What are you listening 2 now?

[aligreto]

Thanks. Trying to work out what the Encore cover represents. Best I can come up with is walnuts!

I am certainly no botanist or gardener but I see those as flower pods of some sort.

[ritter]

I am certainly no botanist or gardener but I see those as flower pods of some sort.

Yep...looks like Physalis to me:



How someone at the record label thought this subtropical plant was appropriate for a record of Sibelius' music beats me. Or perhaps, the only other option they had was this:


 

[aligreto]

How someone at the record label thought this subtropical plant was appropriate for a record of Sibelius' music beats me. Or perhaps, the only other option they had was this:


 

 

[Karl Henning]

Scarlatti
Sonata in b^b minor, K. 131

https://www.youtube.com/v/PJ7huCwxeY4

[Symphonic Addict]

Martin: Harpsichord Concerto

There is a sort of sobriety in this piece that makes me fascinated. It's not a work of angry gestures, but rather subdued and somewhat enigmatic.




Rouse: Oboe Concerto (Liang Wang, oboe)

Much more lyrical then other of his works. The explosive climaxes are rather absent, albeit there are some agitated passages. Very charming.

[JBS]

Further exploration of YNS's Mozart opera series

Quasthoff in this recording does not sing: he has the Sprechrolle of the Pasha.

[Mirror Image]

In Memoriam of my Aunt Ruth:

Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Sinfonia of London
Barbirolli



My aunt passed away earlier today and, although I didn't know her as well as I should have, I have heard many stories about her through the years. She had a difficult life --- one filled with tribulation and hardship, but she was always a gracious human being. All I know is the suffering is no more, she is at peace.

[Symphonic Addict]

Sorry to hear that, John. My sincere condolences. May she rest in peace.

[Mirror Image]

Sorry to hear that, John. My sincere condolences. May she rest in peace.

Thank you, Cesar. Much appreciated.

[Symphonic Addict]

Piano Quintet No. 2 in E flat minor

I consider this quintet superior to the another one. There is more maturity and depth along the music discourse. A very fine composition.

[Madiel]

Having been decidedly non-classical for a couple of weeks, my entry point for coming back in is Beethoven op.70/2 piano trio.

[vandermolen]

In Memoriam of my Aunt Ruth:

Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Sinfonia of London
Barbirolli



My aunt passed away earlier today and, although I didn't know her as well as I should have, I have heard many stories about her through the years. She had a difficult life --- one filled with tribulation and hardship, but she was always a gracious human being. All I know is the suffering is no more, she is at peace.

Very sorry to hear about that John. Playing the VW Tallis Fantasia sounds like a nice tribute to your aunt.

[Irons]

Yep...looks like Physalis to me:



How someone at the record label thought this subtropical plant was appropriate for a record of Sibelius' music beats me. Or perhaps, the only other option they had was this:


 

Think you have cracked it. I seem to have developed a strange obsession with nuts!

[vandermolen]

Gliere: Symphony No.3 'Ilya Muromets'
BBC Philharmonic, Edward Downes:

[Florestan]

Sorry to hear that, John. My sincere condolences. May she rest in peace.

+ 1.

[Papy Oli]

Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.1 from various versions :

[Brahmsian]

Sorry to hear that, John. My sincere condolences. May she rest in peace.

+2

I'm very sorry to hear of your loss, John. My deepest sympathies to you and your family.

[VonStupp]

Gliere: Symphony No.3 'Ilya Muromets'
BBC Philharmonic, Edward Downes

I listened to Ilya Muromets a month or two ago, but with Falletta on Naxos. I think I prefer Glière's 2nd Symphony, but I am more of a formalist at heart and Symphony 3 leans heavily in the post-Romantic vein. I do really like the cover art on all of Downes' series of Glière.

[Traverso]

Sorry to hear that, John. My sincere condolences. May she rest in peace.

+1

[Traverso]

Richard Strauss

Isn't she lovely ?