What are you listening 2 now?

[Karl Henning]

Stunning, absolutely stunning.

Love this!

[Todd]

Randomly listening to recordings I've not listened to in a while.  Another gem.

[Symphonic Addict]

Taneyev: Oresteia - Overture

Heck, this is simply an amazing masterpiece! The whole work looks promising if the music is as great as this overture.






Lyatoshynsky: Symphony No. 1

One of my favorite CDs devoted to this composer. Suffocatingly sensuous!

Grazhyna doesn't outstay its welcome either!

[Symphonic Addict]

Dallapiccola: Piccolo Concerto

I think it was John who posted this magnificent work before. Sheer delight, there is so much inventiveness in this work, and it's tinged with consoling melancholy. The harmonic gestures are interesting too.

[Symphonic Addict]

Symphony No. 6

This symphony is becoming my current favorite by him. Inexhaustibly beautiful to the bone. That opening theme melts my heart everytime.

[Symphonic Addict]

Eduard Tubin
Kratt (Complete Ballet)
Sinfonietta
Arvo Volmer
Estonian NSO
Alba

Ages since I've heard this. What on earth is wrong with me, leaving it so long?

Tubin is just fantastic.

+1!

Is not the opening of the 3rd act heartbreakingly ravishing?

And the Sinfonietta is sheer bliss. I can't get enough of both this composer either!

[Mirror Image]

Dallapiccola: Piccolo Concerto

I think it was John who posted this magnificent work before. Sheer delight, there is so much inventiveness in this work, and it's tinged with consoling melancholy. The harmonic gestures are interesting too.

Yes, a fine piece, indeed. Of course, I love the serial side of Dallapiccola as well.

NP:

Respighi
Concerto gregoriano
Lydia Mordkovitch, violin
BBC PO
Downes



I've heard several performances of this concerto through the years, but I always come back to this one with Mordkovitch/Downes.

[Symphonic Addict]

Yes, a fine piece, indeed. Of course, I love the serial side of Dallapiccola as well.

NP:

Respighi
Concerto gregoriano
Lydia Mordkovitch, violin
BBC PO
Downes



I've heard several performances of this concerto through the years, but I always come back to this one with Mordkovitch/Downes.

Nicola Benedetti, James Ehnes or Anne-Sophie Mutter could do wonders with the Respighi. An intensely eloquent work.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Fantastic selection! Love this work. The main melody that runs through the piece is so catchy and memorable!

BTW, do you know the orchestral suite De Pacificatie van Gent by the composer Peter Benoit from that Marco Polo series? A very good piece too.

Ok, I will look for the Benoit recording. Btw, the recording of The Sea below is very good too.

[Mirror Image]

Nicola Benedetti, James Ehnes or Anne-Sophie Mutter could do wonders with the Respighi. An intensely eloquent work.

Absolutely! The thought of Benedetti doing is making me smile at this very moment. This work is just right for her particular style.

[Symphonic Addict]

Speaking of Respighi:

Poema autunnale

A heartfelt, warm interpretation of this beauty.

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Bantock: Pagan Symphony

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Symphony No. 6

This symphony is becoming my current favorite by him. Inexhaustibly beautiful to the bone. That opening theme melts my heart everytime.

and that's a very nice recording on Naxos.

[vandermolen]

Nicola Benedetti, James Ehnes or Anne-Sophie Mutter could do wonders with the Respighi. An intensely eloquent work.

I really like the combination of works on that Chandos CD Cesar, although my favourite version of the 'Gregoriano' is this one - maybe because it's the first one I owned:

[Que]

Morning listening:

 

[Que]

Like the previous one, disc 4 is fully dedicated to William Byrd.

[springrite]

Lyatoshynski Symphony #2 and #3

followed by

Bortkiewicz PC #1, #2 and #3

I have been listening to lots of Ukrainian composer's music of late, for obvious reasons.

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Liadov/Lyadov

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Lyatoshynski Symphony #2 and #3

followed by

Bortkiewicz PC #1, #2 and #3

I have been listening to lots of Ukrainian composer's music of late, for obvious reasons.

Me too. Now playing Lyatoshinsky/Lyatoshynsky:

Grazhyna

I was on holiday, in the North of England, some years ago and was in a shop where they had BBC Radio 3 playing in the background. I was really enjoying what was being broadcast and hung around in the shop until I could hear what it was - it turned out to be 'Grazhyna'.

[Papy Oli]

Good morning all,

JS Bach - Cantatas BWV 18 & 23
(from the Kuijken set)