What are you listening to now?

[Harry]

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2017/03/mortelmans-lodewijk-1868-1952.html?spref=tw

[SonicMan46]

It is absolutely wonderful! A peach and a winner! I didn't quite expect to be able to listen to 3-CD worth of solo recorder music in a row, but after listening to the first 2 CD I can hardly wait to finish the set tomorrow. And I also can hardly wait to listen to the complete, 9-CD set  by Dan Laurin, which I also have:

 

(Already did a comparison for Engels Nachtegaeltje --- a mindblowing piece --- and found Bosgraaf better by a slight margin.)

If only I could play the recorder a tenth as well as these guys --- I actually own two soprano recorders and every now and then I play one and my 4-year son the other: uneducated improvisations all along, of course, but not unpleasant to the ear; how much more interesting and fun it'd be if played properly... sigh.

Hi Andrei - the above piqued my interest, but 9 discs of solo recorder music?  Plus, on Amazon USA, a 'new' box is not cheap as shown in my insertion above (maybe less expensive 'across the pond'?) - could get a used set for $32, a possibility for me - BUT, since you also own the 3-CD Brilliant box of 'some' of these works, would that be a good introduction - now, I'm also a 'recorder fan' and wife has at least 3 (she used to be in groups but I've not heard her on one in years - at the moment, she is taking ukelele lessons - she has 2 nice guitars but is enjoying just having to concentrate on 4-strings).  Thanks for any comments - Dave

[Brian]

Easy listening in a good way

[aligreto]

Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act 4 [Davis]....





Simply wonderful.

[SurprisedByBeauty]

#morninglistening on #Bach's birthday w/@EnsPygmalion:http://a-fwd.to/35llT1f
Köthener Tra... http://ift.tt/2o4bX8f

and this


#morninglistening to #Beethoven w/@EddingQuartet:http://a-fwd.to/n8tHfty  on @outheremusic
... http://ift.tt/2mRiMZZ

[aligreto]

I knew it! Our tastes seem to be quite similar, especially in Baroque and Classical. 

Not a bad thing I do hope 

[aligreto]

I will search them out tonight for a listen. Thanks, aligreto!

Would be curious to read how you like them or not, just to see where your sentiments are for this work.

[aligreto]

Hi Aligreto - being a Luigi B. fan from way back, your posting piqued my interest - I have the 2 Naxos CDs w/ Tim Hugh doing a portion of these works and also the 7-disc box inserted above; 3 CDs are of the Boccherini Cello Concertos w/ Julius Berger on the cello - so, do I need yet another set - found a review of the Bronzi and Berger performances (PDF attached for those interested - a link is give to the larger box on MusicWeb) - Dave

Hi Dave, all that I will say for the moment is that both the Bronzi performance and sound are very different from those two Tim Hugh CDs on Naxos. If you are very keen on this music I would suggest that you try sampling them somewhere purely for comparison purposed to see how they impact on you. I think that you may be quite surprised 

[chord]

This is one of the very few, possibly the only, Cabezon keyboard recordings I like. Maybe Andras Cea's organ CD. Oh and I forgot, be sure to check Erdas's recording of Henestrosa intabulations, which has some pieces by Cabezon.

My another favourite is:



https://youtu.be/ZMHhx1-TE7g

[aligreto]

Me too. I like each piece of him. Anyway, I'm glad you have enjoyed it 

BTW, which is your favorite symphony of him [Atterberg]?

That Atterberg cycle was only a relatively recent purchase for me and I had not heard anything of his work before. So, I have not "lived" with this music for long yet. At these initial stages I have tended to gravitate more towards the earlier symphonies, 1 to 3. I felt that his musical language started to change with Symphony No. 5, not that that is a bad thing, just that it will take some re-listening to wrap my ear around it. So preferences will most likely change in the future 

[aligreto]

As do I! (couldn't see what was posted originally - embedded videos aren't showing up for me right now)

Is that TC's Huilunsoittaja performing?

A good piece indeed. Unfortunately I cannot help with the performer.

[North Star]

Takemitsu
Solo guitar works
Brouwer: 2 Homages to Takemitsu
Fukuda
[asin]B00IO56T76[/asin]

Earlier, fresh from the mail

Dallapiccola
Canti di prigionia
Liriche greche*
Tempus destruendi - tempus aedificandi^
Due cori di Michelangelo Buonarroti il giovane^
Julie Moffat (S)*, Nocaola Jansen (S)^ & Lorraine Gwynne (m-S)^
New London Chamber Choir
Ensemble InterContemporain
Hans Zender
[asin]B00005MO9Q[/asin]

[SonicMan46]

Telemann - Paris Quartets (1-3)
The Age of Passions

   

Beautifully engaging chamber pieces. 

BOY - there seems to be a plethora of performances of these works - inserted above are the 2 sets that I own currently - but out of curiosity, I went to Amazon and found many more - the 2 below w/ the performers involved are likely outstanding w/ 5* Amazon ratings - need to check the Fanfare Archive for their favorites - maybe I need to cull and replace (or add to my 'small' collection) - I'm assuming that the initial set under consideration (above, left) are period instrument performances?  Dave  

 

[aligreto]

Hummel - Mass in D major + Mass in Bflat major



I'm actually quite liking this, it has a very baroque impression on me, combined with a type of almost romantic harmonic language. I know no history of the piece or Hummel but it sounds like parts of the D major so far utilize church hymns, it's cool 

As you liked it, and just in case you may not be aware, there are two other Masses by the same forces on Chaconne, Mass in D minor and Mass in E flat major. I have both and they are as fine as the one that you have listened to above 

[aligreto]

There is also Geringas´ fine set of the complete Boccherini cello concertos. Some of the best music he wrote.

Thank you for that 

[aligreto]

http://www.youtube.com/v/DFTszVZ0v34

I will probably be banished from this Forum forever for saying this but Dumbarton Oaks is one of the few Stravinsky works that I like 

[TheGSMoeller]

I will probably be banished from this Forum forever for saying this but Dumbarton Oaks is one of the few Stravinsky works that I like 

I'm ok with this, so I vote to keep you in the forum, aligreto. 

[aligreto]

BOY - there seems to be a plethora of performances of these works - inserted above are the 2 sets that I own currently - but out of curiosity, I went to Amazon and found many more - the 2 below w/ the performers involved are likely outstanding w/ 5* Amazon ratings - need to check the Fanfare Archive for their favorites - maybe I need to cull and replace (or add to my 'small' collection) - I'm assuming that the initial set under consideration (above, left) are period instrument performances?  Dave  

 

I have the version on Teldec with Bruggen, Schroder, Bylsma and Leonhardt and can certainly vouch for it. However, one other one that I would certainly throw into the mix is that wonderful one by the Freiburgers....

[aligreto]

I'm ok with this, so I vote to keep you in the forum, aligreto. 

Thank you indeed: one vote is enough to save me   

[Florestan]

I have the version on Teldec with Bruggen, Schroder, Bylsma and Leonhardt and can certainly vouch for it.

+ 1. One of the best recordings of anything.