What are you listening 2 now?

[LKB]

Mahler's Symphony no. 3 with the LKB Philharmonic, conducted once again by Alan Smithee. 

[VonStupp]

Enrique Granados
March of the Defeated
Torrijos, incidental music
Suite of Galician Songs
Barcelona SO - Pablo González

I think all I have heard from Granados are a few songs. His orchestral music sounds amiable.



The Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, from the cover, has a crazy 100+year history, and apparently is supposed to finally wrap-up construction, after all that time, in 2034. The building sounds like quite a sight to see!

I notice the choir area has railings which show plainsong neumes.
VS

[LKB]

Enrique Granados
March of the Defeated
Torrijos, incidental music
Suite of Galician Songs
Barcelona SO - Pablo González

I think all I have heard from Granados are a few songs. His orchestral music sounds amiable.



The Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, from the cover, has a crazy 100+year history, and apparently is supposed to finally wrap-up construction, after all that time, in 2034. The building sounds like quite a sight to see!

I notice the choir area has railings which show plainsong neumes.
VS

Ah, neumes... decades ago in university, l was taught to read them, and was also trained in the technique of conducting Gregorian Chant. Those were the days...

May whoever sings on those risers succeed.

[SonicMan46]

Graupner, Christoph (1683-1760) - well decided to pull out my Graupner collection of about 20 discs (one MP3 DL) (list is attached - all instrumental) - first up the recordings below. He was a prolific composer as evident by the quote, and "wrote for exotic combinations of instruments, including the oboe d'amore, flute d'amore, and viola d'amore. Over half of his sinfonias require brass and timpani, with about 25 sinfonias requiring 3 to 4 timpani..." (link below).  Dave  

Graupner was hardworking and prolific. There are about 2,000 surviving works in his catalog, including 113 sinfonias, 85 ouvertures (suites), 44 concertos, 8 operas, 1,418 religious and 24 secular cantatas, 66 sonatas and 57 harpsichord partitas. Nearly all of Graupner's manuscripts are housed in the University and State Library Darmstadt. (Source)

P.S. check the link for a short summary of the Telemann-Graupner-JS Bach (in that order) offering for the Leipzig job in the early 1720s.

   

[Spotted Horses]

Koechlin, Novelles Sonatines, Guilluame



Generally placid, hypnotic music. For some reason in Koechlin the fast movements often sound vaguely British to me. No 4, III Assez Lent, made a particular impression.

I think by the time I am through this release (Pastorales, Esquisses to go) I will go back to Honegger Chamber Music.

Oh, and I tried following up Wellesz with the symphonies of Searle, another obscure modern composer taken up by cpo. I found it insufferable, to some extent due to distant, washy sound and Alun Francis, one of cpo's house conductors that never seems to resonate with me.

[SonicMan46]

Graupner, Christoph (1683-1760) - Harpsichord Music with Genevieve Soly for the afternoon; own all 7 volumes she recorded - just showing three (will listen to 3 or 4 this afternoon) - not sure why she stopped?  Graupner had plenty of more keyboard works to go - Brilliant released the box of 14 CDs at the bottom - have not checked reviews and not sure it has been mentioned in the forum?  Dave

   

 

[ritter]

Listening to a sort of Reader's Digest version of Martinů's Juliette. This CD includes a 14-minute, purely orchestral suite in three movements, arranged by Zbyněk Vostřák, plus three fragments (lasting almost 40 minutes) of the opera, extracted by the composer himself (apparently to ensure a wider circulation to his music).



Vocal soloists (including Magdalena Kožená in the title rôle), and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Charles Mackerras.

[Linz]

Luigi Cherubini Mass No. 9 For the Coronation of Louis XVIII, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Riccardo Muti

[Bachtoven]

Beautiful playing and sound on this DSD128 download. Tracks and samples: https://www.nativedsd.com/product/2l139-bach-inside-polyphony/

[Brian]

Can't remember if I've listened to the violin sonata before. This is a passionate, romantic reading - certainly no "English reserve" here.

[SonicMan46]

More Graupner for the late afternoon and dinner, so playing 'table music' recordings - all three using period instruments - Dave

   

[DavidW]

[Lisztianwagner]

Egon Wellesz
Symphony No.5

Gottfried Rabl & Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

[VonStupp]

Luigi Cherubini
Missa Solemnis in C Major

Glinka Cappella
St. Petersburg State Orchestra
Roberto Tigani

I know nothing of the BonGiovanni label, and virtually nothing of Roberto Tigani aside from Respighi, but this is a live occasion with a Russian orchestra and chorus, and no less than eight Italian soloists.

An odd mix, an unusual Mass setting, with questionable sonics and performances.
VS

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Walton: Five Bagatelles. Ana Vidovic.

[Bachtoven]

Quartet No.3 in C minor. Very nicely played and wonderfully recorded. DSD256 download.

[Henk]

Luigi Cherubini
Missa Solemnis in C Major

Glinka Cappella
St. Petersburg State Orchestra
Roberto Tigani

I know nothing of the BonGiovanni label, and virtually nothing of Roberto Tigani aside from Respighi, but this is a live occasion with a Russian orchestra and chorus, and no less than eight Italian soloists.

An odd mix, an unusual Mass setting, with questionable sonics and performances.
VS

Need to check this work by Cherubini.

[JBS]

Luigi Cherubini
Missa Solemnis in C Major

Glinka Cappella
St. Petersburg State Orchestra
Roberto Tigani

I know nothing of the BonGiovanni label, and virtually nothing of Roberto Tigani aside from Respighi, but this is a live occasion with a Russian orchestra and chorus, and no less than eight Italian soloists.

An odd mix, an unusual Mass setting, with questionable sonics and performances.
VS

I have one recording from that label. I'm under the impression they focus on (possibly) live performances of lesser known Italian music, mostly if not totally opera and choral.


The booklet for this was minimal but adequate, with a libretto only in Italian.

[Symphonic Addict]

I have one recording from that label. I'm under the impression they focus on (possibly) live performances of lesser known Italian music, mostly if not totally opera and choral.

... performed by provincial orchestras and less-than-ideal soloists/singers/conductors. Now I come to think, Italian record labels don't have too many great recordings to their credit.

[Symphonic Addict]

I have to eat my words for having said that Bax's concertos are not good. They are much better than I remembered. The first movement from the Violin Concerto and the third movement from the Cello Concerto were the high points to me. Morning Song for piano and orchestra is a substantil bonus to this disc.