[TurnaboutVox]

Terry Riley
Requiem for Adam
Kronos Quartet, Terry Riley [Nonesuch, 2001]

 

[D Smith]

Taking a cue from TurnaboutVox earlier today I listened to the Moeran String Quartet and the Delius String Quartet both of which I enjoyed a lot. I can recommend these performances as well by the Maggini and Britten Quartets. (I loved Moeran's String Trio as much if not more as well).

 

[George O]

MNEMOSYNE
Repertoire spanning 22 centuries, from the "Delphic Paean" of Athenaeus to the "Estonian Lullaby" of Veljo Tormis, via folk song fragments from North and South America and Spain, pieces by Tallis, Dufay, Brumel, Hildegard von Bingen, Jan Garbarek, a Russian psalm, a Scottish ballad of the 16th century, and much more.
Jan Garbarek, tenor or soprano saxophones
The Hilliard Ensemble
David James, countertenor
Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor
John Potter, tenor
Gordon Jones, baritone

ECM New Series

Looks great. I just now ordered it.

 

[George O]

to Marschallin, my greatest admirer, love, Em

Silvius Leopold Weiss (1686-1750)

Suite d-moll
Tombeau sur la Mort de M. Conte de Logy arrivée 1721
Prélude und Fantasie c-moll
Suite D-dur

Hopkinson Smith, lute

on EMI Reflexe (Germany), from 1978

5 stars

 

[bejart]

Mozart: Divertimento in E Flat, KV 166

Henk de Graaf and Jan Jansen, clarinets -- Remco de Vries and Sandra Zoer, oboes -- Ron Tyhuis and Irma Kort, english horns -- Martin van der Merwe and Jos Buurman, horns -- Johan Steinmann and Dymphna van Dooremaal, bassoons

 

[KenOC]

Shostakovich Symphony No. 8, Gergiev with the Mariinsky Orchestra. Rather overpowering stuff!

 

[Celloman]

I bought this today for $1.

Vinyl already sounds like velvet, but combine this with the voice of Maria Callas and you get 100% pure silk.

Isn't it delicious?

 

[pmsummer]

Silvius Leopold Weiss (1686-1750)

Suite d-moll
Tombeau sur la Mort de M. Conte de Logy arrivée 1721
Prélude und Fantasie c-moll
Suite D-dur

Hopkinson Smith, lute

on EMI Reflexe (Germany), from 1978

5 stars

Hmmm... cats on audio gear?

 

[pmsummer]

Looks great. I just now ordered it.

I believe you'll like it. I do hope so.

 

[George O]

I believe you'll like it. I do hope so.

I've never heard any Hilliard Ensemble that I didn't like. Plus I listened to samples of a few cuts on Amazon.

 

[pmsummer]

HEROES SYMPHONY
THE LIGHT
Philip Glass
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Martin Alsop, conductor

Naxos

 

[Balthazar]

Berlioz ~ Requiem. Robert Shaw leads Atlanta with John Aler singing tenor.

Scelsi ~ Uaxuctum -- The Legend of the Mayan City which they themselves destroyed for religious reasons (1966). Peter Rundel leads the Vienna RSO. I feel a Scelsi binge coming on...

Beethoven ~ Piano Sonata No. 32, Op. 111. Feeding my sudden mini-obsession with this piece, I listened to more recordings by Richard Goode (shown), Alfred Brendel, Maurizio Pollini, and András Schiff, and Daniil Trifonov's extraordinary live performance from his December recital at Carnegie Hall.

 

[MozartsGhost]

Last week there was a box on my porch with about 30 cassette tapes and a sticky note with my name on it . . . nobody's owed up to putting the box there so the mystery continues,

In the mean time, I'll just enjoy.

William Walton
Popular Song ("Facade": Suite No 2)
Polka ("Facade": Suite No 1)

Heitor Villa-Lobos
Aria (Cantilena) ("Bachianas brasileiras" No 5)

Erik Satie
Gymnopedie Nos 1 & No 3

Frederick Delius
"On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring"

Karita Mattila Soprano

Academy of St Martins in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner

 

[Vaneyes]

Recorded 1999.

 

[MoonlightSonata]

Stravinsky - Rite of Spring - Nagano/LSO
Incredible! What a fantastic recording!

 

[Bruce]

Thinking

Possibly me. If I can recommend one of the most interesting / exciting Holler works i've heard recently, here's "Pensées":

Yes, I think it was you, SimonNZ. I'm only beginning to explore Höller's work, and find it really fascinating. I appreciate the ideas--listening to Pensées at the moment, while I respond to the Current Listenings thread.

 

[Krummhorn]

As this thread has become another huge file, we have created Current Listening Vol III to continue the discussion.

See Vol III.