What are you listening to now?

[Moonfish]

JS Bach:
French Suites Nos. 2, 4 & 5
Toccatas  BWV 913 & 916
Fantasie  BWV 906

Sviatoslav Richter

[HIPster]

Bertali, Antonio (1605-1669) - Baroque Chamber Sonatas w/ Gunar Letzbor & the Ars Antiqua Austria - I enjoy this group and probably own three or four other recordings - six musicians are listed in the opening booklet notes (2 violins, 1 viola da gamba, 1 violone de Bohème?, organ or harpsichord, & archlute) - the music is varied, melodic, and pleasant - Letzbor is quite expressive and the recorded sound superb - 5* review from AllMusic (HERE) - highly recommended if a fan of this music and these instruments.  Dave

 

Hi Dave - thanks for posting this Letzbor release.  Looks very fine indeed.

I have been spinning this Bertali release over the last few months:
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Very enjoyable! 

TD - sticking with Handel (and Invernizzi!):
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[Moonfish]

Haydn: Symphonies Nos 1, 2, 4 & 5             AAM/Hogwood

*deep sigh of satisfaction*

[TheGSMoeller]

arrived today for a first full listen...

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[Sadko]

Schubert

Schwanengesang and 3 other Rellstab songs

Michael Volle (baritone)
Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano)
Sjön Scott (horn)

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A nice radio portrait of and with this singer made me look for something with him.

His voice is as good and beautiful as I remembered it. The interpretations are not on the too expressive side, but I find them much better than some of the not so favourable Amazon reviews: He refrains from "shouting". The voice is always carefully controlled, but not in an unemotional way, resulting in a more tender, quieter interpretation than in a grand scale theatrical one. It makes me want to hear more of this singer.

[Todd]

Jumped to disc 16, the '64 LvB trio cycle.

[Moonfish]

JS Bach:
Italian Concerto BWV 971
French Overture  BWV 831
4 Duetti BWV 802-805

Sviatoslav Richter

[Moonfish]

arrived today for a first full listen...

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How do you like Zinman's Mahler, Greg?

[Todd]

Pletnev's Scriabin played real loud.  The First Symphony will never be a towering masterpiece, but it fares well here.  The Poem of Ecstasy is superb.  There's studio jiggery pokery, though, as the organ part was recorded in a different country than the orchestral part.  SACD sound is pristine.

[SimonNZ]

"In The Streets And Theatres Of London" - The Musicians Of Swanne Alley

their performance of Ben Johnson's setting of Packington's Pound alone is worth whatever you pay for the disc

[Pat B]

7 CD Sony set of all of Bruno Walter's Columbia Mahler recordings:

Great commentary! I love the autobiographical angle.

I have the "Original Jackets" set with most of the Bruckner and Mahler that Bruno Walter did for Columbia. I found Desi Halban almost unlistenable, but other than that I agree that Walter was pretty solid across the board, with the 9th being the highlight. I should listen to that one again.

[TheGSMoeller]

How do you like Zinman's Mahler, Greg?

Hi, Peter,
I haven't listened to all of the cycle, but what I have heard is nice, even though some of the recordings (the 5th I believe) have some orchestral balance issues. This 6 however of high interest to me, it's one of the best recordings to make the case that the Andante belongs in second that I've heard. Zinman's slowed-down handling of the Scherzo is perfectly paced for this structure.

[SimonNZ]

"Andres Segovia: 1927-1939 Recordings, Volume 1"

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 7, FS 16. Great symphony and performance.

[SimonNZ]

"Far Away Lands: The Medieval Sephardic Heritage" - Ensemble Florata

[listener]

sort of a 20th century set of Spanish guitar music played by Narciso Yepes 
TURINA: Sonata op. 61  Fandanguillo op. 36
ALBÉNIZ, GRANADOS. TÁRREGA, BACARISSE, DE FALLA and YEPES himself

[Mandryka]

Scheidemann, Heinrich (1596-1663) - Organ Works w/ Leo van Doeselaar performing on the Van Hagerbeer organ in Pieterskerk Leiden, and built in 1634; multiple restorations done on the instrument (excellent discussion HERE) - my first disc of this composer's works; he apparently wrote predominantly for the organ and harpsichord - other recommendations?  Dave

   

If you have spotify try to hear Wolfgang Zerer's recording of the Magnificat 2nd tone, it's on a compilation disc of music played at St Catz Hamburg.

[Camphy]

Symphonies 46 & 47

[aligreto]

Ockeghem: Missa au travail suis / Tallis Scholars....

[Que]

My 1st morning listening is disc 4 of this set:

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Léon Berben concludes in the accompanying notes that this music would have been performed with the ample use of ornamentation, and that is exactly the way he plays it.....  Which suits me fine, I like it.

Wonderfull, free spirited and stylish playing. A superb set - just read the Amazon review by Stephen Midgley.
A great set next my NM Classics complete keyboard works set, with performers with a more traditional or academic angle. Still love that too - great collection of esteemed Sweelinck performers.

BTW more recordings coming up in Glossa's Sweelinck Edition......

Q