What are you listening 2 now?

[Todd]

[VonStupp]

Thanks, now subscribed to their YouTube channel! (I'm a big fan of the orchestra, but didn't realize the chorus has a channel, too.) Some other tempting things, e.g., Rachmaninov Vespers, and works by Elliott Carter and Hans Zender.

--Bruce

Yeah, I was particularly excited by the Carter release too. Their albums of Villa-Lobos, Hindemith, and Ives choral music are good surveys as well!

SWR Vokalensemble Top 500

VS

[Biffo]

Mozart: Serenade No 10 in B-flat major Gran Partita, K 361 [370a] - Harmonie de l'Orchestre des Champs-Élysées conducted by Philippe Herreweghe

[aligreto]

Barber: Symphony No. 1 [Alsop]





I like the assertive and declamatory opening to this work. It is both powerful and expressive. I like the musical language and content as the movement progresses. I also like the gradual build up of tension and drama in the movement. The Scherzo-like second movement is an exercise in perpetual movement and forward momentum! I like the scoring in this movement. The final movement is wonderfully lyrical, wistful, poignant and atmospheric. The work concludes with a satisfactory and definitive resolution.

[aligreto]

Mozart: Serenade No 10 in B-flat major Gran Partita, K 361 [370a] - Harmonie de l'Orchestre des Champs-Élysées conducted by Philippe Herreweghe

A wonderful work!

[Spotted Horses]

Toch, Symphony No 3, Francis



Just listening to this as a prelude to the Steinberg recording. I'm starting to sound like a broken record, the music is very interesting, the audio makes the quiet passages sound too distant.

[Karl Henning]

Felix Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 5 
    Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra

Not sure why the 'Dresden Amen' always moves me as much as it does. Is it the Wagner/Parsifal associations? Or is it something about the chord progression all by itself. Not sure. But I love it, and the other Lutheran tunes scattered throughout this wonderful symphony.

I came to this one last among the Mendelssohn symphonies, and it surprised me just how well I like it.

TD—once more, before moving on to the Second:

Toch
Symphony № 1, Op. 72
Berlin Radio Symphony
Alun Francis

I've listened to this a few times recently. I started out enjoying it fine, and it has grown on me. I might say that, in a sense, it confounds my customary listening practice of going on to listen to more. I find my ear satiated, as after a hearty meal.

[Spotted Horses]

Mozart: Serenade No 10 in B-flat major Gran Partita, K 361 [370a] - Harmonie de l'Orchestre des Champs-Élysées conducted by Philippe Herreweghe

It's taking me a week to listen to this work, one movement at a time. I am listening to Marriner/ASMF (in the Philips Mozart Edition). I am planning to revisit in a PI recording when done, can't decide which.

[Mirror Image]

Before heading off to work:

Tubin
Symphony No. 4, "Sinfonica lirica"
Bergen Musikselskabet "Harmonien"
Järvi



Next up:

Vasks
Oboe Concerto
Albrecht Mayer, oboe
Latvian NSO
Andris Poga

[Karl Henning]

It's taking me a week to listen to this work, one movement at a time. I am listening to Marriner/ASMF (in the Philips Mozart Edition). I am planning to revisit in a PI recording when done, can't decide which.

You've inspired me:

[Karl Henning]

Before heading off to work:

Tubin
Symphony No. 4, "Sinfonica lirica"
Bergen Musikselskabet "Harmonien"
Järvi



Next up:

Vasks
Oboe Concerto
Albrecht Mayer, oboe
Latvian NSO
Andris Poga

Have a good day!

[Todd]

Expected good things.  Got very good things.  This may well be the best version of the Schoenberg I've heard.  Of course, I've heard only a few, though only from top shelf pianists (eg, Pollini, Uchida, and Brendel).

[Mirror Image]

Have a good day!

Thank you, Karl. You too!

[Operafreak]

Bach, Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV1007-1012- István Várdai (cello)

[kyjo]

As I promised kyjo, I just listened to
Harty: With the Wild Geese
Thomson: Ulster

A very nice romantic tone poem. The booklet notes mention similarity to Tchaikovsky, which I heard, but Irish folk music is an equally important influence. I particularly liked the beauty of the section The Night Before The Battle.

Very nice! "Tchaikovsky goes to Ireland" would be quite an apt description of this wonderful work.

[foxandpeng]

Georgy Sviridov
Canticles and Prayers
Sigvards Kļava
Latvian Radio Choir
Ondine

I appreciate this meditative/contemplative music, despite my lack of understanding of the sung content. Sometimes the music itself is enough.  Russian Orthodox chant of psalms and liturgical texts will do today.

[Karl Henning]

Georgy Sviridov
Canticles and Prayers
Sigvards Kļava
Latvian Radio Choir
Ondine

I appreciate this meditative/contemplative music, despite my lack of understanding of the sung content. Sometimes the music itself is enough.  Russian Orthodox chant of psalms and liturgical texts will do today.

I love that soundworld!

It inspired my Nuhro, in large part:

https://www.youtube.com/v/r2vn2PB_-9g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2vn2PB_-9g

[DavidW]

Xenakis

Funny (I guess becomes it seems like such an obscure recording) I just listened to that recently!

[vandermolen]

Great CD! Especially for 'Mystery of Time'.

[Traverso]

Mahler


Symphony No.3