What are you listening 2 now?

[Cato]

For the open-eared:        Quarter-tone music with FOUR pianos!

Ivan Wyschnegradsky:

[AnotherSpin]

Francisco Lopez - Untitled #164.

It might evoke an association with Bernhard Gunter.

[Harry]

BEDRICH SMETANA (1824–1884)
Piano Trio in G minor Op 15 1855.

BOHUSLAV MARTINU (1890–1959)
Piano Trio No 1: Cinq pièces brèves 1930.

PETR EBEN (1929–2007).
Piano Trio 1986.

THE FLORESTAN TRIO.
Recorded in Henry Wood Hall, London, on 9–11 December 2008.

[Cato]

Consort music by Biber,Muffat,Rosenmüller,Scheidt & Schmelzer

CD 16

A beautiful recording from this treasure box. You can feel the dedication with which these musicians express the score.
This music with its modest character evokes memories from times gone by.

Searching for LPs and meeting other enthusiasts in the shops where you could meet each other, it is all a thing of the past, there are no more shops where you can buy LPs or CDs. In the old days you walked home with a feeling of carrying a treasure with you.

It has all become much more businesslike but the music has remained alive, although it is no longer the adventure it used to be.

Yes, I much agree, and it is a sad development, isolating people more and more.  Such is "progress," * but we at least have a forum like this, where an American enthusiast can write to a person in the Netherlands and not need two weeks or more for the reply to arrive via airmail!

Here is one one of the Biber selections via YouTube: excellent performance indeed!

* An American "public philosopher," to use an old term, named William F. Buckley, once said it was the task of Conservatives to stand in front of the bulldozer of Progress and yell "STOP"!    Then the questions were: Is this really what progress should be?  Have we thought about this carefully?

[Cato]

BOHUSLAV MARTINU (1890–1959)
Piano Trio No 1: Cinq pièces brèves 1930.

PETR EBEN (1929–2007).
Piano Trio 1986.

THE FLORESTAN TRIO.
Recorded in Henry Wood Hall, London, on 9–11 December 2008.[/b][/i]

More Martinu!!!  He is everywhere on GMG these days!

I have never heard of Peter Eben: thanks for the recommendation!

[Harry]

More Martinu!!!  He is everywhere on GMG these days!

I have never heard of Peter Eben: thanks for the recommendation!

For some he is a bit of a hardliner, (Eben) so I am curious what you make of him. And well Martinu, he pops up in my search for recordings I want to hear. By now I already selected about 3000 CD's on Qobuz, and counting

[Traverso]

Yes, I much agree, and it is a sad development, isolating people more and more.  Such is "progress," * but we at least have a forum like this, where an American enthusiast can write to a person in the Netherlands and not need two weeks or more for the reply to arrive via airmail!

Here is one one of the Biber selections via YouTube: excellent performance indeed!


 




* An American "public philosopher," to use an old term, named William F. Buckley, once said it was the task of Conservatives to stand in front of the bulldozer of Progress and yell "STOP"!    Then the questions were: Is this really what progress should be?  Have we thought about this carefully?

Give African women a washing machine so they don't have to go to the river anymore. The result is less social contact, modernization often has side effects that were not foreseen. This is something that can easily be misunderstood. Isolation and the disappearance of cohesion are often the consequences of the "efficient" society

By the way, there is a new "bulldozer" which I will not comment on further.

[Cato]

For some he is a bit of a hardliner, (Eben) so I am curious what you make of him. And well Martinu, he pops up in my search for recordings I what to hear. By now I already selected about 3000 CD's on Qobuz, and counting

Yes, I saw some comments on YouTube from someone getting an ulcer from the Piano Trio!    I am just now finishing the Piano Trio, and it is very much in the vein of of Schoenberg's comment that there are still plenty of possibilities in C Major, i.e. in traditional tonality!

An excellent work, and YouTube provided a link to his Piano Concerto, which I will try next!

So far, it RAWKS!!!   

[Traverso]

Bach


CD 2

[Iota]

These really are brilliantly colourful set pieces, like a series of vivid mini tableaux, making a pleasure of seeing the action with ones ears as it were. I've never actually seen it live or on video, but listening to it conjures up so many images in my mind, it seems time to take a peek at somebody else's impressions.
It's my first encounter with conductor Kahchun Wong, and I must say he and the Halle arrive in a blaze of colour and detail, the score opens up like a bottle of champagne and everything is so vivid. Am now keen to hear other recordings of his.

