What are you listening 2 now?

[pjme]

I need to read ALL posts before replying.

i wish you good luck   

[brewski]

Out of the second round, I really enjoyed Khanh Nhi Luong's Prokofiev 3, a truly superb performance.
It's a very good thing they archive the performances, indeed; we will both be able to catch up. I will be watching some of the semi-finals later today and revisit some of the performances I found the most memorable. And I will certainly re-watch the Rachmaninov 4 and Prokofiev 3 from the finals.

Do share your impressions when you watch!  

Thank you, I will. I got a little sidetracked by some other concerts ( ) and am off to see Erwartung this afternoon, so the pianists may have to wait a day or so  .

Anyway, quite an impressive series and I'm glad they are making it available to us.

-Bruce

[Le Buisson Ardent]

Not much time for music this morning, but before heading out:

Adès
Arcadiana
Danish String Quartet

[NumberSix]

Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Rattle, Birmingham

I have a zillion things to do today. So what have I decided to start with, while I drink my coffee? A friggin' Mahler symphony. Because why not?

[Traverso]

Richard Strauss

Vier Letzte Lieder

[VonStupp]

Gioachino Rossini
Messa 'di Ravenna'
Messa 'di Rimini'
Four Liturgic Pieces
Miserere
Dixit Dominus
et al.

Soloists
Prague PO & Choir - Edoardo Brizio & Pavel Kühn

I just listed the multi-movement works, but there is much more across these 4CDs of Rossini's early orchestrated choral/vocal works.

No less than 10 soloists come and go throughout the pieces; their Slavic timbres sometimes test my patience.
VS

[Le Buisson Ardent]

Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Rattle, Birmingham

I have a zillion things to do today. So what have I decided to start with, while I drink my coffee? A friggin' Mahler symphony. Because why not?

I hope it's a large cup of coffee.

[Mandryka]

Check out https://www.abruckner.com/discography1/symphony8incminor/

Not many recordings of the original 8th. The big champion is Inbal. The only two I've heard are Tintner and Gielen (I'm not really a fan of either).

Edit: I just realized that Roasted Swan literally said the same thing. I need to read ALL posts before replying.

I find Nagano very satisfying, though I'm not sure whether it's a question of interpretation or edition, probably both. In the first movement there's a passage around 16:20 which is real special for me, and about 12:30 too.

[71 dB]

(obscure) Elgar

Menuetto
Andante and Allegro for Oboe & String Trio
A Singing Quadrille
Fugue in D minor for Oboe & Violin
Blumine
Innovation Chamber Ensemble/Barry Collett

Somm SOMMCD 252

With Proud Thanksgiving
Judith Howard, soprano
London Symphony Chorus/Simon Halsey, director
Philharmonia Orchestra/John Wilson, conductor

Carillon Op. 75
Simon Callow, speaker
BBC Concert Orchestra/John Wilson, conductor

Somm SOMMCD 255

[Le Buisson Ardent]

Check out https://www.abruckner.com/discography1/symphony8incminor/

Not many recordings of the original 8th. The big champion is Inbal. The only two I've heard are Tintner and Gielen (I'm not really a fan of either).

Edit: I just realized that Roasted Swan literally said the same thing. I need to read ALL posts before replying.

Of course, Markus Poschner recorded the original version of the 8th as well.

[NumberSix]

I hope it's a large cup of coffee.

I can make more.

[NumberSix]

There are bits in the 3rd movement of Mahler's 2nd that make me think of Lord of the Rings.

[Mapman]

Suppé: Requiem in d minor

This seems to be influenced by Mozart's Requiem: there are similarities such as a fugue in the beginning that recurs near the end, and a trombone feature in Tuba Mirum.

[NumberSix]

The ending of the Mahler 2nd is maybe the most beautiful and moving piece of music for me, regardless of who is performing it. I nearly always get teary-eyed.

And whatever one thinks of the Maestro film, that ending scene makes it all worthwhile for me. 

[Bachtoven]

Some fine works by Tippett to get the day rolling. Brilliant performances with excellent sound.

[Todd]

[Mapman]

Bach: Cantata BWV40, Dazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes
Rotzsch: Thomanerchor Leipzig, etc.

I like the prominent use of horns and oboes in this cantata.

[Henk]

[Iota]

Hindemith: String Quartet No. 5, Op. 32

What a great piece this is. And the monumental fugue in the first movement is an extraordinary thing. If Beethoven had suffered a freak accident and been struck by rays from outer space meaning that he lived and continued composing until the 1930s .. , I feel he could have written this. Indeed the whole quartet really. There's something about the combination of great intellect and red-blooded creativity that seems to link the two composers, and this piece is positively saturated by both. The Danish Quartet are excellent.

[AnotherSpin]

Some versions of Fauré's Requiem today: