The Symphonist
@deeplyclassical.bsky.social
Passionate symphony lover. Other music is good too.
My first boulevardier of the season is only one way I'm warming up my winter evenings
#NowWatching #NowDrinking
#NowWatching #NowDrinking
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
My first boulevardier of the season is only one way I'm warming up my winter evenings
#NowWatching #NowDrinking
#NowWatching #NowDrinking
If Haydn's the Father of the symphony, then Johann Stamitz (1717-1757) is one of the genre's great-uncles. These slight but charming symphonies, likely among his earliest, make agreeable semi-background listening on a Sunday afternoon.
#NewReleases2025 #233
#NewReleases2025 #233
November 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
If Haydn's the Father of the symphony, then Johann Stamitz (1717-1757) is one of the genre's great-uncles. These slight but charming symphonies, likely among his earliest, make agreeable semi-background listening on a Sunday afternoon.
#NewReleases2025 #233
#NewReleases2025 #233
My hectic schedule forces #NewReleaseFriday back by two whole days 🙀 in a week featuring not only one Coleridge-Taylor, but a pair: @jkaconductor.bsky.social & Samantha Ege give us the first ever album dedicated to Avril, while her dad gets a 150th birthday bash.
Try them here ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn
Try them here ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
My hectic schedule forces #NewReleaseFriday back by two whole days 🙀 in a week featuring not only one Coleridge-Taylor, but a pair: @jkaconductor.bsky.social & Samantha Ege give us the first ever album dedicated to Avril, while her dad gets a 150th birthday bash.
Try them here ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn
Try them here ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn
Even the most enthusiastic symphony fan might wonder if the world really needs more recordings of these warhorses, but I found the 5th exciting, gripping and fresh. I was less keen on the 6th, but No. 5 is well worth hearing, no matter how well you think you know it.
#NewReleases2025 #231
#NewReleases2025 #231
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Even the most enthusiastic symphony fan might wonder if the world really needs more recordings of these warhorses, but I found the 5th exciting, gripping and fresh. I was less keen on the 6th, but No. 5 is well worth hearing, no matter how well you think you know it.
#NewReleases2025 #231
#NewReleases2025 #231
Whenever my youngest niece comes to stay, we go to the HMV shop, and I always come home with some new films to help me relax.
#NowDrinking #NowWatching
#NowDrinking #NowWatching
November 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Whenever my youngest niece comes to stay, we go to the HMV shop, and I always come home with some new films to help me relax.
#NowDrinking #NowWatching
#NowDrinking #NowWatching
Happy #NewReleaseFriday! Two unconventional symphonies start my playlist this week: Rachmaninoff referred to choral blockbuster "The Bells" as his 3rd Symphony when he wrote it, while the Adès (a world premiere recording) is an "orchestral rendering" of music from his opera.
▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn
▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn
November 14, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Happy #NewReleaseFriday! Two unconventional symphonies start my playlist this week: Rachmaninoff referred to choral blockbuster "The Bells" as his 3rd Symphony when he wrote it, while the Adès (a world premiere recording) is an "orchestral rendering" of music from his opera.
▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn
▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn
Two gorgeous helpings of it's-later-than-you-think late Romantic loveliness, including the teenage Korngold's sublime Sinfonietta, followed by Krenek's jolly jazz-Eurodance mashup. Orchestra, conductor & engineers capture the saturated, seductive soundworld superbly ❤️❤️❤️
#NewReleases2025 #225
#NewReleases2025 #225
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Two gorgeous helpings of it's-later-than-you-think late Romantic loveliness, including the teenage Korngold's sublime Sinfonietta, followed by Krenek's jolly jazz-Eurodance mashup. Orchestra, conductor & engineers capture the saturated, seductive soundworld superbly ❤️❤️❤️
#NewReleases2025 #225
#NewReleases2025 #225
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy
I really like the music of hers I've heard so far. The Fritiof Suite is lovely.
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I really like the music of hers I've heard so far. The Fritiof Suite is lovely.
If you see this, post an album cover with a vehicle on it.
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
If you see this, post an album cover with a vehicle on it.
No. 1 with a bullet! #NewReleases2025 #223 has gone straight to the top of my list of the year's best Mahler recordings.
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
No. 1 with a bullet! #NewReleases2025 #223 has gone straight to the top of my list of the year's best Mahler recordings.
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm out on the bike now, and it's getting a bit Alfred Hitchcock.
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I'm out on the bike now, and it's getting a bit Alfred Hitchcock.
#NewReleaseFriday slips to Saturday again, thanks to a work trip to Stockholm. I return to find a monster Mahler week with #NewReleases by Paavo Järvi, Klaus Mäkelä and Kahchun Wong. Also Walton 1 from John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London! Let's get cracking #NowListening ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
#NewReleaseFriday slips to Saturday again, thanks to a work trip to Stockholm. I return to find a monster Mahler week with #NewReleases by Paavo Järvi, Klaus Mäkelä and Kahchun Wong. Also Walton 1 from John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London! Let's get cracking #NowListening ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn
November 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I've been wildly in love with "Harmonium" by John Adams for over 35 years, so what luxury it was for me to see and hear the composer himself conduct it at @bridgewaterhall.bsky.social last night with the mighty massed forces of @thehalle.bsky.social orchestra & chorus!
October 31, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I've been wildly in love with "Harmonium" by John Adams for over 35 years, so what luxury it was for me to see and hear the composer himself conduct it at @bridgewaterhall.bsky.social last night with the mighty massed forces of @thehalle.bsky.social orchestra & chorus!
Happy #NewReleaseFriday! Evenings are drawing in and temperatures are dropping (in my hemisphere at least), but one of my lovely local orchestras is here with "an hour and a quarter of musical sunshine" (@theguardian.com) to keep me warm on dark winter nights.
Try it here ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn
Try it here ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn
October 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Happy #NewReleaseFriday! Evenings are drawing in and temperatures are dropping (in my hemisphere at least), but one of my lovely local orchestras is here with "an hour and a quarter of musical sunshine" (@theguardian.com) to keep me warm on dark winter nights.
Try it here ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn
Try it here ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn
Good morning @loveinner.bsky.social.
Ready for another Haydn symphony deep dive yet?
A gramophone classic freshly remastered on 41 CDs!
#NewRelease
Ready for another Haydn symphony deep dive yet?
A gramophone classic freshly remastered on 41 CDs!
#NewRelease
October 31, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Good morning @loveinner.bsky.social.
Ready for another Haydn symphony deep dive yet?
A gramophone classic freshly remastered on 41 CDs!
#NewRelease
Ready for another Haydn symphony deep dive yet?
A gramophone classic freshly remastered on 41 CDs!
#NewRelease
October 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It has to be a negroni to accompany such an obvious homage to Italian Giallo cinema.
#NowWatching #NowDrinking
#NowWatching #NowDrinking
October 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It has to be a negroni to accompany such an obvious homage to Italian Giallo cinema.
#NowWatching #NowDrinking
#NowWatching #NowDrinking
October 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A happy Martinů morning to you, me hearties!
#NowListening #NewReleases2025 #212
I'm not familiar with the concertos at all, and they're certainly getting my weekend off to an energetic start.
#NowListening #NewReleases2025 #212
I'm not familiar with the concertos at all, and they're certainly getting my weekend off to an energetic start.
October 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A happy Martinů morning to you, me hearties!
#NowListening #NewReleases2025 #212
I'm not familiar with the concertos at all, and they're certainly getting my weekend off to an energetic start.
#NowListening #NewReleases2025 #212
I'm not familiar with the concertos at all, and they're certainly getting my weekend off to an energetic start.
Like Reiner, Herbie would be on my list if he'd done them all.
October 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Like Reiner, Herbie would be on my list if he'd done them all.
Muti and Wilson, with Ozawa only a nose behind. Also really enjoy this.
October 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Muti and Wilson, with Ozawa only a nose behind. Also really enjoy this.