What are you listening to now?

[EigenUser]

Ravel's L'Enfant et les Sortileges
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Yes. Still trying to think of a snappy comeback. 

[Daverz]

You could start with [Arnell's] third  symphony, a marvelous work, or his only violin concerto. His ballets are also a good starting point, but start with the third symphony.

Just finished my 2nd listen to his 4th.  This guy aint no British composer, he's American!  I could easily believe this was a lost Mennin symphony.

[North Star]

Bartók
Music for Strings, Percussion, & Celesta, Sz. 106
Boulez & CSO

[HIPster]

Some late afternoon Vivaldi!
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From the Naive Concertos 1 'box'.

Superb recording, but really, this entire set (and series) is excellent.

Totally enjoying this one at the moment.   

[Mookalafalas]

Some late afternoon Vivaldi!
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From the Naive Concertos 1 'box'.

Superb recording, but really, this entire set (and series) is excellent.

Totally enjoying this one at the moment.   

+1.  Those are always a pleasure.  I loaded up on the boxes cheap from importCDs, and have been giving friends the few duplicates I ended up with.  Everybody is happy

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

Magic. 

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[Sadko]

It's so weird having an alleged second-favorite composer and spending years exploring his music and not realizing that he had another gigantic masterpiece just sitting right there under your nose the whole time, unlistened-to.



Spectacular performance/recording.

Yes, the Requiem and the Stabat Mater get surprisingly rarely played.

I normally don't do that, but if you try the Sawallisch performance you'll no doubt think it douses the Verdi or Berlioz Requiem with its own special slav' brand of fire and brimstone.

I also like Sawallisch's performance very much.

[Mookalafalas]

Just finished this:

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  Maybe my favorite single disc of Sibelius I've heard so far.

Now listening to:

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  I should be playing this every day. It deserves it.

[Brian]

Schubert
Piano Trio No. 2
Trio Dali
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How do you like that one? I have it but have not opened the shrink-wrap!

[Mirror Image]

I've listened to the orchestral version of Schoenberg's Kammersymphonie No. 1 probably like five times today. Schoenberg was a genius.

He certainly was but to my surprise I can't believe the Five Pieces hasn't clicked for you yet, Nate. What do you think about Die Jakobsleiter? This is such a cool work.

[not edward]

Schnittke's 7th symphony:

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I think this is secretly my favourite of the symphonies, even though (or perhaps because) I don't have the faintest idea what is going on. There are so many odd things here, from the violin solo that makes up the first half of the first movement to the spectral waltz for tuba, double bassoon and double bass that ends the finale.

For a start:
Orchestral violins holding a chord on open strings for half a movement: check.
Zero tempo changes in any of the movements: check.
Andante-Largo-Allegro form with the finale taking up nearly 2/3 of the work: check.
Harpsichord used for a three-bar solo and nothing else: check.
Almost an entire movement going by without one phrase leading into another: check.

[Todd]

Back to the Cantatas after a hiatus.  Disc 47.

[North Star]

How do you like that one? I have it but have not opened the shrink-wrap!

A lot, and the rest of the set too. You had better start tearing that shrink-wrap.

[Mirror Image]

Now:





Listening to St. Nicolas. First time listening to this work. Very nice.

[Ken B]

Now listening to:

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  I should be playing this every day. It deserves it.

I knew a guy, Baklavaboy was his name, who expressed great disdain when I pushed that on him, at an absurd price too : $70. 

I should get mine out but I have so much Bernstein ... Plus, TD, Hoggy Haydn,  some symphony around 60

[Brian]

A lot, and the rest of the set too. You had better start tearing that shrink-wrap.

Thanks! But right now I'm doing D956 - K4 from the blind comparison finalists.

[Mookalafalas]

I knew a guy, Baklavaboy was his name, who expressed great disdain when I pushed that on him, at an absurd price too : $70. 

  I remember that guy. Kind of an idiot, and a terrible spend-thrift.  Good taste in avatars, though.

[kishnevi]

Thanks! But right now I'm doing D956 - K4 from the blind comparison finalists.

I have to get back to that.  Tomorrow, fingers crossed.
Meanwhile tonight
Members of Musica Antiqua Koln playing Bach chamber music
Sonatas for violin and harpsichord, violin and bc,  viola da gamba and harpsichord, and three sonatas for flute and harpsichord.
Four CDs in a row, but not ready to stop until I need to go to bed.

[Moonfish]

JS Bach
Concerto for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo in E major, BWV 1042
Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings and Basso Continuo in D minor, BWV 1043
Concerto for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo in A minor, BWV 1041
Concerto for Oboe, Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo in C minor, BWV 1060

Hahn/Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra/Kahane

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Now:
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Suite No. 1 from Stage Works
Berliner Philharmoniker/Emmanuelle Haïm

[Que]

Some late afternoon Vivaldi!
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From the Naive Concertos 1 'box'.

Superb recording, but really, this entire set (and series) is excellent.

Totally enjoying this one at the moment.   

Even considering the overall excellence of the series, this is one of my favourites!   


More new stuff from  my BRO haul:

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How is it? So far it seems that I had a lucky hand in making my choices...

Q