What are you listening to now?

[Mandryka]

Continuing my exploration of the Orlando Machaut, there are some wonderful things here, my jaw nearly hit the floor in the motet s'amours ne fait pas par sa grace adoucir, for example.

But anyway what I'm most pleased about is a bit more technical, it relates to a comment that Rebecca Stewart made in an essay on Ockeghem's Missa Mi Mi. She said  that the music was medieval in inspiration, or something like that. And I'd never understood what she was getting at until just now listening to this Machaut CD, the song Hélas tant est douleur et peine just sounds like the sort of thing she makes out of the Ockeghem. The song may well be in the same mode as the mass, 4the tone.

[Karl Henning]

Frescobaldi
Ricercar sesto obligo fa fa sol la fa
Vartolo

[North Star]

Fresh from the mail for First-listen Friday
Janáček
Folk Poetry of Hukvaldy in Songs
Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs (selection)
Martina Janková, Tomáš Král
Ivo Kahánek
Wonderful
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[Karl Henning]

Sweet, Karlo!

"Papa"
Symphony № 8 in G (H.I/8)
AAM
Hogwood

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[North Star]

Yes indeed, Karl - as is that Haydn!

Thread-duty - First-listen Friday
Schubert
Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major, D. 894
Jan Vermeulen (fortepiano Nannette Streicher, Vienna 1825)
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[Karl Henning]

Sometimes, you just stick with G Major.

"Papa"
Symphony № 18 in G (H.I/18)
AAM
Hogwood

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[Traverso]

Bach Cantatas

CD 18

BWV 52,60,116,140

[mc ukrneal]

Sometimes, you just stick with G Major.

"Papa"
Symphony № 18 in G (H.I/18)
AAM
Hogwood

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I'll see your 18 and raise you 18: Symphony No. 36 in E flat major
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[SymphonicAddict]

Discovering some intriguing composers:

Flor Alpaerts
James Ensor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LDX3uzhhus&t=109s


Giorgio Federico Ghedini
Studi per un affresco di battaglia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1vlfWGduS0


Gino Marinuzzi
Symphony in A major


Rather SUPERB and COOL new stuff

[ritter]

Discovering some intriguing composers:
...
Gino Marinuzzi
Symphony in A major


Rather SUPERB and COOL new stuff

Glad you enjoyed the Marinuzzi, SymphonicAddict! I found it rather captivating when I first approached it some months ago, as reported here.

Regards,

[SymphonicAddict]

Glad you enjoyed the Marinuzzi, SymphonicAddict! I found it rather captivating when I first approached it some months ago, as reported here.

Regards,

Yes, I remembered someone else had posted such an interesting and truly captivating symphony, simply I loved it! It's right up my alley: it has a heroic scope, meditative and gorgeous passages, vibrant rhythms and masterful orchestration. Admirers of Bax, Respighi, Casella, Sgambati, Braga Santos, Tubin, etc. will like it.

Thanks for posting it!

[André]

This is how I feel about a lot of Hamelin's work, maybe all.

For me it's Richter. Nothing actively wrong, but impossible to muster enthusiasm for most of his work.

[Daverz]

Gino Marinuzzi
Symphony in A major


Rather SUPERB and COOL new stuff

All I can find on Tidal is an older live Croation recording.  Indifferent sound quality, but the orchestra seems enthusiastic enough.  Very Straussian music.




Amazon.co.uk has MP3s of the Decca recording, and there seems to be a Qobuz listing (not accessible in the US).

[SymphonicAddict]

All I can find on Tidal is an older live Croation recording.  Indifferent sound quality, but the orchestra seems enthusiastic enough.  Very Straussian music.




Amazon.co.uk has MP3s of the Decca recording, and there seems to be a Qobuz listing (not accessible in the US).

Fair enough, Straussian in Scope. Powerful stuff! The Decca version is much more professional and virtuous.

[kyjo]

Outside of Sibelius, I don't find the music I've heard from the Finns to be very interesting. Klami is no exception.

You've become so narrow-minded...

[listener]

GROFÉ 3 Suites for Orchestra :  Mississippi ,  Grand Canyon , Niagara Falls
Bournemouth S.O.     William Stromberg cond.
BARBER: Songs (not from Figaro) opp. 2,10, 13 18
Nuvoletta op. 25   Hermit Songs op. 29   Despite and Still  op. 41
Roberta Alexander sop.   Tan Crone piano

[SymphonicAddict]

You've become so narrow-minded...

[Daverz]

No. 8 on Lp.

I got tired of the pops and clicks, so switched to Tidal.



And now after that, OCD is kicking in

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Bruckner 8 with WDR Köln, 27/9/74.  Total time of 73:30 vs the 80 minutes of the VPO studio recording.

[André]

Disc One



Early Luto. The first symphony is very good. I'm less in tune with Jeux vénitiens and Chantefleurs et Chantefables. Excellent production values. Each disc's content is detailed at length in the 48 p. booklet (in English only).

[SymphonicAddict]

Ostrcil - Calvary



A word to describe this: angry!


Benoit: Piano concerto



A work at the height of those by Saint-Saëns. Instantly enjoyable