What are you listening 2 now?

[Madiel]

Count me in. If an old and valuable recording is only available through a release by a label of so called dubious reputation, you have no other option but to obtain it from there if you wish to listen to it. It's as straightforward as that.

I would also accept this on the assumption that a recording is genuinely "valuable" and not otherwise accessible.

There's a whole discussion to be had about copyright owners who then don't actually continue to make use of their copyright. But this thread isn't the place.

[JBS]

So far, this seems written for @Florestan.

Pity Piano Classics didn't carry over the original CD cover art when putting these "Explorer Sets" together.

[Karl Henning]

"Papa"
Symphony no. 74 in E-flat
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood

[steve ridgway]

Some guy doing the intro for the Beeb can be vaguely heard. We've been warned to extinguish phones and adjust hearing aids. But where are they? The bbc guy won't shut up . . . He's trying to explain op131 I think.  Bloody hell.

Luc Ferrari could have done something with this .

[steve ridgway]

Messiaen: Huit Préludes



An interesting early work for piano exploring different scales .

[steve ridgway]

Cowell: Three Legends



Also from the 1920s but some quite different ideas about how the piano should be played .

[steve ridgway]

Schnittke: String Quartet No. 3



The solid ground of a bleak and depressing existence suddenly gives way plunging one back into the past where a vision of long vanished order and peace is revealed. All attempts to recapture it however are twisted and broken, doomed to failure .

[Florestan]

So far, this seems written for @Florestan.

You're right. I have these two recordings:



The Deljavan piqued my interest too, so thanks.

[Que]

Lute music by Albert de Rippe (ca. 1500 - 1551), who was actually an Italian from  Ripa near Mantua who ended up at the French royal court.

https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/rippe-un-perfaict-sonneur-de-leut-paul-odette

[Harry]

COLOMBINA
MUSIC FOR THE DUKES OF MEDINA SIDONIA.
ACCADEMIA DEL PIACERE, FAHMI ALQHAI.
Recorded: 9–11 December 2021, Church of the former Convento de San Pedro de Alcántara (Colegio Mayor La Luz), Seville, Spain.

[AnotherSpin]

Op. 106 — smooth and sleek, nothing to nitpick about, even if one wanted to. And yet it feels like something's missing. Maybe the issue is with me; perhaps after another restless night under air raids, I needed something more invigorating.

[Harry]

Early Modern English Music 1500-1550.
Tasto Solo.

[Roasted Swan]

I've mentioned Australian composer Matthew Hindson before.  I really like his music.  To my ear it is a quite individual fusion of what might be termed rock minimalism.  So he uses rock riffs and rhythms but in a repeating minimalist way.  There's a fine example of this here;

This is not the kind of cross-over rock for orchestra stuff that I must admit I dislike a lot but something quite different.  He has written quite a lot for orchestra too that is dynamic and exciting - there's a score called "Speed" that is just that!  The performance of his violin concerto here is impressive too - worth a listen if you are curious......

[Mandryka]

Tetzlaff etc, Wigmore, Beeth op 131. I think it's livestreaming. Le tout London are here. Actually no - le tout Wig.

Some guy doing the intro for the Beeb can be vaguely heard. We've been warned to extinguish phones and adjust hearing aids. But where are they? The bbc guy won't shut up . . . He's trying to explain op131 I think.  Bloody hell.

Here

I thought they had a distinctive light, dancing and colourful approach to op 131, and one that flowed from start to finish. There was a point in the middle when I thought to myself that this sounds more like Fauré than Beethoven. Well worth a listen, though we all know that you may not hear it the same as I did!

[Traverso]

Bach

CD 1






S'Gravenhage


Maassluis

A wealth of beautiful organs in the Netherlands and I am happy to be able to support this with photos.
 

Bram Beekman is perhaps not a great name for many who only know Walcha, Alain or Rübsam. Make no mistake, these are excellent performances recorded on beautiful organs and beautifully captured.

Alas, these recordings are not available anymore.

[Harry]

Vincenzo Galilei.
Fronimo, Contrappunti intavolatura di Liuto.
Recorded:1999, Released on originally on the Agora label, re-released on NAR classical, 2022

Excellent.

[AnotherSpin]

Here

I thought they had a distinctive light, dancing and colourful approach to op 131, and one that flowed from start to finish. There was a point in the middle when I thought to myself that this sounds more like Fauré than Beethoven. Well worth a listen, though we all know that you may not hear it the same as I did!

Why did the second violin and the cello switch places?

[Mandryka]

Why did the second violin and the cello switch places?

No idea. But I know the balance sounded very fine from where I was sitting, and the cellist in particular seemed wonderful at the famous bit from 25:03 -- like that little motif she plays contained the whole of life.

[AnotherSpin]

No idea. But I know the balance sounded very fine from where I was sitting, and the cellist in particular seemed wonderful at the famous bit from 25:03 -- like that little motif she plays contained the whole of life.

I just finished listening to the stream of Op. 131, and it feels like, at this moment, I'm appreciating a shift away from intense drama toward a gentle, flowing ease. Thanks again for sharing the link.

[Roasted Swan]

Why did the second violin and the cello switch places?

This seating is relatively unusual in a quartet but there are quite conductors/orchestras who prefer this layout.  I think it has something to do with integrating the lower registers into the whole sound as opposed to the more common left to right/top to bottom arrangement.  I must admit I like antiphonal violins.