What are you listening to now?

[Que]

Liszt
Années de pèlerinage
Grimwood
[asin]B001O3MLN6[/asin]

Nice, I like that recording!

Q

[North Star]

Nice, I like that recording!

Q

Yes, a great one indeed. I should investigate more PI Liszt - I know there are at least the two Immerseel discs.

[Harry]

Perhaps I should Friedhelm Flamme another try, he never quite appealed to me...

Q

I recently relisten to a CD by Flamme with the works of W.F. Bach (Complete Organ Works)
Last time I had it in my player was in 2012, so I have given it a second run.
Only my wife prevented me to break it into pieces.
Flamme is simply burning in the wrong direction.
Terrible performance!

[Wanderer]

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New arrival:

[asin]B00UUXT62K[/asin]

[Moonfish]

Love her recordings! There are several ones of her doing the Brahms concerto. She also did the Sibelius concerto, but alas her career was so short, there aren't nearly as many recordings as one would wish for. Her Brahms though is terrific! Vibrant and full of passion indeed! Not sure what's the best way to get hold of her recordings these days, I've got a mix of discs on Dutton Vocalion, Tahra, Music & Arts. For the studio recordings, there's a cheapo four disc set on Documents/Membran, if you're not opposed to those kind of releases.

Nope, the Brahms (of which she was reckoned a specialist) is a singleton for me.  This is on my wishlist :  [asin]B00CIJZJG6[/asin]  I'm always wary of such phenoms, we're a giddy lot and Death, esp. Tragic Death, imparts its own curious - and curiosity-inducing - aura.  But she's the real deal (she beat out David Oistrakh, who took second!, in the Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1935).   About which : http://www.wieniawski.com/1ivc.html

Thanks for all those recommendations, Ubu and Z7!    I (impulsive as always) already went for the 4 disk set so I could sample her artistry. I presume those recordings aren't remastered?  Regardless, I am very eager to hear her Brahms and Sibelius performances.       Impressive that she won in the violin competition with Oistrakh in 1935!

[listener]

light, pleasant, right for doing some summer chores
MARTIN Y SOLER: La rara cosa - Overture  BOCCHERINI: The Night Guard in Madrid
FREITAG: El Retablo de la Cathedral de Tarragona   
NIN: Spanish Songs, Spanish Suite ALBENIZ: Tango  SARASATE: Playera, Caprice Basque - arr. Victor Kozodor
Moscow Concertino     Eugeni Bushkov

[king ubu]

Thanks for all those recommendations, Ubu and Z7!    I (impulsive as always) already went for the 4 disk set so I could sample her artistry. I presume those recordings aren't remastered?  Regardless, I am very eager to hear her Brahms and Sibelius performances.       Impressive that she won in the violin competition with Oistrakh in 1935!

Happy to spread the word, she was great!
You might want to consider adding this double disc:

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More recent incarnation looks different (might be found cheaper):
http://www.musicandarts.com/ginette-neveu-1949-concert-performances.html

The Brahms with Schmidt-Isserstedt (the pink one mentioned above) I still don't have, but there's one on Tahra with Desormière as well ... guess I finally have to get the pink one (it's on one of those Membran labels as well, I think - hate them actually, though the big Furtwängler legacy box is pretty darn amazing, and the moronically presented Raucheisen box, too).

No thread duty, alas ... clicking of keyboards and chatting of co-workers is all there is.

[Camphy]

Symphony 90

[prémont]

I recently relisten to a CD by Flamme with the works of W.F. Bach (Complete Organ Works)
Last time I had it in my player was in 2012, so I have given it a second run.
Only my wife prevented me to break it into pieces.
Flamme is simply burning in the wrong direction.
Terrible performance!

I admit, that he is variable, but some of his recordings appeal very much to me. F.i. most of the chorale arrangements in his Böhm set (not however the preludes, which I find he plays in an unimaginative way). I also prefer his Weckmann set to Zehrer´s and Foccroulle´s, even if Davisson (particularly his first set) is to be preferred to all of them.

And I think that W F Bach´s organ works are relatively uninteresting. and I will not blame Flamme in this context.

[Harry]

I admit, that he is variable, but some of his recordings appeal very much to me. F.i. most of the chorale arrangements in his Böhm set (not however the preludes, which I find he plays in an unimaginative way). I also prefer his Weckmann set to Zehrer´s and Foccroulle´s, even if Davisson (particularly his first set) is to be preferred to all of them.

And I think that W F Bach´s organ works are relatively uninteresting. and I will not blame Flamme in this context.

Also true, even if W F Bach was considered a virtuoso on the organ, his works for this instrument are most of the time uninteresting. That's also an angle to consider. So in this I stand corrected.
On another note, there are recordings by Flamme which I enjoy, after some acclimatisation, but I always feel a tad uncomfortable with him.

[jlaurson]

[asin]B001O3MLN6[/asin]
Liszt
Années de pèlerinage
Grimwood

Nice, I like that recording!

Q

Seconded! Indeed, by far my favorite recording of these works. Completely changed my outlook on Liszt as a composer. (For the better, to wit.)

[Camphy]

Op. 9, Quartets 1, 3 & 4

[jlaurson]

G. Mahler,
Symphony No.9
Fischer, Ivan / Budapest FO
Channel Records SACD
German link - UK link

How is it? It sits in my cart alongside Elder's.
(Of course I will get it, even if you said it's the worst recording since John Wayne's cover of Winter Wonderland).

It didn't knock me over on the first two, fairly casual listenings... which is to suggest (but hardly determine) that it might not be as spectacular a success as, say, his Sixth... But I will lend a more careful ear to it, for sure.


Thread duty:


Toni Bruckner,
Symphony No.1
J.v.Zweeden / Netherlands RPO
Challenge Records SACD
German link - UK link

[North Star]

Chopin
Piano Concerto No 2 in f minor, Op 21
Janusz Olejniczak
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
Frans Brüggen
https://www.youtube.com/v/gBwvysZeh7w

[San Antone]

You might be interested in this, it was broadcast in Finland on Saturday.
https://www.youtube.com/v/eYlIk19CbBI

Thanks;  interesting.  I wonder how the acoustics of playing outside were?  Also, while I think her playing is very good I am not so interested in the market's need to exploit her good looks and create a star.  I hope she continues to develop as a artist and does not succumb to mere celebrity status.

[San Antone]

Liszt
Années de pèlerinage
Grimwood
[asin]B001O3MLN6[/asin]

Looks like something for me to hear.  I am slowly making my way through the long journey through Liszt's piano music recordings.  Is it a period instrument?

[North Star]

Looks like something for me to hear.  I am slowly making my way through the long journey through Liszt's piano music recordings.  Is it a period instrument?

Run, don't walk.
Grimwood plays an 1851 Érard.

Thanks;  interesting.  I wonder how the acoustics of playing outside were?  Also, while I think her playing is very good I am not so interested in the market's need to exploit her good looks and create a star.  I hope she continues to develop as a artist and does not succumb to mere celebrity status.

Very good points, all.

Unsurprisingly, Olejniczak & Brüggen's Chopin is superb.

[king ubu]

Thanks;  interesting.  I wonder how the acoustics of playing outside were?  Also, while I think her playing is very good I am not so interested in the market's need to exploit her good looks and create a star.  I hope she continues to develop as a artist and does not succumb to mere celebrity status.

Agree on all accounts. Also enjoyed this one when it was initially broadcast (though her dress here is somewhat problematic as far as paying attention goes ...):

https://www.youtube.com/v/3jbHbDena_U

[NikF]

Bonnal: Streichquartette Nr.1 & 2 - Le Quatuor Debussy

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[Henk]

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