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Current Listening Vol VII

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Current Listening Vol VII

A new thread for the same subject matter.

The previous thread, Current Listening Vol VI has become another huge file and slow to load. Since this particular thread is the most popular one on the site, we have created this new volume to continue posting.

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Links to previous Current Listening threads:
Current Listening Vol I
Current Listening Vol II
Current Listening Vol III
Current Listening Vol IV
Current Listening Vol V
Current Listening Vol VI
 
#18,663 ·
Hans Werner Henze - various works part one for this afternoon.

Violin Concerto no.1 (1946):



Symphony no.1 - version for chamber orchestra (1947 - arr. 1963):
Symphony no.2 (1949):
Symphony no.3 (1949-50):
Symphony no.4 (1955):

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(*** same recording but on DG's Critics Choice reissue

String Quartet no.1 (1947):
String Quartet no.2 (1952):

 
#18,664 ·
Dvorak-3rd and 7th Symphonies.

Performed by Chung and the VPO this recording is part of an incomplete cycle on DG.....in fact they only recorded the 6th and 8th as well. A real disappointment as this recording is very impressive and includes a performance of the 3rd that again leaves one wondering why this work is apparently underappreciated ( as I have commented numerous times the central slow movement of the three really is a wonderful piece of music!)
 
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Such a beautiful opera. I used to have the Neumann with Beňačková on LP, but this superb Mackerras just trumps it, I think. Fleming's Czech may not be as idiomatic (mine isn't good enough to tell) but she sings gloriously, mostly devoid of those mannerisms I sometimes find irritating. Heppner is also excellent as are the rest of the Czech cast. Terrific sound as well.

A good way to round off my mini Dvořák listening sessions.
 
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Wagner: The Ring Without Words

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Lorin Maazel

Wagner: The Ring Without Words

This disc is a unique synthesis of orchestral music from Wagner's
Ring Cycle. Arranged by Lorin Maazel, this recording includes all the
standard Ring orchestral excerpts such as Ride of the Valkyries and
Siegfried's Rhine Journey.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Lorin Maazel
 
#18,674 · (Edited)

Bach - Cantatas for St. Michael's Day: BWV 130, 19, 149
Eric Milnes, Montréal Baroque

High celebration and pensive, mystical beauty for this Michaelmas Sunday. Milnes's deeply involved artistic visions leave a strong impression, as does the thoughtful and skillful singing; although Milnes hasn't quite sold me on the effectiveness of OVPP choirs in big praise choruses like these.

Edit: Oops, apparently St. Michael's Day is 29 September; in my mind I was convinced that it was the 19th. Oh well.
 
#18,678 ·
J. S. Bach: Cantatas for the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz?, BWV 138
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99
Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 100
Malin Hartelius, William Towers, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey
The Monteverdi Choir, the English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Publication Wood Font Shelving Art
 
#18,679 ·
Pleasant and delicate choral music from Kodaly

I was unaware that he composed so much choral stuff - as most of it remains obscure outside Hungary I wonder if it was written mainly for teaching purposes and for local choirs?
 
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