What are you listening 2 now?

[Todd]

[André]

Schjelderup: Brand - Symphonic drama

This is pretty good, fully late-Romantic stuff with some wagnerian gestures. The music succeeds at its sense of narrative, atmosphere, orchestration and stirring climaxes. Its only weakness, I reckon, has to do with the melodic material. Otherwise, an interesting work by an almost unknown Norwegian composer.

Love Brand and the symphony. 'Brand and the symphony's first movement are excellent. The rest is fine but that 1st is quite striking.

[brewski]

Finnissy: Gershwin (Nicolas Hodges, piano). Have been listening to this gorgeous album for over 20 years, and somehow it says "summer." Finnissy's arrangements are sensitive, maintaining Gershwin's melodies amid phrasing and harmonies that set off sparks. Hodges obviously loves these pieces.

-Bruce

[Symphonic Addict]

Launy Grøndahl: Trombone Concerto (conducts Thomas Dausgaard)

A month ago I heard this concerto live by this Danish composer (1886-1960), and today I decided to revisit it on this recording. That day I wasn't expecting to be so surprised: it is quite fun, sparkling, tuneful. For an instrument whose concertos I do not often regard as very substantial, this is a clear exception. Quite likely one of the best ones out there.

In addition, the disc also contains works by Vagn Holmboe, Soren Hyldgaard and Axel Jorgensen.

[Symphonic Addict]

Love Brand and the symphony. 'Brand and the symphony's first movement are excellent. The rest is fine but that 1st is quite striking.

That was my reaction too (re Brand), that movement is a powerful depiction of a storm. There are some neat effects that seem to evoke a blizzard.

[Bachtoven]

Excellent playing and sound.

[Symphonic Addict]

Crusell: Sinfonia concertante in B-flat major for clarinet, bassoon, horn and orchestra

Many of these classical concertante works turn out to be better than expected. This was completely delicious.

[JBS]

Tonight, another Austrian double bill



The Sixth Symphony


No 20 in D major K 133
No 21 in A major K 134
----- in D major K 135
----- in D major K161/163/141a

[ShineyMcShineShine]

Hummel, Johann (1778-1837) - Piano Concertos - only the top 3 below for a listen today, but own all 7 CDs - Hummel wrote 8 'Piano Concertos', 6 w/ Opus numbers and several not as shown in the list below - the 2 discs w/ Commellato et al are on fortepiano - symbols assigned each to the recordings for those interested.  Dave

 

I thought I had collected all of those Chandos releases but somehow I managed to miss this one.

[Madiel]

Mozart: Piano sonata no.7 in C major, K.309



Twice. While doing my tax return. 

[Que]

 

A new La Rue recording by the Orlando Consort on Fra Bernardo, I should give that a listen!
Only, it turns out not  to be a new recording but (another) reissue of an ORF (Österreichische Rundfunk) recording.

[Madiel]

Schumann: Piano trio no.2 in F major, op.80



Most enjoyable.

[Selig]

 

A new La Rue recording by the Orlando Consort on Fra Bernardo, I should give that a listen!
Only, it turns out not  to be a new recording but (another) reissue of an ORF (Österreichische Rundfunk) recording.

This recording was very hard to find previously, so I welcome this reissue.

[Mandryka]

 

A new La Rue recording by the Orlando Consort on Fra Bernardo, I should give that a listen!
Only, it turns out not  to be a new recording but (another) reissue of an ORF (Österreichische Rundfunk) recording.

The Orlando Consort has retired. Presumably that recording is the one with Missa de Sancto Job.

By the way I enjoyed the new release by Johanna Carter on Fra Bernardo - solo viol music.

[Mandryka]

This recording was very hard to find previously, so I welcome this reissue.

It is one of my favourites from Orlando Consort

[Roasted Swan]

I thought I had collected all of those Chandos releases but somehow I managed to miss this one.

Could I just say every time I see your Mrs Mills avatar I have a chuckle.

BTW the "original" Boaty McBoatFace was in the BBC news again just 2 days ago!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy849kzep98o

[Traverso]

François Couperin

CD 1

[Madiel]

Mozart: Piano sonata no.9 in D major, K.311



As I follow Mozart's chronology, piano sonatas 7 and 9 were both written near the beginning of his first big trip for a while, in Mannheim. And I can't help knowing that he's with his mother, and that later on when they get to Paris she's going to pass away.

I particularly like the middle movement of number 9.

[Madiel]

Mozart: Flute Quartet no.1



I don't know whether I've heard the flute quartets before. Possibly not the most essential Mozart, but it passes the time.

[Harry]

Biber /Muffat.
Der Türken Anmarsh.
See details back cover.
Recorded: July 2002 at the Monastery of St Gerold, Austria.

This is absolute bliss, I can safely say that I did not hear a better interpretation of the "Der Türken Anmarsh" in SOTA sound. Holloway is a wizard on his instrument, for what he accomplished is no less than a reference recording.