What are you listening to now?

[Todd]

From the Sony box.  (OK, op 57 isn't included in the original jacket release.) 

[Moonfish]

Excellent, Peter. Thanks for the feedback!

Now, I'm going to listen to three works written in remembrance of the victims of WWI.

Now playing:



Listening to the Requiem. Exquisite music and performance.

Sounds like a wonderful evening with music! 
I am curious about Delius' Requiem...

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Sounds like a wonderful evening with music! 
I am curious about Delius' Requiem...

Indeed. Great music all-around. You own that Delius 150th Anniversary Edition on EMI, right? The Requiem is in this set. The performance isn't as good as Hickox's, but it's certainly one of the only games in town. I believe Meredith Davies is the conductor in the EMI set. Give it a listen sometime, Peter.

Also, Delius' Requiem was a very controversial work during it's time. Read all about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requiem_(Delius)

[Artem]

Good for the late evening listening.

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[kishnevi]

Superb pianism from France first part of the 20th century. Anyone with an interest in Ravel, Faure, Debussy needs to know Hahn.
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I also have the recording by Earl Wild, and would say both performances will satisfy.

[Pat B]

Why does the F major sonata K. 296 never show up on individual recitals. Why. It's so good.
I am not going to buy a recording of all 175938019823 Scarlatti sonatas just for this one so don't ask.

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Scott Ross's recording (presumably the same one Brian linked) is on this single-disc sampler.

I have, I think, 6 discs of Scarlatti sonatas (that Ross one, Hantai on Naïve, 2 by Leonhardt, and 2 by Staier) and they have surprisingly little duplication.

TD: nothing right now. Well, John Cage might say I am listening to the music made by a box fan.

[Mookalafalas]

TD: nothing right now. Well, John Cage might say I am listening to the music made by a box fan.

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Listening to Delius' Two Pieces for Small Orchestra: I. Summer Night on the River - II. On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring. Absolutely enchanting and it doesn't matter how many times I listen to these two miniature masterpieces, I still love them since the first time I heard them many years ago. Handley's performance is just gorgeous. He paces everything wonderfully.

[Mandryka]

Paolo Pandolfo and co. plays everything that Antoine Forqueray wrote for viole and bass continuo. Warning: this CD will not please people with traditional ideas about how to play music, people who want to bring Forqueray's music closer to ideas of French classicism, people who play up singing beauty and elegant balance.

First off, Pandolfo fights shy of singing forth. Rather he plays the music as speech - from impassioned declamation to furtive whisper to grumpy mumble, impassioned grumpy mumble. This is familiar stuff from Les Voix Humaines, and is, I guess, a new viol trend - a reaction away from Jordi.

Second, he's really inventive with the rhythms. You may not notice the jolts until you compare with others, because what he does sounds natural. But it's imaginative.

The instrument, his viole, is so deep it's chthonic - which is an interesting way to make sense of the diabolical reputation of the music.

[Mandryka]

Why does the F major sonata K. 296 never show up on individual recitals. Why. It's so good.



I am not going to buy a recording of all 175938019823 Scarlatti sonatas just for this one so don't ask.

I like this sonata too. It was that sonata, in fact, which first prompted me to listen seriously to Scarlatti, and it's kind of made me feel happy that someone else has discovered it. I first got to know it through a CD by Albert Fuller, which is a bit sewing machiney, bit still rewarding in parts. Then later I found Scott Ross's recording, which is fabulous - a moment of real grace.

Now that thing you've been listening to, Zacharias. He takes 12 minutes to get to the end of it. It's too much for me, I lose attention. And I don't like the kitschy teardrop pianissimos and the unsuppleness compared with the harpsichordists. 

[Que]

On a first listen to this excellent Handel disc ~
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Note that amazon has it listed under Hsndel  . . .

Makes for some attractive pricing, however!   

Looks good, I'm a big fan of Roberta Invernizzi.

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[Que]

Returning to this set for my morning listening:

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As good as it gets in English harpsichord music IMO. Nicely flowing yet quite articulated, resulting in expressive and highly engaging performances.

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[Wanderer]

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[Obradovic]

Kind of warming up before attending the VPO/Gatti Brahms cycle here in Athens

[Harry]

CD 11 from this fine set.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/02/weiss-silvius-leopold-complete-london_12.html?spref=tw

[Madiel]

Giving the Piano Sonata a whirl on Rdio (Spotify, you're on the way out).

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[Harry]

An outstanding organ disc. Recommended. (Que, Hipster, Jeffrey, Premont, Neal, Marc, ao)

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/02/new-acquisitionkerll-johann-caspar-1627.html?spref=tw

[prémont]

An outstanding organ disc. Recommended. (Que, Hipster, Jeffrey, Premont, Neal, Marc, ao)

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/02/new-acquisitionkerll-johann-caspar-1627.html?spref=tw

I have owned it for several years, agree that it is very good.

[Harry]

Recommended and praised on GMG, and its all true!

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/02/new-acquisition-willaert-adrian-c1490.html?spref=tw

[Corey]

My first listen to C.P.E. -- was expecting some pleasant trifles but these pieces are surprisingly stormy and dramatic! The period instruments sound brilliant and are sharply recorded.