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Que

#115560
May 27, 2018, 11:22:25 PM
Morning listening:



See my comments HERE.

Q

Christo

#115561
May 27, 2018, 11:26:47 PM
Quote from: Daverz on May 27, 2018, 06:58:58 PM
Alwyn conducting his symphonies, via Tidal



Luxurious recordings by Kenneth Wilkinson in Walthamstow Assembly Hall.

I still don't connect that much with 1 or 2, but 3 has a smashing finale.  I've always loved 4.  5 next...
Great idea! And then please give the bleak & heroïc No. 2 another try (my favourite since long).  :)
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

Traverso

#115563
May 27, 2018, 11:52:54 PM
Bach Cantatas

CD 47



Christo

#115564
May 28, 2018, 12:05:28 AM
Both the Suite Op. 25 and Sinfonia Op. 28 - one of those 1928 Schubert Centenary competitors (others were Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony, Ludvig Irgens-Jensen's Passacaglia and Franz Schmidt's Third) that could have won the prize, hadn't it been awarded to Kurt Atterberg's 'Dollar' Symphony - are fine.
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

Que

#115565
May 28, 2018, 12:10:58 AM


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The 1st disc of a 4CD set by Italian lutenist Alberto Crugnola, with music by Paul Charles-Durant, Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, Sylvius Weiss and Adam Falckenhagen. This was originally issued on Symphonia (left picture).

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Harry

#115566
May 28, 2018, 12:14:24 AM
Quote from: Que on May 28, 2018, 12:10:58 AM


    [asin]B006OWC9M0[/asin]

The 1st disc of a 4CD set by Italian lutenist Alberto Crugnola, with music by Paul Charles-Durant, Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, Sylvius Weiss and Adam Falckenhagen. This was originally issued on Symphonia (left picture).

Q

I am still waiting for this set. JPC seems to wait until they have all my orders together, even the ones that are released in June, something which they never did before. O, well patience is the operative I guess.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Moonfish

#115567
May 28, 2018, 12:15:18 AM
Quote from: Que on May 28, 2018, 12:10:58 AM


    [asin]B006OWC9M0[/asin]

The 1st disc of a 4CD set by Italian lutenist Alberto Crugnola, with music by Paul Charles-Durant, Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, Sylvius Weiss and Adam Falckenhagen. This was originally issued on Symphonia (left picture).

Q

How are these performances? Compared to e.g. Barto or Cardin?
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Moonfish

#115568
May 28, 2018, 12:23:38 AM

J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1  (1928)
Harriet Cohen

https://www.youtube.com/v/uTxX47wwty4
"Every time you spend money you are casting a vote for the kind of world you want...."
Anna Lappé

André

#115569
May 28, 2018, 12:33:22 AM
Quote from: Daverz on May 27, 2018, 06:58:58 PM
Alwyn conducting his symphonies, via Tidal



Luxurious recordings by Kenneth Wilkinson in Walthamstow Assembly Hall.

I still don't connect that much with 1 or 2, but 3 has a smashing finale.  I've always loved 4.  5 next...

I love that pair of discs  :).

Que

#115570
May 28, 2018, 02:06:09 AM Last Edit: May 28, 2018, 02:07:57 AM by Que
Quote from: Moonfish on May 28, 2018, 12:15:18 AM
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How are these performances? Compared to e.g. Barto or Cardin?

Somewhere in between, I guess....  :D But I realise that is not very helpful.
It is always hard to compare individual styles. Crugnola's style is very Italian, I think....
Crisp, articulate playing, but relaxed and definitely aims for dance related rhythms. Cardin is a bit quicker, even more articulated and digs deeper into the strings. Barto's sound is closer, but he is more focused on the longer lines in the music.

I hope any of it makes sense... A quick sample listening will be more revealing.  :)
What attracted me to set was that I liked Crugnola's sound and there is a lot of rare repertoire included.

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Maestro267

#115571
May 28, 2018, 02:07:26 AM
Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims
Kenny (soprano), Tear (tenor), Roberts (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus
London SO/Hickox

Mandryka

#115572
May 28, 2018, 02:50:42 AM Last Edit: May 28, 2018, 05:57:59 AM by Mandryka


Tomadin Lubeck Ich ruff zu dir . . . Hmmm, all I could think of is that the music sounds a lot more interesting if the temperature is unequal.
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

ComposerOfAvantGarde

#115574
May 28, 2018, 05:52:57 AM
Piano concerto,
cello concerto,
and a few fanfares and the Paganini variations

Mirror Image

#115575
May 28, 2018, 06:10:46 AM
Nielsen
Symphony No. 1 in G minor, FS 16
Oramo
Royal Stockholm PO



Oramo's traversal of Nielsen's symphonies really surprised me as these such authoritative performances. I will say that Oramo is a conductor that usually doesn't impress me, but his command over Nielsen's musical language is amazing. Stunning sound quality as well.

Maestro267

#115576
May 28, 2018, 06:57:12 AM
Franck: Symphony in D minor
Montréal SO/Dutoit

Baron Scarpia

#115577
May 28, 2018, 07:09:54 AM Last Edit: May 28, 2018, 07:43:17 AM by Baron Scarpia
Debussy, Ravel String Quartets, Quartetto Italiano

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Listened to the Debussy for the third time, it is making sense to me now. Now it is time to put it aside and return to it in a while. Listened to the Ravel. The first movement has one of those magical Ravel melodies (which appears to function as the sonata form second theme, or maybe codetta) which is beautifully "orchestrated" even in a string quartet. As a whole, the quartet will take time to sink in.

Mahlerian

#115578
May 28, 2018, 07:37:19 AM
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor
La Chapelle Royale Paris, Collegium Vocale Ghent, Orchestre de Champs-Elysées, cond. Herreweghe
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"l do not consider my music as atonal, but rather as non-tonal. I feel the unity of all keys. Atonal music by modern composers admits of no key at all, no feeling of any definite center." - Arnold Schoenberg

Todd

#115579
May 28, 2018, 07:59:17 AM
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