What are you listening to now?

[Fafner]

Your perseverance and honesty are exemplary. The music itself is their reward. Congratulations!

Thanks! 

The 2nd Viennese School is next. 

[Florestan]

The 2nd Viennese School is next. 

Good luck and strong courage then! 

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn Piano Trio E flat Hob.XV:28, played by the Trio di Trieste




Sarge

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Haydn Piano Trio E flat Hob.XV:28, played by the Trio di Trieste




Sarge

Have them too, and like how they perform.

[Sergeant Rock]

Have them too, and like how they perform.

Yeah, they make a beautiful noise. Listening their Brahms op.8 and 87 Trios now.

Sarge

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

CD 4 from this set.

Fine background music.

Deux Duos sur des Themes de Rossini, opus 233.
Second Duo in A major.
Duo in D major, opus 134, C major, opus 135, C major, opus 130, G major, opus 151.

Played on Authentic instruments, and recorded in 2002.

Massimo Palumbo, fortepiano.
Leopoldo Saracino, Guitar.

[Karl Henning]

Thanks to Andrei & Jens . . . .

(And a first listen, in all likelihood . . . .)

Corelli
Concerto grosso in c minor, Op.6 № 3
The Avison Ensemble

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[The new erato]

Thanks to Andrei & Jens . . . .

(And a first listen, in all likelihood . . . .)

Corelli
Concerto grosso in c minor, Op.6 № 3
The Avison Ensemble

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As I said a gorgeous disc in all aspects. And an object lesson in how a cover should look.

[Karl Henning]

As I said a gorgeous disc in all aspects. And an object lesson in how a cover should look.

Oh, I certainly owe you thanks, as well!

[The new erato]

Oh, I certainly owe you thanks, as well!

Forget about that - I mainly wanted to draw attention to the fabulous cover and if possible to get more people interested in this disc and this promising series  (Linn in general is extremely good at covers and packaging). Now did you like it as much as we did?

[Florestan]

Crisp playing. Authentic instruments add a different dimension to the music. The emotions come over in a different way, clearly articulated.

Thanks. I did a comparative listening of Hob XV: 28: BAT vs Van Swieten Trio: I prefer the former by a wide margin. The fake pizzicato at the very beginning is so perfectly done by Pressler that it really fooled me. The Allegretto is played too fast by VST and as a result the contrasting effect is weakened. The BAT are much more poetic in their take.

Different strokes for different folks. 

[Karl Henning]

Forget about that - I mainly wanted to draw attention to the fabulous cover and if possible to get more people interested in this disc and this promising series  (Linn in general is extremely good at covers and packaging). Now did you like it as much as we did?

Yes, indeed; exquisite music-making!

[Karl Henning]

In memoriam Marie-Claire Alain:

Jehan Alain
Litanies, JA 119
Marie-Claire Alain

[Florestan]

If you have not already done so, you might wish to hear the Trio Eisenstadt play these works.

Thanks for the rec.

Thread duty:



Sonata in A minor KV 310 (as Sturm und Drang as it gets)
Fantasy in D minor KV 397 (ditto)
Sonata in A major KV 331 (containing perhaps the finest set of variations ever composed)

[Karl Henning]

In memoriam Marie-Claire Alain:

Jehan Alain
Choral dorien, JA 67
Variations sur un thème de Clément Jannequin, JA 118
Le jardin suspendu, JA 71
Postlude pour l'office de complies, JA 29
Marie-Claire Alain

[Florestan]

http://www.youtube.com/v/ldduAJHaaow

Haydn - Piano Sonata no. 30 in D major Hob XVI: 19
Rudolf Buchbinder

Spellbounding slow movement.

Sooner or later I'll have to buy the Buchbinder set. The sooner, the better.

[Karl Henning]

What the Hell February! And a first listen:

Александр Константинович [ Aleksandr Konstantinovich (Glazunov) ]
Symphony № 3 in D, Op.33
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka

[springrite]

What the Hell February! And a first listen:

What the hell it's the last day anyway.

[Karl Henning]

And anyway, March is Russian symphony month!

[springrite]

And anyway, March is Russian symphony month!

Vengence!