What are you listening 2 now?

[Cato]

So, this morning I tune into Dayton Classical Radio and hear a very interesting orchestral piece, perhaps the finale of a symphony, tone-poem, etc.

The sound is post-Beethoven, redolent of orchestras from c. 1830 or later.

So, I wonder: is this something early by Schubert, Schumann, von Weber, perhaps an overture for a play, a tone-poem?  Maybe a new recording of one of the 18 overtures of Kalliwoda ?   

At the end, I discover it is indeed an overture for - or based on - a play, specifically As You Like It by Shakespeare.


The Composer?

According to the announcer: "...early American composer John Knowles Paine" ! 

Zubin Mehta conducting The New York Philharmonic!

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, 1889 Version (aka 1888/89) Ed. Leopold Nowak
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra. Karl Böhm

[foxandpeng]

Malcolm Arnold
Complete Symphonies
Symphony 7
Rumon Gamba
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Chandos

Always a pleasure to work through these symphonies.

[Wanderer]

Why Herodotos and not Herodoros, just like all others?

Both names, Herodoros and Herodotos, existed (same meaning, very slight etymological difference), but Herodotos became infinitely more popular due to the fame of Herodotos of Halicarnassos (the reason I included it). Diodotos, Athenodotos, Apollodotos (also much rarer than Apollodoros), etc. also existed. And speaking about Hera and theophoric names, another rather very well known one is Herakles ("glory of Hera").

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, 1890 Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak
Berliner Philharmoniker, Eugen Jochum

[André]

Rowland's harpsichord playing and his choice of instruments dominate the field IMO. He's got the delicate balance between genial and the quirky moods down pat and the sound he gets is just perfection: pinging on top and resonant in the medium-lower range, yet with lots of air around the notes. In comparison Belder's otherwise fine sound is slightly disadvantaged by a dryish acoustic. I have and appreciate both sets but Rowland's is the one I like to listen to for sheer aural pleasure.

[André]

I don't hate Shchedrin or any other Russian. Hate is too strong a word.

I know the main facts of Shchedrin's life. He's a few years older than my father. My father had seven brothers and sisters. He was the youngest. He survived, six died of hunger. You may find memories of shepherd melodies in the 1930s USSR sweet. I don't.

Those shepherd melodies were very likely similar to those your father and grandfather heard in their day in Ukraine. Do you want to erase their youthful memories too ? Think about that.

[Henk]

Those shepherd melodies were very likely similar to those your father and grandfather heard in their day in Ukraine. Do you want to erase their youthful memories too ? Think about that.

Disgusting comment. 🤮

[Symphonic Addict]

He needs a better hobby, he appears to enjoy the delusion that his spewing of bile is somehow a contribution.

I couldn't agree more, Karl!

[Symphonic Addict]

Resentment is power and in that sense useful, Nietzsche tells us. Might make the difference between losing or winning a war. 

It makes the things clearer.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Going through the Glass symphonies again --- NP: Symphony No. 1, "Heroes"

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Oh, how utterly delightful! Shepherds piping away for their little sheep or goats... Such an idyllic, pastoral scene in the USSR of the 1930s. No sign of millions rotting in the Gulags, no trace of Ukraine starving to death in a carefully engineered famine. Just flutes, fields, and the sweet scent of Russian propaganda.

I was just going to keep quiet and not say anything, but I do have to ask you: is this comment necessary in a thread that is dedicated to those posting what music they're listening to?

I know things are not going well in Ukraine and that you're upset and angry at the ongoing situation, but this isn't the venue to vent your frustrations. That is what political forums are for and I mean no disrespect to you, but the world doesn't revolve around @AnotherSpin.

Please stop.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP: Glass Symphony No. 2

[Symphonic Addict]

Charming music. I liked these quartets more than expected despite being performed on period instruments. I'd rather listen to them on modern instruments, though, but for now there are no any decent performances of them.

[AnotherSpin]

A few days ago, I discovered the music of Georg Böhm for the first time. It started with an album by Erwin Wiersinga, which included the chorale prelude Vater unser im Himmelreich. Since then, this piece has been playing in my head almost constantly. Especially at night, during the ongoing drone and missile attacks.

There's something deeply comforting in this music. It feels like it carries me beyond the earthly realm. It holds a quiet longing for peace—a stillness that invites reflection and opens the heart. Simple, very simple.

I've listened to several interpretations of Böhm's Vater unser im Himmelreich by different performers, and now I'm finishing the complete Böhm recordings by Hans Davidsson, CD 2 and 3 today.

[AnotherSpin]

I was just going to keep quiet and not say anything, but I do have to ask you: is this comment necessary in a thread that is dedicated to those posting what music they're listening to?

I know things are not going well in Ukraine and that you're upset and angry at the ongoing situation, but this isn't the venue to vent your frustrations. That is what political forums are for and I mean no disrespect to you, but the world doesn't revolve around @AnotherSpin.

Please stop.

My world revolves around me, just as your world revolves around you. If you don't like my posts, there's an ignore button. I'm sorry if that sounds like a recommendation. I don't want to resemble those members who yesterday allowed themselves to tell me what to do and how to spend my time.

[Que]

This arrived yesterday in the mail:



What triggered me to get this recording was a comment by someone that preferred this all male performance of the Missa O crux lignum to the recording by Pomerium (Dorian). I't really excellent, in a style that reminds me of Capilla Flamenca or the Egidius.

When this recording was made in 1993 this Dutch-Flemish ensemble, with some well known singers in these parts, existed for three years, but this seems to be the only recording they made.

https://www.discogs.com/release/28962523-Busnois-Kapel-van-de-Lage-Landen-Harry-van-der-Kamp-Busnois

[Que]

I've listened to several interpretations of Böhm's Vater unser im Himmelreich by different performers, and now I'm finishing the complete Böhm recordings by Hans Davidsson, CD 2 and 3 today.

Excellent choice! 

Hans Davidsson also did a great complete Matthias Weckmann, also beautiful music BTW.
He recorded a complete twice actually: on Motette (1991) and later on LOFT (2004). I prefer the earlier one on account of the organ, the playing is very similar.

[AnotherSpin]

[steve ridgway]

My world revolves around me, just as your world revolves around you. If you don't like my posts, there's an ignore button. I'm sorry if that sounds like a recommendation. I don't want to resemble those members who yesterday allowed themselves to tell me what to do and how to spend my time.

Thank you for sharing what's going on in your world and how you react to it  .