What are you listening 2 now?

[Traverso]

Muffat

12 Toccata Prima

The Organ was listed in 1908 for its casework, and then the instrument itself was listed in 1970. An order for a
new organ was placed with Charles Boisselin in 1712 to replace a first instrument dating from 1637. The organ was
placed in its current location in the church only in 1753. We owe the platform to Philippe Bernus, from Mazan, and the
casework was gilded in 1784 by a craftsman from Carpentras, at the time when the organ was undergoing important
restoration work by Joseph Isnard. After periods of mixed fortunes, the organ recovered its original 18th century features
thanks to the organ builder Alain Sals.

[Harry]

Rutland Boughton (1878–1960)

Chamber Works.
See back cover for details.
SARAH FRANCIS oboe
THE RASUMOVSKY QUARTET.
Recorded in 1996.

Absolute bliss, honestly.

[foxandpeng]

Dmitri Shostakovich
Complete Symphonies
Symphony 4
Rudolf Barshai
WDR Sinfonieorchester
Alto

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, 1872 First concept version. Ed. William Carragan, Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Kurt Eichhorn

[Traverso]

Messiaen

Just arrived in the mailbox,oddly enough one CD was pressed and CD 2 was burned. I called the supplier and he said that he even had a shipment that only had one CD and that he could then throw it away.

So first listening to this promising recording.

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, 1878 Version Ed. Fritz Oeser (Scherzo coda not included) Based on 1880 Stichvorlage, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik

[Todd]

[brewski]

For the big 200th birthday, Bruckner's Eighth, recorded just a few weeks ago at the Salzburg Festival, with Riccardo Muti and the Vienna Philharmonic. I don't recall ever hearing Muti do this piece!

-Bruce

[DavidW]

My Bruckner marathon will begin with the Honeck 9th:

[Harry]

Georg Muffat. 1653-1704)
Propitia Sydera.
Concerti grossi Nr.8,9,11,12.

Stefano Rossi violino primo.
LA CONCORDANZA.
Irene De Ruvo clavicembalo e direzione
Aviad Gershoni, Emiliano Rodolfi oboi* Elena Bianchi fagotto*
Stefano Rossi, Roberta Pietropaolo, Elisa Imbalzano, Elisa Bestetti violini
Livia Baldi, Maurizio Schiavo viole Marlise Goidanich violoncello
Guisella Massa violone Chiara Granata arpa Gabriele Palomba tiorba°.
Recording: Triuggio (MB), Villa Sacro Cuore, 2010 & 2011.

This is very well done. Dedicated musicians. Good sound.

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No 4 in E Flat Major, 1880 (aka 1878/80) - Ed. Robert Haas, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt

[Traverso]

Muffat

Apparatus musico-organisticus

Toccata 1-8

[SonicMan46]

Reger, Max (1873-1916) - short-lived, prolific German composer - I owned nearly 18 CDs (see attachment if interested) of mainly his chamber and some orchestral works; I've not explored his tremendous vocal output nor his huge organ oeuvre (there's a 17-disc Brilliant box!).  But today I'm going to selectively listen to many of his works; some of my favorites are shown below.  Dave

ADDENDUM: in my listing under Trio Lirico (Audite) the entry should be 'Piano Quartet, Op. 133'

     

[Harry]

Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks, volume 1.

Hugh Aston (c1485-1558)
Robert Jones (fl1520-35)
John Mason (c1480-1548)

Blue Heron Scott Metcalfe.
Recorded September, 2009 at the Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Apart from the fact that it is a bit to closely recorded, and the choir a tad to large, the balance is nevertheless good. But a few to many sopranos produce a lot of sound pressure, and believe it or not but the guys are somewhat lost in it all. Me thinks they are mirroring themselves a bit too much to the English church choirs, who think in sound clusters.

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major, 1878 Version Ed. Leopold Nowak, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Eugen Jochum

[Karl Henning]

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: Rare Recordings (1946-54)

Nice!

[Linz]

BruckneFerdinand Leitnerr Symphony No. 6 in A Major, 1881 Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Ferdinand Leitner

[vandermolen]

Myaskovsky
Piano Sonata № 5 in B, Op. 64 № 1
Murray McLachlan

Great work! Very moving.

[Lisztianwagner]

Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser, act 1^

André Cluytens & Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele

[ritter]

Joining the bicentennial celebrations

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E major. Bruno Walter conducts the Columbia Symphony Orchestra.

Disc 15 of this set: