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Pat B

#22420
April 14, 2014, 10:22:49 PM
Just finished:
Haydn: Seven Last Words of Christ (Savall / Alia Vox).
Well. That was good. /understatement

Berkshire has the DVD.

Harry

#22421
April 14, 2014, 10:44:59 PM
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Que

#22422
April 14, 2014, 10:49:06 PM
Quote from: Harry's on April 14, 2014, 10:44:59 PM
Frescobaldi's corner this morning. CD 9. Good morning :)

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2014/04/frescobaldi-girolamo-1583-1643-complete_15.html?spref=tw

Good morning Harry. :) That Frescobaldi set is (very) high on my wish list.

Just had another run of this other nice set by Loreggian:

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Q

North Star

#22423
April 14, 2014, 11:01:17 PM
Good morning, gents!

Tchaikovsky
Six Piano Pieces, Op. 21
The Seasons, Op. 37b
Pletnev

Rakhmaninov
Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
Jansons & St. Petersburg PO

Bach
Fantasia und Fuge in A minor, BWV 561
Foccroulle
      
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

My photographs on Flickr

Harry

#22424
April 14, 2014, 11:07:25 PM
Quote from: Que on April 14, 2014, 10:49:06 PM
Good morning Harry. :) That Frescobaldi set is (very) high on my wish list.

Just had another run of this other nice set by Loreggian:

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Q

That Marcello's is a gem. It is still in my rerun circuit.  :)
The more I am into this Frescobaldi box, the more I hear in it. It grows on you.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

ritter

#22425
April 14, 2014, 11:43:34 PM
Back and forth along the 20th century last night chez Ritter:

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Pierre Boulez: Notations VII - CSO / Barenboim - I was surprised to find the performance somewhat bland this time round  ::)

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Roger Sessions: Piano Concerto - Taub / Munich Philharmonic / Levine - very enjoyable, loved it! (first hearing)

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Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé - RCO / Monteux - slightly abridged ("shortcuts" as the booklet notes put it  ??? ), I wasn't overwhelmed by this performance, I must confess

North Star

#22426
April 15, 2014, 12:42:28 AM
Rakhmaninov
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Jansons & St. Petersburg PO

"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

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Harry

#22427
April 15, 2014, 12:46:26 AM
Disc 12 from the Lumieres box. Some Beethoven that please me, and let me down in the Ode of Joy....

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2014/04/beethoven-ludwig-van-1770-1827-symphony.html?spref=tw
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Harry

#22428
April 15, 2014, 02:06:14 AM
Some Casella for good measure :) A successful release by Naxos.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2014/04/casella-alfredo-1883-1947-orchestral.html?spref=tw
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Harry

#22429
April 15, 2014, 02:19:50 AM
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Madiel

#22430
April 15, 2014, 02:57:15 AM
Piano Trio No.3 (I ran out of Schubert  ;) )

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Nobody has to apologise for using their brain.

Lisztianwagner

#22431
April 15, 2014, 02:58:16 AM
Granville Bantock
Hebridean Symphony

https://www.youtube.com/v/UYvVZiwWC7w
"You cannot expect the Form before the Idea, for they will come into being together." - Arnold Schönberg

ritter

#22432
April 15, 2014, 03:48:27 AM
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Karel Goeywaerts: Pour que les fruits mûrissent cet été (performed by Florilegium Musicum de Paris)

I had read the name Karel Goeywaerts so many times in relation to the Darmstadt avantgarde and total serialism, that--as mentioned in the Purchases Today thread--I couldn't resist getting a disc of his work. I'm listening to it now, and it turns out that Goeywaerts abandoned serial techniques and converted, in the mid 70s, to minimalism.   >:( . Well, I for one, am rather disappointed (and bored to tears listening to this CD   :( )

Harry

#22433
April 15, 2014, 04:06:13 AM
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

TheGSMoeller

#22434
April 15, 2014, 04:40:29 AM
Inspired by DavidW's post about Zinman/Tonhalle's performance of the 2nd I decided to check out the 3rd, what I like to call Mahler's Universe Symphony. A recording that is just fine to my ears, very nice sound and respectable playing, perhaps not as extreme or expansive sounding as Bernstein's on DG or as polished and refined as Boulez also on DG (my two favorite 3rds), but Zinman offers the perfect flow and pacing from movement to movement for a wholly satisfying 3rd.


North Star

#22435
April 15, 2014, 04:57:53 AM
Beethoven
Piano Sonatas Opp. 109, 110 & 111
Penelope Crawford, pf (Graf, 1835)

Schubert
Impromptus, Opp. 90 & 142
Lubimov, pf (Op. 90: Müller, 1810; Op. 142: Schantz, 1830)

Bach
Fantasia in G major, BWV 571
Partita "O Vaterm akkmächtiger Gott", BWV 758
Praeludium und Fuge in A minor, BWV 569/947
Partita "Ach soll ich Sünder machen", BWV 770
Praeludium und Fuge in E major, BWV 566
Fantasie "Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält", BWV 1128*
Foccroulle (organ: Rommel/*Schnitger)
   
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

My photographs on Flickr

Madiel

#22436
April 15, 2014, 05:37:30 AM
Poulenc: Violin Sonata

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I have to admit, I didn't have very specific memories of this from when I was first traversing the Roge box set. So I was a little surprised by how fiery this piece is. But in a good way!
Nobody has to apologise for using their brain.

TheGSMoeller

#22437
April 15, 2014, 05:47:14 AM
Quote from: orfeo on April 15, 2014, 05:37:30 AM
Poulenc: Violin Sonata

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I have to admit, I didn't have very specific memories of this from when I was first traversing the Roge box set. So I was a little surprised by how fiery this piece is. But in a good way!

That's a good one, Orfeo. The finale movement Presto-tragico is a great example of Poulenc's compositional range.

Madiel

#22438
April 15, 2014, 06:24:17 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on April 15, 2014, 05:47:14 AM
That's a good one, Orfeo. The finale movement Presto-tragico is a great example of Poulenc's compositional range.

Yes, he's really stretching beyond the image of a slight charmer in this one.
Nobody has to apologise for using their brain.

Brian

#22439
April 15, 2014, 07:02:34 AM
Revisiting an old favorite: Charles Griffes' piano music, in Stephen Beus' fine recital. Scriabin Sonata No. 6 and a few etudes round out the album.

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