What are you listening to now?

[Karl Henning]

I consider it Classical listening but it may belong in the Diner

Ellington | Black, Brown and Beige



This is the original version, which I think is better than the revised version from 1958.  One reason, is that Johnny Hodges was sick during the recording of the second one - and his absence from Come Sunday is a deal-breaker.  But. also, Ellington revised the structure of the work due to some bad (unfair and wrong-headed, IMO) reviews, and I feel the original organization is superior.

Most interesting!

“Papa”
Symphony № 78 in c minor, Hob.I/78
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
Adam Fischer

[Karl Henning]

"Papa"
Symphony № 79 in F, Hob.I/79
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

[Brian]

RAVEL: Gaspard de la Nuit
A pianist who shall not be named!

Listen! To our "Le gibet" competitors in the current Blind Listening Game. PM me for the links if you don't have them already.

[TheGSMoeller]

Past, present and future listening for this evening...


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[Johnll]

I consider it Classical listening but it may belong in the Diner

Ellington | Black, Brown and Beige



This is the original version, which I think is better than the revised version from 1958.  One reason, is that Johnny Hodges was sick during the recording of the second one - and his absence from Come Sunday is a deal-breaker.  But. also, Ellington revised the structure of the work due to some bad (unfair and wrong-headed, IMO) reviews, and I feel the original organization is superior.

What a great recording. Even if I was just in the mood!

[HIPster]

J.S. Bach:
Reflexio

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[Wakefield]

F.i.: Richard Egarr WTC book II (book one was enough of his WTC) and his Goldbergs. I have BTW acquired his English suites and have listened to them once without much pleasure.
       Everything harpsichord and organ solo with Anthony Newman.
      Gary Cooper WTC book II (same as with Egarr)
      Barbara Klinkhammer WTC book II (you know why)
      Keith Jarrett WTC book II

I was waiting for something more controversial, say, Staier, Rosusset. 

I totally agree on Newman, Klinkhammer & Jarrett, particularly about Anthony Newman.

Cooper is an excellent fortepianist and I think his natural territory is the Classical period. For instance, his Mozart collaboration with the lovely Rachel Podger, it's outstanding.

.. and Egarr, well Egarr is almost a routine. I have all his Bach, just excepting the English Suites, but unfortunately his ideas are unfailingly more interesting than his interpretations, frequently bland and a bit boring. But he has his moments, so who knows, maybe I'll also buy his English Suites.

Impulsive acquisitions may be a dangerous thing. F.i. I am not warming much to Savall´s b-minor mass at first listening.

My first impression was a bit unfavorable, too. At first the set sounds a bit lacklustre, but it has considerably improved after a second listening. I think it's a measured interpretation with excellent balance between voices and instruments and a high level on both accounts.

I think I will dedicate some additional hours to it.

This is really stupid, but what I really disliked was the DVD, where the female singers are wearing all their jewels.

[Geo Dude]

[Gurn Blanston]

Ah, very nice, I like that one!

Mozart for me, too;



For those who like Viennese Concerted Mass recordings, this is an outstanding choice. Somewhat the same program as I enjoyed on Easter, but with the magnificent addition of the pure instrument of Emma Kirkby into the mix. Golly gosh she can sing!  0:)

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Now:

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Listening to Symphony No. 3. F****** amazing work.

[Brian]

I'm almost done with the Byron Janis box, but I'm circling back to two favorites:

Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 1
Strauss: Burleske
CSO, Reiner

Chopin recital

[Wakefield]

This:

http://www.youtube.com/v/W_eJ8HOZ7kQ&feature=share&list=PL81784CA1F2C1E2A6

[listener]

POULENC: Fiançailles pour rire
ROSSINI: 5 songs including Adieux à la vie, an elegy on a single note
Jenny Tourel, sop.  Allen Rogers, piano
TELEMANN: 2 motets - Wie ist dein Name so gross!   Deus judicium tuum regi da!
Karl Ristenpart cond.,  Saar Chamber Orch., Philippe Caillard Chorale
DEBUSSY: En blanc et noir,  Six Epigraphes antiques
BARTOK: Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion
Robert and Gaby Casadesus, piano    Jean-Claude Casadesus and Jean-Paul Drouet, percussion
The Bartok is relatively restrained and melodic, does not evoke the image of Job scratching his boils that some other Bartok performances do.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Haydn's string quartet Op. 64, no.6. Mosaïques.



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[Mirror Image]

Now:

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Just finishing this disc, what a marvelous recording! Gorgeous music. Why I never explored Flagello's music up until now is beyond me.

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Now:

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Another winning recording of Flagello's music. Listening to Piano Concerto No. 3.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Haydn's string quartet Op. 64, no.6. Mosaïques.



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Hard to listen to just one. Now Op. 64, no.3.

[Johnll]

Now:

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Another winning recording of Flagello's music. Listening to Piano Concerto No. 3.

Try Credendum (violin concerto) let us know what you think.

[Mirror Image]

Try Credendum (violin concerto) let us know what you think.

A darker-hued work but very nice with some powerful moments. The last few minutes are breathtakingly gorgeous.

[Octave]

Hm, I just now see that I have missed that DHM/Sony LEONHARDT PLAYS BACH box set at a good price.  Grumble-grumble-grumble.  And only a year old this month!  Commemoration hotcakes.  I hope I get another shot at that one.

In preparation for several KUNSTs through the week-end:



1. Bach: DIE KUNST DER FUGE [Menno van Delft]
2. Bach: TOCCATAS [Menno van Delft]
(quite by coincidence, I see now that these two recordings are/were favorites of Premont's...maybe not first-favorites, but up there...I am relieved...autodidacts and box-set dilettantes wander through life insecure...)

and

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John Field: THREE SQUARE [Nocturnes played by Joanna Leach]
I find the sound of these instruments appealing; the 'limitations' of the technology become an essential aspect of the appeal, and not in a merely "charming" or "quaint" way.

The 16 Nocturnes by John Field are played on three square pianos of the time of composition namely a Stodart (c.1823), a Broadwood (1823) and a D'Almaine (c.1835). All the instruments were restored by Andrew Lancaster

and from the Naxos Historical 'rush' box (12 vols.):

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Enrico Caruso: COMPLETE RECORDINGS VOL. 1