What are you listening to now?

[ritter]

More opera today:

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Delicious....

[Harry]

New acquisition, first listen, CD 1. A good start of this box.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2014/09/new-acquisition-rodrigo-joaquin-1901.html?spref=tw

[Sadko]

Rameau

Harpsichord works

Jory Vinikour

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[TheGSMoeller]

Rameau

Harpsichord works

Jory Vinikour

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Very nice, Sadko. That is my favorite collection of Rameau keyboard works on disc. How are you liking it?

[SurprisedByBeauty]

#morninglistening @WienerKonzerthaus


A. Schoenberg,
Complete Songs
Konrad Jarnot, Markus Schaefer et al.
Capriccio

German link - UK link

#morninglistening #classicalmusic #Schoenberg #Lieder gorgeous collection from #Capriccio.

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[Karl Henning]

#morninglistening @WienerKonzerthaus


A. Schoenberg,
Complete Songs
Konrad Jarnot, Markus Schaefer et al.
Capriccio

German link - UK link

#morninglistening #classicalmusic #Schoenberg #Lieder gorgeous collection from #Capriccio.

http://www.tumblr.com/blog/wienerkonzerthaus | http://instagram.com/wienerkonzerthaus | https://twitter.com/Konzerthauswien?lang=en | https://www.facebook.com/konzerthaus

Thanks for the reminder!

[Sadko]

Very nice, Sadko. That is my favorite collection of Rameau keyboard works on disc. How are you liking it?

[Rameau/Vinikour]

I must say I am a bit disappointed. The first impression was: He has a pleasant, gentle "voice", not a hammerer. But soon I began to find it all a bit samy, unaccentuated and the steadiness of rhythm too prominent. Not really mechanical, but a bit unimaginative, undifferentiated, unsubtle. No competition for Marcelle Meyer (on the piano). I compared a few pieces to Celine Frisch's interpretations on harpsichord, and I found my impression confirmed: There I hear more of what is going on in the pieces, while (overstating it) with Vinikour I hear more a sound carpet.

EDIT: Yes, I think I like him best when he is playing sweet, lullaby like "songs".

[TheGSMoeller]

[Rameau/Vinikour]

I must say I am a bit disappointed. The first impression was: He has a pleasant, gentle "voice", not a hammerer. But soon I began to find it all a bit samy, unaccentuated and the steadiness of rhythm too prominent. Not really mechanical, but a bit unimaginative, undifferentiated, unsubtle. No competition for Marcelle Meyer (on the piano). I compared a few pieces to Celine Frisch's interpretations on harpsichord, and I found my impression confirmed: There I hear more of what is going on in the pieces, while (overstating it) with Vinikour I hear more a sound carpet.

Thank you for your reply, Sadko. Different strokes for different folks. 
For me there's a closeness to the instrument, a clarity to the notes that I've always really enjoyed.

Thread duty...a disc I haven't spun in years it feels like...

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[Mookalafalas]

Stumbled onto a copy of this and giving it a listen.  Impressed so far.
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[Harry]

O, dear, this was a disappointment all around.....

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2014/09/bach-js-complete-organ-works-disc-19.html?spref=tw

[kishnevi]

Solid on all counts but does not dislodge Mullova from the top spot for VC 1.

[Ken B]

Varese, Ameriques, SF MTT

[Pat B]

Earlier: Beethoven 7, Furtwangler 1943. I tried listening to the 4 from the same year, but the way he handled the first transition made me skip ahead. I'm not wildly enthusiastic about this 7 but at least I was able to listen to the whole thing.

Now: Gershwin Piano Concerto (Grimaud, Zinman). I like this but haven't heard many other recordings of it.

[Wakefield]

J.S. Bach - French Suites
Masaaki Suzuki, harpsichord

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It's a great recording of these suites. To me the most attractive quality of Suzuki's interpretation is a sort of dignity, associated to some almost tangible spiritual pureness, as if were played by a maiden from a Romantic novel. 

[Mandryka]

Andreas Staier plays all sorts of 17th century keyboard music, masterful articulation - possibly the most eloquent performance of D'anglebert's tombeau for Chambonnières that I've ever heard.

Interesting to hear a passacaglia by Muffat on a harpsichord.

[Mandryka]

J.S. Bach - French Suites
Masaaki Suzuki, harpsichord

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It's a great recording of these suites. To me the most attractive quality of Suzuki's interpretation is a sort of dignity, associated to some almost tangible spiritual pureness, as if were played by a maiden from a Romantic novel. 

Well put!

[SonicMan46]

Continuing my listening to the Haydn Keyboard Sonatas w/ Brautigam, but a new arrival:

Bach, JS - Christmas Oratorio w/ Layton & many others - excellent reviews from The Telegraph, Sinfini Music, and Fanfare, the latter prompted my purchase (a used copy from the Amazon MP) - Dave

Haydn, Joseph - Piano Sonatas w/ Ronald Brautigam - have not listened to Papa Joe in a while - so will start the box below - Dave

 

[Karl Henning]

Cheers, Dave!

Thread Duty:

Дмитрий Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
Струнный квартет № 9 ми-бемоль мажор, соч. 117 [ String Quartet № 9 in E ^b, Opus 117 (1964) ]
Pacifica Quartet

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[Karl Henning]

Дмитрий Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
Струнный квартет № 10 Ля-бемоль мажор, соч. 118 [ String Quartet № 10 in A^b, Opus 118 ]
The Emerson String Quartet

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[EigenUser]

Varese, Ameriques, SF MTT

Great piece!

Earlier: Beethoven 7, Furtwangler 1943. I tried listening to the 4 from the same year, but the way he handled the first transition made me skip ahead. I'm not wildly enthusiastic about this 7 but at least I was able to listen to the whole thing.

Now: Gershwin Piano Concerto (Grimaud, Zinman). I like this but haven't heard many other recordings of it.

Another two great pieces! The Gershwin PC is a favorite of mine.