What are you listening to now?

[Kontrapunctus]

After Schoenberg's 12-tone works, some Bach was nice! Suite No.1, 2, and 6. His high-octane playing might not be appealing to everyone, but I love it!

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Debussy
Préludes, Book II
Jacobs

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Some days, that is my favorite account of the Op.87.

This is the only performance I know of Shostakovich's Preludes & Fugues, but I'm certainly thrilled with what I've heard so far.

[Daverz]

Tüür, Cello Concerto

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Two umlauts, he must be good.

[Daverz]

90+ minutes Verdi Requiems rarely - if ever - work. That's the case here, and van Kempen's plodding tempi are not this recording's only defect. Soloists are Gré Brouwenstijn, Maria von Ilosvay, Petre Munteanu and Oskar Czerwenka.

I bought this set for the Fauré (under Fournet with Danco and Maurane). Will listen to it tomorrow, now that this unfortunate Verdi is out of the way.

The Faure is pretty cheap in an earlier release:

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Oops, I should have checked the details.  Different recordings.

[RebLem]

On Tuesday, 10 APR 2018, I listened to 3 CDS.


1) Rick Sowash (B. 1950):  |Tr. 1.  Harvest Hymn & Harvest Dance: Homage to Willa Cather , for cello & piano (1980 (5'57)   |Tr. 2-6.  A Little Breakfast Music for oboe, clarinet, and 2 violins (1976) (23'38)  |Tr. 7.  The Cliffs Above the Clear Fork for cello & piano (1980) (6'35)  |Tr. 8.  Une Pavane Americaine: Homage a Ravel for flute & piano (1990) (7'24)  |Tr. 9-12.  Cape May Suite for oboe, violin, cello, & piano (1993) (22'56).  (TT: 66'42)--Terry King, cello, John Jensen, piano (Tr. 1, 7), Barb Sink, flute, Phil Amalong, piano (Tr. 8 ), The West End Chamber Ensemble (Robert Franz, 0boe (Tr. 2-6, 9-12), Brandon Christensen, violin (Te. 2-6, 9-12), Phoenix Malek, clarinet (Tr. 2-6), Corinne Cook, violin(Tr. 2-6), Carl Donakowski, cello (Tr. 9-12), Adrienne Kim, piano (Tr. 9-12) )  No information on recording dates or venues.  CD published 2000 by Rick Sowash Publishing Co.

The Homage to Willa Cather, is, as you might expect, a pastoral work.  One gets a musical picture of good, honest American yeomen bringing in the harvest, and having a little fun after work. 
A Little Breakfast Musiic has 5 movements Orange Juice (1'44), French Toast (5'30), Eggs & Bacon (3'07), Honey on English Muffins (7'22), and A Variety of Herb Teas (5'53).  Movements 1, 2, & 4 are a little too sweet for my diabetic sensibilities!  Sowash says its a twist on Mozart's A Little Night Music, written for the morning after, and written for two couples he knew when he lived in Mansfield, Ohio, all four of whom played one or another of the instruments in this piece.  It is a humorous piece, says Sowash, because he knows this is a BIG breakfast, and nothing about it is "Little."
"The Cliffs Above the Clear Fork" refers to the heights above the town of Bellville, Ohio, where Sowash also lived for a number of years.  It was reserved by the town founders for the town cemetery,and it overlooks the Clear Fork of the Mohican River, which winds through rich, Ohio farmland.  It was his favorite place to take a walk during the years he lived there.
The Pavane "borrows the formal structure of...{Ravel's] Pavane for a Dead Princess."
The Cape May Suite is a musical reminiscence of a family vacation the Sowash's took @ Cape May, New Jersey.

2)  CD 5 of the 11 CD Archiv Produktion set "Mozart: The Symphonies, performed by Trevor Pinnock conducting  The English Concert.  |Tr, 1-3.  Sym.  16 in C Major, K. 128 (11'45)  |Tr. 4-6.  Sym. 17 in G Major, K. 129 (15'58)  |Tr. 7-10.  Sym. 18 in F Major, K. 130 (19'36)   |Tr. 11-14.  Sym. 19 in E Flat Major, K. 132 (18'21)   |Tr. 15-17.  Sym. 26 in E Flat Major, K. 184 (161a) (8'11).  Rec. Henry Wood Hall, London, JAN 1993. (TT: 73'51).

3)  CD 10 in the 24 CD SONY set entitled "Gary Graffman: The Comlete RCA & Columbia Album Collection."    |Tr. 1-15.  Modest Mussorgsky (1839-81): Pictures at an Exhibition (33'26)  |Tr. 16.  Mily Balakirev (1837-1910): Islamey: Oriental Fantasy (8'14)--Rec. Columbia 30th St. Studio, NYC, 23-25 JUL 1962.  (TT: 41'40).

Excellent performances, esp. of the Balakirev.  I also own the Byron Janis recording of the Mussorgsky which is coupled with the orchestral version from Antal Dorati and the Minneapolis Symphony, which will give you an idea how old it is.

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[Que]

Morning listening:

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Q

[vandermolen]

A Sea Symphony:
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[Harry]

A Sea Symphony:
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A reference set for me.  apart from the first Symphony, but I abhor this kind of music with narration.

[Harry]

CD 16.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2018/04/bach-johann-sebastian-1680-1750_11.html?spref=tw

[Traverso]

Bach

[Harry]

The organ is an informed reconstruction (1995) by Carsten Lund of the Lambert Daniel Kastens organ from 1724. Pitch 440, tuning unequal (after F.C.Schnitger).

Where would I be without you my friend. The info you must have will be enormous.
Thank you kindly!

[Harry]

CD 19.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2018/04/tartini-giuseppe1692-1770-complete.html?spref=tw

[Spineur]

Kirsten Flagstad: the voice of the century.  Recordings dating from 1935 to 1957.  The sound is fair, the musicianship is unique

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[Karl Henning]

"Wolferl"
Violin Sonata in B^b, K.454
David Oistrakh, vn
Vladimir Yampolsky, pf

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[Madiel]

I've finished going through Schumann's year of song (well, apart from a few scattered songs that I'll pick up in later opus collections).

Time now for his year of orchestra.

Symphony No.1

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Barber
Violin Concerto
Hahn
Wolff
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

[Karl Henning]

Gershwin
Second Rhapsody for Orchestra With Piano (1932)
LA Phil
MTT, pf & dir.

[Harry]

CD 17.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2018/04/bach-johann-sebastian-1680-1750_37.html?spref=tw