What are you listening 2 now?

[Karl Henning]

Shostakovich
Symphony in C Op. 60, "Leningrad"
Yuri Temirkanov
St Petersburg Phil

[Madiel]

Interesting concept. 20th century solo guitar works by english composers. This disc actually collects all the major solo guitar music from these respective composers. IOW they composed one work and Hasta la vista, Julian Bream (for whom all these works were written) ! The Tippett and Britten opuses are particularly interesting.

I think we often forget just how often works exist because they were commissioned by someone. We tend to think of composers just following their muse, when in reality it's always been a job where the market matters.

There's a small explosion of 20th century works for recorder, particularly in Denmark, largely because Michala Petri kept getting composers to write them.

[Irons]

Arnold: English Dances, both sets.

[Que]

[AnotherSpin]

[Madiel]

Earlier today another Schumann disc.

[Que]

A Telemann recital with a crosssection from his chamber music, aiming to showcase his versitality as a composer. The hotch potch programming is for me a bit of a draw back, but performances are really excellent in SOTA sound - it got a Diapason d'Or.

Perfect introduction for those who are curious what all the fuss is about!

[Florestan]

[Madiel]

If in doubt, pull out another Haydn piano sonata...

No.33 in C minor



...and it's quite a sonata. It's the longest one, at least in Bavouzet's recordings. And the liner notes quote a musicologist describing it as "the most monumental keyboard work between the death of J.S. Bach and the Viennese maturity of Mozart". This is big, serious Classical period music. If anybody thinks that Haydn sonatas aren't worth putting alongside Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, get them to listen to this.

This is the 2nd time that Bavouzet supplies his own cadenza (I think there's only 2 instances in the series). This time it's in the finale, and he again makes a fairly persuasive case for its inclusion.

[Florestan]

Melancholy, nostalgic music. Love it.

[Selig]

Coincidentally I listened to the first mass on this today. I'm still not sure what to think about Manchicourt the composer, but the performance is excellent as always with this ensemble.

[Traverso]

Monteverdi

Vespro della beata Vergine

The performance with Andrew Parrott is still the benchmark for me.
Everything shines in a beautiful balance of inspiration and fidelity to the nature of these Vespers.
A palpable internalization and the small cast give this performance the brilliance of an enlarged madrigal.

[foxandpeng]

Not so much music in the last few days due to being constantly on the go with work and other responsibilities, but...

Penderecki Viola Concerto
Richard Stöhr Symphonies 1 and 2
Matthew Jones String Quartet #1 'Deletia'
William Wordsworth Cello Concerto
Nimrod Borenstein's Big Bang and Creation of the Universe
Gerrard Frommel Symphony #1
George Lloyd Symphony 10 'November Journeys'

Point is, I'm still here, despite the lack of posts 😃😃

[Luke]

If in doubt, pull out another Haydn piano sonata...

No.33 in C minor



...and it's quite a sonata. It's the longest one, at least in Bavouzet's recordings. And the liner notes quote a musicologist describing it as "the most monumental keyboard work between the death of J.S. Bach and the Viennese maturity of Mozart". This is big, serious Classical period music. If anybody thinks that Haydn sonatas aren't worth putting alongside Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, get them to listen to this.

Yes, this is one of his best, a proper sturm und drang sonata, to rank with the wonderful A flat sonata amongst this group of works. To be honest in general I find Haydn's sonatas much more varied and interesting than Mozart's - you're right, they should be better known.

[André]

I think we often forget just how often works exist because they were commissioned by someone. We tend to think of composers just following their muse, when in reality it's always been a job where the market matters.

There's a small explosion of 20th century works for recorder, particularly in Denmark, largely because Michala Petri kept getting composers to write them.

I have a disc of hers where she plays concertos by Thomas Koppel. I'm not a fan of the recorder, but this is truly excellent.

[Spotted Horses]

Beethoven, String Quartet Op 95. Quartetto Italiano



An extraordinary recorded performance. The Quarteto Italiano never disappoints, in my experience.

[71 dB]

On TV (Yle Teema & Fem): Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Concert, Musiikkitalo, Helsinki

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt

[Karl Henning]

While seeing to some chores, I have this on shuffle, which always results in fascinating juxtapositions.

[Karl Henning]

While seeing to some chores, I have this on shuffle, which always results in fascinating juxtapositions.

E.g. going from the Largo of the Fifth, to the opening poem of "Babi Yar" to "O Delvig!" in the Fourteenth.

[Linz]

Joseph Haydn Orchestra Of The 18th Century, The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Brüggen