What are you listening 2 now?

[steve ridgway]

Pierre Henry - Fragments Pour Artaud, 1970. No discordant notes here (it doesn't have any).

[The new erato]

Milhaud

String Quartets 12-14 & 15
Octet op.291

Quartetto Italiano
Quator Bernède
Quator Parrenin

Joining you in this!

[ritter]

G'day to you, Rafael. That is a great set. I take it you haven't yet started listening to the string quartets yet? I'll have to revisit those later sonatas as I do recall enjoying them.

Hi, John. No, I haven't yet revisited the Milhaud SQs this time. I was lucky enough to find the Quatuor Parisii complete set new really affordably in a store here in Madrid some years ago, and liked it a lot. Time to approach them anew.

[kyjo]

Symphonic Prologue

It's a pity there are so few recordings of Fernström's orchestral music. This piece is worth your attention. Sounds severe in mood with a certain sense of urgency in some fragments. Very substantial and its name doesn't do justice to the music.

I agree; he's a composer who certainly deserves more attention. Only two of his 12 symphonies have been recorded (nos. 6 and 12), and, oddly enough, they've both been recorded twice! Very imaginative and atmospheric music IIRC.

[steve ridgway]

Xenakis - Hibiki Hana Ma, 1970.

[vandermolen]

Daniel Jones: Symphony No.4 'In Memory of Dylan Thomas'.
Possibly the most eloquent of Jones's symphonies:

[Karl Henning]

Martinu: Sonata for Cello and Piano No 2 - Janos Starker cello & Rudolf Firkusny piano

Very nice!

[Kontrapunctus]

[Traverso]

Joining you in this!

  You sure do not waste your time on this one.

[Mirror Image]

Hi, John. No, I haven't yet revisited the Milhaud SQs this time. I was lucky enough to find the Quatuor Parisii complete set new really affordably in a store here in Madrid some years ago, and liked it a lot. Time to approach them anew.

Yep, I was quite lucky to have found the Quatuor Parisii's box set as well. An incredibly expensive set nowadays (if you can actually find it). Looking forward to reading your comments about this SQ cycle.

[Mirror Image]

I agree; he's a composer who certainly deserves more attention. Only two of his 12 symphonies have been recorded (nos. 6 and 12), and, oddly enough, they've both been recorded twice! Very imaginative and atmospheric music IIRC.

I think his neglect is justified, IMHO.

[North Star]

Birtwistle
The Shadow of Night
The Cry of Anubis*
Owen Slade (tuba)*
The Hallé
Ryan Wigglesworth
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[Mandryka]

https://www.youtube.com/v/xefmtfUGxew&t=125s&ab_channel=LiveNewMusicChannel

Berio - La vera storia.  Sounds good music, shame there's no video.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

[Traverso]

Bach

Christmas Oratorio

Jos van Veldhoven

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Sonata No 3 is on the way, probably tomorrow. The disc comes from the Sony Complete RCA and Columbia Firkusny box

Nice!  I'd love, when you get through it, to hear your thoughts on the set overall.  It's on my Wish List. 

PD

[Symphonic Addict]

My favorite English composer without a doubt in my mind. All of those works he wrote for string quartet are great even those earlier pieces. Have you explored many of his vocal works?

Is not VW anymore? 

No, I haven't yet. For now I don't have much interest to explore them.

[Symphonic Addict]

An excellent disc 

There's another one on the same label with symphony no 12 that I like just as much:

Indeed. The 12th Symphony is a very good one.

I agree; he's a composer who certainly deserves more attention. Only two of his 12 symphonies have been recorded (nos. 6 and 12), and, oddly enough, they've both been recorded twice! Very imaginative and atmospheric music IIRC.

Yeah, that was kind of regrettable IMO. We could have had other symphonies available.

[Symphonic Addict]

String Quartets 7 and 8

[Karl Henning]

Nice!  I'd love, when you get through it, to hear your thoughts on the set overall.  It's on my Wish List. 

PD

If I permitted myself a Wish List: this set would be on it.