What are you listening to now?

[Harry]

I think René Jabobs' career change to (glorious) conducting must have been a matter of Divine Intervention...

Q

I think we all agree about this horrible time when he tried to sing. I did not even keep those discs in the SEON box, threw them away when I opened the box. Still have nightmares about his voice, but as a conductor he is quite good.

[Harry]

More music from Shakespeare's time.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/09/the-sound-of-shakespeare-joyne-hands_14.html?spref=tw

[Harry]

The SEON box has the Kiukjens's Couperin recordings, which should be on everyone's need-to-have list.  At least a couple of them are unobtainable any other way.
I also liked the Leonhardt Bach recordings much better than Harry.

I liked all the Leonhardt recordings for what they are, excellent interpretations belonging firmly to their time. Some of them, especially the organ recordings from Northern Italy are sublime and for me reference. It is true that I have problems with how he plays all the music in this box, but that's just detail criticism and never a doubt about his musicianship. I find that Dutch people are more critical about him and Bruggen for instance as in the rest of the world.

[The new erato]

I think René Jabobs' career change to (glorious) conducting must have been a matter of Divine Intervention...

Q

Yes, as a singer he was a hoot.

[Florestan]

Kyrie in F major KV 33 (1766)

Only the pure heart of a child can supplicate God in such a jocund manner. Haydn would have been delighted to hear it.

[Reckoner]

Rachmaninov: Piano Trio No. 2

[Florestan]

Kyrie in F major KV 33 (1766)

Only the pure heart of a child can supplicate God in such a jocund manner. Haydn would have been delighted to hear it.

Same work, different performance



Dagmar Schellenberger-Ernst (Soprano), Michael-Christfried Winkler (Organ), Herbert Kegel (Conductor)
Leipzig Radio Chorus
Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Now I am really confused. Kegel´s version is much slower (3:45) and reverential than Harnoncourt´s (1:38). The differences are striking, it´s as if you´re listening to two different pieces. Who is right? Musically and psychologically my preference goes to Harnoncourt, but is he historically accurate?

EDIT: I see the score is marked Larghetto but Harnconcourt sounds more like Andantino... I think both versions are very good and work equally well, but my romantic self has a soft spot for Harnoncourt. 

Oh, and btw: why is there a metronome marking in the score? Who came up with it? Certainly not Wolfferl neither Leopold. 

[Wanderer]

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[Mister Sharpe]

For the AM :

[Harry]

What better in this hot weather outside (32 degrees Celsius) than music from Shakespeare's time? Well okay, a cold beer maybe....

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/09/the-sound-of-shakespeare-go-crystal.html?spref=tw

[Que]

I liked all the Leonhardt recordings for what they are, excellent interpretations belonging firmly to their time. Some of them, especially the organ recordings from Northern Italy are sublime and for me reference. It is true that I have problems with how he plays all the music in this box, but that's just detail criticism and never a doubt about his musicianship. I find that Dutch people are more critical about him and Bruggen for instance as in the rest of the world.

I do like his organ recordings best as well, and already had them since they were included in the Sony Leonhardt Edition. 

What better in this hot weather outside (32 degrees Celsius) than music from Shakespeare's time? Well okay, a cold beer maybe....

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/09/the-sound-of-shakespeare-go-crystal.html?spref=tw

Cold beer sounds excellent, as does that box set with music from Shakespeare's time.

Q

[Drasko]

[Karl Henning]

I actually listen to Игорь Фëдорович:

Symphonie de psaumes
London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra
MTT

[North Star]

G'day, Karl!

I actually listened to Renard from the Stravinsky box on Sony last night.

Now, after continuing my second complete run through the Suzuki Bach cantata set, some more Haydn symphpnies..

Haydn
Symphony No. 56 in C major (1774)
The Academy of Ancient Music
Hogwood
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Bach
Gott ist unsre Zuversicht, BWV 197
Hana Blazíkova, Damien Guillon, Gerd Türk, Peter Kooij
Bach Collegium Japan
Suzuki
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[Madiel]

And the first composer whose music I´ll explore in chronological order is...



Scherzo in B-flat minor op. 4
Piano Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor op. 2
Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major op. 1
Six Songs op. 3

Wilhelm Kempff (S)
Anatol Ugorsky (PS1, PS2)
Jessye Norman, Dietrich Fischer-Diskau, Daniel Barenboim (SS)

A fine choice, Sir!

[Karl Henning]

G'day, Karl!

I actually listened to Renard from the Stravinsky box on Sony last night.

Now, after continuing my second complete run through the Suzuki Bach cantata set, some more Haydn symphpnies..

Haydn
Symphony No. 56 in C major (1774)
The Academy of Ancient Music
Hogwood


Bach
Gott ist unsre Zuversicht, BWV 197
Hana Blazíkova, Damien Guillon, Gerd Türk, Peter Kooij
Bach Collegium Japan
Suzuki

A thoroughly outstanding program, Karlo!

[Karl Henning]

And the first composer whose music I´ll explore in chronological order is...



Scherzo in B-flat minor op. 4
Piano Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor op. 2
Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major op. 1
Six Songs op. 3

Wilhelm Kempff (S)
Anatol Ugorsky (PS1, PS2)
Jessye Norman, Dietrich Fischer-Diskau, Daniel Barenboim (SS)

A fine choice, Sir!

"When you're right, you're right."

[jlaurson]

#morninglistening to #FriedrichGulda in #Bach's #WellTemperedClavier on #MPSRecords, remas... http://ift.tt/2ctZzbX
Original mastering, finally restored to the original, ugly sound he always intended!


#morninglistening to #FriedrichGulda on MPS via #edelRecords playing three concerts at the... http://ift.tt/2cHymHO

[Madiel]

Finding myself unexpectedly charmed by op.14/2, the last work in my 1798-1800 "chunk" of Beethoven.

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[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Dean: Eclipse  (string quartet no. 1)



Wow this is more intense than I remember!!!!