What are you listening 2 now?

[Symphonic Addict]

Tansman: Bric à brac

[Daverz]

I've been searching for this one on CD for years. The long wait was ended this morning when the postman popped this through my letterbox.

It's good, it's very good. Easily top five good! 😊

The Planets peformed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Groves.

Searching on Qobuz, I can only find the Venus movement from this recording on this disc:

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E Major, 1884/85 Version. Ed. Paul Hawkshaw, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Markus Poschner

[Daverz]

Holst: The Planets - Boult/New Philharmonia Orchestra.  Boult's penultimate recording of The Planets from the late 60s 1966.

[VonStupp]

Heitor Villa-Lobos
Emperor Jones
    Odense SO - Jan Wagner
O Papagaio do Moleque
    Minas Gerais PO - Fabio Mechetti
Overture de L'Homme Tel
Sinfonietta 1 'In Memory of Mozart'
    SWR RSO - Carl St. Clair

Another smattering of Villa-Lobos, including some quasi-Rossini and Mozart.
VS

[Symphonic Addict]

Taneyev: String Quartets 2 and 3 (from Naxos, played by the Carpe Diem SQ)

I always find fascinating how the language of composers evolves in their compositions. In these quartets you can feel the development from one quartet to the next. With Nos. 2 and 3 (5 and 6, chronologically speaking) the abstraction and a more personal style come out more palpable. Whereas the 2nd is in the traditional four-movement template, the third has the structure of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 32.


Hindemith: Symphony for concert band and Pittsburgh Symphony

[Madiel]

I wonder if it would be a good idea to start a "CDs wanted" thread (if one doesn't exist already), since I have that disc, albeit with a different cover, and would have been happy to send it to you - I, like a few others here, am gradually getting rid of all my physical discs, which I don't even have the means of playing any more other than on my PC, and moving solely to rips and downloads, both backed up in multiple locations.  (Even more annoyingly, I can't now find it, so it may well have gone to a charity shop some time ago.  Hope the wait for yours was worth it.)

If you are relying on a rip of a CD, in most countries you legally need to keep owning the CD.

[Symphonic Addict]

The two piano trios by Cécile Chaminade

Saw this composer being mentioned before. She didn't write much chamber music. Her strength was piano miniatures.

I vaguely remember listening to these pieces long ago, but I have neither recollections nor notes about them. The Piano Trio in G minor, op. 11 was a pleasant listen where the 3rd movement Presto leggiero was a complete delight; the rest of the piece was a little anonymous to my taste (maybe except for the 4th movement too), though. The real surprise was her Piano Trio in A minor, op. 34. The difference in quality with respect the previous trio is simply evident. This is a ravishing piece, one with memorable ideas aplenty in each of its 3 movements. The rapturously lyrical 2nd movement is a wonder in itself. For that movement alone, I rank this trio very high. But if that movement was great, the 3rd one just confirms the undeniable inspiration that Chaminade had when wrote it, featuring some unexpected turns and rhythms here and there. The whole piece left me wholly spellbound. A most phenomenal rediscovery.

[vandermolen]

Last year I drove around England and Wales for 10 days on holiday. The steering wheel on the wrong side was a really good reminder so I never drove on the wrong side of the road...but what they don't tell you about the UK is the roads are crazy narrow! I think we were in a Ford Fiesta and I kept hitting the curb, whacking tree branches, etc. Every time a truck lorry came the other direction, I would flinch and steer off the road almost. My poor gal was yelling so much, I had to ask her to close her eyes. 

I had my first experience of driving on the 'wrong side' of the road a few years ago when I drove from Pisa airport to Sienna late at night. It didn't go well. I drove the wrong way round a roundabout, collided with a bollard and ended up with a flat tyre. 

[Mandryka]

I bought this in 2018 when @Todd made me aware of it - it really repays repeated listening for me, every time I go back to it I am more impressed and moved.

[vandermolen]

VW String Quartets
I read two indifferent reviews of this new Vaughan Williams CD on CPO and, maybe as a result, it was on special offer (£10.00 incl. postage). It may sound unidiomatic in some places but I have enjoyed it very much (all three works). The booklet notes are good, unlike some CPO releases which are not always coherent. Nice photo/drawing of VW in the booklet as well. V interesting to hear what a German quartet does with this music. It was their last recording:

[Tsaraslondon]

Prog-rock meets flamenco meets Broadway musical. Is it an opera or musical theatre? Whatever it is, it's extremely effective.

[Iota]

Stravinsky: Concerto in E-Flat Major, K060 "Dumbarton Oaks"

Enjoyed listening to this hardy perennial this morning. A nice gentle reading with plenty of charm from Ms. Hannigan and assembled young musicians. Stravinsky's eternal spark whatever mode he's in is pretty remarkable.

[Traverso]

Mozart

Symphonies No. 1-4-in F-5-6 & in D

[Harry]

GUILLAUME LEKEU (1870–1894)
Violin Sonata in G major 1892–3.

MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)
Violin Sonata No 1 in A major posthume 1897.
Violin Sonata No 2 in G major 1923–7.
Tzigane rapsodie de concert 1924.
Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré 1922.

ALINA IBRAGIMOVA, VIOLIN.
CÉDRIC TIBERGHIEN, PIANO.
Recorded in Henry Wood Hall, London, on 26–28 November 2010

Very beautifully done. Both musicians are well balanced in performance and interpretation. The depth of emotion and mystery in the Lekeu Sonata is remarkable. The tension in music and playing is dozed in right amounts. Magical! This applies to the Ravel pieces too. Fine sound!

[Florestan]

Mozart

Symphonies No. 1-4-in F-5-6 & in D

Marriner and ASMF, right?

[Harry]

Marriner and ASMF, right?

Right
Still cherish that set.

[Traverso]

Marriner and ASMF, right?

That's right,in this Philips edition the complete  symphonies are with Marriner and his forces.

[Florestan]

Right
Still cherish that set.

That's right,in this Philips edition the complete  symphonies are with Marriner and his forces.

I have that Philips Complete Edition, that's how I knew about the forces.

The other day I considered the idea of listening to nothing else until I will have been listening to that from the first to the last disc. The jury is still out on it. 

[Traverso]

I have that Philips Complete Edition, that's how I knew about the forces.

The other day I considered the idea of listening to nothing else until I will have been listening to that from the first to the last disc. The jury is still out on it. 

Aaaaah....It wasn't a question....I do not have the complete edition but only 11 volumes included only one opera,
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