What are you listening to now?

[Lisztianwagner]

From spotify:

Mieczyslaw Karlowicz
Returning Waves

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[Karl Henning]

Susceptible to Jeffrey's suggestion . . . .

Satie
Gnossienne n° 3
Alexandre Tharaud

[Mandryka]

Leonardo Carrieri plays Scarlatti


Poetic and humane, this is the sort of rare Scarlatti performance that shows that the music is more important than a few keyboard effects, even in the early and middle sonatas.

[Karl Henning]

Satie
Valse-ballet
Alexandre Tharaud

[Karl Henning]

Satie
Vexations
Alexandre Tharaud

Strange to say, I had never actually heard this piece executed.  Surprisingly engaging!

[Karl Henning]

Janáček
Violin Concerto, « Putování dušičky (Pilgrimage of the Soul) »
Baiba Skride, vn
Berlin Radio Symphony
Janowski

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[kyjo]

No, actually I had already heard Episode at a Masquerade.
I completely agree about the Noseda set, I haven't listened to it entirely, but it is absolutely gorgeous so far; Episode at a Masquerade is such an incredible, hauntingly beautiful piece and A Sorrowful Tale is very impressive too, I liked both them very much.
Karlowicz's music sounds really attractive, it's quite original and expressive, but at the same time it also shows an interesting blend of the dreamy, floating Impressionistic atmospheres with wagnerian and tchaikovskian influences for the colourful orchestration, harmonic richness, strong emotional power, vivid chromatic whirls as well as for the great elegance and the delicacy of the melodies often dominated by a poetical sense of tragedy and melancholy (in this way, just like Tchaikovsky and other Russian composers).

As always, a vivid and accurate description of Karlowicz's style, Ilaria!

[prémont]

On spotify. It's not so very introvert (Muffat defies introvertion!), and  I was very impressed. I also played his AoF whiich I thought was tremendous, again not introvert, at least that wasn't something that came to mind when I was listening. I like the organs he uses in AoF and the Muffat.

Yes, Muffat defies introversion, and this is why I wonder how Tuma copes with this music, because

Light tone (compared with Haselböck), pretty  transparent (compared with Haselböck)

is not what I immediately associate with Muffat and South German organs.

I think I shall relisten to his AoF tonight, even if I currently find myself on a long Carmina Burana odyssey, partly prescribed by you.

By the way, I ordered a Froberger CD he recorded, a clavichord recital which appears to contain some music by Froberger and some improvisations by Mr. Tuma.

This is on my wish-list, since I find him best at the clavichord, and think Froberger´s style might be close to him.

Tell me, did Muffat write a preface to Apparatus Musico Organisticus? Does he talk about what his aim was in writing those toccatas? I think it's really fantastic music, a real high point of baroque organ music.

Yes a short one in latin, which you can see, if you download the faximile of his own first edition from this webpage:
http://imslp.org/wiki/Apparatus_Musico-Organisticus_(Muffat,_Georg)

[prémont]

Leonardo Carrieri plays Scarlatti


Poetic and humane, this is the sort of rare Scarlatti performance that shows that the music is more important than a few keyboard effects, even in the early and middle sonatas.

Sounds interesting. Any link (not Spotify, please, a CD link )

[listener]

VIERNE   Symphonies for Organ  no.3 in f# op. 28, no.4 in g op. 32
Günther Kaunzinger, organ   (Waldsassen Basilica)
KÁLMÁN:  20 Songs    4 piano pieces
Anna Korodi, sop, István Kovács, bar.,   Peter Stamm, piano

[North Star]

Yep- it is a great work, but might even qualify for the (not to be spoken) unsung thread!

I never take those kind of rankings very seriously.  But let me add, I say that with no reflection on the work in question, since I have heard neither it nor the Wolf-Ferrari VC. 

Yes, Agon seems to be quite neglected, to a degree even on this forum perhaps, despite the listening group.
And of course those rankings aren't too serious, but there are so many great VC's, and it's usually interesting to know how other people 'rank' them.

My rankings are obviously official, scientific, and infallible... and therefore impossible not to take seriously and illegal to disagree with.

The point is to make a point, obviously... the validity of which depends on how well you know the points of reference I make and how much you trust in the person who makes these rankings' ability to determine quality and whether you agree with their approach (which is still yet another matter).  Needless to say, it seems to me that anyone who appreciates the more famous concertos I mentioned will be amazed by the quality of the two lesser known ones... regardless of whether or how they might end up ranking them.

Exactly, and it would be nice to see the whole list. And I'm definitely interested to hear the Martin, too. I've listened to some of his music during the past couple of weeks, urged by MI John, and enjoyed it a good deal.

I have the recording Jens doesn't like, and even with just that one find the W-F worthy of top ten consideration.

Excellent!

In this case, I took it as a wry-ish not of the first rank of 20^th-c. vn concertos, but doesn't belong in the dustbin, either 

I guess you didn't count just how many great VCs there are from the 20th C - Janáček's, for instance 

Gosh . . . but the 20^th-c. top 10 vn concertos is such a formidable line-up!

(Hey, I've got an idea . . . .)

Don't even think about it!  (I did think about asking Jens for his top 15...)        Actually, I like this idea very much!

Janáček
Violin Concerto, « Putování dušičky (Pilgrimage of the Soul) »
Baiba Skride, vn - Berlin Radio Symphony - Janowski

A table-pounder for sure! What do you think of the piece & performance, Karl?

(Thread duty: continuing the Salomon)

[Lisztianwagner]

Continuing with Karlowicz:

http://www.youtube.com/v/OkUN9WxDSds

[Sadko]

Verdi

Il Trovatore

Maria Callas
Giuseppe di Stefano
Rolando Panerai
Fedora Barbieri
Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Herbert von Karajan

Recorded August 1956

[The new erato]

What a masterful work the first symphony is. Glorious recorded sound.

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[mn dave]

GISELLE - LSO/Tilson Thomas

[Brahmsian]

GISELLE - LSO/Tilson Thomas

*pounds the table!*

Giselle is a recent discovery of mine.  A great ballet.  Wonderful music.  Hope you are enjoying it, Dave. 

[mn dave]

*pounds the table!*

Giselle is a recent discovery of mine.  A great ballet.  Wonderful music.  Hope you are enjoying it, Dave. 

I discovered it today.

[TheGSMoeller]

Not the best Goldberg, and not the best non-keyboard Goldberg, but I love the sound that Fretwork produces. This is a relaxing and highly enjoyable recording...


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[Brian]

Contra Amazon, this disc comes with a standard CD and a Blu-Ray audio CD. Violin and cello duos by Kodaly, Handel/Halvorsen, Ravel, and even Sousa.

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[kyjo]

Contra Amazon, this disc comes with a standard CD and a Blu-Ray audio CD. Violin and cello duos by Kodaly, Handel/Halvorsen, Ravel, and even Sousa.

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I might buy that disc just for the cover photo 0:)......