What are you listening 2 now?

[foxandpeng]

As for more recent performances I am not keen on Manze's recording although Elder's is even worse.
I do like Berglund's rather Sibelian recording with the Bournemouth SO. I think that No.6 is very difficult to get right on disc, especially the last movement. You can't go wrong with your EMI/Warner boxed set.

Now playing: John Foulds Sonata for Piano and Cello - a lovely work and great late-night listening:

Good call. I will explore this set a little more, I think, although the Manze still has the edge 😉

TD:

Cellos here too, but slightly more Northern and less soothing.

Remembering
Nørgård and Saariaho
Cello Concertos
Nørgård #1 'Between'
Saariaho 'Notes on Light'
Nørgård Viola Concerto #1 'Remembering Child' (Arranged for Cello)
Storgårds
BBC Philharmonic

[SimonNZ]

[Karl Henning]

I can say with confidence that this is the sole CD in my library with both Delibes and Igor Fyodorovich:

CD 10

Mendelssohn
The Hebrides—Overture, Op. 26
Symphony № 4 in A, « Italian » Op. 90

Grieg
Peer Gynt—Suite № 1, Op. 46

Delibes
Sylvia—excerpts

Stravinsky
Concerto in D for String Orchestra

[Symphonic Addict]

Grieg: String Quartet No. 1 in G minor

A memorable melody or passage after another one. And what energy it possesses, I adore that rustic touch Grieg stamps on it.

[André]

4 different concertos. Interesting sonic patterns.

[Symphonic Addict]

Now there's a composer who's new to me! I see Eklund was mid-to-late 20th century. What do you think of the music?

I've heard a couple of Magnard's symphonies, but not in years. He's definitely a composer I want to revisit!

Eklund shares sound world with a little of Shostakovich, Honegger, Nielsen, Aho and Holmboe. That is a terrific disc!

By Magnard I love all his symphonies except the 1st. No. 4 is really special and valedictory.

[Todd]

From the Josquin/Franco-Flemish big box.  Nice, if not one of the top discs in the set.

[Karl Henning]

I can say with confidence that this is the sole CD in my library with both Delibes and Igor Fyodorovich

And it's worth it, for the delicious wrench from the Cortege de Bacchus to the Vivace (moderato) of the Stravinsky.

[SimonNZ]

On the radio:



"Tant m'abellis l'amoros pessamens"


followed by:



"The passing of Beatrice"

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Vladigerov: Jewish Poem

An attractive and pensive piece. Worth a listen. I think DBK could enjoy it as well.

https://www.youtube.com/v/9hRKZIEQkwk

Thank you Cesar. Very nice (and sad) music. Significantly different from his other works, and very dark and introspective. This is a beautiful and novel composition.

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer's Night Dream Overtures.

I consider that they're more than overtures. They're perfectly symphonic poems of sorts, expertly written, memorable. I also admit that these works are close to Korngold or film music. I can't recommend it enough.

I have a mixed feeling about these recordings. There are many memorable/aesthetic passages, but the music as a whole didn't soar much. Maybe I was just looking for something else. Still fun and enjoyable music though.

[JBS]

Bach, JS - Oboe Concertos w/ Christian Hommel on a modern instrument and Marcel Ponseele on a Baroque oboe (just purchased the latter from Qobuz as a WAV DL and now listening - believe my preference at the moment; of course, Holliger is always lingering nearby!) - in the Hommel booklet these are described as 'originals, transcriptions, and reconstructions' but regardless the works are delightful to my ears.  Dave

   

The Naxos CD has been recycled with two other covers

I have the second one.
TD
Spending the night with two new arrivals

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Stravinsky
Violin Concerto in D
Hilary Hahn, violin
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Marriner

[Mirror Image]

Now playing selections from this 2-CD set of Koechlin melodies with Juliane Banse and Heinz Holliger conducting the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra:

[vandermolen]

Listening to the 1920 version of A London Symphony in piano duet arrangement, which has been burning up the wires over at the Veranda

And what did you think of it Karl? I like the arrangement of Finzi's 'Eclogue' as well.

[vandermolen]

Röntgen: Symphony No. 23 in C minor

Röntgen was such a fine composer. This is a rather compelling miniature symphony (16:38 min. long).





Bantock: Serenade for strings 'In the Far West'

A formidable release from CPO. I adore the density of the strings here.





Vladigerov: Jewish Poem

An attractive and pensive piece. Worth a listen. I think DBK could enjoy it as well.

https://www.youtube.com/v/9hRKZIEQkwk

I enjoyed the Vladigerov. Thanks for posting it Cesar.

