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[ChamberNut]

Cracking it open

Disc 1

Mozart

Divertimento No. 17 in D, K.334
Divertimento in F "Salzburg Symphony No. 3", K.138

Superb, riveting music. The opening Allegro of the Salzburg Symphony 3 is so catchy!

[DavidW]

Cracking it open

Disc 1

Mozart

Divertimento No. 17 in D, K.334
Divertimento in F "Salzburg Symphony No. 3", K.138

Superb, riveting music. The opening Allegro of the Salzburg Symphony 3 is so catchy!

That is my favorite set of Mozart's serenades, divertimenti, cassations etc.

I've been focusing on Mozart's 38th with the recording in the big Brilliant box, and now one of the finest PI:

[ChamberNut]

That is my favorite set of Mozart's serenades, divertimenti, cassations etc.

I've been focusing on Mozart's 38th with the recording in the big Brilliant box, and now one of the finest PI:

The 38th is my favourite Mozart symphony.

[Florestan]

This is such great fun! @ChamberNut , give it a try. 

[Traverso]

Bach

[North Star]

How is that? Herreweghe is a masterful choral director.

It sounded gorgeous to my ears, Que. I've only heard a handful of his Phi era recordings for some reason but they haven't let me down in any regard so far.



Thread duty - first listen

Thorvaldsdottir
ARCHORA
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Eva Ollikainen

[André]

The 38th is my favourite Mozart symphony.

Same !

[Harry]

Anatoli Konstantinovitch Liadov (1855-1914)
Complete Works for Piano.
Volume I&II.

Spillikins op. 2; 6 Morceaux op. 3; Arabesken op. 4; 2 Intermezzi op. 7; 2 Intermezzi op. 8; 2 Morceaux op. 9; 3 Morceaux op. 10; 3 Morceaux op. 11; 4 Preludes op. 13; 2 Mazurkas op. 15; 2 Bagatellen op. 17; 2 Morceaux op. 24; 3 Preludes op. 27; 2 Morceaux op. 31; 3 Morceaux op. 33; 3 Canons op. 34.

Olga Soloviova, Piano.
Recorded: 2008-2010.
Diapason from June 2017.(5)

Really outstanding interpretations of Lyadov's solo piano works. Well recorded too. Very enjoyable. Prime listening time.

[pianococo90]

Elliot Carter
Elegy for viola and piano

[Spotted Horses]

Mozart String Quartet KV465 "dissonance," Mosaiques



Another brilliant work by Mozart. The opening of the first movement, which gives the quartet its name, is the most obviously distinguishing feature, but wonders abound in all four movements.

The performance is beautiful but there is one quirk of the recording. From the beginning I was a bit confused that the second violin seemed to have the prominence (in writing and sound) usually reserved for the first violin. The violins are split in the Mosaiques seating arrangement so first and second violin are easily distinguished and the most prominent violin was on the right, which should be the second. I looked at the score and it was the actually first violin that was playing from the right.

You could say that they decided to reverse the seating arrangement, but the violin on the left usually sounds a bit stronger because sitting on the right the violin is tilted toward the listener whereas the violin on the left is tilted away from the listener. The violin on the right sounded stronger. This seems to suggest that the stereo channels were reversed. Can that be?

[Florestan]

sitting on the right the violin is tilted toward the listener whereas the violin on the left is tilted away from the listener.

I don't see it this way. The listener is in the center of a circle sector whose edge is defined thus, from left to right: vl, va, vc, vl. Both the left and right violin are at the same distance from the listener. There's no need for one to play or be recorded louder than the other.

[Brian]

And again, and even better. (I mean, why not, the whole thing is scarcely 13 minutes. )

Huh, this isn't on Qobuz, I guess I'll join you on YouTube!

Although this old LP on streaming looks tempting:



Hindemith - Five Pieces
Roussel - Sinfonietta
Britten - A Simple Symphony
Honegger - Prelude, arioso, et fughette sur le nom BACH

[Traverso]

Bach

[Harry]

Jan Antonin Losy.
Silvius Leopold Weiss.
Lute Music in Prague and Vienna around 1700.
Music from the 18th century of Prague.
See back cover for details.
Recorded: 2023, venue unknown.
No PDF file attached to this recording.

Very pleasant music folded in a beautiful performance and SOTA sound. As a side note Losy's Lute works were normally played with an ensemble, and some of them are world recordings.

[VonStupp]

WA Mozart
Piano Concerto 25 in C Major, K. 503
Piano Concerto 26 in D Major 'Coronation', K. 537

Christian Zacharias, piano
Bavarian RSO - David Zinman

VS

[brewski]

Although this old LP on streaming looks tempting:



Hindemith - Five Pieces
Roussel - Sinfonietta
Britten - A Simple Symphony
Honegger - Prelude, arioso, et fughette sur le nom BACH

I love that program. (Nice cover art, too.)

[Spotted Horses]

I don't see it this way. The listener is in the center of a circle sector whose edge is defined thus, from left to right: vl, va, vc, vl. Both the left and right violin are at the same distance from the listener. There's no need for one to play or be recorded louder than the other.

I don't know how they were seated in the recording session, but his is the default seating arrangement for a string quartet.



Here the violin is at left and viola is at right, the second violin and cello are in the back row. The viola is aimed away from the audience since the performer must bow with her right hand.

Listening to the first selection on the Quotour Mosaiques disc (KV464) it is obvious that they seating arrangement has been altered so the first and second violin are antiphonal, with the second violin on the right where the viola sits in this photo (and the viola and cello in the back row). The soundstage seems to mirror the concert arrangement, because the second violin sounds a bit less direct than the first, consistent with the second violin's instrument aimed away from the listener.

Listening to the second selection, KV465, it is obvious that the first violin is on the right (comes from the right channel). But the second violin still sounds less direct, as though pointed away from the listener. This is not consistent with the second violin seated on the left.

The difference in strength is a bit subtle, perhaps could be due to the first violin having an instrument with a more powerful tone. But the fact that the first violin is on the right is unmistakable. Either the seating arrangement has been reversed or the channels have been reversed.

[Karl Henning]

CD 9 Good, clean fun. And the cover photo: these chaps know when to, erm, let their hair down.

[Karl Henning]

[71 dB]

TV/Yle Teema & Fem/Radion sinfoniaorkesterin konsertti, Musiikkitalo
Part of Musica nova festival

Catherine Lamb: skin/shimmer from Portions Transparents/Opaque.
Olli Koskelin: Symphony No. 1*
Lara Poe: Kun usva helisee*
Thierry Escaich: Organ Concerto No. 3: Quatre Visages du temps

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Thierry Escaich, organ
Nathanael Iselin, conductor

* premiere