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[JBS]

CD 2
Op 59 Number 3
Op 74

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Now playing Vaughan Williams Job: A Masque for Dancing



One of the great recordings of Job, IMHO. Hickox conjures up the atmosphere and feeling of this music incredibly well. Gorgeous playing from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, too. My favorite British orchestra bar none.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Last work for the night --- Martinů String Sextet, H. 224

[Que]

[AnotherSpin]

[Madiel]

Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole

The 2-piano version...



...and the orchestral version. The opening of "Malagueña" is particularly ear-catching in orchestral form.

[Madiel]

Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit



The version of "Scarbo" goes for creepy more than explosive, which is interesting, and overall very fine.

[Que]

Ascanio Maione (or Mayone) (born around 1570 in Naples and died in 1627) was an Italian musician and composer.
He was a disciple of Jean de Macque and worked at SS Annunziata as an organist from 1593 and as a maestro di cappella from 1621; he was also organist at the Royal Chapel in 1602. He published madrigals but his main work consists of two volumes of keyboard music, Diversi Capricci per sonare (1603, 1609). These contain canzones, toccatas, variations and arrangements of vocal pieces, often in a baroque rather than a 16th-century style.

[Madiel]

Villa-Lobos: Choros no.9 (for orchestra)



I rather like this one.

[Que]

[Mookalafalas]

  Actually, I played 101 and 102, but from the same series...

[Madiel]

I'm watching La Traviata on OperaVision, as it will be withdrawn from the service next week (though I'm sure there's other versions of this particular opera available).

Act One so far. I don't believe I've seen the full opera before, though yes there are a couple of very recognisable tunes in that first act (which is surprisingly short, normally you'd expect the first act to be a long one). And I'm definitely enjoying it. I think Verdi might be in my operatic wheelhouse. And the staging thus far is effective and sensible, it's modern dress but so far feels completely in keeping with the story.

[Traverso]

Bach

Vol.3 CD 5

[Que]

    

[Traverso]

Boulez







It seems that the complete works of Boulez have been reissued by DG

Product Information
To mark the occasion of the centenary of the great composer, conductor and music theorist Pierre Boulez' birth on 26 March 2025, we reissue the beautiful 13-disc set entitled Pierre Boulez: The Composer, which was originally released in 2013. Produced entirely under the composer's supervision, including in the choice of performances, the set presents a survey of the works he considered representative of his compositional art. It further includes a 252pp booklet with comprehensive notes on each work together with commentary from the composer.

[steve ridgway]

I think that is the first Messiaen I listened to, and I remember thinking, "that's some weird sh*t."

One of my favourite composers .

[Karl Henning]

[Florestan]

During the last few days, bits and pieces from these recordings:

[Karl Henning]

[Traverso]

Messiaen

CD 2

Livre IV-VI