What are you listening 2 now?

[Spotted Horses]

Schubert Impromptus, Op 142, Ingrid Haebler



Again, very satisfying performances of some beautiful pieces I have never appreciated before.

Stumbled on the Dorati/Detroit set from Decca, and listened to Dorati's recording of Strauss' Don Juan.



My reference for this work in Karajan's BPO recording from the 80's. This one is less indulgent, wonderfully balanced with momentum that never falters. A fine alternative although it doesn't displace Karajan as my favorite version.

[Florestan]

Schubert Impromptus, Op 142, Ingrid Haebler



very satisfying performances of some beautiful pieces

Seconded.

[DavidW]

Byrd was all over NYTimes this morning, so after a very long time, I'm listening to some Byrd.

[vers la flamme]

Morton Feldman: For Bunita Marcus. Alfonso Gómez

This piece also has yet to really click with me, but I am interested in it enough to return to it.

[Karl Henning]

Now another new one with some early Mozart


With this particular CD, "Piano Concerto" is not accurate.

K 175 and K 336 are performed with an organ as the solo instrument (the liner notes detail reasons to think K 175 was composed for and originally performed on organ). The Nannerl Notebook movement (with orchestral parts supplied by Levin) and the three K107 concertos (the set adapted from sonatas of J C Bach) use harpsichord.

The cover is again taken from a work by Klee.

Interesting.

[Harry]

Francisco Javier. (1506-1553)
The Route to the Orient.
CD I. Europe in the Age of Humanism.
Birth and Youth of Francis Javier.
Hesperion XXI.
La Cappella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall.

Really well performed and recorded. Its a pleasure to return to all those fabulous boxes by Savall.

"With this CD book, which presents the story of Francisco Javier's life - from ancient Europe to the Land of the Rising Sun-, excerpts from his letters, the most significant texts of his time, as well as musical works from that era and the musical cultures that are still alive today, which he encountered on his way to the Orient. If the world is a book, Franz Javier has read it from A to Z."

[Cato]

Only one work is possible today (well...I suppose a few others could work       )

Charles Ives: The Fourth of July

[vers la flamme]

William Schuman: Symphony No.8. Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

So far so good. This is exactly the kind of music, at least in terms of harmonic language, that I was in the mood to hear at present, for some unknown reason. NY brass sounds great throughout. I really ought to hear more of Bernstein's recordings of American composers.

[VonStupp]

Virgil Thomson
Symphony on a Hymn Tune
Symphony 2 in C Major
Symphony 3
Pilgrims and Pioneers
New Zealand SO - James Sedares

A happy Independence Day to GMG's US listeners and musicians! 🎇
VS

[Florestan]

Nos 1-4.

In my garden, open kiosk. Sunny and green environment. Butterflies chasing each other, sparrows flying, pigeons chirping. Air perfumed by a recently and gloriously blossomed linden tree. Haebler playing a superbly-sounding fortepiano with very well defined high, middle and low registers and not a sound from the action mechanism. Pint of cold beer at hand. For an hour I was in Heaven.

[Mandryka]

Nos 1-4.

In my garden, open kiosk. Sunny and green environment. Butterflies chasing each other, sparrows flying, pigeons chirping. Air perfumed by a recently and gloriously blossomed linden tree. Haebler playing a superbly-sounding fortepiano with very well defined high, middle and low registers and not a sound from the action mechanism. Pint of cold beer at hand. For an hour I was in Heaven.

Bully for you, it's raining cats and dogs in London.

[vandermolen]

I really enjoyed discovering this eclectic work.

[Florestan]

Nos 1-4.

In my garden, open kiosk. Sunny and green environment. Butterflies chasing each other, sparrows flying, pigeons chirping. Air perfumed by a recently and gloriously blossomed linden tree. Haebler playing a superbly-sounding fortepiano with very well defined high, middle and low registers and not a sound from the action mechanism. Pint of cold beer at hand. For an hour I was in Heaven.

Forgot to add that, last but not least, the sound simply blew me away as being impeccable: I have heard recent recordings whose stereophony was much, much worse.

[vandermolen]

Only one work is possible today (well...I suppose a few others could work      )

Charles Ives: The Fourth of July

Happy 4th July Leo! From the Old Country 

[JBS]

My 4th of July morning was this new one from Chineke! Orchestra, with yet another Kanneh-Mason sibling (Jeneba) as pianist.

Florence Price
Piano Concerto in One Movement
Symphony no 1 in e minor
His Resignation And Faith aka the slow movement of Ethiopia's Shadow in America

The concerto is really a three movement work without pauses. The liner notes suggest Price called it a one movement work as part of an attempt to subvert the sexism/racism she had to deal with as a Black woman living in the 1930s.

[Lisztianwagner]

Charles Ives
New England Holidays

Leonard Bernstein & NY Philharmonic

[vers la flamme]

Charles Ives
New England Holidays

Leonard Bernstein & NY Philharmonic

That looks like a good CD. Maybe I'll listen to the Holidays symphony later. I have the MTT/Chicago recording.

[Cato]

Happy 4th July Leo! From the Old Country 

Thank you!

And to be sure, after 1776 "the old country" produced e.g. Sir Richard Burton (NOT the actor*), T.E. Lawrence, Wilfrid Thesiger, Rosita Forbes, (The British cranked out intrepid explorers like a locomotive idly puffing out smoke) not to mention, of course, Winston Churchill, Sir Edward Elgar, Dante Rosetti, Elizabeth Siddal, George Orwell, and a host of others! 

A short selection from a very long list! 😇

* See:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/burton_sir_richard.shtml

Besides Charles Ives today...Eugen Jochum's last concert where he conducted Bruckner's Symphony #5 : an incredible performance.

[Karl Henning]

Only one work is possible today (well...I suppose a few others could work      )

Charles Ives: The Fourth of July

I'm in! Great to follow the score, too.

Now:

[Karl Henning]