What Classical Music Are You Listening To Tonight?

[cma29]

^^^ Hahahahaha

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Herbert von Karajan
Karajan: Sibelius, 1976-1981

Release Date May 27, 2014
Duration04:24:32
Genre
Classical
Styles
Symphony
Orchestral
Recording Date1976 - 1981

Listening to all 4 discs this morning.

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Herbert von Karajan
Karajan 1947-1958: Bach, Beethoven, Brahms - Choral Music

Release Date May 13, 2014
Duration05:53:09
Genre
Classical
Styles
Choral
Recording DateOctober 20, 1947 - October 22, 1947

trying to fit in all 5 today

[cma29]

Originally Posted by cma29

Just got this...

Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Vol. 1
Cello Concertos 1 - 4
Tim Hugh (cello)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Halstead


I've always enjoyed the music from this composer and I decided to order the three Naxos discs that feature all 12 Boccherini cello concerti. Here is the first volume with concerti 1 through 4. Very beautiful music well played by the top-notch Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Tim Hugh. The only thing I wish were better is recorded sound which sounds a bit muffled.

Originally Posted by cma29

Here is volume 2...

Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Vol. 2
Cello Concertos 5 - 8
Tim Hugh (cello)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Halstead



New music to me, but I like it already. This set features better sound than vol 1, but still has room for improvement.

The last volume...

Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Vol. 3
Cello Concertos 9 - 12
Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
Northern Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Ward



This installment was recorded 8 years after volume 2 and with different forces than vols 1 & 2. The recorded sound for volume 3 is noticeable better, but the music is not quite as memorable than the concerti included in the previous releases. Overall, I'm glad I have these discs in my library. Plus Naxos discs are very inexpensive so a good value.

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Charles Bruffy / Kansas City Chorale / Phoenix Chorale
Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil

Release Date March 2, 2015
Duration01:15:26
Genre
Classical
Styles
Choral
Recording DateMay 24, 2014 - May 26, 2014
Recording Location
Cathedral of St Peter the Apostle, Kansas City, Kansas

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Coro Vox Aeterna / Isabel Bayrakdarian
Mother of Light: Armenian hymns and chants in praise of Mary

Release Date October 14, 2016
Duration01:01:41
Genre
Classical
Styles
Choral
Recording DateAugust 3, 2015 - August 7, 2015
Recording Location
First Congregational Church, Fresno, California

[cma29]

Here is something new...

Fagerlund & Aho: Bassoon Concertos
Aho: Bassoon Concerto
Aho: Solo V
Fagerlund: Woodlands
Fagerlund: Bassoon Concerto, 'Mana'
Bram van Sambeek (bassoon)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu, Dima Slobodeniouk



Some background info:

The Finnish composer Kalevi Aho and his younger colleague and compatriot Sebastian Fagerlund have both received international recognition for their masterful treatment of large orchestral forces. This they have demonstrated in purely orchestral as well as in concertante works – Aho has written 26 concertos to date (most of them in his monumental project to compose a concerto for each of the main orchestral instruments), and Fagerlund’s concertos for clarinet and for violin have been released by BIS to critical acclaim. On this disc the two composers appear side by side with their respective concertos for bassoon and orchestra, works that to a certain extent illustrate different approaches to the concerto genre. If the Romantic concept of the concerto was that of a struggle between the soloist and orchestra, Fagerlund in his Mana (2014) instead gives the bassoon the role of a spiritual leader, conjuring up new sound worlds from the orchestra. (In Swedish – Fagerlund’s mother tongue – ‘mana’ is a verb that suggests invocation; in Finnish the word alludes to exorcism). Kalevi Aho, on the other hand, has endeavoured to enrich and expand the solo instrument’s sonic and expressive possibilities through his use of orchestration and describes his concerto as ‘quite symphonic in character’.

Soloist in both works is Bram van Sambeek, the first bassoonist ever to receive the prestigious Dutch Music Prize and the musician for whom Fagerlund composed Mana as well as the solo piece Woodlands, written in preparation for the concerto. Kalevi Aho also contributes a substantial and dramatic solo piece, Solo V, which makes use of multiphonics as well as microintervals.

This is modern music written by composers who are alive (one is younger than I am ) and it's very good. The Bassoon solo pieces sound strange at first but I warmed up to them quickly. The BIS recorded sound is top-notch.

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Vadim Gluzman / Glorious Percussion / Jonathan Nott / Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Sofia Gubaidulina: Glorious Percussion; In Tempus Praesens

Release Date October 25, 2011
Duration01:11:28
Genre
Classical
Styles
Concerto
Recording DateDecember 3, 2008 & December 4, 2008
Recording Location
KKL Luzern

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Isabel Bayrakdarian
Joyous Light

Release Date 2002
Duration58:38
Genre
Classical
Styles
Vocal Music

[AudioNut]

Originally Posted by vintage_tube

Love the song "On the 309"[



Best Sirs,

Bob

Reminds me of some of the things they classify as "Classical Music" on Amazon and (sadly) on Tidal and Spotify.