What are you listening to now?

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

From this box CD III. Some marvellous performances, despite its perfection. Gives me lots of pleasure too!

In D major, KV 97.
In D major, KV 95.
No. 11 in D major, KV 84.
In B flat major, KV Anh 216.
In F major, KV 75.
In C major, KV 96.

[Florestan]

Some marvellous performances, despite its perfection.

Despite? 

[Florestan]

Kreisleriana op. 16

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Despite? 

Yes many on GMG found these performances  uncomfortably close to perfection in the negative sense.

[Florestan]

Yes many on GMG found these performances  uncomfortably close to perfection in the negative sense.

I see. 

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn Sonatas: A major Hob.26;  B minor Hob.32;  C sharp minor Hob.36;  D major Hob.37;  E flat Hob.49; Leif Andsnes, piano




Sarge

[Fafner]

Sonata in A major, opus 16, No. 3

What a well balanced piece, and so well written.

Well, I just have to try this album after all the praise it received here.

Now playing. 

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Symphony No 11 which is probably by Mozart is a gorgeous work, so I played it again.

This is one of several short symphonies the teenaged Mozart wrote during a tour of Italy; it seems to have come into being in Rome in April 1770 (although it's also possible that Mozart wrote it slightly later, while in Milan and Bologna). Unlike some of the other symphonies Mozart was writing at the time, this one dispenses with the festive noise of trumpets and drums, reducing the ensemble to strings plus pairs of oboes and horns, but like its fellows it is tailored to the opera buffa tastes of Mozart's Italian audiences.
The opening Allegro is particularly vigorous in its initial material, with the violins sometimes producing uninhibited, chirping sounds. What amounts to the two thematic subjects are really just successions of small ideas like this, linked more through spirit than melody; the only way to tell Mozart has launched a second subject is that he shifts to the dominant.
The Andante, in A major, is in a more regular sonata form, with the violins and oboes presenting the first melody in parallel thirds, calling to mind Gluck's Dance of the Blessed Spirits without trying to achieve Gluck's serenity. The second group of thematic ideas features greater interplay between the winds and strings, the latter indulging in a few short passages of understated pizzicato. The development section is merely a four-bar transition before a repeat of the themes that have already been presented. The finale of the symphony's three movements is another Allegro, this one resembling a jig full of chattering triplets and motivated by a scampering up-and-down, arpeggiated figure.

[Karl Henning]

The 2nd piano quintet with the early-signs-of-minimalism-touched Adagio.

That CD likes me very well, O Hosiery Simian.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

From this set, CD 1.

Symphony No 1. ( Mountain Pastorals)

This is some fine music.

[Brahmsian]

What a splendid start of the day with this disc.

Lets begin with:

Sonata in f major, opus 16, No. 1 which has a ravishing second movement, that lingers on in your mind. Excellent performances and sound. Onslow at its best. Two musicians that match perfectly together.

That looks enticing.  Onslow is definitely a composer I wish to explore more in the future.  I only have one CD of Onslow so far (string quintets).

Maybe I should buy all his chamber works? 

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

That looks enticing.  Onslow is definitely a composer I wish to explore more in the future.  I only have one CD of Onslow so far (string quintets).

Maybe I should buy all his chamber works? 

Yes you should!

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn Sonata B flat Hob.XVI:2, played on the harpsichord by Tom Beghin




Sarge

[Florestan]

harpsichord

Are you sure you want it? 

[Sergeant Rock]

Are you sure you want it? 

No...it's a ghastly sound    Listening to another Hob.2 now, this time played on the clavichord. Marginally better...but I do prefer a real piano.




Sarge

[TheGSMoeller]

Rangstrom's 3rd


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[Florestan]

No...it's a ghastly sound    Listening to another Hob.2 now, this time played on the clavichord. Marginally better...but I do prefer a real piano.

Post this in Haydn's House and expect the wrath of God Gurn to fall upon you. 

[Sergeant Rock]

Post this in Haydn's House and expect the wrath of God Gurn to fall upon you. 

I don't dare. Those PI'ers can be vicious.

I'd like to have Richter's Hob.2 but the CD is oop and used copies outrageously priced. Might consider a mp3 download.

Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Post this in Haydn's House and expect the wrath of God Gurn to fall upon you. 

I don't dare. Those PI'ers can be vicious.

O Freunde, nicht diese Töne . . . .

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

From this set.

Symphony No. 7 in C sharp minor, opus 131.

This work reminds me very much of the 6 th Symphony by Tchaikovsky, there is something final in both works, a last statement of sorts.
By all means this is a fine performance and matching sound.