What are you listening to now?

[Wakefield]

Jocelyne Cuiller and Jan Belder play the cantabile from Wq 55 / 3

Belder's performance can't hold a candle to Cuiller's. He's unimaginative at the level of phrasing, agogics and dynamics. His instrument is less beautiful. His cantabile is less lyrical. He sounds rushed and shallow.

I don't agree with this. Cuiller only plays the third movement of this sonata, Belder builds the whole thing, quite admirably I will add.

Additionally, well, the instruments are hardly comparable: Belder plays a nice, but "strong" fortepiano, while Cuiller plays a delicate clavichord.

Obviously she wants to milk every drop of sensibility of this first track of her disc.

[Harry]

I don't agree with this. Cuiller only plays the third movement of this sonata, Belder builds the whole thing, quite admirably I will add.

Additionally, well, the instruments are hardly comparable: Belder plays a nice, but "strong" fortepiano, while Cuiller plays a delicate clavichord.

Hear, hear, exactly my thoughts too.

[stingo]

I have no favourite piece, what I hear is all good.

And on another note, Hyperion has announced that their full price CD'S will from now on be 10,50 English pounds, thats an amazing price drop.

Not all is rosy in the land of Hyperion....

"Our website prices have changed
FULL-PRICE HYPERION CDs are now £10.50 on our website
Regular CD-purchasers may have noticed that we've changed our CD prices. We will now (and with some regret) be charging Postage & Packing, but to compensate we've significantly reduced the prices of the discs themselves. UK and Europe customers will, we hope, be pleasantly surprised."

[Harry]

Wonderful

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[prémont]

Toccatas, Canzonas, Recercar Primo, Fantasia Quarta & Capriccio sopra la Bassa Fiamenga
Leonhardt[/b]
I need to hear other, preferably at least almost as brilliant Frescobaldi recordings, any suggestions?
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It is difficult and dangerous to recommend recordings of Frescobaldi´s music, because the subjective factor is so prominent.

Some like Vartolo e.g., others find him tiresome.

From the top of my head:

Recently I have been very impressed by the expressivity of Hank Knox´two Frescobaldi recordings:

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Girolamo-Frescobaldi-1583-1643-Cembalowerke/hnum/6102901

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Girolamo-Frescobaldi-1583-1643-Cembalowerke/hnum/1825028

and if you can find Pierre Hantaï´s Frescobaldi disc (Astrée):

http://www.amazon.fr/Partite-Toccate-Frescobaldi/dp/B000024Q8J/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1386955384&sr=1-2&keywords=frescobaldi+pierre+hanta%C3%AF

it is well worth considering.

[prémont]

Pierre Hantaï´s Frecobaldi CD is part of this box, which also contains other fine recordings e.g. the Bull CD


http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Pierre-Hantai-Bach-Bull-Corelli/hnum/3628456

[Wakefield]

and if you can find Pierre Hantaï´s Frescobaldi disc (Astrée):

http://www.amazon.fr/Partite-Toccate-Frescobaldi/dp/B000024Q8J/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1386955384&sr=1-2&keywords=frescobaldi+pierre+hanta%C3%AF

it is well worth considering.

It's available here:

[asin]B00EO7XQ2E[/asin]

One disk of the handful of Hantaï's recordings that I love unreservedly. 

[prémont]

It's available here:

[asin]B00EO7XQ2E[/asin]

One of the handful of Hantaï's recordings that I love unreservedly. 

Yes, agree - look just above. 

[North Star]

It is difficult and dangerous to recommend recordings of Frescobaldi´s music, because the subjective factor is so prominent.

Some like Vartolo e.g., others find him tiresome.

From the top of my head:

Recently I have been very impressed by the expressivity of Hank Knox´two Frescobaldi recordings:

and if you can find Pierre Hantaï´s Frescobaldi disc (Astrée):

it is well worth considering.

