What are you listening to now?

[Mandryka]

Siegbert Rampe plays some Peter Philips on a clavichord. Two different clavichords in fact, from an clavercordilogical point of view the recording and Rampe's essay in the booklet is valuable. Rampe is without a doubt the greatest clavichord player since JS Bach. There's a lyricism about Philips's music which reminds me of Scheidemann, especially in the transcriptions.

[André]

The Franck items are very well done, esp the Variations. Rogé and Maazel probe deep in the score's subterranean textures and harmonic nooks. Impressive. The Bartok coupling is a strange idea, the common link being the pianist, this time paired with the excellent Walter Weller. This is Bartok's opus 1 from 1905, a very lisztian affair. I had never heard it before. All told, a good program, well performed and recorded (vintage Decca sound from 1976).

[San Antone]

Schubert : Music for violin and piano
Löwenstein, Moll

[Malx]

Keyboards are king tonight:

J.S.Bach, Goldberg Variations - Celine Frisch (Harpsichord).

Beethoven, Piano Sonatas Nos 12, 13 & 14 - Abdel Rahman El Bacha (Bechstein piano).

[SurprisedByBeauty]

My latest composer-discovery. My, what gorgeous music! Especially the 8 songs for SQ4t & voice!

#morninglistening to the #chambermusic of @surprisedbeauty-discovery #HenriMarteau on #cpo / @jpc_de

: http://a-fwd.to/EUnzLga

w/#IsasiQuartet incl. @KarstenDobers + #KarineDeshayes

#StringQuartets

[Madiel]

Antique numeration.

The sequential numbering of his symphonies has also been confused: (a) they were initially numbered by order of publication, not composition; (b) the first four symphonies to be composed were published after the last five; and (c) the last five symphonies were not published in order of composition. This explains why, for example, the New World Symphony was originally published as No. 5, was later known as No. 8, and definitively renumbered as No. 9 in the critical editions published in the 1950s.

No composer's numbering has been wrecked more than Dvorak's. He was meticulous on his scores.

[Moonfish]

Elgar:
Sea Pictures
Symphony No. 2 
 
Larissa Avdeyeva     
USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Svetlanov

a. Sea Pictures - Great performance, but a bit odd hearing it in Russian. Avdeyeva has a great voice, but it is quite unusual (even unsettling) to hear these works sung in the Russian language. However, the orchestration around her voice is supreme.

b. Symphony No. 2 - Surprisingly, I took a liking for Svetlanov's performance. I didn't quite know what to expect hearing the USSR State SO taking on Elgar's beautiful symphony. The brass (as always) is great and brings thundering crescendos into the stormy parts of the symphony. It is a little fast compared to what I'm used to (Boult in particular), but it is a very enjoyable performance. I wish it was more widely available. I just stumbled upon it in the Svetlanov compilation.

[Moonfish]

Barber: Violin Concerto
Meyer: Violin Concerto

Hilary Hahn
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Wolff

These recordings (both Barber and Meyer) grow on me each time I listen to them. Meyer's violin concerto, in particular, has this wistful, nostalgic and lingering yearning soundscape that is truly mesmerizing.

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[André]

Nachtmusique is a wind ensemble derived from Frans Bruggen's Orchestra of the 18th Century. Its leader is Eric Hoeprich, one of the founding members of Bruggen's orchestra (in 1982). It follows that this is a seasoned, deeply considered interpretation of uncommon technical mastery.

I wish that was enough to commend the results. But I didn't find much relish for the sensual beauty of Mozart's writing for the winds and its sheer joie de vivre. The phrasing sounds calculated, the feeling a mite constipated. Slightly disappointing..

[Moonfish]

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Leningrad PO
Mravinsky

Feb 1960

[Moonfish]

Bizet:
Trois entr'actes de Carmen to  (2, 3 & 4)
L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2

Leningrad PO
Mravinsky

23 Nov 1946

[Mirror Image]

Prokofiev
Summer Night Suite, Op. 123
Askenazy
St. Petersburg Philharmonic

[Mirror Image]

This entire disc:



Contents can be viewed here:

https://www.dacapo-records.dk/en/recordings/langgaard-sinfonia-interna

[RebLem]

On Wednesday, 30 MAY 2018, I listened to one CD.

