What are you listening to now?

[Harry]

A marvelous disc! Fourth rerun. Last time.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/08/recent-acquisition-renaissance-am-rhein.html?spref=tw

[SonicMan46]

Quantz, Johann (1697-1773) - Flute Quartets & Concertos w/ Mary Oleskiewicz on Baroque flutes and many others shown on the cover art - plan a longer post in one of the classical threads - Dave

 

[Karl Henning]

A Quantz of Solace.

[Mandryka]

Bob van Asperen plays a suite of music in G major by Louis Couperin. I've read negative reviews of this recording, by people who seem to have some experience with early music, but I find this G major suite a resounding success, with a wonderful coup de theâtre, a double of the allemande by D'Anglebert à couper le souffle. A brief comparison with Egarr and Moroney in the same music left Asperen with nothing to be ashamed of, on the contrary, the others seemed prosaic to me. For what it's worth.

[SonicMan46]

A Quantz of Solace.

Hello Karl - Mary Oleskiewicz, the flutist, is an Associate Professor at the U of Mass in Boston and I believe a member of several performing musical organizations there, including the H & H Society - curious if you may know her?  Interestingly, she obtained her PhD at Duke University right down the road from me.  Dave

[Karl Henning]

Hello Karl - Mary Oleskiewicz, the flutist, is an Associate Professor at the U of Mass in Boston and I believe a member of several performing musical organizations there, including the H & H Society - curious if you may know her?  Interestingly, she obtained her PhD at Duke University right down the road from me.  Dave

Cheers, Dave! I did not know her, so I thank you for the advisory;  we have two friends in common on Facebook, so let us see if she do accept my Friend request . . . .

[SonicMan46]

Cheers, Dave! I did not know her, so I thank you for the advisory;  we have two friends in common on Facebook, so let us see if she do accept my Friend request . . . .

Great!  Let us know - w/ the two new additions posted previously, I now have 6 CDs of Quantz's flute music w/ her performing on four of the discs - Dave

[Karl Henning]

Nielsen
Violin Sonata № 2, Op.35 FS 64 (1912)
Jon Gjesme, vn
Jens Elvekjær, pf

[Wanderer]

Still on vacation and away from my collection, but Apple Music has proven a quite worthwhile companion.

Today and yesterday:

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[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

You're very welcome! And just for the record, this knight really isn't into the whole slaying dragons thing 

Enjoy the Danses!  Pay attention how one of the pianos mimics the harp 's glissandi towards the end of the Danse profane...riveting!!!! And then the transition between both parts...so simple and yet so magical. ..How I like this music @

That's reassuring!!    And appreciated! 

Danses is as you say - and well-described! - a delight from start to finish.  Damerini & Rapetti's lighter touch and "Brilliant" engineering work to much better effect in those than in La Mer.  Looking forward to hearing the other disks in the set.

[listener]

songs by GLINKA, sung by Boris Christoff with Alexandre Labinsky, piano
and WALTON:  Te Deum and Gloria, and the 2 Coronation Marches: Orb & Sceptre and Crown Imperial
Choristers of Worcester Cathedral,  City of Birmingham S.O..  Louis Fremaux, cond.

[bhodges]

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Glad to know of this (and your impressions invited). I saw Baráti live in a recital last year - works for solo violin - and thought he was terrific.

--Bruce

[aligreto]

Moussorgsky: Boris Godounov / Gergiev [1872 version]....





On first listen I imagine myself preferring the earlier 1869 version; I have no idea why at this stage. I am not familiar enough with the work yet even to make a valued comparison of both versions.

[André]

Rautavaara:symphonies 1 and 2. Mikko Franck and the Belgian National Orchestra. Then symphonies 5 and 6 under Max Pommer and the Leipzig Radio Symphony.

[SimonNZ]

"Virtuoso Recorder Music" - Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 3, "Sinfonia Espansiva," Op. 27, FS 60 and then onto Symphony No. 5, Op. 50, FS 97. Such incredible performances. This will make my second pass through both of these symphonies tonight.

[SimonNZ]

"Bella Donna: The Medieval Woman" - Sinfonye

[Todd]

Op 14.

[Que]

Let me do another disc this morning :

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Q

[The new erato]

Played the string quartet last night:

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Considering it is his best known chamber work, it didn't make as strong an impression on me as the other works on this set; i.e. the violin sonata, cello sonata, piano trio or wind quintet with piano,all of which I really liked.

Maybe I'm spoiled by the version by the Ysaye quartet which admittedly is better played.

Also, to continue the French theme, made the first inroads into the Lekeu set on Capriccio which I received yesterday.