What are you listening to now?

[aligreto]

Cherubini: Messe Solennelle No. 2 [Rilling]....

[aligreto]

An unknown composer to me! 

Bohemian, as I deduced from his German(ified) name in combination with his appearance on a Czech label....

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A//cs.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Christoph_Kridel

Is his music any good? 

Q

As you will hopefully hear from the sample helpfully provided by Marc it is refined and charming and makes for pleasant listening.

[NikF]

Berwald: Complete Works for Piano Quintet.

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[Mirror Image]

Just finished Mathis der Maler from this recording:

[NJ Joe]

Sunday morning Sibelius (it's this thing I do).

Sym. No. 5 and En Saga from this:

[Mirror Image]

Sunday morning Sibelius (it's this thing I do).

Sym. No. 5 and En Saga from this:

For me, Sibelius is like returning home after being abroad all day exploring more exotic landscapes. His music hits you just in the right spots.

[Marc]

Very stylish, Bach might have made the arrangement himself.

Surfing afterwards I was led to this truely outstanding version of Bruhns' big e-minor by Winsemius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcLWXZaAC7g

YEAH.

Bernard Winsemius is awesome.
I attended two concerts with him playing the Martini Groningen organ during the last, say, 7 years or so.
That was a privilige.
He's on par with f.i. Van Beek, Vogel, Van Doeselaar et al.

Thanks for posting!

[aligreto]

Monteverdi: Selva Morale [Christie]....


   


The above images are not of my vinyl 

[Marc]

YEAH.

Bernard Winsemius is awesome.
[...]

https://www.youtube.com/v/QPn0Z-0IBAY

[HIPster]

Morning listening ~

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[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Pacific 231. Such a great little piece.

[Sergeant Rock]

Recommended by Draško: Bach Partita No.2 BWV 826 played by Beatrice Rana

https://www.youtube.com/v/IZws7DoISGU


Sarge

[aligreto]

Haydn: Missa Brevis [Preston]....

[Todd]

Disc 21, Op 117 and the Hungarian Dances.

[HIPster]

Chamber Music by CPE Bach ~

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[The new erato]

Bartok String Quartet No.3 and String Quartet No.1, played by the Julliard (1963 recording)




Sarge

That's a set I wouldn't mind owning.....

[The new erato]

This, nurturing my inner Hindemithian:

[aligreto]

Delalande: Dies Irae [Herreweghe]....





Very beautiful music wonderfully sung.

[North Star]

Bach
Musikalisches Opfer (Musical Offering), BWV 1079
Le Concert des Nations
Savall
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[André]

A close friend of Ravel, Florent Schmitt composed a piano-4 hand "suite enfantine" in 1912, at the same time as his friend was orchestrating his own Ma Mère l'Oye ballet. A few years later, the composer set on expanding and orchestrating his suite into a full length (38 minutes) ballet. The orchestra boasts triple woodwinds and an expanded percusssion section. Think of Nutcracker (it starts with an invasion of mice !) meets L'enfant et les sortilèges. The argument is set as a series of dreams - even nightmares - by a young child. Colourful, playful yet replete with ominous undercurrents, it's a delight from beginning to end and a very different fare from Schmitt's more famous "oriental" scores (Salammbô, Antoine et Cléopatre, La tragédie de Salomé).

His strangely titled cello and orchestra piece is, in the composer's own words, "a Prelude, andante and finale, all three linked so as not to let the performer catch his breath although in no way would he ask to breathe, especially if he had the good fortune to be named André Navarra". Composed in 1948 for the great french cellist, it's a fiendishly difficult piece replete with pyrotechnics from both soloist and orchestra (also a large one, with a very active bass drum).

Altogether this is another magnificent offering from the Timpani label (2013). Superb playing and sound. Excellent booklet notes. Unreservedly recommended.