What are you listening to now?

[Karl Henning]

You´re welcome, maestro! Keep them coming --- and don´t forget about that "Rhyme of the Ancient Marinere" tone poem --- or, if it suits you more, make it a voice and piano / whatever chamber combinations you find appropriate stuff.

I mean it seriously, Karl!

I appreciate the vote of confidence, Andrei!

[Florestan]

I appreciate the vote of confidence, Andrei!

Think about it: I´ll be the proud dedicatee of Henning´s magnum opus... 

[North Star]

Well, that might be really a case of "the rest is silence".

I don't quite get what you're getting at here, Andrei.

Anyway, one of the greatest English poems ever written.

Certainly.

[pi2000]

Bloch 1st violin sonata from this CD(Bloch,Ravel,De Zeegant,Enescu)
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[Florestan]

I don't quite get what you're getting at here, Andrei.

Well. maybe putting it to music is really too difficult and it´s better to leave it as it is...

[Karl Henning]

Well. maybe putting it to music is really too difficult and it´s better to leave it as it is...

At some point, I'll mull on the question of whether (for me) it is an actual impossibility, or merely a nice challenge 

[San Antone]

[listener]

The self-same moment (sic!) I finished reading it I thought it would make a great tone poem, or cantata or whatever, and I am flabbergasted that nobody, not even English composers, considered it. It begs, begs, begs being put to music.

Neither the Tiger Lillies or Iron Maiden versions would get my attention, and the only David Bedford I have is something else.  The John Bennett setting seems to have been forgotten along with The Mountain Sylph.
thread duty:  another Segovia disc from 1961,
and the 4 Symphonies by CLEMENTI     the Philharmonia O. under Claudio Scimone
all in major keys

[aligreto]

Immensely.

If interested, do take a look at these 2 threads for more insights and opinions on Currentzis' Mozart:

Mozart/Da Ponte/Currentzis

Mozart Marriage of Figaro from Perm

Thank you for that.

[aligreto]

I have been listening to a number of Amandine Beyer recordings and finding them extremely fine.

+1 on that one. A most enjoyable set of performances.

[bhodges]

Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie (Chailly/Thibaudet/Harada/Concertgebouw) - Not only a great performance, but the sound quality is staggering. Jean-Yves Thibaudet's piano contribution is considerable, and ditto Takashi Harada on the ondes martenot. But what ultimately persuades is the wealth of orchestral colors, masterfully brought out by Riccardo Chailly. With each hearing, I think this might be on my list of ten favorite recordings.

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--Bruce

[Karl Henning]

Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie (Chailly/Thibaudet/Harada/Concertgebouw) - Not only a great performance, but the sound quality is staggering. Jean-Yves Thibaudet's piano contribution is considerable, and ditto Takashi Harada on the ondes martenot. But what ultimately persuades is the wealth of orchestral colors, masterfully brought out by Riccardo Chailly. With each hearing, I think this might be on my list of ten favorite recordings.

[asin]B0091Q81VO[/asin]

--Bruce

Just the mention of that piece has us missing Ken, of course 

[The new erato]

A superb disc on all accounts:

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[aligreto]

For the morning, some period clarinet music:

Mozart, WA - Clarinet Chamber Works w/ Charles Neidich on two different period reproductions, including a basset clarinet and Robert Levin on a fortepiano, along w/ the always wonderful L'Archibudelli.

Mozart & Brahms - Clarinet Quintets w/ Jean-Claude Veilhan on a basset clarinet (reproduction, Oliver Cottet, 1987) - Dave

 

That Neidich performance is my favourite version of those that I have in my collection.
I do not know the Veilhan version.

[aligreto]

Bartok: String Quartets 5 & 6...





Two powerful performances to finish off this highly recommended cycle; it is a real winner for me.

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

Yes, Rime of the Ancient Mariner for a voice or several and accompaniment does sound like a good idea.

It is a good idea.  Iron Maiden and Richard Hill thought so, too, to questionable results. http://www.richardhillmusic.co.uk/rime.htm ;  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulfnJ0E34fU  Can't watch the latter w/o thinking that a miniature Stonehenge is gonna descend down onto the stage any second.

[Karl Henning]

Bartok: String Quartets 5 & 6...



Two powerful performances to finish off this highly recommended cycle; it is a real winner for me.

All this while I've been thinking, I don't really need another Bartók quartet cycle.

But . . . maybe I was wrong  0:)

[Karl Henning]

It is a good idea.

The wheels are turning.  OTOH, there is no rush . . . I shall let the right solution come to me, in its own time.

[North Star]

All this while I've been thinking, I don't really need another Bartók quartet cycle.

But . . . maybe I was wrong  0:)

The wheels are turning.  OTOH, there is no rush . . . I shall let the right solution come to me, in its own time.

Excellent²



Thread duty
Hindemith
Sonata for Four Horns (1952)
https://www.youtube.com/v/106YIB29eAw

[San Antone]

The Hilliard Ensemble retired at the end of 2014 after 40 years of early music-making at the highest level.  This 8-CD box gathers up some of the representative works from the 15th-16th centuries.  While they have their detractors, especially in Franco-Flemish repertory, it is my opinion that the Hilliard Ensemble set a high standard and acted as pathfinder and laid the groundwork for the Early Music movement as it stands today.