What are you listening 2 now?

[JBS]

CD 6


Which includes
Rapsodia EspañolaT16
Orchestral Version
NavarraT106
Completed by Pilar Bayona
Piano Sonata No. 5T85
Troisème Suite AncienneT76
AzulejosT107
Completion by Granados with new ending by the pianist
Piano Concerto No 1 "Concierto Fantástico"Torres 17

[hopefullytrusting]

Brahms, Op. 116



Good Brahmsian pianism is difficult to find, or at least what I am looking for. Too much of the Brahms pianists, I've heard, are far too romantic, which makes sense given his era, and some of his works are definitely romantic, but his last piano works require a different touch - one in which each finger can act independently of all the others. I think, sometimes, his late work gets lumped in with the "lyrical" movement of that period (Grieg, Medtner, etc.), but I view it much more in line with the late piano sonatas of Beethoven (not in scope, obviously, but in style), but this recording has a great set of op. 116 - concise and precise.

High recommendation.

Found the perfect Brahms late set for me: Koroliov (but, and this will sound funny, I think the price is too steep for a digital download, lol).

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Those early one-act operas are a blast!

I agree, Karl! Fun pieces for sure.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP:

Adams
The Wound-Dresser
Georg Nigl, baritone
Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko

From this set -

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP:

Stenhammar
String Quartet No. 4 in A minor, Op. 25
Stenhammar Quartet

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Closing the night out with two back-to-back works from Prokofiev:

Piano Concerto No. 5 in G, Op. 55
Vladimir Krainev, piano
Frankfurt RSO
Kitajenko

From this set -



Piano Sonata No. 5 in C major, Op. 38
Matti Raekallio, piano

From this set -

[Madiel]

Mozart: Davide penitente



In a move worthy of Bach, a lot of the music in this cantata is re-used from the (unfinished) Mass in C minor, plus a couple of newly composed arias. Which raises lots of interesting questions. Did Mozart re-use the music because he knew he was never going to finish the mass? Did he only decide not to finish the mass after he used the music here?

Apparently nobody really knows. Though it wouldn't surprise me if Mozart worked on the mass (some of which was performed) before realising that he didn't really have a market for one in Vienna.

[Harry]

Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony 4
Neeme Jarvi
Scottish National Orchestra

I like Prokofiev's symphonies under Jarvi.

Me too, the moment this series was released I bought them.....

[AnotherSpin]

I've just made another discovery where I sense a masterpiece - Ave Maris Stella. The ending is so extraordinary that it makes me want to listen to the whole thing again straight away.

Strange coincidences happen. The moment I opened the forum and read this message, Ave Maris Stella was playing in my room — but Josquin's (Cappella Pratensis).

[Que]

Early 12th century music from the Codex Calixtinus. The interesting thing with Medieval music is that the various approaches by performers can be very different indeed, so the choice is very much up to personal preferences!

https://www.classicalacarte.net/HarmoniaGold/Fanfare/HMG507156_fanfare.htm

[Mandryka]

Strange coincidences happen. The moment I opened the forum and read this message, Ave Maris Stella was playing in my room — but Josquin's (Cappella Pratensis).

 Synchronicity

[Traverso]

Hildegard von Bingen

Ave Maria O Autrix Vite
Responsorium

I think this is the most beautiful thing I have heard from Hildegard.
In all its apparent simplicity it evokes in me an image of an imperishability to which you can surrender. The creation in which we may be partakers for a moment.

 

[Traverso]

Charpentier


David & Jonathas

[Madiel]

Haydn: Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida, also known as the 'Heiligmesse'

[Madiel]

Poulenc: Mass in G major



I'm fairly sure this is a first ever listen. Poulenc's choral style is very interesting.

[AnotherSpin]

Synchronicity

It is possible. The question is whether:

a) this emerging manifestation is a simultaneous expression of the same underlying process,

or

b) the connection, imbued with profound meaning, arises solely within our perception?

[Mandryka]

It is possible. The question is whether:

a) this emerging manifestation is a simultaneous expression of the same underlying process,

or

b) the connection, imbued with profound meaning, arises solely within our perception?

Have you read Slavoj Žižek on Edgar Allan Poe's The Purloined Letter?

[ChamberNut]

Now, I haven't listened to these for a very long time. Since 2011.

Books 1 and 2 (the first 10 dances).



I want to get a piano duet version.

Why not get the whole enchilada? 

[Madiel]

Why not get the whole enchilada? 

Because the legitimate piano duet works occupy only a couple of discs. Unlike the people of the 19th century, I can easily import an orchestra or chamber group into my house for listening.

[Madiel]

Alicia de Larrocha.



This album had different names in some countries. It has music by Halffter, Surinach, Nin-Culmell, Mompou and Montsalvagte.

All of which I have on one of the Decca 2-disc sets that I bought, but it's interesting to hear it in the original context. The order is different, and of course 48 minutes of music leaves a different impression to 137 minutes. I already think that Halffter is making a better impression as an opening act.

EDIT: Gosh, this is highly enjoyable.