What are you listening 2 now?

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NP:

Delius
Paris, The Song of a Great City
Royal Liverpool PO
Mackerras

From this set -

[listener]

Josef HOLBROOKE
Amontillado op.123   The Viking op. 22  Three Blind Mice Variations op.37/1 Ulalume op. 35
Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt       Howard Griffiths, cond.
Looks like he avoids the violence that shows up in the Havergal Brian treatment of the "Mice"
Moritz MOSZKOWSKI:
Overture in D, Suite no.1 for orchestra op. 39   Prelude & Fugue for String Orchestra op. 85
Sinfonia Varsovia      Ian Hobson cond.

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Sticking with the D's...

NP:

Dvořák
Piano Trio No. 4 In E Minor, Op. 90, B 166, "Dumky"
Jean-Guihen Queyras, Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov

[Que]

[vandermolen]

Anna Clyne 'Mythologies' - I have been very impressed by this composer having heard a movement from 'Dance' for Cello and Orchestra on BBC Radio 3. I like this whole CD but especially 'Night Ferry'.

[vandermolen]

I'll have to give Kinsella's 3rd and 4th symphonies another try, Jeffrey. And I'm sure you'd enjoy the Hausegger Natursymphonie quite a bit!

I love those two Kinsella symphonies Kyle and wrote to the composer about them (he sent a most charming letter back to me).
Yes, on to Hausegger.

[Karl Henning]

CD 51

Jn Ireland
A London Overture

Sieur Arnold Bax
Tintagel

Frederick Delius
A Village Romeo & Juliet—The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Irmelin Prelude
A Song of Summer

Sir Jn B (arr.)
Elizabethan Suite

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NP:

Arnold
Guitar Concerto, Op. 88
Craig Ogden, guitar
Northern Sinfonia
Hickox



Followed by another favorite guitar concerto:

Villa-Lobos
Guitar Concerto
Julian Bream, guitar
LSO
Previn

[Linz]

Nathan Milstein playing Vivaldi on CD2

[Papy Oli]

JS Bach
Brandenburg Concerto #1 BWV 1046
(Linde Consort)

[foxandpeng]

A first listen:

Lajtha
Symphony № 6, Op. 61
Pécs Symphony
Nicolas Pasquet

Yes. Me too, today. Also Symphonies 4 and 5.

[Brian]

Sticking to the playlist below, but decided between volumes of the Walton that I wanted to listen to something a little quieter and calmer for contrast. Thus, Michael Collins' new version of the Mozart concerto. He plays basset clarinet throughout and includes a 20 minute new concerto also for basset clarinet, by Richard Birchall (b. 1984). For the Mozart, the Philharmonia is reduced to chamber orchestra size.

Today's work playlist:



The Walton inspired by GMG discussion yesterday.

[classicalgeek]

Bacewicz is a terrific composer in my book. Yes, the 2nd PQ is a darker and more brooding piece, but not for that less engaging.

Also try her SQs when you can. Great, great music.

Thanks, Cesar! I'll put them on my backlog to listen - Bacewicz has really impressed me so far.

Some back-to-back Ifukube orchestral works: Salome & Japanese Suite from this newly acquired set:



A 14 CD set that was an absolute nightmare in terms of metadata --- loads of editing. But, it was worth it, as, so far, the music is GLORIOUS! Thinking of breaking out the Japanese series on Naxos at some point. I haven't heard any of those recordings in ages.

I came across Ifukube's Salome on YouTube when searching for more of his music, and really enjoyed it; Ifukube in general is an excellent composer. Here are my initial impressions of Salome:

Wow, was this a lot of fun to listen to! Colorful and vibrant music, brilliantly orchestrated (there's a solo alto flute that pops up in a couple of spots; it's a touch of genius, perfect for this kind of music.) Yes, it makes liberal use of 'exotic' (*cringes*) harmonies, particularly the flat 2nd/sharp 3rd, but so does Strauss in his opera on the same subject. Great writing for percussion too. All in all, one of my favorite pieces in my exploration of Japanese composers so far.

TD: a new composer to me

Elisabetta Brusa
Symphony no. 1
Merlin, a symphonic poem
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Daniele Rustioni
(on Spotify)



I had a mixed reaction to the First Symphony; there were some "dead spots" where nothing much seems to happen, and at 49 minutes, it seemed a little too long (probably because of those dead spots.) But there was much to enjoy too; Brusa can definitely write a climax of intensity and power as she does a few times in this symphony. There were some nice touches of orchestration too. I was more impressed with Merlin, which has a rhythmic ostinato that persists throughout much of the piece; it's built up to one of those crushing climaxes before a mysterious, cryptic ending. The influence of Respighi is strong, especially in Merlin.

[Linz]

Witold Rowiki 2CD set CD1 Symphony 5

[Karl Henning]

CD 51

Jn Ireland
A London Overture

Sieur Arnold Bax
Tintagel

Frederick Delius
A Village Romeo & Juliet—The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Irmelin Prelude
A Song of Summer

Sir Jn B (arr.)
Elizabethan Suite

Conclusion: A little to my surprise, I love this disk in its entirety!

Notes:
I fully expected to enjoy the Ireland. I already knew that I liked the Irmelin Prelude and the Walk to the Paradise Garden. A Song of Summer definitely surprised me on the upside.
In the back of my mind Bax has suffered from the recent relatively negative experience of my listening to an unrewardingly discursive symphony (as ever, YMMV). Although I think it possible (even likely) that I have listened to Tintagel before and enjoyed it (a YouTube video I believe) I had completely forgotten about the piece; at press time it is for me easily the Bax orchestral piece I think the best of. The Barbirolli arrangement is arguably a mere bonbon, but entirely pleasant for all that.
As I slotted the disk into its tray, I little suspected that I should want to listen to it immediately again, but I certainly do, and shall.

[Todd]

Mrs Barenboim acquits herself very nicely in Dvorak.  Perhaps a comparison against Kahanek and Firkusny is in order.

[vers la flamme]

William Alwyn: Symphony No.3. David Lloyd-Jones, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Killer. Very dark, intense, and mysterious, almost proto-Arnoldian.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

NP:

Arnold
Guitar Concerto, Op. 88
Craig Ogden, guitar
Northern Sinfonia
Hickox



Followed by another favorite guitar concerto:

Villa-Lobos
Guitar Concerto
Julian Bream, guitar
LSO
Previn

I like both the discs. The Walton concerto was arranged by somebody other than Walton. But it sounds very good.

[Karl Henning]

Another first listen:

Lajtha
Symphony № 5, Op. 55
Pécs Symphony
Nicolas Pasquet

[Karl Henning]

And:

CD 38

Tp Cto in E^b H. VIIE: 1
Hn Cto № 1 in D, H. VIID: 3
Hn Cto № 2 in D, H. VIID: 4