What are you listening 2 now?

[Florestan]

In Greece, today it's actually Pentecost Monday, του Αγίου Πνεύματος.

In Romania as well and it's a public holiday.


TD

[Karl Henning]

[SonicMan46]

Beethoven, LV - Piano Trios + Triple Concerto w/ the Van Baerle Trio on a Chris Maene 'straight strung piano' - great reviews (attached if interested) - piano is up front and excellently recorded - check the website link for details.  Dave

   

[Spotted Horses]

I don't see anything. The white album, perhaps?

Ooops, now I see it.

[Lisztianwagner]

Arnold Schönberg
Die Jakobsleiter

Pierre Boulez & BBC Symphony Orchestra

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Romeo & Juliet, from:

That's an amusing new avatar that you have Todd.  In which city and/or state is that business?

PD

[vandermolen]

Here we go again - same symphony different recording. This is the same orchestra who performed the premiere recording with Okko Kamu. The opening measure reminded me of the start of Gliere's 'Ilya Muromets' Symphony.

[VonStupp]

PI Tchaikovsky
Symphony 5 in e minor, op. 64
Francesca da Rimini, Fantasy-Overture, op. 32
USSR Radio SO - Vladimir Fedoseyev (Sym)
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (Rimini)

When I buy CD's used from Amazon, Discogs, or EBay, there is the occasional perk of receiving bonus recordings from sellers. I assume these are products that are tough to push, such as club recordings. This is one of those, with no barcode or dates.

I love that fat clarinet sound from the USSR ensemble in the 5th Symphony that works particularly well in the opening and finale. The only letdown are the solos in mvt. 2 which could use refinement. The sonics are remarkable from what I was expecting.

The intensity meter is set to very high in Ovchinnikov's Francesca. The sound is wiry and strident, but boy is it exciting! Also, I love Tchaikovsky sitting in front of what I assume are birch trees on the cover.
VS

[Traverso]

Purcell

[Karl Henning]

Taking a cue from @Lisztianwagner 

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, 1878/80 Version (1880 with Bruckner's 1886 revisions) - Ed. Leopold Nowak, Marek Janowski, Orchestre de la Swiss Romande

[Spotted Horses]

Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, 1878/80 Version (1880 with Bruckner's 1886 revisions) - Ed. Leopold Nowak, Marek Janowski, Orchestre de la Swiss Romande

A Swiss/French orchestra, makes me think it might not be so heavy.

[Karl Henning]

Taking a cue from @Lisztianwagner

Exquisite!

[Todd]

That's an amusing new avatar that you have Todd.  In which city and/or state is that business?

Waxahachie, Texas. 

[Todd]

TD:



The second of six discs.  At least as glorious as the first disc.

[Brian]

Waxahachie, Texas.

I've actually met the Meat Church guys and tried their BBQ at an event so this was a real head-turner for me.

[Todd]

I've actually met the Meat Church guys and tried their BBQ at an event so this was a real head-turner for me.

Waxahachie was a fun town - and so close to Italy!

[classicalgeek]

h/t to Cesar!

Giorgio Ghedini
Appunti per un Credo
Musica notturne
Studi per un affresco di battaglia
Orchestra della Toscana
Daniele Rustioni
(on Spotify)



This was one of only a few Ghedini orchestral music recordings that I could find on Spotify - figured I'd give it a try. The music is quite compelling - angular and craggy, but still tonal. I'd like to hear it in a better performance - the regional Italian orchestra tries their best, but their playing is just subpar, especially in the strings.

[Daverz]

h/t to Cesar!

Giorgio Ghedini
Appunti per un Credo
Musica notturne
Studi per un affresco di battaglia
Orchestra della Toscana
Daniele Rustioni
(on Spotify)



This was one of only a few Ghedini orchestral music recordings that I could find on Spotify - figured I'd give it a try. The music is quite compelling - angular and craggy, but still tonal. I'd like to hear it in a better performance - the regional Italian orchestra tries their best, but their playing is just subpar, especially in the strings.

Look for some of the Naxos recordings.  These are well played.

[vers la flamme]

Allan Pettersson: Symphony No.9. Sergiu Comissiona, Göteborgs Symfoniker

First listen. So far so good. I've heard this work is the place where a lot of people get off the Pettersson train. I'll see how far I make it. This recording is substantially longer than any other of the 9th: 85 minutes long vs the 70 of the Lindberg BIS recording. I wonder how this is possible, as it doesn't sound particularly slow. But then I haven't heard any of the others.