CD 4 of the 4 CD Brilliant Classics set of orchestral works by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)  with Jean Martinon conducting the Orchestre National de l'ORTF, licensed from EMI.  |Tr. 1-3.  Fantaisie pour piano et orchestre (23'53)  |Tr. 4.  La plus que lente (6'00)  |Tr. 5.  Premiere rapsodie, pour orchestre avec clarinette principale (8'11)  |Tr. 6.  Rapsodie pour orchestre et saxophone solo (10'02)  |Tr. 7 Khamma, Legende dansee (20'24)  |Tr. 8.  Danse (Tarantelle styrienne) (5'44)--Aldo Ciccolini, piano, (1-3), John Leach, cimbalom (4), Guy Dangain, clarinet (5), Jean-Marie Loneix, saxophone (6), Fabienne Boury, piano (7).  Rec. 1973-74 Salle Wagram, Paris.

This is lush, warm music as tender as a baby's skin, that just washes over one, enveloping the listener in the softest luxury imaginable.  I did bother to do a little research on the meaning of the term "Tarantelle styrienne."  I have seen the word tarantella before, without really knowing what it was.  Turns out it is a peasant dance of Hungarian origin accompanied by tambourines.  "Styrienne" is a demomym for the people of Styria, a state in south central Austria whose capital is the city of Graz.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styria 

[NikF]

Diamond: Symphonies No. 2 & 4 - Schwarz/Seattle Symphony Orchestra

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Diamond: Symphonies No. 2 & 4 - Schwarz/Seattle Symphony Orchestra

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Awesome, Nik. I especially love Diamond's 3rd and 4th symphonies. Two of the finest American symphonies ever composed IMHO.

[Madiel]

On Wednesday, 30 MAY 2018, I listened to one CD.

CD 4 of the 4 CD Brilliant Classics set of orchestral works by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)  with Jean Martinon conducting the Orchestre National de l'ORTF, licensed from EMI.  |Tr. 1-3.  Fantaisie pour piano et orchestre (23'53)  |Tr. 4.  La plus que lente (6'00)  |Tr. 5.  Premiere rapsodie, pour orchestre avec clarinette principale (8'11)  |Tr. 6.  Rapsodie pour orchestre et saxophone solo (10'02)  |Tr. 7 Khamma, Legende dansee (20'24)  |Tr. 8.  Danse (Tarantelle styrienne) (5'44)--Aldo Ciccolini, piano, (1-3), John Leach, cimbalom (4), Guy Dangain, clarinet (5), Jean-Marie Loneix, saxophone (6), Fabienne Boury, piano (7).  Rec. 1973-74 Salle Wagram, Paris.

This is lush, warm music as tender as a baby's skin, that just washes over one, enveloping the listener in the softest luxury imaginable.  I did bother to do a little research on the meaning of the term "Tarantelle styrienne."  I have seen the word tarantella before, without really knowing what it was.  Turns out it is a peasant dance of Hungarian origin accompanied by tambourines.  "Styrienne" is a demomym for the people of Styria, a state in south central Austria whose capital is the city of Graz.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styria

Where did you see that a tarantella was Hungarian in origin? It's named after Taranto in Italy.

[anothername]

Bits and pieces by "new"composers on sound cloud, the things you find there......

[Moonfish]

Giovanni ROVETTA: Vespro solenne (excerpts)                 
Cantus Cölln & Concerto Palatino/ Konrad Junghänel

Le Ballet royal de la Nuit (excerpts)               
Ensemble Correspondances/ Sébastien Daucé

Jean-Baptiste LULLY:
Les Nopces de village
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
London Oboe Band/ Paul Goodwin

from

[TheGSMoeller]

This entire disc:



Contents can be viewed here:

https://www.dacapo-records.dk/en/recordings/langgaard-sinfonia-interna

Such an interesting, and intriguing composition. Langgaard was a one-of-a-kind for sure, and Sinfonia Interna is one of his best IMO. Happy listening, John!


TD...Concerto for Orchestra from this fantastic disc...