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San Antone

#43640
April 17, 2015, 09:48:29 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 17, 2015, 09:11:16 AM
First-Listen Fridays!

de Victoria
Missa pro defunctis
Gabrieli Consort
Paul McCreesh

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A very good recording of that work.  But, is a sad state of affairs, since that one is fairly old.  I am hoping for a new OVPP recording made by one of the excellent vocal ensembles specializing in early music.

San Antone

#43641
April 17, 2015, 10:17:15 AM

Karl Henning

#43642
April 17, 2015, 10:28:33 AM
Quote from: sanantonio on April 17, 2015, 09:48:29 AM
A very good recording of that work.  But, is a sad state of affairs, since that one is fairly old.  I am hoping for a new OVPP recording made by one of the excellent vocal ensembles specializing in early music.

An exquisite piece, and so thanks again and doubly thanks for the alert.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

North Star

#43643
April 17, 2015, 10:29:22 AM
Quote from: sanantonio on April 17, 2015, 10:17:15 AM

Dollars the chart!


Berlioz
Harold en Italie
Tamestit
Minkowski & Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble
https://www.youtube.com/v/qYwDteQkq2k
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

My photographs on Flickr

Karl Henning

#43644
April 17, 2015, 10:49:15 AM
(At least . . . I didn't wait until Memorial Day this year!)

Hovhaness
Lousadzak (Coming of Light), Op.48
Hasmig Surmélian, pf
Orchestre Léon Barzin
Jean-Jacques Werner
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

San Antone

#43645
April 17, 2015, 10:50:00 AM

Karl Henning

#43646
April 17, 2015, 11:14:45 AM
Игорь Фëдорович [ Igor Fyodorovich (Stravinsky) ]
Suite from L'histoire du soldat
Members of the Cleveland Orchestra
Boulez

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Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Beaumarchais

#43647
April 17, 2015, 11:22:45 AM


Built like a prize fighter with huge hands Boris Berezovsky needed only one for this  terrific performace of Ravel's 2nd piano concerto. The orchestra is also outstanding.

https://youtu.be/LYJcbBpUJPs
"Music is what tells us that the human race is greater than we realize."
― Napoleon Bonaparte

San Antone

#43648
April 17, 2015, 11:44:29 AM
After about an hour of Pelleas (I love it, but can't sufficiently concentrate on it while at work) so I switched to Berg's Lulu Suite





I really should listen to Berg more often.

aligreto

#43649
April 17, 2015, 01:05:43 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 17, 2015, 06:35:11 AM
First-Listen Fridays!

(Though 'tis now out of season . . .)

François Couperin
Leçons de Ténèbres
Les Arts Florissants

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What did you think of the performances Karl?

aligreto

#43650
April 17, 2015, 01:07:07 PM
Father and son writing music for the same instrument....






....wonderful!

Green Destiny

#43651
April 17, 2015, 01:31:34 PM
Listened to a few Discs of this set - its great! I feel like im making some progress with this composer at last!
Im ready to tackle some other composers which have thwarted me - it should be an interesting listening day :)
Currently playing - SQ #12:

ritter

#43652
April 17, 2015, 01:36:55 PM Last Edit: April 17, 2015, 01:54:28 PM by ritter
Have been spending the evening "rediscovering" pianist Gianluca Cascioli with these two recent purchases (that arrived today  :) ):


I've found these Préludes to be top-notch, with a perfect balance between "structure" and "beauty of sound" (to use the terms Cascioli himself uses in the informative interview that is printed in the booklet accompanying the CD). Strangely (for me at least), Cascioli mentions Gieseking as a historical precedent that also paid attention to those two aspects of these wonderful pieces. My perecpetion of Gieseking's Debussy is that he gives precedence to "beauty" and "atmosphere", to the detriment of "structure" and "definition" (and I've actually grown to dislike Gieseking's playing because of this).


Piano sonatas K310, K333, K394 and K570

Also very enjoyable, although it seems to me that Cascioli takes some (at times slightly irritating)  liberties with the tempi, and his articulation can appear arbitrary at times. Yet, the dynamics are great, and in the end the music flows nicely...but not at the same (very high) level of the Debussy...

Pat B

#43653
April 17, 2015, 02:03:53 PM
Quote from: king ubu on April 17, 2015, 12:43:31 AM
Well, the pieces I've loved for a while ... recordings by Heifetz/Feuermann/Rubinstein, Szeryng/Fournier/Rubinstein, and yes, most recently the Gaia Szienca two-disc set, which gets the nod as far as recent/HIP goes, I guess. What would interest me though, would be if the Benvenue Fortepiano Trio tackled these!

Oh, I see. I'm a big fan of Vera Beths and Anner Bylsma (together or separately) and this disc is no exception, but I know that's not always a unanimous opinion.

TD: Ravel: Left-hand Concerto (Francois, Cluytens).

king ubu

#43654
April 17, 2015, 02:08:22 PM
Quote from: Pat B on April 17, 2015, 02:03:53 PM
Oh, I see. I'm a big fan of Vera Beths and Anner Bylsma (together or separately) and this disc is no exception, but I know that's not always a unanimous opinion.

Actually Beths had me sit up and listen plenty of times! Bylsma I'm not that familiar with yet, and Immerseel, I can actually do without ... but the recordings pleased me quite some, really, I would so far not put them far behind the Gaia Scienza ones!


Quote from: aligreto on April 17, 2015, 01:05:43 PM

What did you think of the performances Karl?

I'm no(t) Karl, but I love that disc!


Here:

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First listen, but definitely (I much enjoy her first album, too).
Es wollt ein meydlein grasen gan:
Fick mich, lieber Peter!
Und do die roten röslein stan:
Fick mich, lieber Peter!
Fick mich mehr, du hast dein ehr.
Kannstu nit, ich wills dich lern.
Fick mich, lieber Peter!

http://ubus-notizen.blogspot.ch/

Todd

#43655
April 17, 2015, 02:19:57 PM
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

Sadko

#43656
April 17, 2015, 02:27:50 PM

Karl Henning

#43657
April 17, 2015, 02:46:22 PM
Quote from: aligreto on April 17, 2015, 01:05:43 PM

What did you think of the performances Karl?

Sublime  :)
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Drasko

#43658
April 17, 2015, 02:50:40 PM


The 1724 Suites.

EigenUser

#43659
April 17, 2015, 03:06:54 PM
Messiaen's Harawi for soprano and piano. First listen. Hmmm...
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Beethoven's Op. 133 -- A fugue so bad that even Beethoven himself called it "Grosse".
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