What are you listening to now?

[Brassbandmaestro]

EdgelyRob, that Uchida/Debussy Etudes. What a marvelous recording that is, eh?

Barber: Adagio for Strings. Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi.

Delius: Requiem; A Mass for Life. Rebecca Evans, Joan Rodgers9sopranos), Jean Rigby(m=s), Nigel Robson(tenor), Peter Coleman-Wright(baritone), Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth SO and Chorus/Richard Hickox

[EdgeleyRob]

EdgelyRob, that Uchida/Debussy Etudes. What a marvelous recording that is, eh?

The best IMHO

[Petrushka]

John Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls
NYPO/Maazel

Mahler: Symphony No 9
Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra/Bertini

[bluestateprommer]

It's going on at this moment, an interview between Manfred Honeck and an interviewer (didn't catch his name) just before the orchestra performs Mahler 5 from the Philharmonie, Berlin:

http://liveweb.arte.tv/de/video/PSO_Mahler/

[Roehre]

Today:

De Victoria:
Missa pro Victoria (p.1600)
Veni Sante Spiritus (p.1600)
Psalm 137 Super Flumina Babylonis (p.1576)

Bridge:
Isabella H.78 (1907) (R3: Proms repeat)

Birtwistle:
Violin concerto (2010) (R3: Proms repeat)

Strauss:
Tod und Verklärung op.24 (R3: DM)
Vier letzte Lieder (R3:DM)
Is it sheer coincidence that the last broadcast of Discovering Music before its discontinuation is about the Four last Songs (and Death and Transfiguration on 9/11)?

Sweelinck:
Psalms 122, 42, 43, 108, 23, 137, 110 and 99 (p.1604/’14)
7 Cantiones sacrae 5 Vocum (1619)

[DracoM]

St Thomas Fifth Ave NYC remembering 9/11

[Suffolkcoastal]

Varied listening last week:

The new Arnold Naxos disc, the Cello Concerto I found weak but the Symphony for Strings is quite impressive.
David Matthews Symphonies 1, 3 & 5, the 1st I didn't get on with, rather ugly chord spacings and generally uninteresting, the other two symphonies were much better.
Dutton disc of Joubert Symphony No 2, Alwyn two orchestral sections from Derrybig Fair and Martelli Symphony op4. The Alwyn is very early and largely pastiche Vaughan Williams and one idea in the Prelude is done to death. The Martelli (a composer I'd not come across before) seems to be trying to make a 'big' statement but largely fails, however the Joubert was much more interesting and I was quite taken with it.

Following my scores has continued with Piston Symphonies 2-6. each team I listen to Piston's symphonies and follow the scores I become more impressed with them, the only really weak one amongst them is the 5th Symphony which doesn't 'hang' together too well.

[Brassbandmaestro]

Yesterday my tribute to 9/11:-

Barber: Adagio for Strings. Atlanta SO, Yoel levi.

Delius: Requiem; Mass of Life. Rebecca Evans, Jean Rodgers(sops), Nigel Robnson(tenor), Peter Coleman-Wright(baritone), Wayneflete Singers, Bournemouth O & Chorus, Richard Hickox.

Today:-

Britten: Phantasy, Op.2 for oboe and string trio; Three Divertimenti; Alla Marcia; St Qt No.1. Endelllion Quartet.

Bax: Piano Quintet in G minor; Bridge: Piano Quintet in D minor, H49a. Ashley Wass, piano, The Tippett Quartet.

Bliss: Piano Quartet*; Sonata for viola and piano(i); Oboe Quintet(ii). *Peter Donohoe, Nicholas Daniel Julian Rolton(ii), Maggini Qt.

[Mahlerei]

Mendelssohn Organ Sonatas (Jan Lehtola)

[Panjandrum]

Le vent de l'ouest (both versions).