What are you listening to now?

[Petrushka]

A bit a mixed bag.
As a whole I like the CD, though it is a programme more suitable for CFM IMO.

As I wrote, the solo players in the 2nd mvt of the Coats are IMO excellent - but a bit at a distance.
Which is not the case in the Enescu - there IMO you hear too much of the inner workings of the orchestra, and it has its limitations... (but you only realise it's a live recording because of the public applauding at the end).
I think the Arnold is spot on.

Pity thst Malcolm Arnold is lumped together wuth light music again as so often.

Once again I have to voice my concern at the CFM-isation of the BBCMM CD. There is a definite trend emerging here and as if to confirm it I note that next month's CD features Dvorak's 'New World' Symphony.

Time to look again at the subscription?

[teamsaint]

Pity thst Malcolm Arnold is lumped together wuth light music again as so often.

Once again I have to voice my concern at the CFM-isation of the BBCMM CD. There is a definite trend emerging here and as if to confirm it I note that next month's CD features Dvorak's 'New World' Symphony.

Time to look again at the subscription?

or wait for the CD's to turn up in charity shops.
Recently I have picked up Walton 1, Mahler 10, Rite of Spring, and the Berg Violin concerto all for peanuts . Hurrah !!

[Roehre]

...Once again I have to voice my concern at the CFM-isation of the BBCMM CD. There is a definite trend emerging here and as if to confirm it I note that next month's CD features Dvorak's 'New World' Symphony.

Time to look again at the subscription?

That makes two of us Petrushka

Possibly I won't be bothered to listen to the Dvorak.
The Turnage however will be listened to as soon as the magazine falls onto my doormat.

[Ferretfancy]

I haven't yet done more than sample the latest BBMM disc. There certainly seems to be a rather arbitrary choice of items from month to month, as exemplified by last month's Rachmaninov disc. Here we had a quite nice performance of the Symphonic Dances coupled with a frankly dull performance of the 2nd Concerto. Somebody in the organisation must have thought " Ah! Here we have a couple of Rachmaninov performances, let's lump them together"
I would prefer to hear more chamber music performances on these CDs, perhaps with young artists, in preference to the often rather clotted orchestral recordings. That said, there have been quite a number of fine issues over the years, but does it have to be such a bran tub?

[EdgeleyRob]

Started listening to these today,bought after reading one of suffolkcoastal's wonderful symphonic journey posts.
Nice music.
I'm not sure how often I will be returning to it but hey ho 5 cds for a tenner!

[teamsaint]

Started listening to these today,bought after reading one of suffolkcoastal's wonderful symphonic journey posts.
Nice music.
I'm not sure how often I will be returning to it but hey ho 5 cds for a tenner!

don't forget to listen to them all, ER !!
Hope your storage space is holding up..............

Anyway, I am on a little trip through the Beethoven Piano Sonatas....endlessly rewarding. John Lill.

EDIT. now, Die schone Mullerin. Peter Schreier

[Roehre]

Today:

Gershwin:
Rhapsody in Blue (1924; arr. for piano and string quintet Bengt-Åke Lundin 2010) (R3: TtN iPlayer)

Mathias:
Threnos (1990)

[gurnemanz]

I moved somewhat incongruously from Bernstein's Tchaik 3 to Tom Waits' Blood Money (his Woyzeck songs).

[Brassbandmaestro]

Why o why does the BBCMM team seem to be doing this CFM-isation stuff? Not good for 'classic music' at all!!

An-Orgeln Des Aristide Cavaille-Coll Johannes Ricken(various C-Cs). (From Motette)

[salymap]

Why o why does the BBCMM team seem to be doing this CFM-isation stuff? Not good for 'classic music' at all!!

An-Orgeln Des Aristide Cavaille-Coll Johannes Ricken(various C-Cs). (From Motette)

I'm getting fedup with the BBCMM too and have several recent unheard CDs. They are scraping around for anything, no rhyme or reason for choices.