What are you listening to now?

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Seems like I will have to go looking for the Vegh set(s).

The Vegh stereo is a fantastic set. It's a great mixture of husky grittiness and modernism. And it's superbly recorded, too. Worth seeking out for sure.


   

[Mister Sharpe]

That looks enticing! Can't seem to find any review online, alas ... any impressions, further details?

Wondered about it meself.  There's a review of it by Rebecca Tavener in the current Choir and Organ (July/Aug, 2016), p. 97, but I don't have access to it. 

[bhodges]

Berio: Sinfonia (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Synergy Vocals / Ed Spanjaard, conductor) - Taped in Het Concertgebouw in December 2010, and quite good. The video seemed not-so-good at first, but after a minute or so, now seems clearer. Never mind: the audio is excellent, as is the performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbmzU19Jwg4

--Bruce

[SimonNZ]

Berio: Sinfonia (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Synergy Vocals / Ed Spanjaard, conductor) - Taped in Het Concertgebouw in December 2010, and quite good. The video seemed not-so-good at first, but after a minute or so, now seems clearer. Never mind: the audio is excellent, as is the performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbmzU19Jwg4

--Bruce

Listening/watching now. Thanks for the link.

[Daverz]

Now:



First-listen to the Violin Concerto. The recording quality isn't the best and I long for a better recorded performance. The performance itself is only serviceable.

That's too bad.  There is a great Szeryng recording on Lp.

[Mirror Image]

That's too bad.  There is a great Szeryng recording on Lp.

Yes and why it hasn't been issued on CD remains a mystery to me.

[Daverz]

Yes and why it hasn't been issued on CD remains a mystery to me.

They're waiting for you to get a turntable and an overpriced and overgraded copy of the Lp from eBay.  Then it will be issued cheaply on CD.

[Mirror Image]

They're waiting for you to get a turntable and an overpriced and overgraded copy of the Lp from eBay.  Then it will be issued cheaply on CD.

Then I guess they'll be waiting for awhile.

Thread duty:



Listening to Violin Sonata No. 4 "Children's Day at the Camp Meeting". This is my favorite recording of Ives' VSs. Great stuff.

[aap1960]

Nice coincidence indeed! 

I like Vegh and the Salzburgers very much. Jocund yet expert music making. Their whole series of Mozart's divertimenti and serenades (7 cds) is a joy. My only quibble is that they didn't record the Posthorn-Serenade. I actually wonder why.

Sorry it took so long to reply, just getting caught up on the thread after a week away.
Vegh and the Salzbergers DID record the Posthorn, only for Philips. It's oop, but I was able to get it as a CD-R from Archivmusic.com (they call them "ArchivCD") as one of their reissue of older material. As I write this, Archivmusic.com has 10,654 discs listed under ArchivCD. The Posthorn CD is still available for $17.00. Sound is good, but you can easily tell it is a CD-R. Everything from the booklet, to the disc label looks like it came from a good home-made CD labeling software.
Here's a link to the CD from Archive.com

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=149331

[ludwigii]

Now:



Now going to finish up Schnittke's Peer Gynt with Act III. The myriad of musical variety in this work is enough to keep one busy for a lifetime as you'd never hear everything. Ravishing music.

The music that gave me more emotions in life, the one that changed me the most, the one to which I feel more connected.
Among thousands, the cds that I would save in case of fire.
The Epilogue is something completely insane, a unique intensity, with music that creates a spatial effect, beyond the three dimensions.

I think Schnittke has created this work while he was in close contact with death, and in it he put all his energies, also a lot of sadness.


Nice picture ! 

[The new erato]

That looks enticing! Can't seem to find any review online, alas ... any impressions, further details?

The one disc I played was a mixmatch of music and ensembles. The Egedius quartet stuff was superb, the Isaac section with Currende Consort not so interesting.

[Mirror Image]

The music that gave me more emotions in life, the one that changed me the most, the one to which I feel more connected.
Among thousands, the cds that I would save in case of fire.
The Epilogue is something completely insane, a unique intensity, with music that creates a spatial effect, beyond the three dimensions.

I think Schnittke has created this work while he was in close contact with death, and in it he put all his energies, also a lot of sadness.


Nice picture ! 

I feel similarly about Peer Gynt that you do. I could call this work his magnum opus if I didn't love so many other of his works! I do hear a lot of sadness in this music, but I also hear someone who remained optimistic even when things may have seemed so bleak. As for the photo, I found it by chance when I was looking through Google Images of the composer. Sometimes it's amazing what you can find. By the way, I created this thread, if you'd like to cast your votes for your favorite Schnittke works. It'd be interesting to see your list:

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,24997.0.html

[Wanderer]

Streaming:

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[Que]

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That looks enticing! Can't seem to find any review online, alas ... any impressions, further details?

It is a reissue of recordings taken from various previous issues on EtCetera.

More details here: https://www.etcetera-records.com/album/548/footsteps-alamire

I usually dislike these "reshuffles" and prefer a "straight" 1-to-1 reissue, but am seriously considering this...as I have none of the reissued material.

Q

[Pat B]

Folk/pop with rich, complex (sometimes curious) harmonies dolloped with humor.  They are famous for a three-part Hallelujah Chorus.  I'm reminded that Fripp produced that album shown previously (a tasty treat it was, the more I think on't). Saw them four times back in the day - popular among college crowds.  "Hammond Song" is a favorite :   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA-U5H4VoX8 and that cut has aforementioned fripperies.

Yes, thanks for posting this. But now I must listen to Another Green World.

[Camphy]

Symphony 7

[king ubu]

It is a reissue of recordings taken from various previous issues on EtCetera.

More details here: https://www.etcetera-records.com/album/548/footsteps-alamire

I usually dislike these "reshuffles" and prefer a "straight" 1-to-1 reissue, but am seriously considering this...as I have none of the reissued material.

Q

So this contains partial former standalone CDs? Or complete CDs in re-shuffeled sequence? Or a mix of both? Neither way, adding it to my wishlist ...

[Harry]

It is a reissue of recordings taken from various previous issues on EtCetera.

More details here: https://www.etcetera-records.com/album/548/footsteps-alamire

I usually dislike these "reshuffles" and prefer a "straight" 1-to-1 reissue, but am seriously considering this...as I have none of the reissued material.

Q

The samples did not convince me, i have better recorded and performed interpretations. But I find this selection of CD'S intriguing, nevertheless.

[Mandryka]

Graindelavoix Machaut Mass, just the credo. I think it's disappointing because it's a a bit un-nuanced emotionally. No attempt to differentiate the emotions for "Crucifixus etiam pro nobis"  or "Qui propter nos homines, et propter nostram salutem" for example. Even the amen loses a bit of its magic shock- factor in Schmelzer's hands. He says in the booklet that Perès is one of his inspirations, but Perès is much more responsive to the meaning of the text  in the credo at least. When I listened superficially my impression was of a certain uniform drabness, and though close listening shows that that's not quite fair, it's not far from the truth.

[SimonNZ]

Thierry Pécou's Les Liaisons Magnétiques - Jonathan Stockhammer



Otto Zykan's Violin Concerto "Da drunten im Tale" - Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin, Bertrand de Billy, cond.