What are you listening to now?

[North Star]

Well done, Karlo!

Thanks, Karl! 

[TheGSMoeller]

Good morning!

No.7 from the Segerstam/Helsinki set...

[Traverso]

Bach

CD 14

[Madiel]

Vine, String Quartet No.4

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Picked precisely because I couldn't remember how this one went off the top of my head.

[Draško]

https://www.youtube.com/v/icJNmcSwHk0

Horațiu Rădulescu - Clepsydra

[Florestan]

To my ears Medtner is more immediately accessible in the small forms than in the concertos: a stronger melodic appeal, more tenderness and less philosophizing result in a more natural and simple listening experience.

[Traverso]

Bach

CD 6

[Florestan]

Schubert D960



(courtesy of Mandryka)

Indeed much better than the one here:

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[Harry]

Lambert Chaumont. (c.1635/1712)
Suites du Livre D'Orgue. CD 1. Suite du 1/2/3/4 e ton.
Played on the organ of Saint Maximin de Thionville, played by Hubert Schoonbroodt. (1941-1991)
Recorded in 1970.
New instrument build by Marcel Capuis and Alfred Kern.
It is rebuild in regard for historical tradition.

Excellent recording, gorgeous sounding organ, superb interpretation.
Addictive music.
Note: There is a slight electrical hum on CD 1, to be heard clearly, but it did not detract my attention from the music.

[Wakefield]

Johannes Sebastian Bach. Complete Organ works. CD 17.
Concertos for 2,3 & 4 Organs.
Soloists: Olivier Vernet, Marie Claire Alain, Bruno Morin, Frederic Rivoal.
Collegium Baroque, Nicolas Mazzoleni. On Period instruments.
Organs are not mentioned.

Did you enjoy these interpretations, Harry? I have a foggy memory of them; but I think I liked them very much. 

[Harry]

Did you enjoy these interpretations, Harry? I have a foggy memory of them; but I think I liked them very much. 

I liked them, although they did not inspire me much, some sameness creeped in. The playing and recording was excellent though, and the synergy between all organists was perfect.

[Ghost of Baron Scarpia]

Mozart, symphonies 38, 40, Norrington.



Saw a mention of these recordings, either here or on another site, and was curious.

This is Mozart as I like it (and as I think I Mozart would have liked it) played with a lot of spirit. Horns wonderfully aggressive!

[André]

More Schumann by Dana Ciocarlie, more Mozart by Bart van Oort. With only 2 discs remaining in the Schumann set, this has been a voyage of discovery well worth my time, even - especially - in the case of the many rarely recorded works. The Mozart set is also very good, but not as revelatory. In that particular case, the fortepiano is an excellent alternative, but not superior to, the modern grand.

[Wakefield]

I liked them, although they did not inspire me much, some sameness creeped in. The playing and recording was excellent though, and the synergy between all organists was perfect.

Just yesterday I was listening to the harpsichord "versions," played by Davitt Moroney and his partners. I have always loved very much this music, so your post has worked out like an excellent suggestion. 

[Florestan]

Delightful music and performance.

[SonicMan46]

Johannes Sebastian Bach. Complete Organ works. CD 17.
Concertos for 2,3 & 4 Organs.
Soloists: Olivier Vernet, Marie Claire Alain, Bruno Morin, Frederic Rivoal.
Collegium Baroque, Nicolas Mazzoleni. On Period instruments.
Organs are not mentioned.

 

Hi Harry - a question for you or others who may know - I've been on the French Ligia website and their current Vernet offering of these Bach organ works is inserted above, i.e. the re-issue box w/ 15 CDs - the price for me would be 32 Euros w/o VAT (not sure about shipping across the pond - sent them an email) - just curious if those 4 discs not included are solo or multi-performers pieces?  I assume the latter since my Alain & Koopman boxes have 15 & 16 CDs, respectively.  Thanks for any comments - Dave

[Traverso]

Just yesterday I was listening to the harpsichord "versions," played by Davitt Moroney and his partners. I have always loved very much this music, so your post has worked out like an excellent suggestion. 

If you are looking for the 19 CD set,see link

https://www.cdandlp.com/en/bach-johann-sebastian/organ-works-etc-olivier-vernet/cd-box-set/r116649361/

[Mandryka]

This is a Musical Offering which uses a fortepiano, I have to say the ricercar à 3 does not sound very pianistic to me. It sounds like stylus fantasticus. I really don't think there's any evidence that the version he published is the same as the one he improvised on a piano.

[North Star]

Kabeláč
Symphony No. 1 in D for Strings and Percussion, Op. 11 (1941-2)
Prague RSO
Ivanović
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[Traverso]

Bach

Harpsichord concertos CD 1