What are you listening 2 now?

[Symphonic Addict]

Parts 1-3 from Aus Odysseus' Fahrten and Tragische Ouvertüre. At first I had found this music uninteresting. Now my perception has been more positive. A bit long-winded overall, but the luscious orchestration and voluptuous passages save the day.

[Symphonic Addict]

Milhaud: Cello Concerto No. 2

[Symphonic Addict]

Rota: Piano Concerto in C major

Absolutely fabulous. This quirky concerto oozes fun! The nods to Prokofiev are rather evident, but that's not a problem when the music is that good. This composer almost never fails to put a smile on my face.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Braunfels.

[JBS]

After Czech jazz musicians, time for a Czech pianist playing music by Czech composers

The final CD of this set. The Martinu, Smetana, and Janacek's Overgrown Path are just selections, not complete recordings.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP: Bliss A Colour Symphony

[steve ridgway]

Ligeti - Chamber Concerto

[Symphonic Addict]

Goldmark: Violin Concerto No. 1

I didn't remember how lyric the music is. It flows reaching moments of elegant panache.

[steve ridgway]

Schoenberg - Two Songs For Voice And Piano, Op.14

[steve ridgway]

Scelsi - Natura Renovatur

[steve ridgway]

Webern - Three Songs For Soprano, Piccolo Clarinet And Guitar, Op. 18

[steve ridgway]

Scriabin - The Poem Of Ecstasy

[Que]

Missa In myne zin. An OVPP performance that is very different from the recording by Capilla Flamenca (Ricercar) but quite impressive.

[vandermolen]

Nystroem: Sinfonia del Mare - The Tempest Prelude etc

[vandermolen]

Scriabin - The Poem Of Ecstasy

I like the Amirov work as well Steve.

[pjme]

The catch here is Stan Golestan's very fine sonata. A Romanian native, Golestan (1875-1956) spent most of his formative and professional years in Paris. A student of Vincent d'Indy, Albert Roussel and Paul Dukas, he was a composition teacher at the Paris Conservatoire. His sonata is very lyrical in tone, with a tinge of melancholy present throughout the finely crafted movements. Classically built but unabashedly romantic in tone, it pairs restraint and passion, joy and sorrow - sort of like Fauré but with the violin part more songful. It was dedicated to d'Indy and premiered by George Enesco. Since this is the work's only recording, this disc is definitely worth acquiring.

1. Jour de fête - Voix dans la nuit (Festive day - Voices in the night)
2. Solitude
3. Joies des foules (Pleasures of the crowds)

Not quite the "forgotten masterwork" I was quietly hoping for , ....The inclusion of a wordless chorus is ( unpractical...) original, a bit of shortening & pruning could work well....

[Traverso]

Bach

Vol.8   CD 5

[Traverso]

Vivaldi

"La Stravaganza"

concertos 7-12

[Harry]

Frederic Chopin.
The complete Piano Works.
Sonata No. 1-3.
Nikita Magaloff, Piano.
Recorded: 1976 & 1978.
Venue: Musica Theater, Salle de Musique, La Chaux-de-Fonds & Concert gebouw Amsterdam.


Absolutely perfect. And well recorded too. Magaloff next to Adam Harasiewicz older set are still my landmarks. In fact Magaloff was the first classical music I bought, the whole box filled with LP's.

[Harry]

Danza Gaya.
Music for two Pianos.
Simon Callaghan & Hiroaki Takenouchi, Piano.
Works by Madeleine Dring, (1923-77) Dorothy Howell (1898-1982), Pamela Harrison (1915-90).
Recorded at Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, UK 29-31 August 2023.

Absolutely wonderful. Madeleine Dring was the great attraction for me to try out this disc, and it exceeded all my expectations, and in the process I also got to know works by Dorothy Howell, and Pamela Harrison. It made my day, and enhanced my mood considerably. What discoveries are still to be made, and how little time we have to explore all fully to our hearts desire. SOTA sound, and superb performances.