[Que]

It is CPE Bach time!

But instead of going for the next volume in the BIS series by Spányi, I picked this new recording by Tom Beghin - also on clavichord.

[Harry]

Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637–1707)
Complete Organ Works.
Volume I.
Prelude and Fugue for Organ in D major, BuxWV 139.
Nun freut euch, lieben Christen, g'mein, BuxWV 210
Fugue for Organ in C major, BuxWV 174 'Gigue'
Ach Herr, mich armer Sünder, BuxWV 178
Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BuxWV 221
Ich dank' dir schon durch deinen Sohn, BuxWV 195
Canzonetta for Organ in D minor, BuxWV 168
Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist, BuxWV 208
Prelude and Fugue for Organ in G minor, BuxWV 150
Ciacona for Organ in C minor, BuxWV 159
Toccata and Fugue for Organ in F major, BuxWV 157
Magnificat noni toni in D minor, BuxWV 205
Prelude and Fugue for Organ in G major, BuxWV 162
Auf meinen lieben Gott, BuxWV 179
Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott, BuxWV 184
Prelude and Fugue for Organ in A major, BuxWV 151

Christopher Herrick plays on the Organ of Helsingør Cathedral, , ST OLAI Denmark.
Organ built by Poul-Gerhard Andersen in 1969 using three pedal stops from the Marcussen organ of 1865.
Further revoicing and enlargement in 1987 and 2005.
Recorded on 9 and 10 April 2007.

[Mandryka]

Modigliani Qt, Beeth Raz2 and an early Moz. St Lukes Old Street. I have never been to a good concert here,  I reckon it's jinxed.  Lots of empty seats  Audience not too geriatric.  Hall looks beautiful. Here we go, someone's making an announcement. Bye

Groan. Starting with Moz qt 3

[vandermolen]

Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637–1707)
Complete Organ Works.
Volume I.
Prelude and Fugue for Organ in D major, BuxWV 139.
Nun freut euch, lieben Christen, g'mein, BuxWV 210
Fugue for Organ in C major, BuxWV 174 'Gigue'
Ach Herr, mich armer Sünder, BuxWV 178
Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BuxWV 221
Ich dank' dir schon durch deinen Sohn, BuxWV 195
Canzonetta for Organ in D minor, BuxWV 168
Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist, BuxWV 208
Prelude and Fugue for Organ in G minor, BuxWV 150
Ciacona for Organ in C minor, BuxWV 159
Toccata and Fugue for Organ in F major, BuxWV 157
Magnificat noni toni in D minor, BuxWV 205
Prelude and Fugue for Organ in G major, BuxWV 162
Auf meinen lieben Gott, BuxWV 179
Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott, BuxWV 184
Prelude and Fugue for Organ in A major, BuxWV 151

Christopher Herrick plays on the Organ of Helsingør Cathedral, , ST OLAI Denmark.
Organ built by Poul-Gerhard Andersen in 1969 using three pedal stops from the Marcussen organ of 1865.
Further revoicing and enlargement in 1987 and 2005.
Recorded on 9 and 10 April 2007.

Great cover art!

[vandermolen]

Very much so Jeffrey. I admire her compositions, and wish she was more often recorded.

Me too Harry. I was just thinking that the Carwithen CD is one that I can play through from beginning to end with much pleasure (just under one hour of music in total). There is also a very good Chandos CD of her chamber music.

[Traverso]

Messiaen

[Cato]

Modigliani Qt, Beeth Raz2 and an early Moz. St Lukes Old Street. I have never been to a good concert here,  I reckon it's jinxed.  Lots of empty seats  Audience not too geriatric.  Hall looks beautiful. Here we go, someone's making an announcement. Bye

Groan. Starting with Moz qt 3

I discovered that Mozart was 15 or so, when he composed it.

Was it worthwhile?

[ritter]

On YouTube, Alberto Ginastera's Variaciones concertantes, op. 23. Alondra de la Parra conducts the WDR Funkhausorchester Cologne.

Wonderful work, but not the most polished performance, I'm afraid...

[Harry]

Me too Harry. I was just thinking that the Carwithen CD is one that I can play through from beginning to end with much pleasure (just under one hour of music in total). There is also a very good Chandos CD of her chamber music.

Yes I have heard that one too, makes me even more enthusiastic about her music.

[Harry]

Giovanni Antonio Terzi
Lute Music.
Florent Marie. Lute.
Recorded september 26-29, 2021 Église d'Habloville, Orne, France.