What are you listening to now?

[Moonfish]

You find that disc abso lute ly convincing?

Convincing in what sense? 

[EigenUser]

Inspired by a "best looking artwork" thread:

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The JPEG compression doesn't do that cover any favors. Also, my copy is silver, not blue-green.

I'll put mine on:
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That must be a picture of Reich's original sheet music for the composition...?     

Ha!  I've seen the score and it's chock full of repeat signs, not surprisingly.

[Sadko]

Listening to a beautiful performance of Schubert's The Shepherd on the Rock. A contemplative 12 minute mini-epic.

Mike

Yes, I love this piece.

[Ken B]

How do you like Markovina's performances, Ken?

Pretty good.

[Todd]

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An especially intense La Mer, which is not to say an especially good one.

[Mookalafalas]

  I haven't heard this one, but have the 3 previously un-released volumes in the big Rubinstein box. Don't know what the critical reception was, but I find them thrilling.  The liner notes say he wanted them all destroyed because of imperfections that he thought would tarnish his reputation, and his son snuck a few reels out.  I wish there was lots and lots more--as in Richter quantities. 

  I bought this last night and am playing it now. Wow.
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[Gurn Blanston]

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That's an ambitious program! How does she do with it, just generally?  She is new to me.

Quite good in the LvB, excellent or maybe even better than that in the Schubert.  I need to give it another spin soon.

Thanks, I think I need to look into that. Nice disk for a rainy afternoon, just what I needed.

[Wakefield]

You find that disc abso lute ly convincing?

Convincing in what sense?

I think Erato wants to know if the interpretation an abso lute success. 

[TheGSMoeller]

Britten: Cello Sonata in C, Op. 65
Slava and The Composer


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[SonicMan46]

Foerster, Josef (1859-1951) - Solo Piano Music w/ Patricia Goodson - recent purchase based on a recommendation by Harry in one of his blog links - a 4-CD set @ a bargain price; the music is beautiful - a forgotten Czech composer whose predecessors stole the publicity, I guess; amazing dates, i.e. born a year before Abraham Lincoln was elected president preceding the start of the Civil War and dying just before Dwight Eisenhower became president over a half dozen years following the end of WWII - Dave

[Moonfish]

I think Erato wants to know if the interpretation an abso lute success. 

Hmm, I am not too familiar with Gaultier's music (I am more of a Weiss fan), but I am enjoying the disc. It comes across as the realm of the baroque lute in vivid sound. However, I have no reference recording for Gaultier.

[Ken B]

Hmm, I am not too familiar with Gaultier's music (I am more of a Weiss fan), but I am enjoying the disc. It comes across as the realm of the baroque lute in vivid sound. However, I have no reference recording for Gaultier.

Fish do not get puns. But do not fret about it. 

[Moonfish]

Fish do not get puns. But do not fret about it. 

duh!  I thought Erato was bad at typing....   

But..... have you ever heard this interpretation on the BIS label?

[Pat B]

I bought this last night and am playing it now. Wow.
("Andreas Staier Edition")

That is a great set.

Thread duty:
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Böhm: Keyboard Works, from the 15-CD Leonhardt box

[Ken B]

Le Tombeau de Couperin, M. Ravel Steven Pointer

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[EigenUser]

Le Tombeau de Couperin, M Ravel

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+1
The toccata (last movement) is fiendishly difficult. I wouldn't stand a chance in hell trying to learn it.

[Ken B]

+1

You missed my correction.

[listener]

Samuel ADLER: Hymnen for Organ     SCHUMAN transcr. Adler  When Jesus Wept
Gardner READ: 14 Preludes on Old Southern Hymns
Barbara Harbach, organ - C.B. Fisk op. 83 (1983) Downtown Presbyterian Church, Rochester NY.
with traditional hymn tunes sung by the Rochester Singers,  Adler cond.
and then J. STRAUSS II vol.32  includes Wiener Blut and the Tritsch-Trasch Polka
C-S State Philharmonic /Wildner

[EigenUser]

You missed my correction.

Just saw it. 

[Ken B]

+1
The toccata (last movement) is fiendishly difficult.

I look forward to it. As ever with Ravel, I look forward to the end.



Seriously though the suite has never made a big impression on me. It's a good piece, but not a memorable one.