What are you listening 2 now?

[Wanderer]

Tchaikovsky & Sibelius Violin Concertos (Leila Josefowicz/AoSMitF/Marriner).

[Papy Oli]

JS Bach - Motets
Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Michel Corboz

[brewski]

Next week, hearing Missy Mazzoli's 2014 Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) with conductor Yiran Zhao and the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, and wanted a little preview, so Daniel Bjarnason and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony came to the rescue. About ten minutes long, and well worth a listen.

[Papy Oli]

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15

Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

[JBS]

What happens at the end? Do they all gloat over his comeuppance like in the Mozart? Or does he proudly go to hell, a free man.

They gloat.

[Madiel]

Mozart dances

6 Minuets, K.599
6 German Dances, K.600



Mozart's output in the first few months of 1791 is completely dominated by these sorts of dance collections, which feel like the something he was doing with an eye firmly on the paycheck. Not to say he didn't put his skills to use, but they're pretty minor items that are much more suited to the dance hall than the concert hall. A couple of sets at a time is as much as I'm willing to consume.

They don't seem to have been recorded that often either. The Phillips etc stable seems to still be relying on Boskovsky's recordings in the 1960s to use in each reiteration of the giant Mozart box sets.

[Madiel]

They gloat.

Of course they do. An opera composed then is not going to do otherwise.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 6 in A Major
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eugen Jochum

[Florestan]

Mozart's output in the first few months of 1791 is completely dominated by these sorts of dance collections, which feel like the something he was doing with an eye firmly on the paycheck. Not to say he didn't put his skills to use, but they're pretty minor items that are much more suited to the dance hall than the concert hall

They were created for the dance hall. 

Besides Boskowski, I also have this one:

[PaulR]

Schumann: Symphony #3 'Rhenish'

[Madiel]

Haydn: Symphony no.75 in D major (composed c.1779)



Note to Mr Haydn: rather too many symphonies in this little period are in D major, it makes getting to know them properly that little bit harder. 

I believe it's the most common key in general. Though Google's AI tried to tell me two different counts of how many D major symphonies there are, and they're both wrong. Ahem. Anyway, in this little period of a few years that I'm looking at, 4 out of 7 symphonies are in D major. That's a cluster.

This particular D major has a sizeable and vigorous opening movement, with a Grave introduction leading into a Presto body for maximum contrast. The 2nd movement is all restraint and decorum, a theme and variations. The menuet is slightly rustic. The rondo finale starts off sounding pretty simple and peaceable but there are minor key episodes to bring a little drama.

It's good. What did you expect? It's mature Haydn. The lack of interest in anything between the 'Sturm and Drang' symphonies and the 'Paris' ones is unfortunate.

[Madiel]

They were created for the dance hall. 

Yes, I'm aware. But tonight I'm not trying to dance to them. Nor are most people who hear them on recordings!

[Papy Oli]

Yes, I'm aware. But tonight I'm not trying to dance to them. Nor are most people who hear them on recordings!

Come on, have a little wiggle? 

[Linz]

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
Emil Gilels
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell

[Harry]

Nobil Donna.
Suzie LeBlanc, Soprano.
Alexander Weimann, Harpsichord.
Ensemble La Nef, Sylvain Bergeron
Recorded, 2010.
See back cover for details composers.

An absolute corker in perfect SOTA sound. If this will not convince you of the soprano, nothing will. A voice as clear as a bell, no undue vibrato, or legato for that matter, perfect on pitch, and a voice that goes high into the stratosphere without so much as a gentle sigh. Very interested array of compositions and composers, discogs has the details, if interested.

https://www.discogs.com/release/17775370-Suzie-LeBlanc-La-Nef-Alexander-Weimann-Nobil-Donna?

[Harry]

Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) and Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697)
Opera Omnia X (Organ works 5)
Ton Koopman, Organ.  Bielfeldt-Orgel 1736.
Recorded 2008, St, Wilhadi, Stade.

Not bad at all, a bit fast, but in all other respects quite good. the Organ sounds fine to my ears.

[PaulR]

[Florestan]

Yes, I'm aware. But tonight I'm not trying to dance to them. Nor are most people who hear them on recordings!

Most, if not all of them, have no idea how to dance a minuet or a contredanse anyway. 

[pi2000]

Enescu-Mendelssohn Octets Ebene/Belcea Quatuors (Erato)
Just started Mendelssohn..

[Traverso]

More than one hour fine guitar music