What are you listening 2 now?

[foxandpeng]

John Corigliano
Symphony 2
Yuli Turovsky
I Musici de Montreal
Chandos

[TheGSMoeller]

Piano music of Liszt with Lise De La Salle on the keys, starting with the Dante Sonata...

[André]

First listening. Both works sound impressive. The 2nd is a short 2-movement symphony, the 6th is a big 4-mov one. Lots of decibels, plenty of ostinatos and easily recognizable themes. Not that this last feature is necessarily a big plus, but it helps give shape to these expansive movements.

[TheGSMoeller]

John Corigliano
Symphony 1
Daniel Barenboim
Chicago SO

Interesting  ...

Interesting good? Or interesting bad?
Only asking because I love this work.

[Mapman]

Debussy: Preludes, Book 1, L 117
Monique Haas

[JBS]

From the Knappertsbusch Orchestral box

Wagner from 1948/49.
The Zurich Tonhalle provides the prelude to Lohengrin Act I, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande provide the prelude to Meistersinger Act I, the LPO with Malcolm Arnold as principal trombone provide the overture to Rienzi, the prelude to Lohengrin Act III, extracts from Meistersinger Act III*, and the Overture and Orgy Music**  from Tannhauser.

*to be precise, the prelude to Act III, dance of the apprentices, and entrance (march) of the Guilds.

**the decorous name for this is if course the Venusberg Music.

[classicalgeek]

And always a stupendous wallow for me. You should hear this newer recording with Orozco-Estrada on Pentatone --- it will knock your socks off!



This gets a 5/5 from me.

I played a couple of tracks from Orozco-Estrada's performance and was quite impressed!

Maiden-Listen Monday!

Villa-Lobos
Symphony № 3 « A Guerra (War) » (1919)
Symphony № 4 « A Vitória (Victory) » (1919)
São Paolo Symphony
Isaac Karabtchevsky

I've had my eye on this box for quite some time. There's no one quite like Villa-Lobos, and lucky for us, he was quite prolific!

TD: decided to take Qobuz up on their 30-day free trial. I like Spotify, but I also like that Qobuz offers lossless streaming, and their search feature is far better than Spotify's. I think I'll switch if I end up liking Qobuz better. My initial listen:

Shostakovich
Symphony no. 10
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Karel Ancerl



A thrilling and raw performance, even if I found the 'Stalin' Scherzo merely quick instead of menacing and ferocious. The climaxes in the outer movements are cataclysmic, and the end is just wild! I can see why this is a first choice of many in Shostakovich 10.

[Operafreak]

Beethoven 3/4- Barenboim- Klemperer.

[Symphonic Addict]

I do take your point viz. The Fan, Cesar. Although when Froissart cropped up as I survey the Barbirolli box, I found that I didn't think all that much of it.

Froissart is early Elgar, but even so the work allures to me.

I love the effervescent Froissart Overture.

There is another orchestral work by him I also find engaging: Polonia, Op. 76

[Symphonic Addict]

And always a stupendous wallow for me. You should hear this newer recording with Orozco-Estrada on Pentatone --- it will knock your socks off!



This gets a 5/5 from me.

+1!

[Symphonic Addict]

Maiden-Listen Monday!

Villa-Lobos
Symphony № 3 « A Guerra (War) » (1919)
Symphony № 4 « A Vitória (Victory) » (1919)
São Paolo Symphony
Isaac Karabtchevsky

Good, Karl!

[Madiel]

Dvorak, Symphony no.9



Honestly, the last 3 symphonies are such masterpieces they give me goosebumps.

[vers la flamme]

Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, op.30. Rudolf Kempe, Staatskapelle Dresden

Great. Strauss never sounded so good in my life—somehow, this thought crosses my mind almost every time I listen to his music, but in this case, seriously. What a killer orchestra the Staatskapelle Dresden was in those days.

[Symphonic Addict]

Ginastera: Ollantay and Pampeana No. 3

A really splendid disc. This music does press a key on me!





Hindemith: Organ Concerto

Among my favorites of Organ Concertos. The 2nd mov. has a quite disruptive and accented ending. Genius. Things that someone like Paul could do effortlessly.

[Mirror Image]

Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, op.30. Rudolf Kempe, Staatskapelle Dresden

Great. Strauss never sounded so good in my life—somehow, this thought crosses my mind almost every time I listen to his music, but in this case, seriously. What a killer orchestra the Staatskapelle Dresden was in those days.

Holy cow, it's vers la flamme! Good to see un-lurking. The Strauss Kempe box set is a mandatory acquisition for anyone who loves Strauss.

NP:

Glazunov
Symphony No. 8 in E-flat, Op. 83
USSR Ministry of Culture SO
Rozhdestvensky

From this long OOP set -

[Symphonic Addict]

Matsumura: Symphony No. 1

This music is more of textures and atmosphere than of any rigurous contrapuntal development. An exciting piece, nonetheless.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Ifukube
Arctic Forest, symphonic poem
Orchestra Nipponica
Tetsuji Honna



Such a hugely enjoyable work --- very atmospheric. This is the second recording I own of it. I'll have to do an A/B comparison to see which performance I prefer.

[Mirror Image]

Matsumura: Symphony No. 1

This music is more of textures and atmosphere than of any rigorous contrapuntal development. An exciting piece, nonetheless.

Cool! Matsumura studied with Akira Ifukube, so a little bit of this composer rubs off on him. I'll have to do more listening to Matsumura's music. I own this disc and one or two others.

[Symphonic Addict]

Delius: Florida Suite

This has to be the most spectacular performance of this thoroughly wondrous work.





Cras: String Trio

Exotic flavour aplenty. How not to adore this!

[Que]

Morning listening:

[asin]B001355P42[/asin]
Lamentations by Alexander Agricola, Christobal de Morales, Jacob Arcadelt and Lassus.

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2008/May08/Lamentatio_ktc1343.htm