What are you listening 2 now?

[SonicMan46]

Well, after nearly two weeks I finished the just released 36 CD box of the Haydn Symphonies w/ Fey & Klumpp and really enjoyed! However, the works are not in 'numerical' order (let's not get into chronology -  ) - would love to have the 12 Londons on a disc or two as MP3s but do not want to waste my time attempting the project - BUT found the 2nd pic below on Spotify, i.e. the Londons in order (except for 103) on this Fey offering - may just stick to the streaming playlist.  Dave

P.S. a MusicWeb Review for those interested?

 

[JBS]

Well, after nearly two weeks I finished the just released 36 CD box of the Haydn Symphonies w/ Fey & Klumpp and really enjoyed! However, the works are not in 'numerical' order (let's not get into chronology -  ) - would love to have the 12 Londons on a disc or two as MP3s but do not want to waste my time attempting the project - BUT found the 2nd pic below on Spotify, i.e. the Londons in order (except for 103) on this Fey offering - may just stick to the streaming playlist.  Dave

P.S. a MusicWeb Review for those interested?

 

So this set is not in numerical order nor duplicating the original CD issues? Did they just stick them into a randomizer?

TD


Both CDs of this. The overtures are
Hebrides, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, and Athalie.

[ChamberNut]

Via: Presto Streaming.

Very first listen to these compositions. Ohh, this is fantastic stuff!

Roussel

Le Festin de l'Araignée, Op. 17
Padmâvatî - Suite No. 1
Padmâvatî - Suite No. 2

Stéphane Denève
Royal Scottish National Orchestra

[André]

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You can count on Frank Martin to surprise us with off-the-beaten path compositions. This is a short disc (43') but it's a world unto itself. The 2 vocal works here are medieval poems from France and Germany sung in a language no French or German speaker today would recognize: vieux Français and Hochdeutsche (same as some sections of Orff's Carmina Burana). The sounds are familiar but the words or phrase constructions are really off. François Villon's Ballade des Pendus (Ballad of the Hanged Ones) is well-known to artists. It never went out of fashion, being revived in modern times by Kurt Weill (The Threepenny Opera) and songwriters Serge Reggiani and Léo Ferré among others.

This is no mere guitar accompaniment à la Schubert. The Villon songs are accompanied by electric guitars and bass with weird harmonies, the german Minnelieder by flute/piccolo and guitar. The effect is upsetting and mesmerizing.

The solo guitar works are short, pithy pieces that nevertheless manage to sound interesting despite their experimental writing. Martin didn't know the guitar at all, except for having a knack for making up for his inexperience by his extraordinary ear for sonorities.

As a bonbon the disc ends with a zany ditty penned on the spot while vacationing friends (the Lipattis and swiss tenor Hugues Cuénod) were at home with the Martins in Amsterdam. The piece was to be performed by the group of friends the next morning. Once again Martin chose a medieval song, from the pen of Duke Charles d'Orléans (1394-1465).

[SonicMan46]

So this set is not in numerical order nor duplicating the original CD issues? Did they just stick them into a randomizer?.....................

Nope - see attachment which lists the 'numerical' symphonies, i.e. 1 to 104+, and their location on the discs in the box - you'll have to call Fey as to the reasons - the box booklet is small (and I've not read completely to see if an explanation exists?) - I'm sure the works could have been reordered but easier and cheaper to just put them as recorded in a box (I guess).  Dave

[JBS]

Nope - see attachment which lists the 'numerical' symphonies, i.e. 1 to 104+, and their location on the discs in the box - you'll have to call Fey as to the reasons - the box booklet is small (and I've not read completely to see if an explanation exists?) - I'm sure the works could have been reordered but easier and cheaper to just put them as recorded in a box (I guess).  Dave

Maybe I'm confused--but if they are ordered according to the original issues, the London symphonies would be together, as in the set you found on Spotify, wouldn't they?
Or did Fey/Klumpp record the Londons a second time?

[Linz]

Matthias Bamert Contemporaries  of Mozart, Symphonies London Mozart Players, Matthias Bamert

[SonicMan46]

Maybe I'm confused--but if they are ordered according to the original issues, the London symphonies would be together, as in the set you found on Spotify, wouldn't they?
Or did Fey/Klumpp record the Londons a second time?

Well, according to the link I left from MusicWeb (intro quoted below), Fey and Spillner (101 only) recorded these works between 1999-2015 - they are distributed in the box of all on a half dozen or more CDs, as in my pic - I'm assuming that Hänssler simply rearranged the order of the works to be presented as such on the 4 London CDs?  Again, my assumption which anyone can correct.  Dave

Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)
Symphonies Nos 93-104 'London' (1791/95) [304.02]
Heidelberger Sinfoniker/Thomas Fey, Benjamin Spillner (101)
rec. 1999/2015 Dossenheim, Mörlenbach, Eppelheim, Wiesloch & Pfaffengrund, Germany
HÄNSSLER CLASSIC HC16001 [4 CDs: 304:02]

[Den glemte sønnen]

Never encountered this set, unfortunately. Japanese conductors seem to have an abiding fascination with Bruckner's symphonies.


Currently listening to his Eroica. It's excellent. Tempi are perfectly judged, weight and tension in perfect balance.

I haven't checked out his Beethoven yet. I should change this!

[Den glemte sønnen]

Thanks to the combined talents of maestros Bruckner and Wakasugi, I changed the course of my afternoon and ended up listening to that until its conclusion. What a glorious work it is, and Wakasugi judges details big and small to perfection, greatly enjoyed! Excellent recommendation, @Den glemte sønnen!

Great to read, @Iota! I'm glad you enjoyed it. By the way, you and everyone else that wants to can call me John.

[Klavierman]

I enjoyed Sonatas No.13 and 12 (his ordering) from this superb set. It's one of my favorite complete recordings.

[steve ridgway]

Kagel: Rrrrrrrr..., Sieben Stücke Für Gemischten Chor A Cappella Oder Mit Klavier

Strangely enjoyable .

[Que]

I thought I'd try this.

[vandermolen]

Not quite sure what to think of the work as of yet. More listening is in order.

Interesting! I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this André.

[vandermolen]

Suk 'Asrael Symphony'

[Madiel]

Mozart: Horn Quintet

[Madiel]

Nielsen: Serenata in vano



I'd forgotten what a marvellous warm hug of a work this is. Nielsen at his most genial.

[Florestan]

[Madiel]

Mozart: String quartet no.14, 'Spring'



Getting back to this set feels like a bit of a landmark in my Mozart survey. I've got the 'Haydn' quartets, I've just started on the Viennese piano concertos (the first 3 are around now, the really grand series is just around the corner), and there's also a lot of other significant chamber works coming up. This is unquestionably mature Mozart now, and arguably the happiest few years of his life.

[Florestan]