What are you listening 2 now?

[Tsaraslondon]

Most of this wonderful disc is taken up by vocal music, the centrepiece being the hauntingly desolate The Curlew in a superb performance by Ian Partridge with the Music Group of London, but all of it is worth hearing.

[Que]

[Mookalafalas]

[Mookalafalas]

First listen.

[Traverso]

Shakespeare's Musick


Songs & Dances from Shakespeare's plays

[jlopes]

[Mookalafalas]

Just at the level of "art of modern piano playing" - tone, touch, balance - this is the most impressive Scarlatti CD I can remember hearing. This is one I think @Todd should hear.

Just hunted down a copy of this. You weren't kidding! Amazing.

[Harry]

Noel Bauldeweyn.
Masses.
CD I.
Missa Inviolata Integra et Casta, a 5.
Beauty Farm.

Really well done!

[Todd]

From:



A recent recording from 2015.  Apollo's Fire, entirely new to me, is a period ensemble from Cleveland.  On the evidence of this recording, they have their act together.  And they have a decent discography on their own label.  Jeannette Sorrell has command of the work.  Perhaps more investigation of the ensemble's discography is in order.

[MN Dave]

https://music.apple.com/us/album/vintage-classical-greats/497603022

[bhodges]

R. Strauss: Four Last Songs - Jessye Norman / Wolfgang Sawallisch / Orchestre de La Suisse Romande (live in Geneva, Sep. 19, 1979) - Of the many ways to do these songs, some singers opt for late-in-life serenity. Norman, Sawallisch, and the orchestra, however, choose something more like late-in-life Alpine skiing. Yes, there is delicacy, but the overall impression is of strength and indomitability—of "going out swinging"—and I say this with the highest praise.

-Bruce

[Harry]

Carl Nielsen's
Symphony No. 4

Douglas Bostock, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Rather flat and dull, I'm afraid.

I would disagree with that view, I think the whole set is outstanding, especially the Symphonies. There is not a dull note in any of these performances, let alone being flat.

[Traverso]

Stravinsky


Jeu de Cartes
Orpheus  Ballet in three Scenes
Agon Ballet
Deutches Symphonie Orchester-Berlin

Vladimir Ashkenazy

[Harry]

Carl Nielsen.
The Danish Symphonist.
CD V.
Flute Concerto.
Pan and Syrinx.
Suite for String Orchestra.
At the Bier of a Young artist.
Bohemian Danish Folk Songs for String Orchestra.
Andante Tranquillo e Scherzo for String Orchestra.
Rune Most Flute.
The Czech Chamber PO, Pardubice.
Royal Liverpool PO, Douglas Bostock.

After the Symphonies, the package on this CD holds divers works of which some not all belong to the best Nielsen produced over the years. I must admit that the Flute concerto is still a work that bothers me in many ways, but the fact that it gets an outstanding performance makes it more approachable to me. As always the sound is very good, and the artistic value is for me beyond approach.

[Harry]

Well, each to their own. I have 13 other versions of the 4th I'd play before this one, with my favourite possibly being the Alexander Gibson with the Scottish National Orchestra: I have enough on which to base an opinion, put it that way. And I'd still say I find Bostock's 4th dull and flat (as in "not exciting, lacking contrast", not "flat in pitch"!) I was somewhat surprised because I'd agree with you that, on the whole, Bostock's other recordings in the series are more than acceptable.

Well as much I would like to confirm your assessment of the 4th, my listening notes tells me otherwise. But no hard feelings, as you say to each its own. My ears simply tells me something different, that's all, no biggie!

[vandermolen]

Vaughan Williams's poetic 'Epithalamion'

[Harry]

Carl Nielsen.
The Danish Symphonist.
CD 6.
Violin Concerto.
Romance for Violin and Orchestra.
Violin sonata No. 1 in A major, opus 9/
Malcolm Stewart, violin.
Royal Liverpool PO, Douglas Bostock.
Johannes Soe Hansen, Violin and Frank Jarlsfelt Piano. (Sonate)

Fine interpretations of the Violin concerto and the Romance, in superb sound. Malcolm Stewart, an unknown Violinist for me is quite accomplished, with a wonderful sweet tone.
The Sonata is a welcome addition, and has in this interpretation great merit.

[Operafreak]

 Peteris Vasks: Distant Light

[Traverso]

Musica Reservata

[Karl Henning]

Igor Stravinsky
Canticum Sacrum

One of my favorite Stravinsky scores!