What are you listening to now?

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

Was gonna wash and wax the car this AM, but a storm front's come in and so now it's a turn down day. 

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[Wakefield]

I love this stuff by Enrico Gatti and his Ensemble Aurora:



Now part of this 2CD set :

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Strongly recommended to lovers of Baroque violin music!

Q

I experienced a sudden emotion when I saw your post. I thought Gatti had recorded Locatelli's L'Arte del Violino. 

It looks extremely interesting, anyway. Thanks! 

[SonicMan46]

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

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

Hi HIPster - thanks for the Bertali recommendation - also like the other one I purchased recently (inserted above, right) - has a lot of period horns - my first Bertali CDs and knew nothing about this composer until reading the liner notes - he was quite a prominent personage in 17th century Vienna, as explained in the short quote below.  Dave

Antonio Bertali was born in 1605 in Verona. In 1624 he moved to Vienna, where he was hired as a violinist and composer at the Habsburg Court and eventually served as Supremus Musices Praefectus of the Imperial orchestra. Following the death of Giovanni Valentini in 1649, King Ferdinand III appointed Bertali Kapellmeister—then the highest musical position in German-speaking lands—a post which he held until his death in 1669. Bertali was a prolific composer of both sacred and secular music, ranging from oratorios and operas to instrumental sonatas, but few of his works were published and almost none survive.

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

DG deserves a good spanking (Verhauend) for not including lyrics in this CD reissue , one of the loveliest recordings I own :

[Drasko]

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[SonicMan46]

Glazunov, Alexander - String Works w/ the Utrecht SQ - first 3 volumes up for a second listening today - seem to be 2 more volumes from this group to complete the project - I'm really enjoying Glazunov's string writing - a couple of reviews attached for those interested - Dave

   

[Harry]

Glazunov, Alexander - String Works w/ the Utrecht SQ - first 3 volumes up for a second listening today - seem to be 2 more volumes from this group to complete the project - I'm really enjoying Glazunov's string writing - a couple of reviews attached for those interested - Dave

   

Dave my friend, Volume 4 and 5 were also in the MDG sale, so I wondered why you did not order them too???

[prémont]

Gustav Leonhardt plays Scheidemann's magnificat vi tone. I find it a satisfying, spiritual, intense, serious account which makes me think of J S Bach. I was wrong to suggest yesterday that Julia Brown recorded this magnificat, it turns out that van Dijk did it for Naxos.  But I think that I was probably right to suggest that Lecaudey is successful in giving Scheidemann a distinctively playful face.

This one - also on the Schnitger/Hamburg-  might be interesting for Sonic Man too, as almost half of it is music by Scheidemann.

An outstandimg recording in every respect.

[Camphy]

[Todd]

Jumped to disc 38, Smetana and the first Brahms piano trio.  About the closest thing to a complaint is that the BAT may smooth over the Smetana just a bit too much, rendering it, well, perfect.  That's not much of a complaint.  The 1970 and 1966 sound is fully up to snuff.

[Henk]

[aligreto]

Symphony No. 8 from this set....





This is a strong performance from these forces.

[aligreto]

Brahms: Cello Sonatas....





Strong, bold, assertive performances from both instrumentalists.

[André]

Wagner: Orchestral excerpts from Der Ring des Nibelungen plus Meistersinger: Prelude to Act 1 and Tristan und und Isolde : Prelude and Liebestod. George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra. A fabulous exercise in orchestral excellence and exactitude. Szell reminds the listener that Wagner wrote for the classical orchestra. This is an exacting demonstration that less can be more. Fascinating. One of the greatest musical masterclasses ever caught on the gramophone.

[TheGSMoeller]

No.14...

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...followed by...

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[Todd]

Disc 2.  Some slower sonatas are included on this disc, letting Ms Huangci display more than just nimble fingerwork.  And she allows herself some notable freedom.  Huangci's ornamentation for Kk 443 is unique and delightful, for instance.  A most satisfying release.  I do hope Ms Huangci records some Mozart, and post-haste.

[SimonNZ]

Bach's "Coffee" and "Peasant" cantatas - Emma Kirkby, soprano, Christopher Hogwood, cond.

[Wakefield]

Bach's "Coffee" and "Peasant" cantatas - Emma Kirkby, soprano, Christopher Hogwood, cond.

Lovely disk!

Here:

Albinoni: Oboe and Violin Concertos
Pierre Pierlot (oboe) Jacques Chambon (oboe), Piero Toso (violin)
I Solisti Veneti
Claudio Scimone

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Even playing modern instruments, Scimone and his orchestra are a must on this repertory. 

[SonicMan46]

Dave my friend, Volume 4 and 5 were also in the MDG sale, so I wondered why you did not order them too???

Hi Harry - LOL!    I did see the other MDG Glazunov chamber offerings but had set my limit to order 12 items, plus I had never heard these works before so was not sure if I'd like them and/or the performances - WELL, wish that I had added the other two - assume that you enjoy these recordings - Dave

[TheGSMoeller]

Selections from this lovely gem...

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