What are you listening to now?

[Todd]

[Harry]

Hello Harry! 

No rush, but I am looking forward to when you resume listening to Venzago's Bruckner. 

Cheers!

I had some serious health questions, and am recovering from an eye operation.
I will as soon as I can return to the Bruckner symphonies.
For now it is easier to do reruns in my office.

[Florestan]

I had some serious health questions, and am recovering from an eye operation.

I hope you get well soon.

[HIPster]

I had some serious health questions, and am recovering from an eye operation.
I will as soon as I can return to the Bruckner symphonies.
For now it is easier to do reruns in my office.

Understood my friend. 

Glad you are on the mend!

[Todd]

1 & 3.

[HIPster]

Viva Vivaldi! 

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[Harry]

I hope you get well soon.

Dankjewel voor de goede wensen Andrei.

[Harry]

Third rerun

[Harry]

Understood my friend. 

Glad you are on the mend!

Yes me too. It was quite an ordeal, especially the rush to the hospital.
I missed my music....

[Dee Sharp]

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5. Koussevitzky/BSO. A glorious performance, one of the best I've ever heard.  The 1944 sound is quite listenable. Recommended (the whole album).

[cilgwyn]

On now. Louis Spohr has his very own sound world once you get to know his music. I find his music very satisfying to listen to. It's well crafted. He knows his orchestra inside out. His symphonies have a genial manner. People listen to his music,and they think. Oh,he used to be regarded as a major composer. Hm! They expect him to be like Beethoven. Off he goes!!The eighth is one of the best. I love those sweeping strings and stately flourishes. His use of horns. His woodwinds just seem to chuckle along.(I love his use of woodwind). It's a lovely score. The second is probably the weakest of the lot,imho;but it's still a pleasant listen,and not without it's charms. (His First is by contrast,a peach of a score). The Cpo series is my Spohr cycle of choice. I've heard all the others. The playing,the recording quality. Everything feels and sounds just right! Great choice of artwork,as usual,from Cpo. One of my favourite 'neglected' composers. Though,there's plenty of him on cd,these days!

[eljr]

Dominique Vellard, Emmanuel Bonnardot ‎– Nova Cantica (Latin Songs Of The High Middle Ages)
Label:
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi ‎– RD77196
Series:
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Documenta – RD77196
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
Europe
Released:
1990
Genre:
Classical
Style:
Medieval, Vocal, Religious

[Harry]

All my reruns from this week.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2017/07/reruns-this-week-2-7-7-2017.html?spref=tw

[aligreto]

CPE Bach:  Wurttemberg Sonatas Nos. 1-4 [played by van Asperen] from CD 9....

[Todd]

Sinfonietta.

[aligreto]

I would be interested in your thoughts on that one please 

[aligreto]

Angela Hewitt plays BWV 809, 810 & 811.

I'm not familiar with her much-discussed Bach recordings, this is first proper exposure. Her approach is not unemotional, nor is it particularly Baroque-sounding. It sounds like she is trying to treat Bach's music as though it had originally been written for the piano, with all the piano technique that was developed by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. So she more or less ignores the rhythmic aspect (whereas for genuine Baroque players rhythm is the main way of creating expression), uses ornamentation primarily to add intensity, and focuses on creating expression through dynamics and occasional very slight rubato. I imagine this is what Bach would have sounded like as performed by Czerny or Hummel. (indeed I sometimes wonder if she's playing from Czerny's pianised Bach editions >.>)

It's a bit tame and typewriter ish, but she does really excel at piano touch and clarity of voices, so I suspect her Well-Tempered Clavier and Art of Fugue will come off better.

An admirable analysis 

I do not have the knowledge of the various techniques to which you refer but my instinct is agreeing with your conclusion [even though I could not articulate it as you do].

[aligreto]

Viva Vivaldi! 

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+1 

[mc ukrneal]

I had some serious health questions, and am recovering from an eye operation.
I will as soon as I can return to the Bruckner symphonies.
For now it is easier to do reruns in my office.

I hope you are getting better! At least the music helps...

[aligreto]

Haydn: Symphony No. 100 [Davis]....