Gurn's Classical Corner

[Gurn Blanston]

You have quite a few that I'm interested in, mainly sonatas. I would really like to find something on Tangentenflügel, that being a most appropriate instrument for the time. Oh well, I should live so long...

I have a couple of caprices by brother Franz in addition to that violin concerto. He was quite a virtuoso, it seems. If Jiri/Georg is obscure, Franz is damn near invisible!



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Radio Chamber Orchestra \ de Vriend  Bart Schneeman (Oboe) - Lebrun: Concerto #4 in Bb for Oboe 3rd mvmt - Rondo: Allegro

[Gurn Blanston]

Huh?   I don't remember ever saying that I dislike the natural horn.  And I really like Ab Koster's recording.

Oh, so YOU'RE the one! Hmpff! 




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Radio Chamber Orchestra \ de Vriend  Bart Schneeman (Oboe) - Lebrun: Concerto #2 in g for Oboe 1st mvmt - Allegro

[SonicMan46]

Huh?   I don't remember ever saying that I dislike the natural horn.  And I really like Ab Koster's recording.

No love for either instrument Gurn!   No love for CPE Bach Flute sonatas and concertos?  No love for Spohr's Violin and Harp sonatas?  Oh well more for me.

David - sorry if there was a misunderstanding -    But after my post on the natural horn, your next response is quoted above, so I assumed that your meant the horn, but may be the flute & harp?  At any rate, if you indeed like the horn, then we are back in agreement!     Dave

[Gurn Blanston]

That is from Wikipedia - I'm listening right  now to this disc:

Classical Trumpet Concertos



And the Hertel selction is really nice.

Looks like an interesting disk, Leon. Some good players on there too. I'll have to check that one out. I've got some good recordings of the Haydn, but I can always improve the others. And Hertel will be a new discovery. I'll see what else I can find from him.



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Radio Chamber Orchestra \ de Vriend  Bart Schneeman (Oboe) - Lebrun: Concerto #2 in g for Oboe 1st mvmt - Allegro

[Gurn Blanston]

David - sorry if there was a misunderstanding -    But after my post on the natural horn, your next response is quoted above, so I assumed that your meant the horn, but may be the flute & harp?  At any rate, if you indeed like the horn, then we are back in agreement!     Dave

Nah, he was berating ME for not rating the flute or harp way up in my pantheon of cool instruments. I'm afraid we'll have to let him slide this time, Dave....



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Radio Chamber Orchestra \ de Vriend  Bart Schneeman (Oboe) - Lebrun: Concerto #2 in g for Oboe 2nd mvmt - Adagio

[DavidW]

The flute was the instrument that I played as a kid.   Just listening to a flute sonata makes me feel like I'm going to have an asthma attack!  But it's still good stuff.

[SonicMan46]

My Benda collection, Dave:



As I do with many Bohemian composers of the era, I am quite delighted with Benda's music. He always has that little surprise waiting, not predictable like some. Quite influential in his time too. :

Gurn - the Benda brothers, i.e. Franz & Georg, are worthy of further exploration for me - for Georg, I just have the keyboard works mentioned previously, plus the Naxos discs pictured above of the Sinfonias; as to Franz, I just have a couple of discs pictured below - BUT, these guys wrote a LOT of music!  Not sure if we even have a thread devoted to them?  Dave 

 

[Gurn Blanston]

Gurn - the Benda brothers, i.e. Franz & Georg, are worthy of further exploration for me - for Georg, I just have the keyboard works mentioned previously, plus the Naxos discs pictured above of the Sinfonias; as to Franz, I just have a couple of discs pictured below - BUT, these guys wrote a LOT of music!  Not sure if we even have a thread devoted to them?  Dave 

 

I think we did at one time, Dave, although I haven't gone back to check the old forum for it. If it wasn't in a dedicated thread, we have talked about them someplace.

