What Classical Music Are You Listening To Tonight?

[Toccata]

Just Henze's "The Royal Winter Music" in its world premiere recording. The early digital audio kills the sound of his wonderful Romanillos guitar, but his playing is magnificent.

[bart]

The Hilliard Ensemble - Renaissance & Baroque Music
via Qobuz




6h45' of polyphony...
We'll have it in 3 or 4 goes I think.

[bart]

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Symphony No. 3 'War' & Symphony No. 4 'Victory'
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Isaac Karabtchevsky
via Qobuz




I thank Tony who posted good things about Villa-Lobos' symphonies.
I'm going to listen to more of them!

[Antonmb]

Originally Posted by bart

[B]...Villa-Lobos' symphonies.

I'm going to listen to more of them!

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[Antonmb]

Matthew Dubourg - ‘Welcome home, Mr Dubourg’
Irish Baroque Orchestra, Peter Whelan & various soloists
Linn Records (2019), 24/192 files

Here’s an interesting new release of Dubourg compositions, including a violin concerto and an assortment of sonatas and vocal pieces. Also included are violin concertos of Vivaldi and Corelli which, according to the liner notes, were known to be performed by Dubourg. The Dubourg pieces are quite nice and very well performed, and sound is excellent. The Corelli and Vivaldi seem a bit superfluous considering how many great recordings of these already exist, but perhaps there simply isn’t enough Dubourg surviving to fill a good recording?

[bart]

J.S. Bach - Cello Suites
Rachel Podger, violin
Qobuz 24/192




Fantastically recorded, and very well played.
These are absolute masterpieces of course, and the beauty of the melodies still shines on the violin.
But I have to say, for now, I still prefer the cello.


Nils Monkemeyer also did a good job on the viola:

https://static.qobuz.com/images/cove...5emm5a_600.jpg

[ehoove]

Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink Conducting
Very nice!
Phillips 6500 922
Regards,
Jim

[ehoove]

Direct from Cleveland
The Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Mazzell
A interesting and great selection of works performed Direct to disc
Telarc 5020 DD1 (distributed by Discwasher group)
Regards,
Jim

[bart]

Antonín Dvorák - Requiem
Collegium Vovale Gent
Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Philippe Herreweghe
Qobuz 24/96




Magnificent work that I hear for the first time.
Beautifully recorded on Herreweghe's own label.

[bart]

More Villa-Lobos:




Exciting and interesting