What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Harry]

A great, atmospheric concerto `Over the Water' for recorder and strings from 2004, by Elis Pehkonen (b. 1942), the highlight of a disc filled to the brim with terrific pieces:

                 

So you thought, lets post something on GMG, so as to tell them I am still alive? 
A rare sighting these days, you are!

[Harry]

And to all that this is of interest, Hyperion is updating their data base, so the Please Buy me is suspended for at least 2 weeks, after that it will continue, but they have something to replace that temporarily. Great deals I think, if you want to stock up your Hyperion collection:)
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[mc ukrneal]

Morning! I picked a disc at random and ended up with some Czerny symphonies. Very enjoyable stuff, and would buy more if there were a disc available! Very entertaining and well crafted.

[val]

SCHUMANN:        Frauenliebe und Leben / Liederkreis opus 39         

/ Sena Jurinac, Alfred Holetschek


A very pure version, with a natural phrasing and diction. Perhaps the best version of Frauenliebe und Leben with the one of Lotte Lehmann.

[Christo]

So you thought, lets post something on GMG, so as to tell them I am still alive? 
A rare sighting these days, you are!

Didn't post since May indeed, was too busy with finishing a book - and am just back from three great weeks in Malta now. Played a couple of Maltese composers,  like e.g.:
                                     

[Harry]

Alla Pavlova.

Symphony No. 6.
Thumbelina Suite.

For me Pavlova's music is not from this world. It has such a extreme beauty and otherworldliness, that it is hard to tell what makes me a addict to her music.

[karlhenning]

Good morning, all!

Langgaard
Sfærernes musik (1918)
Danish National Radio Symphony
Геннадий Николаевич [Gennady Nikoleyevich]

[Harry]

Good morning, all!

Langgaard
Sfærernes musik (1918)
Danish National Radio Symphony
Геннадий Николаевич [Gennady Nikoleyevich]

That reminds me, that I have to go back to this box, I've lost interest in it, after the first Symphony.

[karlhenning]

That reminds me, that I have to go back to this box, I've lost interest in it, after the first Symphony.

There's quite a range to the symphonies, which is one of the things I like about Langgaard's cycle, Harry.  Enjoy!

[karlhenning]

Langgaard
Sfærernes musik (1918)
Danish National Radio Symphony
Геннадий Николаевич [Gennady Nikoleyevich]

Whenever my eye falls upon this CD, I think, You know, I haven't listened to the Four Tone Pictures yet, let me listen this time.  But then, when I put the disc in the tray, I want to listen to The Main Event piece . . . which is so magnificent, that at its end my ears are too full of and sated with the Music of the Spheres, and I feel I don't want to listen to the Four Tone Pictures just yet, as they must unfairly pale in comparison if I listen now, while flush with spherical exultation.

Yes, just happened again.

Will try again later . . . .

[Keemun]

Beethoven
Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat, "Archduke"
Beaux Arts Trio

[Harry]

Roger Ducasse.
Orchestral Works. Volume I.

French March, Symphonic Poem.
Spring Nocturne.
Petite Suite.
Hunt the Slipper, Scherzo.
Orpheus, three Symphonic fragments from the mime-drama.

Rheinland-Pfalz Philharmonic, Leif Segerstam.

Repeated listening brings forth rich fruits. The Orchestral color Ducasse evokes is amazing, and his rich fantasy produces colors that reminded me of Brahms, Mahler, Dukas and Hindemith. The breath and dept of his compositions are astounding. I love his music very much. The performance is good, in that Segerstam has a affinity with this music, although at certain moment I would have wished a bit more energy. The recording is adequate. 

[Conor71]

[Disc 1]
Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 In D Minor, BWV 1052
Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 2 In E Major, BWV 1053
Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 3 In D Major, BWV 1054
[Disc 2]
Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 In A Major, BWV 1055
Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 In F Minor, BWV 1056
Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 6 In F Major, BWV 1057
Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 7 In G Minor, BWV 1058

First listen to Disc 2 of this set - these works are excellent!, most enjoyable .

[springrite]

Milhaud: Symphonies #4 and #8 (Orch. de L'ORTF, composer conducting)

wild, exciting though sometimes less than coherent music. Enjoyable though.

[SonicMan46]

Stravinsky

I just really love these performances!

 

Hello Ray - love those 3 works together and must explore another acquisition; I've had the one added above w/ Igor conducting (different orchestras) from the early 1960s - I'll keep that one but maybe time for a more recent set of performances?  Dave

[karlhenning]

Maiden-Listen Mondays!

Langgaard
Four Tone Pictures(1917)
Gitta-Maria Sjöberg, soprano
Danish National Radio Symphony
Геннадий Николаевич [Gennady Nikoleyevich]

Very odd to think of this being written so near to the Sfærernes musik!  But I am enchanted with how well Langgaard wrote in what must strike us now as an improbably catholic range.

[Franco]

Hello Ray - love those 3 works together and must explore another acquisition; I've had the one added above w/ Igor conducting (different orchestras) from the early 1960s - I'll keep that one but maybe time for a more recent set of performances?  Dave

I have the Stravinksy disk you listed but not the Rattle - I also have this Bernstein Symphony of Psalms which I like a lot. A plus, for me, is the inclusion of the Poulenc.

[SonicMan46]

CD 3 - This is some sweet Satie playing here! Sarge - If you're listening, I'd say grab this one!

Morning, folks! 

Top of the day to you George - over the last few weeks, I've been listening to the Satie discs shown below; the de Leeuw recordings have been lauded by some in the Satie thread and are at one end of the interpretative spectrum, especially for their slow pacing in many works (e.g. the Gymnopedies are twice as long as those on the other recordings!).

Austbo on another 2-CD compilation at a bargain price is quite good - Thibaudet is just the one disc recording.  All certainly have their highlights, but I'd still love to get a 'complete' set!  Dave 

   

[Sergeant Rock]

Top of the day to you George - over the last few weeks, I've been listening to the Satie discs shown below; the de Leeuw recordings have been lauded by some in the Satie thread and are at one end of the interpretative spectrum, especially for their slow pacing in many works (e.g. the Gymnopedies are twice as long as those on the other recordings!).

I ordered the Thibaudet box. Listening to clips online he seems to occupy the interpretive middle-ground between Ciccolini and de Leeuw. I notice particularly exquisite phrasing too. I think owning the three sets will satisfy any Satie mood I'm likely to have 

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Schönberg, Chamber Symphony #2 Op.38, Gielen.




Sarge