Anyway, this disk I left in your quote; I want that. Steck is one of my favorite violinists these days. He does go back and play some bitchin' Vivaldi, but in the Classical era, I have 2 disks of his Schuppanzigh Quartet playing Haydn, 1 Brunetti and 2 Ries. And of course the Schubert sonatas with Robert Hill plus the Haydn Duos with Viola. So I am quite confident that this disk will suit my taste very well indeed.



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King (Oboe) \ Soroka (Violin) \ Stern (Viola) \ Kam (Viola0 \ Khoma (Cello) -
Krommer Quintet #1 in C for Oboe & Strings 4th mvmt - Allegro

[DavidW]

Hey guys: rec me some JC Bach!   Preferably orchestral or chamber on period instruments.

[karlhenning]

Oh, Davey: you're corn to their sickle, now! : )

[DavidW]

Oh, Davey: you're corn to their sickle, now! : )

*chortles*

[Gurn Blanston]

Hey guys: rec me some JC Bach!   Preferably orchestral or chamber on period instruments.

Wait until this evening, I have a few rec's, more than I have time...   On Philips there is a Duo that has Ingrid Haebler playing fortepiano on JC's pianoforte concertos Op 1 & 7. I replayed them to my benefit just last week, in fact. You can't find them to buy, probably, but I would think they would be available to stream...

[Leon]

Hey guys: rec me some JC Bach!   Preferably orchestral or chamber on period instruments.

In checking my iPod, all that's there is a disc of musc by the sons of Bach.  It has one symphony (Op. 6, #6) by Johann Christian, which is nice. 

Here's some info on the group Les Violons du Roy: "Although the ensemble plays on modern instruments, its approach to the works of the Baroque and Classical periods has been strongly influenced by current understanding of performance practice of the 17th and early 18th centuries"

The other selections are well worthwhile as well.

I am pretty sure I've got the Brilliant 7-disc box also of Bach's sons - Amazon has it from third party sellers.

[SonicMan46]

Hey guys: rec me some JC Bach!   Preferably orchestral or chamber on period instruments.

David - check out the CPO label - plenty of various offerings, but at the moment just to suggest a few if you like 'wind concertos' - there are two volumes which are quite wonderful to my ears; one shown below -    Dave

[Gurn Blanston]

I would love to have that disk, Dave! Time to go shopping (again!).

David, here are a few more. All PI, something in every category, I think;

   
Harals Hoeren, BTW, is the keyboardist for Trio 1790.

These are proven winners in MY book.




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Graham Johnson, D919 Fruhlingslied

[DavidW]

Oh wow a bunch of recs!  I'll have to do some listening.

Thanks y'all I'll tell you what I order.

[Gurn Blanston]

Oh wow a bunch of recs!  I'll have to do some listening.

Thanks y'all I'll tell you what I order.

Well, enjoy. I think J.C. is a very entertaining (oops, there's that nasty word! ) composer, way more galant than his brother CPE. Carl used to give him a lot of crap about it too, offering to teach him how to make people cry. J.C. thankfully blew him off. For my money, one brother in each category is just right!   



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Now playing: Graham Johnson, D896b Wolke Und Quelle

[SonicMan46]

I would love to have that disk, Dave! Time to go shopping (again!).

Gurn - I have both volumes of the CPO Wind Concertos - I'm sure that you would enjoy! 

David - just a few more to add to your considerations - 

 

[Antoine Marchand]

Harals Hoeren, BTW, is the keyboardist for Trio 1790.

These are proven winners in MY book.

Harald Hoeren is certainly a talented keyboardist. I like very much one disc of Haydn's keyboard concertos under Helmut Müller-Brühl. There he plays three "organ" concertos and Ketil Haugsand -another skilled keyboardist- plays two "harpsichord" concertos:



 

[DavidW]

Alright I found two on nml made 'em playlists for listening tomorrow, and in the future if I really like those I'll blind buy others.