What are you listening to now?

[Harry]

Second rerun.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2018/02/franconian-organ-music-from-17th-and.html?spref=tw

[SurprisedByBeauty]

#morninglistening to one of the classic #Debussy recordings on @dgclassics: #PierreBoulez w/@CleveOrchestra

http://a-fwd.to/2NpQveO

#Nocturnes | #Jeux | #LaMer | #PremièreRhapsodie

comparing it to the complete #ClaudeDebussy Edition's content...

[Harry]

Second rerun of disc 3.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2018/02/the-heritage-of-claudio-monteverdi.html?spref=tw

[North Star]

Sweet, Karlo!

Indeed, Karl!



Svso In Italia Bella: Music in the courts and cloisters of Northern Italy
La Reverdie
[asin]B01M3O72BK[/asin]

Murail
Territoires de l'Oubli
Nonken
[asin]B0009S3HWQ[/asin]

[Karl Henning]

kh
Sonata for Clarinet & Piano, Op.136
only MIDI as yet

[Todd]

Going from one of the worst sounding K282s to one of the two or three best sounding in Ikuyo Nakamichi's recording.  Nakamichi takes her time in the Adagio, which takes just under seven minutes, playing some music with uncommon gentleness, and embellishing some passages in an uncommon manner.  Some might find it mannered.  The playing is gorgeous and ethereal and not quite early Mozart light, though it cannot be described as particularly deep.  Nakamichi plays both minuets with some rather pronounced pedaling and rubato, with a sort of heavy front-loading of some phrases and some passages where each note is given essentially equal weight.  The Allegro is closer to standard in conception, with a pleasant and fun overall tempo, but Nakamichi again uses rubato and some accenting that some might find too willful.  An interventionist reading, but this is my kind of interventionism.

[Draško]

I think it'd be nice if Universal would box up Mccreesh Venetian recordings. It would be neat 5 CD box: 2CD Vespers (as above), Christmas, Easter and Music for San Rocco:



I wouldn't mind if they'd go bigger and include his Monteverdi Vespers, or the Roman Christmas disc with Palestrina mass.

Maybe it could be suggested to Australian Eloquence? Do they release boxes?

Brilliant Classics tried some years ago, but botched it. Didn't include the Christmas album, split Easter one to two CDs, unnecessarily, and screwed up the editing in the process. It's thankfully out of print now.

[Mahlerian]

Stravinsky: Mass
Gregg Smith Singers, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, cond. Stravinsky
[asin]B000PTYUQG[/asin]

[Karl Henning]

Cheers, Ben!

Schoenberg
Orchestral Songs, Op.8
Alessandra Marc
Staatskapelle Dresden
Sinopoli

[Mahlerian]

Cheers, Ben!

Cheers, Karl!

Schoenberg
Orchestral Songs, Op.8
Alessandra Marc
Staatskapelle Dresden
Sinopoli

Such a rarely recorded work.  How does Sinopoli's compare to the Dohnanyi/Silja recording?

[Karl Henning]

Cheers, Karl!

Such a rarely recorded work.  How does Sinopoli's compare to the Dohnanyi/Silja recording?

I do not know the latter, so cannot judge  0:)

[Mirror Image]

I'm not listening to anything at the moment, but last night I listened to Préludes, Books I & II from this set:

[Mirror Image]

#morninglistening on @dgclassics ' complete #ClaudeDebussy Edition

: http://a-fwd.to/6YZGmhy  ☆♡☆

Starting w/the #orchestral works interestingly taken by #leonardbernstein

#Images #LaMer #PréludeÀlAprésMidiDunFaune

I just received that set in the mail yesterday. What a beautiful presentation DG has given us. Also, the Alain Planès of the complete piano music is gorgeously presented as well on Harmonia Mundi. Do you own the Planès set, Jens? So far, superb performances.

[San Antone]

Piano Concerto (1964-65)
Charles Rosen, piano
Basel Sinfonietta
Joel Smirnoff, conductor



I bought vol. 9 for the late works:

Two Thoughts about the Piano (2007) & Tri-Tribute (2007-8)
Steven Beck, piano

Nine by Five (2009)
Slowind Wind Quintet

And was bothered by the inclusion of the early songs/vocal pieces.  However, the Piano Concerto is one of Carter's major accomplishments and Charles Rosen turns in the definitive performance.

[Mirror Image]

Études, Books I & II:

[SurprisedByBeauty]

I just received that set in the mail yesterday. What a beautiful presentation DG has given us. Also, the Alain Planès of the complete piano music is gorgeously presented as well on Harmonia Mundi. Do you own the Planès set, Jens? So far, superb performances.

I do not have Planès' Debussy, alas. Or if I do, it's not in my collection here and I'm not remembering. The contents of the set goes back to 1998, if I'm not mistaken?! How do you like it, presentation apart?

The DG box is very nice, indeed, and very well assembled. The TWO Pelleas & Melisande are really the kicker. The Warner box is almost as nicely put together (but single sleeves, all, and no texts -- though a more comprehensive essay) but the contents of the DG box must be said to be equally good as Warner's at the worst and better in a lot of places.

Interestingly the box differs considerably from the 150th Birthday Celebration "Debussy Edition"... which is nice of DG, I suppose. Or cunning. 

TD:




#morninglistening to @erkkisven w/@helsinkiPhil under @OlariElts on @ondineRecords

http://a-fwd.to/6fxBsfm

#Symphony No.5 for #BigBand, #ElectricGuitar & #SymphonyOrchestra +
#AccordionConcerto "Prophecy"

Here are two works I love and which are much ...

[Harry]

CD 45 & 46.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2018/02/strauss-johann-ii-1825-1899-complete_15.html?spref=tw

A mood changer.....

[Mirror Image]

I do not have Planès' Debussy, alas. Or if I do, it's not in my collection here and I'm not remembering. The contents of the set goes back to 1998, if I'm not mistaken?! How do you like it, presentation apart?

The DG box is very nice, indeed, and very well assembled. The TWO Pelleas & Melisande are really the kicker. The Warner box is almost as nicely put together (but single sleeves, all, and no texts -- though a more comprehensive essay) but the contents of the DG box must be said to be equally good as Warner's at the worst and better in a lot of places.

Interestingly the box differs considerably from the 150th Birthday Celebration "Debussy Edition"... which is nice of DG, I suppose. Or cunning. 

Oh, the Planès is fantastic so far. A remarkable pianist. I'm currently listening to Études, Books I & II and, to be honest, I'm not a fan of this work, although I will say Book II is much better than Book I. Regardless of how I feel about this work, Planès asserts himself quite nicely. Confident, strong yet texturally opulent performances. I'm perhaps not the best judge right now as I'm still getting acquainted with Debussy's solo piano music, but I can heartily recommend the Planès set.

I really need to dig into both Warner and DG sets, but, to my eyes, DG has a much more interesting lineup of pianists, conductors, orchestras, etc. I think I'll go through the DG set first.

[Baron Scarpia]

Beethoven, Grosse Fuge, Quartetto Italiano

[asin]B013L20N4G[/asin]

I found their Mozart too smooth, but their Beethoven is just perfect.

[listener]

Wilhelm PETERSON-BERGER
Symphony no.5 in b  "Solitude"     Violin Concerto in f#
Ulf Wallin, violin    Norrköping S.O.    Michail Jurowski cond.