What are you listening 2 now?

[Traverso]

Church Kantens
±1660: construction of the organ by Hendrik Husz. Hendrik Husz was a brother of Berend Husz, the teacher of the famous Arp Schnitger.

[mahler10th]

Alwyn.  What drama.  One of my favourite Composers.  A very different soundscape, a very MODERN soundscape, a wee bit out of the ordinary from his fellow English/British composers.

[DavidW]

Tchaikovsky 4th-- another brilliant performance from Petrenko!
Martinu's VC 2

[Brian]

Saw this mentioned in another thread and had to jump in.



Then time for a mini-Dorati binge.



I've never before compared this earlier Minnesota Hary Janos recording to the later one with Philharmonia Hungarica.

[DavidW]

The ninth!

[foxandpeng]

Allan Pettersson
Complete Edition
Symphony 5
Christian Lindberg
Norrköping SO
BIS

The fifth!

[Spotted Horses]

Moving on to Troisième année of Liszt's Années de pèlerinage, Grimwood. First two movements



Continuing to enjoy this recording. The third part is definitely a departure. Less emphasis on pianism, more original in terms of harmony and conception. I remember it being less resonant with me when I first listened years ago, but it is becoming my favorite part.

[Karl Henning]

[ritter]

Saw this mentioned in another thread and had to jump in.



...

Count me in, but from this set...



Apart from Fidelio, I've neglected Toscanini's Beethoven for quite a while. Well, this Seventh tells me that neglect was unjustified. It's a driven, almost manic performance, but a superb one...

[Karl Henning]

Hat tip to @Symphonic Addict 

[ritter]

Good evening, Karl!

Sticking with Arturo Toscanini here. He's now conducting the Prelude to Act I and "Good Friday Spell" from Parsifal.

[JBS]

Although I didn't report it in the Purchases thread, I scooped up a few things from Presto's sale on Helios. It landed today, so first thing to be heard is

[Symphonic Addict]

Nice to have you around again, Cesar!

Welcome back, Cesar!

Lovely to see you back

Thank you, guys!

[Symphonic Addict]

Walter Braunfels: Te Deum for soloists, chorus, organ and orchestra

Sublime. It is a perfect epithet to describe the majesty of this piece, although the Judex crederis contains some spicy passages that provide contrast. There's another recording (from 1952) with Günter Wand conducting on the Profil label I haven't heard it yet, but to be honest this stupendous recording seems hard to beat.

[Karl Henning]

As the result of a reminder from @JBS 

Hindemith
Ludus tonalis
Suite 1922, Op. 26
Jn McCabe

[Symphonic Addict]

Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3

[Karl Henning]

Good evening, Karl!

Sticking with Arturo Toscanini here. He's now conducting the Prelude to Act I and "Good Friday Spell" from Parsifal.

Good evening, Karl!

Sticking with Arturo Toscanini here. He's now conducting the Prelude to Act I and "Good Friday Spell" from Parsifal.

Good evening, Rafael!

[Lisztianwagner]

Franz Liszt
Valses Oubliées

Pianist: Can Çakmur

[Karl Henning]

As the result of a reminder from @JBS

Hindemith
Ludus tonalis
Suite 1922, Op. 26
Jn McCabe

The fourth number in the Suite is a "Boston." which has at last sent me to Wikipedia:

The Boston refers to various step dances, considered a slow Americanized version of the waltz presumably named after where it originated. It is completed in one measure with the weight kept on the same foot through two successive beats.[3] The "original" Boston is also known as the New York Boston or Boston Point.

Now I get both the source dance being a relaxed waltz, and the rhythmic games Hindemith plays.

[Karl Henning]

Although I didn't report it in the Purchases thread, I scooped up a few things from Presto's sale on Helios. It landed today, so first thing to be heard is

I remember liking the Dies natalis, thanks for prompting a re-listen!