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My next Alicia de Larrocha album...



Unfortunately I do not enjoy Badia's voice.

That's not surprising, as Señora Badía was well past her prime (she was past 65 years of age) when those recordings were made. The historical significance here is that Badía had studied piano with Granados, and was accompanied by him in song recitals she gave in her youth. But yes, her voice, at the time the recording was made is unfortunately not very attractive.

[VonStupp]

Granville Bantock
Songs of the Isles
Elysian Singers of London - Sam Laughton

Bantock's choral music reminds of that from Delius, which isn't a bad thing at all.

Some are modal arrangements of folk songs while others are original pieces of greater length. How Bantock approaches vocal textures is intriguing.
VS

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP:

Debussy
Images, Books I & II
Kocsis

[Traverso]

Schönberg

The reason to purchase this collection is mainly because of the Arnold Schönberg recordings. I still have the box with LPs, but I am very happy with this digital reissue.

A beautiful performance of Verklärte Nacht in sextett version and the serenade Op.24 with John Shirley-Quirk

[ChamberNut]

Enjoyed, indeed!

Via: Idagio streaming

Bach

Goldberg Variations, BWV 998

Andreas Staier, harpsichord
Harmonia Mundi

[Karl Henning]

Cross post:

[hopefullytrusting]

Reger's 7 Sonatas for Unaccompanied Violin:


Obviously modeled after Bach's set of Partitas/Sonatas, they are every bit their equal save when it comes to emotionality - I find Reger a bit too rigid, a bit too stiff - he feels very academic, like he doesn't want to get it wrong, but getting it wrong is what makes Bach set, in my opinion, the greatest set of solo variations. Reger is very careful, a technical wizard, and the pieces all sound right - like nothing is out of place. That being said - these pieces are truly extraordinary, and they get a high recommendation for me. I find the violin to be the most difficult piece to have on its own because it lacks the depth (verticality) of bass - it is a very horizonal instrument, at least in my estimation; thus to brave the unaccompanied solo demands virtuosity in both realms.

Turina's Guitar Works


Turina is my favorite composer of the guitar. The music radiates happiness and warmth. The touch on the strings requires deftness, and a soft palm for the rhythm. The sound feels fuzzy, and I always feel good listening to the music, and when it is complete - I always feel better. It is the music of the streets and the campfire, and while most people cannot play it - you feel as if you can. It is inviting music. It feels like a good friend, welcoming you, putting a hand on your shoulder and introducing you to everyone else at the party. Another high recommend. It is music that you just cannot help but move your body to - music you feel rather than think - the "anti-Reger," atomically.

[ChamberNut]

Turina's Guitar Works


Turina is my favorite composer of the guitar. The music radiates happiness and warmth. The touch on the strings requires deftness, and a soft palm for the rhythm. The sound feels fuzzy, and I always feel good listening to the music, and when it is complete - I always feel better. It is the music of the streets and the campfire, and while most people cannot play it - you feel as if you can. It is inviting music. It feels like a good friend, welcoming you, putting a hand on your shoulder and introducing you to everyone else at the party. Another high recommend. It is music that you just cannot help but move your body to - music you feel rather than think - the "anti-Reger," atomically.

Indeed!    Agree about his guitar works. I'll be interested in exploring his other works, which I do not know at all.

[Madiel]

That's not surprising, as Señora Badía was well past her prime (she was past 65 years of age) when those recordings were made. The historical significance here is the Badía studied piano with Granados, and was accompanied by him in song recitals she gave in her youth. But yes, her voice, at the time the recording was made is unfortunately not very attractive.

I had looked her up so I was aware of her age.

Alicia de Larrocha did much of the same music again with Victoria de Los Angeles in the early 1970s. I plan to listen to that version soon. I also found out today that de Larrocha's teacher was a student of Granados.

[ChamberNut]

Indeed!    Agree about his guitar works. I'll be interested in exploring his other works, which I do not know at all.

@hopefullytrusting

Turina isn't my absolute favourite, regarding original works for the guitar. I think I have to go with Barrios here. However, Turina's compositions for guitar (there aren't many), are all excellent.

[hopefullytrusting]

@hopefullytrusting

Turina isn't my absolute favourite, regarding original works for the guitar. I think I have to go with Barrios here. However, Turina's compositions for guitar (there aren't many), are all excellent.

I will admit that my view is a bit colored by my personal connection to it, lol.

[Traverso]

Bach

CD 3

"Widerstehe doch der Sünde....."

Resist sin, what an appropriate  thought for the world in turmoil.

[SonicMan46]

Robert de Visée - Works on Guitar & Theorbo on the recordings below - continuance from yesterday - Dave

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No.3 in D Minor, 1877 Version Ed. Leopld Nowak (with Scherzo coda), Philharmonie Festiva, Gerd Schaller

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP:

Handel
Tra le fiamme, HWV 170
Roberta Invernizzi (soprano)
La Risonanza, Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord/director)

From this set -

[AnotherSpin]

Thanks to the mention of @Mandryka in the Hindemith thread, I just listened to a wonderful recording of Das Marienleben by Glenn Gould and Roxolana Roslak from this set.

Roxolana Roslak is a Ukrainian singer. Shortly after her birth in Western Ukraine, the region was occupied by the Russians following Stalin's deal with Hitler — the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Her family soon emigrated, first to Europe, then to Canada.

The current mass exodus of Ukrainians due to Putin's aggression is far from the first.

[Mandryka]

Thanks to the mention of @Mandryka in the Hindemith thread, I just listened to a wonderful recording of Das Marienleben by Glenn Gould and Roxolana Roslak from this set.

Roxolana Roslak is a Ukrainian singer. Shortly after her birth in Western Ukraine, the region was occupied by the Russians following Stalin's deal with Hitler — the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Her family soon emigrated, first to Europe, then to Canada.

The current mass exodus of Ukrainians due to Putin's aggression is far from the first.

It is a very intense performance, no doubt about it -- singer and pianist on top form.

Bon courage!

[prémont]

It is a very intense performance, no doubt about it -- singer and pianist on top form. 

Singers?

[Linz]

Richard Strauss Complete Orchestral Works CD1
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
Arr. Kempe: Walzerfolgen aus "Der Rosenkavalier"
Capriccio, Op. 85, Scene 13: Mondscheinmusik
Staatskappelle Dresden, Rudolf Kempe

[Lisztianwagner]

Maurice Ravel
Shéhérazade, Ouverture de féerie
Ma mère l'oye

Pierre Boulez & New York Philharmonic