What are you listening 2 now?

[Harry]

Going solely by the album cover, 0/10.

Agreed! tasteless.

[Mandryka]

Going solely by the album cover, 0/10.

From Jean Marc Tingaud's book Intérieurs.

[Traverso]

Schubert

In memory of....

piano sonata in A minor D.845

3 klavierstücke ( impromptus) D.946

[Symphonic Addict]

Two of my favorite pieces in the wide musical world!

Very good works indeed.

[Symphonic Addict]

Dvorak: Symphonies 4 and 5

Prodigious musical richness in these two symphonies.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E Minor, 1885 Version with some Modifications by Bruckner. Ed. Albert Gutmann
Wiemer Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm

[Lisztianwagner]

In memory of Brendel:

Arnold Schönberg
Piano Concerto

Alfred Brendel (piano)
Michael Gielen & SWF Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden

[Brian]

Not as interesting, to me, as some of Guerra-Peixe's orchestral music, and the violin player is also not world-class. Unlike some of the Naxos Brazil violin sonata recordings, this one is distant rather than close.

[Linz]

George Frideric Handel Teseo Act III (continuation) - Act IV -Act V
Eirian James Teseo, Della Jones Medea, Julia Gooding Agilea, Derek lea Ragin Egeo, Catherine Napoli Clizia, Jeffrey Gall Arcane, François Bazola Sacerdote di Minerva
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Celebrating the birthday boy...

NP: Stravinsky Pétrouchka (1911 original version)

[Brian]

In memoriam, now.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP: Adams The Wound-Dresser



One of the most exquisite works in Adams' oeuvre, IMHO. Brooding, haunting with glimpses of light. The text setting and orchestration are absolutely incredible. This is Sanford Sylvan's second recording of The Wound-Dresser and is more expansive than his earlier one with Adams and the Orchestra of St. Luke's (on Nonesuch). This one with Carlos Kalmar/Oregon Symphony is 20 minutes and earlier version is 19 minutes. I'm not sure if this makes much of a difference, but Kalmar provides an incredibly beautiful accompaniment. All of this is aided by Pentatone's usual high standards in audio engineering.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major, 1878 Version Ed. Leopold Nowak
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Herbert Kegel

[Symphonic Addict]

Hindemith: Konzertmusik for viola and orchestra and Trauermusik for viola and strings

Incredible pieces and very different each other. The former displays plenty of energy, virtuoso writing and wit, whereas the latter is one of Hindemith's most touching compositions. IIRC, Hindemith wrote that piece in just a few hours which is already impressive.

[DavidW]

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, 1894 Original Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum

[Symphonic Addict]

Ropartz: String Trio

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Count me as a fan of Nott's Mahler on Tudor. The only performance I didn't think much of was Das Lied and this only because I don't like the tenor/baritone configuration.

[Linz]

Dmitry Shostakovich Violin Concertos Nos.1 & 2
Lydia Mordkovitch
Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

[André]

I like a lot of Martinu's music, string quartets, operas, oratorios, symphonies, concertos etc but I'm afraid the two concertante works here (both for piano trio and string orchestra) are definitely not among them. This is Martinu in super neo-classical mode. The string orchestra's aggressive, unvaried see-sawing motions got on my nerves rather quickly. My reservations are mostly about the first work ('Concert'). The other one ('Concertino') is less grating to the ear.

La Bagarre (1926) is a fun orchestral romp lasting just 10 minutes. It is contemporary with Honegger's Rugby and Pacific 231 and I found a certain kinship between these works. They are very much in the mood of celebrating the Age of the Machine. The aeroplane depicted on the disc cover is the subject of Martinu's work.