What are you listening to now?

[DublinJimbo]

Antonin Reicha: Piano Trios op. 101/1-3
Guarneri Trio Prague

I'm in Reicha discovery mode these days. It began with the E flat symphony, went on to encompass the wind quintets, continued yesterday with the octet for winds and string quartet, and today involves these wonderful piano trios. What a life Reicha lived (well worthy of film treatment as I've heard said), and such a huge musical output! Everything I've heard has at the very least been attractive, highly accomplished, melodically inventive, and often quirkily shot through with Haydnesque humour. These piano trios are on a different level, though: while still displaying all his usual traits, these are substantial works (far from light and frivolous), with all the instruments sharing the musical content on an equal footing.

I think I'm becoming a Reicha fan.

[aeolium]

Yes, I love his writing for wind instruments (and wind+strings) especially but woud like to know more of his other output, including his string quartets - supposedly influential on those of Beethoven and Schubert - and his piano works.

[Alison]

The 2CD Kent Nagano set of Rite of Spring, Persephone and Firebird has been my constant companion
this week. A shade studio bound at times, there remains masses to enjoy.

Also having a bit of craze on Schubert D840 played by Paul Lewis.

[Dave2002]

Glazunov 8th Symphony. Serebrier RNSO. A tad flatter (pitch) than Simonov with the Moscow orchestra.
I keep listening to this, but it does strike me as somewhat on the gloomy side. Maybe it goes with the weather.

[PJPJ]

Onslow - Chamber music for wind and piano (http://www.timpani-records.com/2c2185.php).....

which is pleasantly cheering during today's weather!

This, together with Howard Shelley and the Sinfonia Varsovia:

DOBRZYNSKY
Piano Concerto in A flat major Op. 2

LESSEL
Piano concerto in C major Op. 14

http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product//NIFCCD101.htm

have been very pleasant discoveries.

[Dave2002]

Now moved on to Bartok - Rumanian Dances - Taraf de Haidouks.

[MrGongGong]

Michel Redolfi: Sonic Waters #2 (Underwater music) 1983-1989

[Petrushka]

Earlier today:

Items from Yhe Treasury of English Church Music on EMI. Most of this set was recorded in the mid-1960's just at the very same time that I became a chorister in my parish church choir. Some real gems on here. Ideal Sunday morning listening.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Treasury...5714276&sr=1-1

[EdgeleyRob]

Alwyn Symphonies / LSO Hickox (can't stop listening to his music at the moment, this last few days I've been having a bit of an Alwynathon,now there's an idea Radio 3).

[Roehre]

Alwyn Symphonies / LSO Hickox (can't stop listening to his music at the moment, this last few days I've been having a bit of an Alwynathon,now there's an idea Radio 3).

But Alwyn more or less intended his first 4 symphonies to be played together, didn't he: part of a grand symphonic design with returning mottos and themes in 16 movements (and thereby creating something of an Odyssee à la Maw ).
I myself did that a couple of times. I must say that within that "grand design" these symphonies really get more impact than when played separately.
No.5 is another matter of course, not only in design (a 4 part 1 mvt structure), but also in length. Perhaps Alwyn should have called this work Sinfonietta no.2 or so