[vandermolen]

Frank Bridge 'Oration':
I'm really enjoying this new acquisition (both works) which is beautifully recorded and performed. They both, directly (Bridge) or indirectly (Elgar), reflect the impact of the First World War on Britain. They go surprisingly well together. I've always loved Bridge's 'Oration' but this CD has re-fired my liking for the Elgar work. If I have any criticism it is that I didn't find the beautiful epilogue of the Bridge work (an afterthought apparently) quite as poignant here as I did with the recordings on Lyrita (Brathwaite/J Lloyd Weber) and on Hickox's (Isserlis) fine EMI version (something to do with the slightly spot-lit recording I think). I still find it very affecting and strongly recommend the CD:

[Roasted Swan]

Frank Bridge 'Oration':
I'm really enjoying this new acquisition (both works) which is beautifully recorded and performed. They both, directly (Bridge) or indirectly (Elgar), reflect the impact of the First World War on Britain. They go surprisingly well together. I've always loved Bridge's 'Oration' but this CD has re-fired my liking for the Elgar work. If I have any criticism it is that I didn't find the beautiful epilogue of the Bridge work quite as poignant here as I did with the recordings on Lyrita and Hickox's fine EMI version. I still strongly recommend the CD:

You're quite right how well the Bridge & Elgar go together - so all the more curious how rare a coupling this is.  I must admit I haven't sought out the new Naxos version simply because I have found this disc;



to be one of Wallfisch's very finest discs and quite beautifully played/recorded by the RLPO too.  AND you get the Holst Invocation as a not insubstantial bonus.  Oddly, this version is rarely/never mentioned in Elgar surveys (let alone Bridge!) but do hear it if you can.

PS when I was searching for the above album cover "Wallfisch/Elgar" produced this image;



a forthcoming Lyrita release I assume.........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSFd1z1NVEY

[vandermolen]

You're quite right how well the Bridge & Elgar go together - so all the more curious how rare a coupling this is.  I must admit I haven't sought out the new Naxos version simply because I have found this disc;



to be one of Wallfisch's very finest discs and quite beautifully played/recorded by the RLPO too.  AND you get the Holst Invocation as a not insubstantial bonus.  Oddly, this version is rarely/never mentioned in Elgar surveys (let alone Bridge!) but do hear it if you can.

PS when I was searching for the above album cover "Wallfisch/Elgar" produced this image;



a forthcoming Lyrita release I assume.........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSFd1z1NVEY

I have the Nimbus CD as well - it is excellent but, of course, it didn't stop me buying the new Naxos version, which I've been playing with much pleasure this morning. You are right about Holst's fine 'Invocation'. I like the image of the young Elgar with the telephone box!

I wonder if you know this fine CD (on offer at Presto) which not only features Holst's 'Invocation' but also (uniquely I think) the Romanza from Vaughan Williams's Tuba Concerto arranged for Cello and Orchestra - I think that it works very well and have to thank Christo of this forum for alerting me to it:

[Que]

Morning listening: volume 4 of the Peterhouse Partbooks series:

   


https://www.blueheron.org/learn-more/the-peterhouse-partbooks/music-from-the-peterhouse-partbooks/

[Roasted Swan]

I have the Nimbus CD as well - it is excellent but, of course, it didn't stop me buying the new Naxos version, which I've been playing with much pleasure this morning. You are right about Holst's fine 'Invocation'. I like the image of the young Elgar with the telephone box!

I wonder if you know this fine CD (on offer at Presto) which not only features Holst's 'Invocation' but also (uniquely I think) the Romanza from Vaughan Williams's Tuba Concerto arranged for Cello and Orchestra - I think that it works very well and have to thank Christo of this forum for alerting me to it:

Indeed I do know that disc very well.  Its a lovely programme very well played.  I'm always happy to see Christopher Palmer's name as an arranger - its a kind of guarantee of excellence!  I listened on YouTube to the Wallfisch/Salut d'Amour from this new Lyrita disc.  I must admit I was a bit disappointed.  For me these Elgar miniatures teeter a narrow line between exceptionally beautiful and moving and possibly saccharine.  Wallfisch seems to prefer the "rubato-at-every-phrase-end" approach which to my ear does over-sentimentalise the music.  Likewise the Donald Fraser arrangements of the accompaniments seem rather whispy and gentile -  aimed at the easy-listening brigade.  I do like Wallfisch but I think I will be passing on this disc......