What are you listening 2 now?

[Harry]

Thomas Arne.
Eight Overtures.
Recorded in 1973.

[Madiel]

Today's Schumann album:



Fairly good, but maybe not as engaging as the Le Sage yesterday. Mind you, I do tend to struggle with Kreisleriana just a bit.

[Kalevala]

Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 (Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker)

I like your avatar by the way. 

K

[Harry]

BOHUSLAV MARTINU.
Concerto da camera H285  for violin and string orchestra with piano and percussion.
Concerto for violin, piano and orchestra H342. Czech Rhapsody H307A arranged for violin and orchestra by Jirvi
Teml, (b1935)

[Kalevala]

BOHUSLAV MARTINU.
Concerto da camera H285  for violin and string orchestra with piano and percussion.
Concerto for violin, piano and orchestra H342. Czech Rhapsody H307A arranged for violin and orchestra by Jirvi
Teml, (b1935)

It seems that the Martinu fever is spreading! 

And good morning Harry!

K

[Harry]

It seems that the Martinu fever is spreading! 

And good morning Harry!

K

And a good Wednesday to you too. Martinu's music is certainly in vogue at the moment.

[Madiel]

Poulenc: Concerto for 2 pianos



Possibly a first listen to the work. Dynamic, colourful, very characteristic of the composer.

[Kalevala]

And a good Wednesday to you too. Martinu's music is certainly in vogue at the moment.

If I'm recalling correctly, I first fell in love with Dvorak's music, then Janacek, and then Martinu (as my whims and musical journey led me to an exploration of Czech music--which I'm still having fun exploring).

And you?

K

[Harry]

Stylems - Italian Music from the Trecento.
Ensemble Syntagma.

Following @Que lead in this.

[Harry]

If I'm recalling correctly, I first fell in love with Dvorak's music, then Janacek, and then Martinu (as my whims and musical journey led me to an exploration of Czech music--which I'm still having fun exploring).

And you?

K

Martinu came very late in my musical journey. I like his sometimes wild orchestrations and as a opposite complete harmony.

[Madiel]

Granados

Goyescas, Book 2
El Pelele

[Traverso]

Schütz

Schütz is a composer I discovered early in my life through his Musikalische Exequien with the Dresdner Kreuz Chor and Mauersberger, a recording I still find appealing.
This set was an excellent choice, it breathes a lightness that is not easily associated with Schütz.

CD 4

Symphoniae Sacrae II

[Madiel]

To the extent that I struggle with Goyescas, I wondered if it was the recording. So I'm trying Alicia de Larrocha's Decca recording, just the first piece...

Oh goodness. There's no comparison. I need de Larrocha, it'll make a nice pair with her recording of Iberia. It's not only the playing and her fantastic ability to manage all the different voices, the recording quality from 1977 is far better than del Pueyo from about 1956, which makes it possible to hear what she's doing.

[Kalevala]

To the extent that I struggle with Goyescas, I wondered if it was the recording. So I'm trying Alicia de Larrocha's Decca recording, just the first piece...

Oh goodness. There's no comparison. I need de Larrocha, it'll make a nice pair with her recording of Iberia. It's not only the playing and her fantastic ability to manage all the different voices, the recording quality from 1977 is far better than del Pueyo from about 1956, which makes it possible to hear what she's doing.

I'm so glad that you enjoy her recordings! 

K

[Harry]

Sergej Sergejevitsj Prokofiev.
The Stone Flower, Ballet.
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda.
Recorded: 2003 at the New Broadcasting House, Manchester.

[Traverso]

Bach

"Was mir behagt,ist nur die muntre Jagd" BWV208  (What pleases me is only the cheerful hunt)


A beautifully performed cantata with Emma Kirkby and Michael George in excellent form.


On the wall in my living room

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

The Art of the Fugue.

[Traverso]

The Art of Fgue.

A great recording that is fortunately recorded beautifully. The art of the Fugue is a great experience to listen to. You enter a world without worries, without limitations other than your own imagination. Majestic from beginning to end.

[DavidW]

Bach concerto for four harpsichords:

[Karl Henning]