What are you listening 2 now?

[Karl Henning]

Good morning Karl,
I struggled to get into it (my usual limitations towards modern, slightly atonal music onwards) but I ended up enjoying the second half, it felt more flowing maybe. Thank you for sharing this work. I shall revisit. 

Many thanks!

[Traverso]

Handel

Concerto grosso No.12 Op.6
Concerto grosso  HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast"
Hornpipe in D
Overture
Concerto grosso HWV 301
Concerto grosso HWV 302a
Concerto grosso HWV 287
Sonata (concerto) HWV 288

[Operafreak]

Respighi: Roman Festivals, Brazilian Impressions & Pines of Rome-Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Eduardo Mata

[Que]

[SonicMan46]

Myslivecek, Josef - Symphonies by the groups below; Il Boemo wrote 55 symphonies (listing HERE) - the Daniel Freeman (author of the OOP book on the composer) numbers are given only for the Bamert recording, i.e. the six quoted below from the link; on the other two CDs, only the keys and movement names are given and not easily matched w/ the listing referenced.  Dave

Nos. 26-31 – Six symphonies [C major, A major, F major, D major, B-flat major, G major] preserved in the print Six Overtures (London: William Napier, [c. 1772])

   

[Todd]

Disc one equivalent.  Exactly as expected, based on his The Long 17th Century recording, Daniel-Ben Pienaar delivers superb Byrd.  A very pianistic conception, he uses his modern grand with nuanced touch and variegated dynamics.  Were it not for Kit Armstrong's other-worldly great Byrd/Bull twofer, this would represent the most satisfying Byrd keyboard playing I've heard.  OK, that's not a lot, and most has been on harpsichord, so of course this has an advantage.  Hopefully more pianists take up Renaissance keyboard music.  I expect the second disc equivalent to be as good, and if it is, this shall be a purchase of the year.

[Florestan]

And what would those pages be?

[Harry]

And what would those pages be?

I would also like to know

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Honegger: Sonatina for Violin and Cello.

Kodaly: Duo for Violin and Cello.

Josef Suk (violin) André Navarra (cello).

The Honegger piece demands attention. It certainly got mine!

How do you like that set overall Lol?

And thanks for the info re Dvorak and Jarvi Harry! 

Listening hear....started off with a CD by Andsnes for "Wintertime" by Norwegian composers (lovely, but decided that I needed something zippier for me this morning).  I eventually wandered my way over to Szymanowski on Naxos and listened to his first violin concerto.  Maybe it's just because I'm starting to fade energy-wise (got up awfully early today), but it didn't really grab me. 

PD

[j winter]

Dipping into this new (to me) box with symphony #4 -- so far, so good!

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 1 in C Minor Version 1865/66 "Linz" ed. Leopold Nowak. Berliner Philharmoniker

[Todd]

Dipping into this new (to me) box with symphony #4 -- so far, so good!

Some of the best Tchaikovsky out there.

[Traverso]

Purcell

Abdelazer
Distressed Innocence
The Married Beau
The Gordian Knot Unty'd
Sir Anthony Love or "The Rambling Lady"

[Roasted Swan]

How do you like that set overall Lol?

And thanks for the info re Dvorak and Jarvi Harry! 

Listening hear....started off with a CD by Andsnes for "Wintertime" by Norwegian composers (lovely, but decided that I needed something zippier for me this morning).  I eventually wandered my way over to Szymanowski on Naxos and listened to his first violin concerto.  Maybe it's just because I'm starting to fade energy-wise (got up awfully early today), but it didn't really grab me. 

PD

Stick with the Szymanowski violin concerti - 2 of the very best 20th Century violin concerti for me!

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 3 in D Minor 1890 Thorough revision Bruckner with Joseph and Franz Schalk Ed. Theodor Raettig

[brewski]

Listening live to the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, with conductor Andris Poga and pianist Yulianna Avdeeva:

Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain (in an interesting orchestration, perhaps the original?)
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3

-Bruce

[SonicMan46]

The remainder of my Il Boemo collection this afternoon:

Myslivecek, Josef - Violin Concertos - back in 2009 I purchased the single CD Vols. 1/2 - Supraphon has now packaged these discs as a twofer at just $20 USD on Amazon - Myslivecek was a violinist like Mozart and writes well for the instrument - reviews attached for those interested.  Dave

   

[Florestan]

I have, and greatly enjoy, this one. They might not be on Mozart level* but they are pretty close to it.

* actually, I very much doubt that in a blind contest someone who is not a Mozart fanatic could tell who is who. 

[Lisztianwagner]

Sergei Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Bernard Haitink & Philharmonia Orchestra

[Florestan]

I very much doubt that in a blind contest someone who is not a Mozart fanatic could tell who is who. 

Some people might misconstrue this as evidence for Classical-era music being monotonous --- I see it as evidence for Classical-era music being of the highest quality.