What Are You Listening To Now? - II

[BBMmk2]

Unashamedly Christmas Music! Thoroughly enjoyable.

The Sixteen Choir./Harry Christophers;
Christmas Classics. Clare Rutter9soprano), Halle Orchestra, and choir, Carl Davis.

[ahinton]

Carter - Variations For Orchestra (1966)

I think that you'll find this work to be from the mid-50s but what a wonderful piece it is! Arguably Carter at his most approachable and, whilst, it's no walk in the park for an orchestra it never ceases to surprise me that it gets so few live performances...

[Pulcinella]

Martinu: Harpsichord concerto, and later La revue de cuisine.

Cheery music to blow the cobwebs away that the storm hasn't managed to do! Windows firmly shut and battened down, even in the relatively unscathed 'south east'.

[Roehre]

Today:

JSBach:
English Suite no.3 in g BWV 808
English Suite no.4 in F BWV 809
English Suite no.5 in e BWV 810

Mahler:
3 Frühe Lieder
Lieder und Gesänge I, II & III

Wagner:
Parsifal – a symphonic synhesis (arr. De vlieger 1993)

[Lat-Literal]

Aram Khachaturian - Symphonies 2 and 3

Nowhere near as good as the 1st.

Order of Preference - 1, 2, 3.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 6 - Pathetique

Order of Preference - 6, 5, Manfred, 4, 1, 3, 2

Have a very soft spot for Tchaikovsky who is almost one of "my" composers. The slight reluctance to include him in that category is the very obvious popularity of him - it's almost a cliche - and his leaning towards the sugary sweet. But I think I've passed the age of stances of that sort. The music is broad-ranging and - without any shadow of a doubt - great.

[DublinJimbo]

A thoroughly Sibelius day. Our Music Group devoted Saturday's session to Sibelius, since this was the closest meeting date to his actual 150th. I hosted our get-together, and went on after the gang left to listen to even more Sibelius.

Some of today's Sibelian feast:

Symphony No. 2
Lemminkäinen Suite
Violin Concerto
Piano Quintet
Finlandia (but of course)
Peleas & Melisande incidental music
Ten Pieces for Piano op. 24
Selection of Songs
'Voces Intimae' String Quartet
Symphony No. 7

[teamsaint]

This is a particularly lovely Vivaldi Concerto.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UAYR08mHxwI

[BBMmk2]

Today:

JSBach:
English Suite no.3 in g BWV 808
English Suite no.4 in F BWV 809
English Suite no.5 in e BWV 810

Mahler:
3 Frühe Lieder
Lieder und Gesänge I, II & III

Wagner:
Parsifal – a symphonic synhesis (arr. De vlieger 1993)

What's the JSB recording, Roehre?

[Roehre]

What's the JSB recording, Roehre?

[Stanfordian]

Haydn
Symphonies Nos. 99 & 102
Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner
Recorded 1990 London
Philips

Brahms
Piano Trios 1-3
Renaud Capucon, Gautier Capucon & Nicholas Angelich
Recorded 2003 Auditorium de la Cite dea Arts, Chambery
Virgin Classics

Freddie Hubbard with Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton,
Reggie Workman & Philly Joe Jones
'Here to Stay'
Blue Note (1962)

[Lat-Literal]

Johannes Brahms - Symphonies 1 and 2

[Stanfordian]

Johannes Brahms - Symphonies 1 and 2

Hiya Lat-Literal,

The details would help please!

[Lat-Literal]

Hiya Lat-Literal,

The details would help please!

Solti's Chicago Sessions.

1979.

I will be returning to my "posting links for everything" approach when moving on from symphonies!

[Stanfordian]

Solti's Chicago Sessions.

1979.

I will be returning to my "posting links for everything" approach when moving on from symphonies!

Many thanks Lat.

[Lat-Literal]

Robert Schumann - Symphonies 1 and 2

Szell/Cleveland - Late 1950s

Edvard Grieg - Symphony in C Minor

Jarvi/Gothenburg