What are you listening 2 now?

[Symphonic Addict]

Indeed, I listened to this symphony recently as well and really enjoyed it - I hadn't remembered how good it is! The combination of piano soloist, chorus, and orchestra is quite inspiriting and compelling.

Totally agreed, Kyle. It's a shame that Langgaard lost the interest to be more radical and experimental in his career as a composer.

[Symphonic Addict]

Not a big fan of the disc, but I like the Massenet and Dukas recordings by Lean-Luc Tingaud.

Thumbs up for the Massenet disc, it contains a good selection of surprises. I don't know his Dukas, though.

[Karl Henning]

[Symphonic Addict]

Louis Glass: Symphony No. 1 in E major



Even though the performance has its flaws, this music contains some nice ideas that make the work enjoyable. I hope CPO will release the next recordings of these symphonies ASAP!

[Todd]

From the minimalist album cover collection, an unusual repertoire mix.  It's all very well done.

[Peter Power Pop]

Last night's viewing:

Frederick Ashton's Tales Of Beatrix Potter (Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Paul Murphy)

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Erik Satie: Pieces Pour Piano. Yuji Takahashi.

[Symphonic Addict]

[Todd]

D840 in a completed form.  Good, but not exactly a world beater.

[SimonNZ]

Free with a recent BBC Music magazine, and of more interest to me than many other bonus discs.

The sound quality in this recital is so good, and with such a complete absence of audience noise, that I initially assumed it had been lisenced from their studio discs and actually jumped at the applause after the first work.

No date or location given, but same lineup that appears on their Dvorak album:

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Not a big fan of this pianist and this recording. One-dimensional music.

[Operafreak]

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'

 Emil Gilels/    Cleveland Orchestra    George Szell/

[Mookalafalas]

The 8th. Some serious, no prisoners, Schubert.

[Harry]

Antwerp Requiem c. 1650.
Philippus van Steelant.
Missa Pro Defunctis a 6 voc. et 5 instr.
Miserere mei Deus 5 voc. & 5 viol, cum 4 voc. Ripien.
Missa Pro Defunctis 6 voc. & 6 voc. Riepien.
Canto LX.
B'Rock Orchestra, Frank Agsteribbe, Musical direction and Harpsichord.

This wonderful recording was not showered with love on GMG, which is a bit incomprehensible. This is also for me a best buy 2022. Hearing the first piece on this disc sold me immediately. Yet no one seems to like it on here, a pity, such fine discs are not released on a daily basis. Good soloists and orchestra, a dedicated bunch, they deserve huge accolades. And apart from that how much is recorded of this composer, who was regarded in his time as the very epitome of musical genius! And so he is.

[Harry]

Organ Works of the North German Baroque/
Volume III.
Complete Organ Works.
Andreas Kneller.
Christian Geist.
Johann Adam Reincken.
Friedhelm Flamme Organ.
Instrument:
Johannes Matthias Hagelstein, 1740.
St. Georg Church, Gartow.
Pitch: 5/8 over the normal tone.
Temperament: Neidhardt I.

Despite the fact that the organ was built in 1740, I find it an extremely well sounding instrument. There is a fine balance, which I think is in the first thing in a organ that should be prevalent. It was restored in 1991 by Hillebrand, and the brothers did a good job at it. The recording is clear and well done.
The composers on this disc have all something to say. Original and creative in expression. It is one of the Flamme recordings which I appreciate, without the shortcomings which usually accompany his interpretations, well not that much anyway.

[Harry]

Jean Sibelius.
Symphony No. 7.
Incidental Music to "Kuolemma" (Death)
Night Ride and Sunrise.
Gothenburg SO, Neeme Jarvi.

I enjoy these performances after 33 years of inactivity. It is quite something to return to Jarvi's recordings on BIS when he was still a spring chicken. There is energy, and pushing the boundaries as far as possible. He did Sibelius a few times, but I still find the BIS recordings the best he ever made. Good sound too.

[Roasted Swan]

Jean Sibelius.
Symphony No. 7.
Incidental Music to "Kuolemma" (Death)
Night Ride and Sunrise.
Gothenburg SO, Neeme Jarvi.

I enjoy these performances after 33 years of inactivity. It is quite something to return to Jarvi's recordings on BIS when he was still a spring chicken. There is energy, and pushing the boundaries as far as possible. He did Sibelius a few times, but I still find the BIS recordings the best he ever made. Good sound too.

hard not to think that Jarvi with the early SNO on Chandos and early BIS in Gothenburg were the conductor at his most engaged/dynamic/successful.  I know you think highly of some of his more recent recordings too but to my ear they are too often just fast and uncaring.  The earlier recordings were full of energy but somehow more impressive.  I agree with you completely re his BIS/Sibelius discs.  Much better than the DG "remakes" with the same orchestra......

[Harry]

Carl Nielsen.
Complete Symphonies.
CD III.
Symphony No.5&6
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar.

I enjoyed this set more as I thought I would do. It must be said that Kuchar delivers a top notch performance aided by really excellent sound. He clearly has a fresh look on the score, and highlights the music in quite a few surprising details and a clear feel for the right tempo. A fine addition to my collection me thinks!

[Operafreak]

Les frères Francœur- Justin Taylor (harpsichord), Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin)

[Traverso]

Bach