Pierre Hantaï´s Frecobaldi CD is part of this box, which also contains other fine recordings e.g. the Bull CD

It's available here:

One disk of the handful of Hantaï's recordings that I love unreservedly. 

Thanks, gentlemen!

Vartolo and Knox (both recordings) are on Spotify - listening to Knox now, this is very nice.
I've had my eye on that Hantaï box for some time. And ordered it now. 

[Mandryka]

Obviously she wants to milk every drop of sensibility of this first track of her disc.

Well you could hardly accuse Belder of milking it for sensibility. What do you think he was trying to do in that performance?

[Wakefield]

Yes, agree - look just above. 

You again smarty boy... 

[Wakefield]

Well you could hardly accuse Belder of milking it for sensibility. What do you think he was trying to do in that performance?

That's an easy one: He's trying to sing. Quite successfully, IMO.

-- signed by SmartyBoy2 

[Mandryka]

Good day, everybody!
I take it that the Schubie, too, is a first listen of that performance only, right, Karl?! That would be a shocker if that wasn't the case! 
How is the Pluhar Vespro?

Thread duty: earlier today:

Frescobaldi
Toccatas, Canzonas, Recercar Primo, Fantasia Quarta & Capriccio sopra la Bassa Fiamenga
Leonhardt
I need to hear other, preferably at least almost as brilliant Frescobaldi recordings, any suggestions?
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Try to hear Leonhardt's recording of the Capprici. I think that the caprrici are Frescobaldi's most interesting keyboard pieces.

If not, try Alessandrini, Aapo Häkkinen, Pierre  Hantai, Sergio Vartolo, Enrico Baiano, Francesco Tristano Schlime, John Butt.

[Sadko]

Schumann

Paganini-Etüden opp. 3 & 10

Lev Vinocour

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[stingo]

It's available here:

[asin]B00EO7XQ2E[/asin]

One disk of the handful of Hantaï's recordings that I love unreservedly. 

I picked it up in importCDs recent sale. Great box set.

[Karl Henning]

I picked it up in importCDs recent sale. Great box set.

What's the breakdown?

[stingo]

What's the breakdown?

Arkivmusic has all the pieces listed from what I can see.

Edited to add:

MDT has a more concise listing...

•CD1 ARCANGELLO CORELLI | CONCERTO DE NOËL & SONATES
• CD2 BACH | GOLDBERG VARIATIONS
• CD3 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH | SONATE A FLAUTO, VIOLIN E BASSO
• CD4 DOMENICO SCARLATTI | 22 SONATES POUR CLAVECIN
• CD5 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH | CONCERTOS POUR CLAVECIN
• CD6 JOHN BULL | DOCTOR BULL'S GOOD NIGHT
• CD7 GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI | PARTITE & TOCCATE
• CD8 GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN | ESSERCIZII MUSICI

[Wakefield]

I picked it up in importCDs recent sale. Great box set.

I want the Bull's disk, but I have all the other disks in that box set. 

[Karl Henning]

Arkivmusic has all the pieces listed from what I can see.

Edited to add:

MDT has a more concise listing...

•CD1 ARCANGELLO CORELLI | CONCERTO DE NOËL & SONATES
• CD2 BACH | GOLDBERG VARIATIONS
• CD3 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH | SONATE A FLAUTO, VIOLIN E BASSO
• CD4 DOMENICO SCARLATTI | 22 SONATES POUR CLAVECIN
• CD5 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH | CONCERTOS POUR CLAVECIN
• CD6 JOHN BULL | DOCTOR BULL’S GOOD NIGHT
• CD7 GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI | PARTITE & TOCCATE
• CD8 GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN | ESSERCIZII MUSICI

Thanks!

[Que]

Hoho Que, one opinion does not make it good or bad. I have this set too, and in my ears there is nothing that will disappoint you. As to expect from Belder, he delivers quality and insight.

That's an easy one: He's trying to sing. Quite successfully, IMO.

-- signed by SmartyBoy2 

Good to hear. 

Second disc. This is bloody marvelous.

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I agree! 

Q