What are you listening 2 now?

[VonStupp]

Gustav Mahler
Symphony 8 in E-flat Major

Faye Robinson, Judith Blegen, Deborah Sasson- sopranos
Florence Quivar, Lorna Myers- contraltos
Kenneth Riegel, tenor
Benjamin Luxon, baritone; Gwynne Howell, bass

Boston Boy Choir
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Boston SO - Seiji Ozawa

I heard the great British baritone Benjamin Luxon passed recently. Couldn't miss a chance to hear him.
VS

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, 1877 Linz version with revisions - Ed. Leopold Nowak, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

[Cato]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, 1877 Linz version with revisions - Ed. Leopold Nowak, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies

What a coincidence!

I listened to the Bruckner Symphony I as well today!

Along with this offering from Karl Henning!

[Linz]

Joseph Haydn Complete Piano Sonatas, Rudolf Buchbinder CD3

[foxandpeng]

John Pickard
Symphony 2
Martyn Brabbins
BBC NOoW
BIS

The more Pickard I hear, the more I appreciate him. This symphony is always filled with interest and complexity, and increased familiarity only serves to cement how much I like it. So much energy!

[foxandpeng]

Alla Pavlova
Symphony 1 'Farewell Russia'
Konstantin Krimets
Russian PO
Naxos

Pavlova doesn't find much traction here on GMG, but I enjoy her music. Her Symphony 1 isn't complex but is tuneful and pleasant, despite all the pianos.

[Harry]

Alla Pavlova
Symphony 1 'Farewell Russia'
Konstantin Krimets
Russian PO
Naxos

Pavlova doesn't find much traction here on GMG, but I enjoy her music. Her Symphony 1 isn't complex but is tuneful and pleasant, despite all the pianos.

I agree. She is very much a composer after my heart. Have all her recordings on Naxos.

[Linz]

Claude Debussy Nocturnes, Première Rhapsodie, Jeux, La Mer, Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

[foxandpeng]

I agree. She is very much a composer after my heart. Have all her recordings on Naxos.

Good to hear, my friend 😁. I'm not surprised 🙂

As well as her symphonies, all of which I appreciate, I particularly like her Sulamith Suite, Monolog, and The Old New York Nostalgia. Always worthwhile, in my mind.

[foxandpeng]

Alla Pavlova
Symphony 2 'For the New Millennium'
Vladimir Fedoseyev
Tchaikovsky SO of Moscow Radio
Naxos

Final work before bed, I think. Again, pleasing music to close out the day.

[Bachtoven]

[Symphonic Addict]

The Piano Quintet in C minor by Frédéric d'Erlanger is a cracking and exceptional work, above all for the last two movements. The Dunhill (also in C minor) has its merits as well, but it is not as masterful as the former. A marvelous disc.

[Mapman]

Haydn: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 54/2
Festetics Quartet

The unusual structure of the final movement was a pleasant surprise!

[Symphonic Addict]

Liszt: Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne & Tasso, Lamento e Trionfo

Tasso has to be one of his finest and most memorable tone poems, I feel the same reaction whenever I give it a spin, and Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne is not bad either, I had it in low esteem for whatever reason. Very nice use of the harp in there.

[AnotherSpin]

Alla Pavlova
Symphony 1 'Farewell Russia'
Konstantin Krimets
Russian PO
Naxos

Pavlova doesn't find much traction here on GMG, but I enjoy her music. Her Symphony 1 isn't complex but is tuneful and pleasant, despite all the pianos.

I like the title of the symphony. All the more, it seems appropriate for a composer born in Ukraine. Conductor is Ukrainian too

[brewski]

Just back from the thrilling evening below. As much as I was looking forward to the Mahler — one of the best of this score in recent memory — the first two works were revelations. The concert was broadcast live, and it looks like it will be available for listening at some point on WQXR, here.

European Union Youth Orchestra
Iván Fischer, Conductor
Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano
with
Guest Musicians from the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

Anna Clyne: Masquerade (2013)
Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Tune
Mahler: Symphony No. 1

-Bruce

[steve ridgway]

Messiaen: 5 Rechants

[AnotherSpin]

[steve ridgway]

Ligeti: Aventures

[steve ridgway]

R. Strauss: Serenade For Wind Instruments