What are you listening 2 now?

[Todd]

Disc two equivalent.

[steve ridgway]

I love these BIS Schnittke edition album covers. They look like the covers of math textbooks.

LOL

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Weinberg
Piano Trio In A Minor, Op. 24
Gidon Kremer, Giedre Dirvanauskaite, Yulianna Avdeeva

[Harry]

Another series very close to my heart, on the same level as the Leidse Koorboeken.

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck.

The Sweelinck Monument, The Complete Vocal works.
De Wereldlijke Werken, CD I from III.

Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam, Harry van der Kamp.

Absolutely brilliant. I have the versions with the beautiful books, only in Dutch I am afraid. Cannot however find downloadable images of them, so I post the international version.

[Madiel]

Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 1

SNAP! Was just coming here to post that I'd listened to the exact same recording earlier today.

[Mirror Image]

Probably a gross oversimplification, but Skalkottas seems to have a populist side and a difficult atonal side.  The atonal music I've heard is quite gnarly, and I haven't warmed up to any of it yet, but I really enjoy the populist works like the Greek Dances.

Yeah, but neither side of his musical persona do much for me. As I've said, I'm going to have revisit some of his music and see if my opinion has changed at all. I'll keep the Greek Dances in mind.

[Spotted Horses]

Continuing with the Sinfonia in un tempo.



From what I read in the notes to the recording, Malipiero considered the piece to be in four distinct sections which play continuously. At first listen, the wasn't obvious to me where the section boundary are, although it was obvious that there were differences in thematic material and mood as the piece developed. A compelling work, rather from Malipiero's earlier phase when his works were more romantic, less acerbic (or weird, as one poster put it). I found it a satisfying listen.

[Linz]

Haydn Symphonies 6, 7, 8  Christopher Hogwood With the Academy of Ancient Music

[Todd]

[Iota]

Class.

[SonicMan46]

Wolfie's Wind Quintet - finishing up my Mozart listening w/ the two versions shown below, typically paired w/ Beethoven's Quintet - believe that I own several more versions - and again I'm sure there are plenty of other 'favs' amongst the GMGers -   Dave

 

[Lisztianwagner]

SNAP! Was just coming here to post that I'd listened to the exact same recording earlier today.

Nice coincidence. 

Sergei Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 3

[Linz]

Markus Poschner Bruckner Symphony No.4 1878 -80 version Bruckner Orchester Linz and for the second Finale the "Volkfest" Finale the Orf Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra is used

[kyjo]

I see you haven't given Jolivet's Cello Concerto No. 2 a fair shot yet. 

Well, as James (classicalgeek) says, "so much music, so little time"! Don't worry, I'll get around to it!

[kyjo]

Peterson-Berger: Symphony No. 3 Same Ätnam

On this listen I don't rate this work as high as I did previously. It's really noticeable the lack of development of the themes/ideas through the work. Granted, the music is pretty and evocative, but hardly beyond that. The minimalistic-like passage at 0:58-1:30 mark in the 1st movement is the most lovely part in the whole work IMO and it never appears again. A pity.

There are good moments that could have been better overall.

Just my two cents.

Well, I can respect your opinion, I guess. P-B was hardly a master of development, but for me his endearing melodies and magical orchestration make up for it. My main criticism of the 3rd symphony is that the slow movement isn't as memorable and colorful as the others.

Every composer has their strengths and weaknesses. Not everyone has to be a Beethoven or Brahms when it comes to rigorous development.

[kyjo]

One of my favorite Xenakis CDs.

You like Xenakis more than Peterson-Berger? Unforgivable!

[prémont]

No 8 also on this disc I skipped movement III, do not like vocal  contributions.

I don't know Langgaard's eighth symphony, but generally my attitude as to vocal contributions is similar. With one exception: Nielsen's third symphony, because Nielsen treats the voices in a very instrumental way. Bostock has recorded the symphony with instruments instead of voices, but the result is not completely convincing.

[Todd]

Elvira Madigan.  Predictably excellent - again.  Dig the cadenzas - again.

[bhodges]

One of my favorite Xenakis CDs.

Mine, too. There's also a DVD version, highly recommended. But either way, the JACK guys know their way around these difficult pieces like few other groups today.



--Bruce

[SonicMan46]

Müller, Iwan (1786-1854) - Clarinet Concertos & Quartets w/ Friederike Roth and others. Müller is little known today but as quoted was important in the evolution of the early 19th century clarinet - his compositions are few and these are the only recordings that I own, both performed on a modern instrument by Friederike Roth.  Dave

Iwan Müller, born in Estonia, was a clarinetist, composer and inventor who at the beginning of the 19th century was responsible for a major step forward in the development of the clarinet, the air-tight pad. Müller is also known as the inventor of metal ligature, which are used today in almost all single-reeded woodwind instruments. In 1812, he presented a new 13-key clarinet with air-tight pads (last pic), which with its fully chromatic range became popular and the standard clarinet for much of the 19th century. It was further developed into the Öhler system, the prevalent system in Germany today. (Source)