What are you listening to now?

[Daverz]

No great surprise, I suppose:

"Papa"
[Keyboard] Sonata in E^b, H.XVI/49
Ekaterina Derzhavina

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Her Goldberg Variations is wonderful.  That was recorded in 1998, so how young she must have been then!  These Haydn recordings look very intriguing.

[Todd]

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[Pat B]

Keeping the minimalist flag high

Well, I'm waving the maximalist flag.

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Mahler 7 (NYPO, Bernstein / Sony), from the cycle

...but I might defect after this disc.

[Que]

This morning revisiting one of the ensemble discs from Naïve's "Complete" Hantaï set:

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[Moonfish]

Robert Barto plays Bernhard Joachim Hagen's F minor suite.

This all started by listening to Louis Couperin's unmeasured preludes. That led me to early lute composers who may have influenced Couperin. But it turns out that some scholars think that the influence went both ways -- Couperin's and Froberger's keyboard music  influenced lutenists -- so I started to listen to late 18th century composers.

Well I don't hear the influence of french keyboard music yet. But what I do hear is empfindsamer stil, which is a nice discovery in this CPE Bach year. Inevitably the next step was to explore Haydn's lute music, but so far I've not found anything that's inspired my imagination.

That is one of my favorite recordings. However, I have listened a lot more to Barto performing Weiss's sonatas for the lute. Hmm, when I think about it I can sense a bit of Couperin's melodies/themes in Weiss's works..... 

[Moonfish]

Earlier this evening..

Debussy: Nocturnes, Jeux, La Mer, Rhapsodie pour Clarinette et Orchestre      The Cleveland Orchestra/Boulez

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Haydn: Baryton Trios Nos 8-12, 14   Esterhazy Ensemble

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[Moonfish]

Handel: Water Music (Suites 1-3)    English Baroque Soloists/Gardiner

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[North Star]

Tchaikovsky
Serenade for strings in C major, Op. 48
Gatti & RPO

[Mandryka]

That is one of my favorite recordings. However, I have listened a lot more to Barto performing Weiss's sonatas for the lute. Hmm, when I think about it I can sense a bit of Couperin's melodies/themes in Weiss's works.....

The idea was that Louis Couperin and Froberger were influenced by Vieux Gaultier and Mezangeau. They developed the style, made it more texturally interesting (I guess they could because they were plucking with 10 fingers.) And then Couperin/Froberger style started to influence later lutenists like Weiss and Hagen. I'm sure this is all very contentious.

If you know about lute maybe you can help me with something. D'Anglebert transcribed a sarabande by Mezangeau. Paola Erdas recorded it, as did Arthur Haas, and I think it's lovely, a real ear worm. But is there any music by Mezangeau extant -- any recorded?

Haas's performance of it is here

http://open.spotify.com/track/022rC4dbV0aGsY0gM8BIVa

[Moonfish]

The idea was that Louis Couperin and Froberger were influenced by Vieux Gaultier and Mezangeau. They developed the style, made it more texturally interesting (I guess they could because they were plucking with 10 fingers.) And then Couperin/Froberger style started to influence later lutenists like Weiss and Hagen. I'm sure this is all very contentious.

If you know about lute maybe you can help me with something. D'Anglebert transcribed a sarabande by Mezangeau. Paola Erdas recorded it, as did Arthur Haas, and I think it's lovely, a real ear worm. But is there any music by Mezangeau extant -- any recorded?

Haas's performance of it is here

http://open.spotify.com/track/022rC4dbV0aGsY0gM8BIVa

Interesting. So that is more of an hypothesis in terms of influence? Hmm, I do not personally have any recordings with Mezangeau's music although I came across a few compilations on Amazon.fr:

Three suites on this album with Sigrun Richter:
http://www.amazon.fr/Accords-Nouveaux-II-Sigrun-Richter/dp/B000024PID/

and several pieces on this recording with Anthony Bailes.
http://www.amazon.fr/Gauthier-Nightingall-musique-pour-luth/dp/B000Y35260/
Affordable in the MP in the US: http://smile.amazon.com/Old-Gautiers-Nightinghall-French-English/dp/B000Y35260/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1397026916&sr=8-1&keywords=B000Y35260

On Spotify:
https://play.spotify.com/album/7v9XnE1CTQWj91h8TXNDoT

I am listening to the album on Spotify at the moment and it is delightful!   

[Harry]

Another go with the Lumieres box, quite a mix of composers on disc 9.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2014/04/lumieres-music-of-enlightenment-18th_9.html?spref=tw

[andolink]

Dmitry Shostakovich:  Sonata for Viola & Piano, Op. 147
Lawrence Power, viola
Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano

[Harry]

Some Chabrier in the morning never hurted anyone. See review, its painless

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2014/04/chabrier-emmanuel-1841-1894-orchestral.html?spref=tw

[Karl Henning]

Dmitry Shostakovich:  Sonata for Viola & Piano, Op. 147
Lawrence Power, viola
Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano

Classic image of Petersburg:  St Isaac's, and Peter the Great ("The Bronze Horseman")

[North Star]

G'day, Karl!

Thread duty

Copland
Our Town
The Red Pony suite
El Salón México
Danzón Cubano
Three Latin American Sketches

[Harry]

Why not some Dohnanyi, especially in such good performances. See review.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2014/04/dohnanyi-von-ernst-1877-1960-piano.html?spref=tw

[ritter]

Some Chabrier in the morning never hurted anyone. ....

Hear, hear!!!

Chabrier's music is always pure delight but, as you rightly point out, it's by no means slight.

I think Sous-bois from the Suite Pastorale is simply amazing!

[Lisztianwagner]

On spotify, first listen to:

William Alwyn
Symphony No.4

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[The new erato]

This is never more than acceptable/good, and not up to Aplha's usual excellent standards

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The performances are OK, but sometimes seem slightly underrehearsed, with somewhat variable singers, some more than good. Overall definitely not bad, but not terribly good either.

Though Royer are later than Lully (even born later than Rameau), his music seems to point back to Lully. But a Lully he ain't. With my interest in all things baroque, vocal and French, this is interesting, but for people with ony a passing interest you are well adviced to go for Lully, Charpentier and Rameau stead.

[andolink]

Johannes Brahms:  Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Stephen Hough, piano
Takács Quartet