What are you listening 2 now?

[ChopinBroccoli]

A Finnish Peter Frampton that is.

Framptonennenn

[Mandryka]

Trying to listen to 17 Immortal Homosexual Poets. I get the same impression that I get from Messiaen's Catalogue d'oiseaux - that the form is really elusive. I know there is a form, because I've read Ian Pace's essay. But I can't hear it.

The sound isn't the best, and Pace is not the most seductive of piano players.

So it's hard going.

But it has lead me to a piece of music I hadn't come across before, also dedicated to a poet,  which sounds very much more accessible. This

[ChopinBroccoli]

My first thought was, if you're going to steal a conductor's hairstyle, why choose Rattle?  Surely Karajan had a better hair game...

LOL ... hell, Stokowski's hair is preferable to THAT

[Karl Henning]

Prokofiev
Cinderella, Op. 87
LSO
Previn

[André]

Bruckner, symphony no 5. RSO Leipzig, 1949. Surprisingly wide-ranging, immediate and detailed recording, but there are patches of discoloration. Bruckner's 5th is a beast of a work and Abendroth a powerhouse of a conductor.

[stingo]

J.S. Bach: Complete Cello Suites
Clark Pang, cellist
from bandcamp

[Papy Oli]

Earlier : Arnold Bax - symphony No.2 (Bryden Thomson)

Now : Arnold Bax - symphony No.3 (Handley)

[aukhawk]

Ives : Symphony No.4 : Tilson Thomas


Ives : Symphonies 3 & 4 : Tilson Thomas/SFSO

A wonderfully detailed and revealing recording of this most congested of orchestral scores.  And a strangely introvert, muted reading.  I like it, but Stokowski it is not.

[SonicMan46]

Hoffmeister, Franz Anton (1754-1812) - Chamber Works shown below w/ the performers on the cover art.  Well, decided to devote some time today to a Viennese publisher and composer, and dedicatee of a Mozart String Quartet - Hoffmeister was a prolific composed although considered 'second-tier' these days among the 'giants' of Vienna in the classical era; his chamber music is well structured and a pleasant listen.  He wrote 25 Flute Concertos (and much chamber music for flute), over 50 Symphonies, operas and many other works.  Below are five of the 10 or so discs that I own of Hoffmeister's works.  Dave

Franz Anton Hoffmeister was born in Rottenburg am Neckar on 12 May 1754. At the age of fourteen he went to Vienna to study law. Following his studies, however, he decided on a career in music and by the 1780s he had become one of the city's most popular composers, with an extensive and varied catalogue of works to his credit. Hoffmeister's reputation today rests mainly on his activities as a music publisher. By 1785 he had established one of Vienna's first music publishing businesses, second only to Artaria & Co, which had ventured into the field five years earlier. Hoffmeister published his own works as well as those of many important composers of the time, including Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Clementi, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf and Johann Baptist Wanhal. These famous composers were also among Hoffmeister's personal friends: Mozart dedicated his String Quartet in D to him and Beethoven addressed him in a letter as my "most beloved brother". Source

   

   

[aukhawk]

Oh dear.  That cover image reminds me of this one.  (My first exposure to Brandenburg No.3 by the way.)

[Papy Oli]

Arnold Cooke - Concerto for String Orchestra in D Major

https://www.youtube.com/v/MYtB68rhP8o

Lively, I like it !

[André]

Hoffmeister, Franz Anton (1754-1812) - Chamber Works shown below w/ the performers on the cover art.  Well, decided to devote some time today to a Viennese publisher and composer, and dedicatee of a Mozart String Quartet - Hoffmeister was a prolific composed although considered 'second-tier' these days among the 'giants' of Vienna in the classical era; his chamber music is well structured and a pleasant listen.  He wrote 25 Flute Concertos (and much chamber music for flute), over 50 Symphonies, operas and many other works.  Below are five of the 10 or so discs that I own of Hoffmeister's works.  Dave

   

   

Hi Dave!

Coincidentally, JPC's spécial du jour is a disc of viola concertos and solo viola studies for 1.99€.



They have other low priced Hoffmeister discs.

[André]

Next from the Abendroth box is the Bruckner 7th in a February 1956 live performance from the Admiralspalast, East Berlin. The RSO Berlin plays with great power and beauty of tone. It would seem that music making in Berlin was of a very high standard in both sections of the city. The brass in particular displays pulverizing power (when required).

The conductor died a few weeks later.

[steve ridgway]

Giving Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms a try on http://dream.cs.bath.ac.uk/AvantGardeProject/agp149/index.html

Sounds all right, I will get to the end .

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[Karl Henning]

Prokofiev
Pf Sonatas
Kasman

[Papy Oli]

Another Arnold Cooke, this time symphony No.1

Really enjoying this right now.

https://www.youtube.com/v/60u197JXSXQ

[SonicMan46]

Hi Dave!

Coincidentally, JPC's spécial du jour is a disc of viola concertos and solo viola studies for 1.99€.



They have other low priced Hoffmeister discs.

Hi André - thanks for the JPC mention above - just signed into my account, my last purchase was exactly 2 years ago - yikes! 

But in all honesty, I've almost stopped buying CDs (unless a 'replacement') - using 'streaming' (from Spotify and my Amazon purchases/uploads) much more often - HOWEVER, since I'm signed into JPC (and many actually have a discount coupon in my email unless discarded) I'll now take a look!  Dave

[Florestan]

CD2 & CD3

[Traverso]

Oh dear.  That cover image reminds me of this one.  (My first exposure to Brandenburg No.3 by the way.)

I recognize the cover but that's all.

[JBS]

CD2 & CD3

How does she do compared with others.

BTW, your message box is full again.