What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Subotnick]

I'm about to move on to some Ludwig and Vladimir. It will be a while before my ears are ready for anything more robust...



TTFN.
Me.

[FideLeo]

I've always wondered why Naxos decided to use Chinese for the series' title instead of Japanese. 

Because the Japanese would have used the same (lots of kanji), especially in the old days.   

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Carl Nielsen, Symphony No.2 (Launy Grøndahl/Danacord)



An historic recording of one of the great Nielsen conductors. The third movement, especially, is tremendous.

[Harry]

Well, if you're into late 19th-early 20th century String Quartets by 'little known' composers (a favorite topic for many of us on this forum -  ), then a couple of recent arrivals & just a first listening:

Kienzl, Wilhelm (1857-1941) - String Quartets, Nos. 1-3 w/ Thomas Christian Ensemble.

Marx, Joseph (1882-1964) - Complete String Quartets w/ same group as above.

Need a few more replays & more thorough reading of the liner notes - but do enjoy this particular quartet & the CPO sound is great, as usual! 

 

O, you will enjoy them, well I did!

[Harry]

Henry Purcell's Theatre Music. Volume III.

Overture in C minor.
Don Quixote.
Amphitriyon or The Sosias.
Singers: James Bowman, David Thomas, Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, Martyn Hill, Cristopher Keyte.
The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood.
Tavener Choir, Andrew Parrott.

Most excellent, a must for every Purcell lover me thinks, that is, if you like these voices.
They give me a lot of pleasure.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Morning, everyone!



Louis Glass, Symphony No. 5 Sinfonia Svastica (Grondahl/Danacord)

A sometimes fiery, sometimes deliciously Delian work. A real treat. (Btw - 'svastica' is used in its original sense of 'renewal'. So this is no symphony celebrating AH... It dates from 1919-1920.)

Just downloaded another, more recent recording, to compare and contrast:

[Harry]

Morning, everyone!



Louis Glass, Symphony No. 5 Sinfonia Svastica (Grondahl/Danacord)

A sometimes fiery, sometimes deliciously Delian work. A real treat. (Btw - 'svastica' is used in its original sense of 'renewal'. So this is no symphony celebrating AH... It dates from 1919-1920.)

Gutenmorgen Johan!

That looks tasty, will set my teeth in this music.

[Harry]

Henry Purcell's Theatre Music, Volume IV.
The Double Dealer.
The Richmond Heiress, or a woman Once in the Right.
The Rival of the Violence of Love.
Henry the second, King of England.
Tyrannic love, or the royal Martyr.
Overture in G minor.
Theodosius or the Force of Love.

Singers: Judith Nelson, David Thomas, Mertyn Hill, Emma Kirkby, James Bowman
The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood.

Excellent.

[Henk]

[Henk]

S. 1

[Christo]

Again, the First of Luís de Freitas Branco (1890-1955), father of the modern Portugese school.

Freitas Branco's lyrical side is the most intriguing aspect of this rather traditional symphony - and happens to be well served by Cassuto, who's always capable, as with Braga Santos' symphonies, of letting a thousand sunflowers bloom.   Especially the dreamlike, consolatory Andante, with its lovely exchange of strings and woodwind, brings out the best of both composer and performers.

           

[not edward]

It's been many years since I listened to these symphonies, but they've certainly repaid the revisit.

[rickardg]

W A Mozart
Piano Concerti 11-15, 18
Malcolm Bilson - fortepiano
The English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner

[Kullervo]

Good morning! 

Listening to:

[karlhenning]

Good morning!

Here:

Bohuslav Martinů
Symphony No. 2 (1943)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Bryden Thomson

[Henk]

[springrite]

Prokofiev Complete Piano Sonatas (Fredrick Chiu)

Goes perfectly well with the aftershocks here in Sichuan...

[bhodges]

Prokofiev Complete Piano Sonatas (Fredrick Chiu)

Goes perfectly well with the aftershocks here in Sichuan...

Paul, I hope you are all right!  (I have probably missed your updates elsewhere.)

--Bruce

[springrite]

Yes, I am fine. I am doing mostly training work for medical workers and volunteers on psychological first aid and other things.

Tomorrow I will listen to Bach (Art of the Fugue) and Haydn quartets to calm myself. I will return to Beijing in a few days.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Yes, I am fine. I am doing mostly training work for medical workers and volunteers on psychological first aid and other things.

Tomorrow I will listen to Bach (Art of the Fugue) and Haydn quartets to calm myself. I will return to Beijing in a few days.

I trust Kimi is doing all right, too?