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[listener]

HANDEL:  4 of the Chandos Anthems: O Be Joyful in the Lord, I Will Magnify Thee,
Have Mercy Upon Me, O God, In the Lord I Put My Trust
Helen Boatwright, Charles Bressler   ST, Rutgers University Collegium Musicum
Alfred Mann, cond.
CZERNY: Grand Sonata for Pianoforte and Violin, in A; 20 Concert Variation on a theme of Krumpholz
Anton Kuerti. piano     Erika Raum, violin

[kishnevi]

BORTNIANSKY, D.S.: Sacred Concertos



Bortniansky, Dmitry Stepanovich     (1751-1825)

Dmitry Bortniansky was born in Ukraine, grew up singing in the choir of the Russian Imperial court, studied composition in Italy, and later became the first native Slavic Kapellmeister to the czars. He was, by all accounts, a consummate choral director and highly successful composer. During his directorship of the Imperial Court Chapel, the choir performed not only his music and that of his contemporaries in St Petersburg but also Handel's Messiah, Haydn's Creation, and, most notably, the world première of Beethoven's virtuosic Missa solemnis. Because his singers were trained to sing a cappella motets, large-scale choral-orchestral works, and opera alike, Bortniansky's choir had a varied sound unique to all of Europe. In his own music for the Orthodox church, which forbids the use of instruments, Bortniansky incorporated a symphonic approach to the a cappella choral medium. The flexible grouping and alternation of solo and tutti voices that he developed in the choral concertos influenced the works of all later Slavic composers.

If you're interested in following up on this recording,  Chandos recorded at least two CDs of the Sacred Concertos;  I have the second CD courtesy of a used CD store;  not sure how many Chandos actually released.

[listener]

If you're interested in following up on this recording,  Chandos recorded at least two CDs of the Sacred Concertos;  I have the second CD courtesy of a used CD store;  not sure how many Chandos actually released.

I have a couple recordings of Bortnyansky's choral mujsic, perhaps his Quintet for piano, harp, viola, viola da gamba, cello may see a CD release sometime.

[Sean]

Tristan, Furtwangler

Returning to this performance on val's recommendation I note how Nilsson's articulated bite and phrasing particularly in the first act Isolde monologue are informed by the rather less imposing Flagstad.

[jlaurson]

More of this:


  J.S. Bach
6 Sonatas for Harpsichord & Violin BWV 1014-1019
Ton Koopman / Catherine Manson
Challenge
German link - UK link

Very nice balance between the two musicians...

[Lisztianwagner]

Pyotr Il'ych Tchaikovsky
1812 Overture

[jlaurson]

Earlier:

  R. Strauss
Elektra
Albrecht / Netherlands PO /
C.Nylund, E.Herlitzius, M.Schuster et al.
Challenge
German link - UK link
Terrific.

Now:

  G. Mahler
Symphonies 1 & 2, arr. Piano Four Hands by Bruno Walter
Trenkner/Speidel
MD|G SACD
German link - UK link

Listening to it right now... love it. Trenkner/Speidel are awesome and I love these sorts of transcriptions as is.

[Todd]

Some ancient Schumann recordings to start the day.

[jlaurson]

HOT-damn! Every time I just want to listen to one or two bits to check up on something... then I get stuck in this sumptuous, fantabulous performance!
Earmarked for Best of 2013!


F.Poulenc
Piano Sonatas, Ragtime
Holger Falk (baritone) / A.Zuppardo (1901 Steinway)
MDG
German link - UK link

[Cato]

Thanks to GMG member Jeffrey Smith, I finally decided to check this out: Apollo et Hyacinthus from the pen and soul of the 11-year old Mozart.

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Nobody needs me to say that several sections are remarkable, not just in technique, but in emotional expression.

[kishnevi]

Thanks to GMG member Vandermolen, I finally decided to check this out: Apollo et Hyacinthus from the pen and soul of the 11-year old Mozart.

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Nobody needs me to say that several sections are remarkable, not just in technique, but in emotional expression.

AHEM.
You have mail.

[Pat B]

Janos Starker and Gyorgy Sebok
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I'm 22/55 of the way through the 2nd Living Presence box. So far this is one of the highlights.

[listener]

Ron NELSON  music for symphonic winds:
Lauds, Aspen Jubilee, Courtly Airs and Dances, Chaconne...In Memoriam, ....
Dallas Wind Symphony   Jerry Junkin, cond.
STRAVINSKY:  Le Sacre du Printemps
SW German Radio Orch.., Baden-Baden      Horenstein, cond.
SATIE:  La Piège de Meduse, some songs sung by Mady Mesplé, Gabriel Bacquier and Nicolai Gedda,  and  Choses vues à droite et à gauche (sans lunettes)
Yan Pascal, violin (Choses)    Aldo Ciccolini, piano
and a quite old Perod label set with lots of hum, of baroque organ  music played by Flor Peeters on the 1736 organ by Jean Moreau at St. Jans, Goluda

[Todd]

[Cato]

AHEM.
You have mail.

Thanks!   0:) 

I am thinking of using parts of the work for my 8th Grade Latin class next year!

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Some ancient Schumann recordings to start the day.

Great catchall of a set.

[Gold Knight]

On Spotify:

Johannes Brahms--Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.73, performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Libor Pesek.
Dmitri Shostakovich--Symphony No.2, Op.14 {"To October"} and Symphony No.15 in A Major, Op.141, both featuring the Vasily Petrenko led Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
Hugo Alfven--Symphony No.1 in F Minor, Op.7 and Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op.11. Both works are performed by the Stockholm  Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi.

[Geo Dude]

Stunning.  It made me immediately want to pick up another recording of this work just to experience it from another angle...fortunately I remembered that I have the Boston Baroque recording on hand.   I'll see if I can give that a listen tomorrow.  I'm particularly happy because I was able to pick up a copy of the deluxe version for $14 shipped.



This is a pretty rare occurrence, but I have to admit that Gardiner outruns me here.  Clocking in at 25 minutes it's just too fast for me.  Herreweghe's recording is too slow.  The Hickox recording, clocking in at twenty-seven minutes, is just right it seems.

[Wakefield]

This is a pretty rare occurrence, but I have to admit that Gardiner outruns me here.  Clocking in at 25 minutes it's just too fast for me.  Herreweghe's recording is too slow.  The Hickox recording, clocking in at twenty-seven minutes, is just right it seems.

I don't know Hickox, but I don't consider Herreweghe slow at all. Anyway, considering my previous experience with Hickox, probably his version is more exultant (a sort of outburst of joy, as many conductors understand this work) and not a search for transparency and perfect balance/interplay among soloists, chorus and instrumental parts, clearly a goal searched by Herreweghe. 

[Que]

I'm another fan of Herreweghe's Magnificat - the 1st recording, mind you.  Not the later one recording featuring the other version, BWV243a.

The last volume in this series just arrived:

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Q