What are you listening 2 now?

[Linz]

Alexander Agricola A Secret Labyrinth CD5
Huelgas Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel

[Roasted Swan]

NP:

Rachmaninov
Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos, Op. 5
Nikolai Petrov, Alexey Cherkasov

From this OOP set -

I can't comment on the contents of this set - but its one of the great covers for me!!

[Florestan]

I can't comment on the contents of this set - but its one of the great covers for me!!

 "My dear hands . . . Farewell, my poor hands."

[SonicMan46]

Stravinsky, Igor - Dumbarton Oaks - actually now a wonderful house museum in Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) that we visited probably in the 1990s - Mildred & Robert Bliss commissioned the work for their 30th wedding anniversary - "The commission had been brokered by Nadia Boulanger. She also conducted the May 8, 1938, private premiere in the music room at Dumbarton Oaks" (Source).  Dave

 

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Mari Fukumoto Organ Recital.

[Todd]

[Bachtoven]

I just bought this DSD64 download from NativeDSD--wow. It's one of the most realistic harpsichord recordings I've heard, and her playing is fantastic. I previously heard only Suite No.1 played in a guitar transcription by David Russell. It sounded great, but the harpsichord original has slightly fuller textures. So far, the physical version has not been released.

   

[Roasted Swan]

 "My dear hands . . . Farewell, my poor hands."

a bit like Sibelius' missing ear.....

[DavidW]

Taking up @Florestan on his recommendation...

[vandermolen]

Stravinsky, Igor - Dumbarton Oaks - actually now a wonderful house museum in Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) that we visited probably in the 1990s - Mildred & Robert Bliss commissioned the work for their 30th wedding anniversary - "The commission had been brokered by Nadia Boulanger. She also conducted the May 8, 1938, private premiere in the music room at Dumbarton Oaks" (Source).  Dave

 

I've only recently discovered the Stravinsky 'Apollon' music - a great discovery.

[Florestan]

Taking up @Florestan on his recommendation...

So, what do you think about the music and the performance?

[Karl Henning]

JS Bach

BWV 109, « Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben »
BWV 110, « Unser Mund sei voll Lachens »

[DavidW]

So, what do you think about the music and the performance?

As Karl would say, it is below the green lemon.👼😇

[Todd]

Revisited one of my purchases of the century.  It easily retains that status.

[Wanderer]

More first listen to Wellesz's symphonies. Tonight it's the Third and the Fifth.

The cover art is Egon Schiele's Stadt am blauen Fluss IIe, dated 1911.

A very beautiful and evocative Schiele painting! It, albeit privately owned, is on permanent loan to the Austrian National Gallery in Vienna, but is not usually exhibited to the public. It was, however, part of the 2018 jubilee Schiele exhibition, marking the 100th anniversary of his death, at the Leopold Museum, where I had the opportunity to see it in person. The actual colour of the water is a mesmerizing dark blue, not almost black as that photograph suggests.

I hope you're enjoying the Wellesz Symphonies!

Currently listening to the Brahms Violin Concerto, with Gil Shaham (BPO/Abbado).

[Florestan]

As Karl would say, it is below the green lemon.👼😇

I don't know the meaning of this expression. Good? Bad? Mediocre? 

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, 1891 Vienna Revision by Bruckner himself. Ed. Thomas Roeder, plus a second scherzo, 1865 Scherzo - Ed. Thomas Roeder, Bruckner Orchester Linz; Markus Poschner

[DavidW]

I don't know the meaning of this expression. Good? Bad? Mediocre? 

below = sub
green lemon = lime
sub+lime...

it is sublime

[JBS]

A very beautiful and evocative Schiele painting! It, albeit privately owned, is on permanent loan to the Austrian National Gallery in Vienna, but is not usually exhibited to the public. It was, however, part of the 2018 jubilee Schiele exhibition, marking the 100th anniversary of his death, at the Leopold Museum, where I had the opportunity to see it in person. The actual colour of the water is a mesmerizing dark blue, not almost black as that photograph suggests.

I hope you're enjoying the Wellesz Symphonies!

Currently listening to the Brahms Violin Concerto, with Gil Shaham (BPO/Abbado).

I listened to the final CD of the set this morning. They are indeed very good music.

All four CD covers in the series use art by Schiele.

TD

First listen to these works.
CD 1
Concerto No 1 in b Flat minor Opus 32 Scharw.125 (1876)
Concerto No 2 in c minor Opus 56 Scharw.126 (1881)

Just noticed Scharwenka used minor keys for all four of his piano concertos.

The wind from the outer edge of Hurricane Helene (30mph according to my weather app) adds a bit more than the usual outside noise.

[Florestan]

below = sub
green lemon = lime
sub+lime...

it is sublime

Ah! Thanks. I'm glad you like it. This music has been one of my greatest discoveries ever.