect.
Only heard a few pieces so far, and this one, Preludio a Colón, caught my ear immediately, a bewitching and sirenic piece for mezzo soprano and ensemble.

Can be heard here if interested.

[Linz]

Joseph Haydn Symphonies CD 11
Symphony No.40 in F major
Symphony No.41 in C major
Symphony No.42 in D major
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, Adam  Fischer

[Iota]

I wonder if all these people who prefer the "list3ning" title are fans of the movies M3gan and Se7en 

Haha, well not wishing to drag this out, but being exceedingly dull by nature, my preferred option by far was Mapman's original 'What are you listening to now (3)', which seems simple and to the point. The 'listening 2' of the previous thread felt like a natural little witticism, whereas to me 'listening 3' seems quite the opposite.

[SonicMan46]

Boccherini, Luigi (1743-1805) - Violin Sonatas on the Brilliant volumes below: V.1 contains 5 discs & V.2 just 1 disc, so 6 total, a LOT of music but much of which not likely composed by Boccherini in the form of violin and KB sonatas - still based on his other compositions and enjoyable and played well - attached is a ChatGPT exchange I just had which goes into some confusing detail.  Dave

 

[Linz]

Gustav Holst The Planets, Op. 32
Deborah Cheetham Fraillon Earth
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martin

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Bax
Tintagel
LSO
Pappano



Outstanding performance!

[Lisztianwagner]

Arthur Honegger
Symphony No.4

Charles Dutoit & Symponieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, 1890 Thorough revision Bruckner with Joseph and Franz Schalk Ed. Theodor Raettig
Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Dallapiccola
Piccolo Concerto per Muriel Couvreux
Pietro Massa (piano)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Peter Hirsch