What are you listening 2 now?

[Papy Oli]

Bach - Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248
(Rilling studio version - Auger & Schreier)
Part I

[Papy Oli]

That last one was a bit flat...

Rilling again but in concert.
BWV 248, Cantata 1.

[Todd]

[Traverso]

Smetana

Ma Vlast

 

[Harry]

Daniel Bacheler (1572-1619)

"The Bachelor's Delight".
Pavans; Galliards; Almains; Courantes.
Paul O'Dette, Lute. No info about the instrument. No PDF file attached.
Recorded, 2005, A concert Hall in Quebec City.

This is still the only recording to date that is entirely devoted to the music of Daniel Bacheler, one of the most interesting lutenist-composers of the Elizabethan- Jacobean period.
O'Dette is obviously the best Lutenist for the job, delivering the music with his customary scintillating virtuosity and exuberance, rhythmic verve in the galliards, and gentle lyricism in the slow and complex pavans. I heard bits and bobs of this composer by different lutenists, but no one ever grasped the essence of this composer as well as O'Dette did. So still a reference performance. As to sound I can confirm this to be SOTA, despite some reviews I read ,complaining about the fact that the Lute was placed backwards and had no intimacy at all, which is nonsense. It's all good. A delightful disc. Recommended.

Daniel Bacheler was a child prodigy. At the age of seven, the boy was placed in the care of his uncle Thomas Cardell, who worked at the court of Elizabeth I as a lutenist and dancing master. Seven years later, the apprenticeship contract passed to Sir Francis Walsingham, First Minister and notorious head of the Queen's secret service. At the age of fourteen, Bacheler had thus reached the center of power in the English kingdom. Bacheler's career continued within the sphere of influence of the Walsingham family, leading him through the service of the Earl of Essex to the court of Queen Anne. He was a member of her court until his death in 1619. He was the Queen's highest-paid servant, earning £160 a year, many times more than his colleagues.

[Harry]

Smetana

Ma Vlast

 

That is a really fine recording by Dorati.

[DavidW]

Bach cantatas Gardiner bwv 150, 67, 42, 158 (yeah, I know wrong season!)

[Harry]

Baroque Extravagances.
The Viol consort in Italian music.
See back cover for details about the music.
l'Amoroso, Guido Balestracci.
Recording: August 1998, Eremo di Ronzano (Italy).

From my collection on Qobuz, a recording I downloaded in June 2023. It took me a while to get to it, but I finally managed. A Extravaganza indeed. Very unusual compositions, of composers known but also unknown, I certainly did not encounter any of the unusual compositions on this disc, recorded in SOTA sound. Adventurous and creative some of these arrangements are cleverly done, be if for different instrumentations as the composer asked for, but always done with taste. The performances are superb.
A wonderful close of my listening afternoon.

[ritter]

Early songs by Goffredo Petrassi (a recent purchase).



The Canti della campagna romana are original works, à la manière de popular Roman music, not arrangements of traditional pieces. The disc also includes early(ish) pieces for solo piano, and Petrassi's  only composition for piano four hands, the hitherto unrecorded Siciliana e marcia.

A pleasant disc, nicely performed by pianist Tiziana Cosentino and soprano Rosaria Angotti (who also plays the lis o in the piano duet piece).

[Que]

Baroque Extravagances.
The Viol consort in Italian music.
See back cover for details about the music.
l'Amoroso, Guido Balestracci.
Recording: August 1998, Eremo di Ronzano (Italy).

From my collection on Qobuz, a recording I downloaded in June 2023. It took me a while to get to it, but I finally managed. A Extravaganza indeed. Very unusual compositions, of composers known but also unknown, I certainly did not encounter any of the unusual compositions on this disc, recorded in SOTA sound. Adventurous and creative some of these arrangements are cleverly done, be if for different instrumentations as the composer asked for, but always done with taste. The performances are superb.
A wonderful close of my listening afternoon.

Originally issued on Symphonia under the title Consonanze Stravaganti, Venetian & Neapolitan Music For Consort Of Viols:




But the plot thickens.... because there was a 2nd volume, Seconde Stravaganze which has been reissued by Glossa:

   

[Harry]

Originally issued on Symphonia under the title Consonanze Stravaganti, Venetian & Neapolitan Music For Consort Of Viols:




But the plot thickens.... because there was a 2nd volume, Seconde Stravaganze which has been reissued by Glossa:

 

Must find that recording too! Your a virtual Sherlock Holmes you are.  
I had the second Stravaganza bookmarked December 2014. So high time I visit it shortly.

[Linz]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 31 in D Major, K. 297 (300a) "Paris"
Masonic Funeral Music, K. 477 (479a)
Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183 (173dB)
Symphony in D Major "The Posthorn"  (K. 320)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

[Traverso]

Richard Strauss

More noise at the end of the year seems necessary.......

Tod und Verklärung (analoque recording)
Vier letzte Lieder  Gundula Janowitz

 

[Karl Henning]

Merry Christmas!

For us, it's Michael Bublé.

( I repented in advance last night still with some more cantatas No.1 of the Christmas oratorio by Corboz, then Suzuki, then Thomanerchor Leipzig).

PS: I still enjoy that Bublé album though.

Hey! You like what you like!

[Wanderer]

[AnotherSpin]

[Papy Oli]

Hey! You like what you like!

It has limits. 

Bublé is only played on the day we put the tree up and then on Christmas morning. That's it. Well hidden on the shelf otherwise.

[Belle]

Denis Matsuev, "New Years in Jazz Tones", from Moscow.  Absolutely phenomenal pianist and his guests are a range of other Russian virtuosi.  Recorded in the last days.  Highly recommended:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN2p6pJtMfQ

[Linz]

Carl Nielsen Violin Concerto Op. 33
Prelude and Theme with Variations for solo violin, op.48
Preludio e Presto (for solo violin) Op.52
Cecilia Zilliacus violin
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Blendulf

[Bachthoven]