What are you listening 2 now?

[Irons]

Heino Eller: Symphonic Legend.

[Tsaraslondon]

I once heard Delius's A Mass of Life in St Paul's Cathedral in London and it knocked me for six.

This recording under Sir Charles Groves uses the German original, which is was Delius actually set.

[Traverso]

Sweelinck

Book of Psalms book 2 

CD 3

[Traverso]

Froberger

Vol.1

CD 2

[Biffo]

Handel: Concert grossi, Op 6, Nos 1 - 3 - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin directed by Bernhard Forck

[Mandryka]

Continuing my exploration of Cinquecento, I'm beginning to see what they're about. They're about dissonance, presumably an embellishment following their understanding of musica ficta. It is subtle, fluid, and I have to pay attention to get it.

[steve ridgway]

Penderecki - Kosmogonia. A little trip into religious horror.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

I couldn't find it on qobuz so went for something similar

Very good recording!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Ginastera, Estancia Suite. Sir Eugene Goossens/LSO.

[Mirror Image]

Penderecki - Kosmogonia. A little trip into religious horror.

A cool work!

NP:

Schnittke
Violin Concerto No. 3
Gidon Kremer, violin
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Eschenbach

[Mandryka]

Continuing my exploration of Cinquecento, I'm beginning to see what they're about. They're about dissonance, presumably an embellishment following their understanding of musica ficta. It is subtle, fluid, and I have to pay attention to get it.

That's it, revelation! The interest of this type of music is not primarily in the counterpoint, it's in the harmony created by the counterpoint. You need to have your ears tuned in to that. And I bet the way to sing the harmonies is not explicit in the score. That's why it's so hard to get off the page. This is what Cinquecento have seen. They create this sort of elegant sound-field of consonances and dissonances, and you can just lie back and let yourself be carried along by the waves, the tension and the relief.

[SonicMan46]

Spanish Piano Works w/ Jean-Francois Heisser - mainly Albeniz/Granados/Falla - purchased to replace several discs of Iberia/Goyescas; excellent Amazon USA price for 6 CDs - recordings are from 1989-1996 - reviews attached.  Dave

 

[Mandryka]

This is what Cinquecento have seen.

And seen it rather more clearly than Singer Pur, IMO.

(Lots of things have suddenly got clearer for me today . . . )

[milk]

I'm enjoying this. He and his style of playing seem at home in this, maybe much more so than in Bach, which sounded like some sort of novelty.

[Traverso]

 Josquin Desprez

Still very nice recording,the Hilliard at their best.

[Biffo]

Listening to Bournemouth Air Show. I have gone out and watched it a couple of times in past years but only found about 5% of any interest. I suppose I shouldn't begrudge it to those who get enjoyment from it but it makes any serious music listening impossible during the afternoon - my peak listening period. I managed to get in a couple of Saint-Saens symphonies (Nos   1 & 2, Soustrot/Malmo SO) before the racket started.

[T. D.]

Repeat listening to recent purchase. The early quartets.

[Traverso]

Louis Couperin

CD 1  Suites

[steve ridgway]

Mauricio Kagel - Ludwig Van. For those wanting to hear a lot of Beethoven's chamber works on his 200th anniversary without wasting hours playing all his albums.

[bhodges]

Sibelius: Andante Festivo (Emerson Quartet) - Incredibly, I don't recall ever hearing this miniature. My nephew auditioned for his college orchestra and sent me a violin part, unmarked except for "Sibelius," and asking if I knew what it was. Later he got the details from the conductor.

Anyway, charming and worth the 3 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkZmqbr6bpU

--Bruce