What are you listening 2 now?

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That it was!

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It's several years since I've been there. I'm glad to know it's still a going concern!

Great! I had a phone conversation with the owner (his name is Ed) about a month ago and we talked for an hour or so. It is wonderful to know such stores still exist in our digital age!

[Linz]

Rued Langgaard Symphony  no. 6 "The Heaven -Rending", Symphony  no. 7 (Version 1926), Symphony no. 8  "Memories at Amalienborg"
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard

[Cato]

Thanks to Dayton Classical Radio, something I have not heard in decades!


Luigi Cherubini: Symphony in D

The radio did not play this performance, but it is the one I heard c. 60 years ago, and it is Toscanini at his best!

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Now playing disc 2 from this Handel Organ Concerti set with Preston, Pinnock and The English Concert:

[SonicMan46]

Devienne, Francois (1759-1803) - Bassoon Works from chamber pieces to concertos on the recordings below; own about a dozen discs of this composer and wind player dubbed the 'French Mozart' (the rest on other windy instruments) - Dave

François Devienne was a French composer of the Classical period and professor of flute at the Paris Conservatory. He was active in Paris as a flutist, bassoonist and composer, and played bassoon at the Paris Opera. His output comprises approximately 300 instrumental works that are mostly written for wind instruments. (Source)

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, 1877 Linz version with revisions - Ed. Leopold Nowak, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Hiroshi Wakasugi

[André]

Bostock and the Münchner Symphoniker in :

- The Crown of India op 66
- A Voice in the Desert
- Polonia
- Piano Concerto (slow movement)
- The Spanish Lady suite
- Civic Fanfare - Hereford

A Voice in the Desert (narrator: Peter Hall) and the 4 numbers from The Crown of India stand out. Superb stuff.

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A nice follow-up to the Handel:

Hahn
Le bal de Beatrice d'Este
Ensemble Initium, Orchestre des Pays de Savoie
Nicolas Chalvin



It's a shame the Timpani label went bankrupt. So many gems in their catalog.

[Karl Henning]

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian Easter Festival, Op. 36
Symphony № 1 in e minor Op. 1
Bergen Phil
Dmitri Kitaenko

[Karl Henning]

Rakhmaninov
Symphony № 3 in a minor Op. 44
St Petersburg Phil
Mariss Jansons

I had no idea Jansons was born in Riga (though perhaps the "s" at the end of his surname ought to have tipped me off.)

[hopefullytrusting]

Richter/Kagan - 1983 - Mozart's Violin Sonatas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4VTnEUstgY

Found me a happier pianist than Richter! He is bopping!

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Some more Handel before dinner:

Aminta e Filide, HWV 83
Maria Grazia Schiavo (soprano), Nuria Rial (soprano)
La Risonanza
Fabio Bonizzoni

From this set -



Such a quirky work, but I'm enjoying it. I have a feeling this is going to be a rather rewarding set overall.

[VonStupp]

Ethel Smyth
Mass in D
BBC SO & Chorus - Sakari Oramo

I've become rather taken by Smyth's Mass setting, and each revisit has only deepened my pleasure. I am not wowed by the soloists here, although they work fine as a quartet.
VS

[Mapman]

By they way, @Karl Henning, if the mods don't mind a bit of thread derailment, I was curious if you ever have shopped at the Orpheus Classics music store in Boston? I know the owner and have used him via Amazon marketplace for a long time. Nice guy and incredibly knowledgeable. I hope you can pay him a visit sometime (if you haven't already).

Here's a link:

Orpheus Classics in Boston

Thanks for mentioning that! I might be able to visit it next week.

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Thanks for mentioning that! I might be able to visit it next week.

You're welcome. Hopefully, you'll find some recordings for your collection.

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NP:

Berlioz
La Damnation du Faust, Op. 24
David Hill, Simon Halsey, Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), David Nicklass (treble), Keith Lewis (tenor), Ralph Allwood, Victor von Halem (bass)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Eton College Boys Choir
Myung-Whun Chung

[Mapman]

Mozart: String Quartets K589 and K590
Budapest String Quartet

I liked the last movement of K589 and first movement of K590 the best. (To me they were the most like Haydn.)

[steve ridgway]

Henning: The Unquiet Castle

Nice slow, quiet piece with electroacoustic elements reminding me of the general environment of Grisey and/or Murail (I'm not familiar enough with those). And spooky thumps .

[steve ridgway]

Henning: Sex Tape, an electronic etude

This was a surprise - it sounds like Karl has listened to plenty of musique concrète / electroacoustic / ambient in his time and learnt from it well . If I start posting Pierre Henry and Bernard Parmegiani tunes in the classical listening thread you'll know whose fault it is .