What are you listening 2 now?

[Todd]

[Symphonic Addict]

Raff: String Sextet

When Raff was inspired, he could really bring some attractive, energetic and tuneful music to the table.




Rota: Clarinet Sonata

In this case it was Rota who wasn't inspired. Too much soft-edged for my taste. A work with little substance, actually.

[foxandpeng]

Richard Arnell
Dagenham Symphony
Martin Yates
RSNO
Dutton

No music today, until now. More Arnell before sleep, however.

[JBS]

Just begun. Found it in the bins at Barnes and Noble--probably due to Ma's involvement.

The Second is the relatively familiar Ries arrangement; the Fifth was done by Colin Matthews, reversing here his usual routine of transcribing chamber/piano to orchestra.
Rather astonishingly, there are no track timings printed in the book or back of the CD case. Perhaps a rush to get it on the shelf?

[vers la flamme]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute & Harp in C major, K 299. Werner Tripp, Hubert Jellinek, Karl Münchinger, Wiener Philharmoniker

This is sounding amazing right now. Mozart is exactly what I needed to hear. The combination of flute and harp strikes me as having a German Romantic flavor, almost like proto-Weber.

[vers la flamme]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No.1 in F major, K 37. Murray Perahia, English Chamber Orchestra

Of course, this is an orchestration of a piano sonata by someone else (don't know who), but it still sounds very good to my ears. This is my first listen to anything in this box, a recent acquisition, that I got for five dollars on eBay. Excellent playing, excellent sound. I'm really excited to dig more into this set, though it's gonna be a while before I hear all of it.

[Operafreak]

Mozart- Pires, Disc 1

[Karl Henning]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No.1 in F major, K 37. Murray Perahia, English Chamber Orchestra

Of course, this is an orchestration of a piano sonata by someone else (don't know who), but it still sounds very good to my ears. This is my first listen to anything in this box, a recent acquisition, that I got for five dollars on eBay. Excellent playing, excellent sound. I'm really excited to dig more into this set, though it's gonna be a while before I hear all of it.

Excellent bargain!

[Que]

Morning listening of the 5th and last recording in the Peterhouse Partbooks series by Blue Heron:

   

An amazing set with unique and special (early) repertoire. I very much hope that Blue Heron will move on to partbooks of later date.

A wonderful end to the series

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

[The new erato]

Having retired during the pandemic with little travel evcept for a short trip to Germany and the Wachau in the fall of 2021, this summer have been busy vacationing, spending a full 9 weeks on 2 separate trips to Europe. and with family ang grankid all over norway, additional time has been spent away from listening.

But yesterday I listened to this new arrival, and it was just as glorious as I has assumed:

[aligreto]

Dvorak: String Quintet No. 3 Op. 97 [Talich Quartet]





What a wonderful opening this work has. The harmonic writing is quite superb. The opening movement has a quietly relentless forward drive to it but it is not over driven here. The pacing is satisfying. It also has large elements of the Dvorakian expansiveness in its music, even in this format.
We have a similar presentation in terms of the music content and pacing in the second movement. It also has a great sense of forward momentum and excitement.
The slow movement is a wonderfully dark hymn-like theme. It is played with appropriate gravitas, emotion and atmosphere. The tone and pace are interspersed with another wonderful themes and passages with a terrific interaction between all of the instruments. I find this movement to be a particularly fine piece of musical writing.
The musical content and tone of the final reverts to that of the opening two movements. It is a joyous sounding movement overall with its dance-like tunes. The movement finishes with quite a flourish.
I particularly like the harmonic writing throughout the work. It is a work which has string writing of the highest order.

[aligreto]

I find the album's title fitting since the spectrum of sounds that can be achieved on a violin is well represented here. From calming, very bird-like fluttering, sometimes as quiet as a whisper, through piano-like pizzicato passages, to a delighfully intense creaking turmoil.

My favorites from there are for sure the violin sonata by Erwin Schulhoff & the one by Paul Hindemith.

I was trying to encourage you before to post more and that was a very good post. 
I notice that you have already received a genuinely friendly and generous reply from another member. Keep it up! 
The description of the violin playing sounds very interesting indeed from your description as it is always interesting to hear the full possibilities of the range of any instrument.

[aligreto]

That's a wonderful CD!  I'm a big fan of the Talich Quartet.  Are you familiar with their Janacek recordings Fergus?

PD

Yes, indeed, PD. I do have the Kreutzer and Intimate Letters String Quartets played by them, also on Calliope.

[aligreto]

Nice! I'm continuing with this box:

Nice, Karl. I do also like the Panocha Quartet.

[The new erato]

Always curious about Koechlin, this was my first listen to.this recent arrival, I have always been curious about this "symphony":



Colorful and worthwhile, though probably not a great work.

Vers la voûte étoilée I know from the Holliger series. Fine work, and this is a fine recording.

[Operafreak]

Schumann: String Quartets Op. 41-Quatuor Modigliani

[vandermolen]

Patrick Hadley 'The Hills'

[vers la flamme]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No.38 in D major, K 504, the "Prague". Karl Böhm, Berlin Philharmonic

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Now the Cello Concerto No.1, w/ Siegfried Palm. Holy shit, man. Just bonkers, an all out assault on my ears. I think I even heard a synth at one point? It is amazing.

I'll be interested in what you think of his second cello concerto (when you get to it--if you haven't already).  I remember enjoying his second one much more as his style was more "Neo-Romantic" and had more "conventional structures" [from the liner notes for the Finlandia CD] which I found to be more accessible.

Reminds me, I have yet to listen to his concerto for viola!  Will put that on later today. 

PD

[Que]

Having retired during the pandemic with little travel evcept for a short trip to Germany and the Wachau in the fall of 2021, this summer have been busy vacationing, spending a full 9 weeks on 2 separate trips to Europe. and with family ang grankid all over norway, additional time has been spent away from listening.

But yesterday I listened to this new arrival, and it was just as glorious as I has assumed:

Looks very enticing indeed! Any quality performance of Delalande is self recommending. 

Do you know if there are any duplications with repertoire on earlier recordings?