What are you listening to now?

[Harry]

G'day, Harry!

A very good day to you too Karl, although its early evening in my country.

[Karl Henning]

Of course it is!  It is not so much that I forgot the time difference, as that I am enjoying a lazy day, and didn't quite realize the time here

[Karl Henning]

Who can listen to just one?

LvB
String Quartet in e minor, Op.59 № 2
Emerson SQ

[Wakefield]

I love Brendel and Schiff for Schubert as well! 

Yes, over the years I have noticed we share several favorite performers and recordings in the Romantic repertoire. Not to mention the love for Schubert and Brahms, for instance. 

[Brian]

First listen to this joy:[asin]B00005QST4[/asin]

WELL POOP there is a GIANT SCRATCH obliterating the last three tracks!!!

First listen to the replacement CD that Presto sent. Presto customer service, by the way: love 'em.

[Wakefield]

Hating is not the word, I simply dislike their approach, but yes its a question of taste, I only wanted to stress that there are always two sides on a medal, that's all.

It was crystal clear from your very first message. 

[Moonfish]

Kraus: Symphonies      Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Halstead

I enjoyed this so much yesterday so I simply had to listen to it again this morning! 

[Que]

A little project I came up with a while ago, but that Iintend to return to now - listening these sets in selcted sonatas in a A-B comparison.

 

Sofar, Brautigam seems supreme - his Haydn might be his absolute forte, in comparison which is helter-skelter Mozart, which I have fallen out of love with, and perhaps his Beethoven which seems, from the rather limited amount I have heard, strong at some places, and weaker in other.
Though Schornsheim puts up a good fight in the earlier works with her clearly feminine touch and throwing in her special weapon in the form of using multiple and diverse  instruments as the harpsichord, clavichord and fortepiano.

Oh, I almost forgot - currently sonata no. 31 - Brautigam's take is no less than breath taking.....

Q

[Wakefield]

A little project I came up with a while ago, but that Iintend to return to now - listening these sets in selcted sonatas in a A-B comparison.

 

Sofar, Brautigam seems supreme - his Haydn might be his absolute forte, in comparison which is helter-skelter Mozart, which I have fallen out of love with, and perhaps his Beethoven which seems, from the rather limited amount I have heard, strong at some places, and weaker in other.
Though Schornsheim puts up a good fight in the earlier works with her clearly feminine touch and throwing in her special weapon in the form of using multiple and diverse  instruments as the harpsichord, clavichord and fortepiano.

Oh, I almost forgot - currently sonata no. 31 - Brautigam's take is no less than breath taking.....

Q

I completely agree: it's like if Brautigam were a different pianist when he plays Haydn; wiser, always choosing the right way. 

[Que]

Most of the time those qualities, energy, panache, technique, etc,  is pretty well what you need because there isn't much more to the music than that. But sometimes there is, and then Ross loses out on the emotional content. Basically Ross is OK in Scarlatti's less interesting sonatas (most of them), and misses the music in Scarlatti's more interesting sonatas (maybe 10 per cent max) I think I gave some examples in the original discussion.

Firstly, my apologies - it was actually not my intention to put your views on the spot, your previous comment simply interested me and stuck in my mind...  Anyway, in my view at the root of our differing views is that we have (fundamentally) different expectations of emotions in Barqoue music and the way they could/should be expressed. Helas, I cannot claim coming up with this original perception myself, I recall Gordo making a this comment before.   

Q

[Karl Henning]

Игорь Фëдорович [ Igor Fyodorovich (Stravinsky) ]
Greeting Prelude (1951)
The Star-Spangled Banner (1941)
Scherzo à la russe (jazz band scoring, 1944)
Scènes de ballet (1944)
Orchestra of St Luke's
Robt Craft



That men's choir arrangement of the national anthem is exquisite!

[Mandryka]

Pierre Hantaï plays Scarlatti K 215. It is a very distinctive performance, so distinctive that a few weeks ago when I played it I felt a bit unsure what to make of it. Is it too long? Anyway today it sounds more natural, righter, even though I still don't feel comfortable with what Hantaï does. One very positive thing is that the contrast with K 216 is very effective.

[SonicMan46]

Continuing to read the book on Diaghilev: A Life and decided to listen to some of the ballets:

Stravinsky - Rite of Spring & Firebird w/ Abbado & the London SO and,

Debussy - Jeux + Ravel - Daphnis et Chloe w/ Martinon & the Orchestre de Paris - Dave

 

[EigenUser]

Continuing to read the book on Diaghilev: A Life and decided to listen to some of the ballets:

Stravinsky - Rite of Spring & Firebird w/ Abbado & the London SO and,

Debussy - Jeux + Ravel - Daphnis et Chloe w/ Martinon & the Orchestre de Paris - Dave

 

I love Jeux.

[Karl Henning]

Jeux is a great piece.

[Wakefield]

This newcomer:

[asin] B00470HPGQ[/asin]

[Brahmsian]

Yes, over the years I have noticed we share several favorite performers and recordings in the Romantic repertoire. Not to mention the love for Schubert and Brahms, for instance. 

This is true, Gordo! 

[Karl Henning]

RVW
Symphony № 5 in d minor
London Phil
Bennie

[Drasko]

[listener]

For Sunday: CEREOLS: Vespers of the B.V.M
Capella Escolania de Montserrat and the Ars Musicæ Barcelona
TALLIS:  The English Anthems 
The Tallis Scholars      Peter Phillips, cond.
Nice to hear the texts in English.    A lot of these tunes get echoed in settings by Billings and Vaughan Williams
and then for a change MOSZKOWSKI:  Music for piano 4-hands   disc 3 of the Brilliant box
As deep and as pleasant as a rippling brook.     Finished the set, will shelve where I can find it easily.