What are you listening 2 now?

[Madiel]

Vine: String Quartet no.2



Apparently I haven't listened to this one in quite a while. It's decent, but I don't think it's at the level of the quartets that came after to be honest. There's a reason this album starts with SQ 3.

[Harry]

Thnx of the reminder!    It seems I've put two different recordings on my Spotify list:

   

Both recordings are very good, but different....

[Harry]

MARCO UCCELLINI (c.1610-1680) & MICHELANGELO ROSSI (1601/2-1656).
Sonatas opus 4, & Toccatas & Correnti.
Aparla.
Davide Monti, Violin.
Alberto Rasi, Viola da Gamba, Violone.
Rogério Gonçalves, Dulciana.
Maria Christina Cleary, Arpa doppia.
Tuning and temperament: A=440 Hz, ¼ comma mean-tone.
Recording: 2016, Temple de Sainte-Croix, VD, Switzerland.
See details on back cover.

The first time I played this disc in 2024 and also posted it, but there was little response, which is a pity for it is a bit of a rarity, and a pleasant one at that. The instrumentation feels a bit odd, but after the ear adapts the rich sonority of the Arpa Doppia is becomes impressive. The Violin played by Davide Monti is a bit close, not shrill, but it tends to overpower the balance in the BC. It is clear that he is a fabulous violinist for his playing leaves a deep impression on me.
Virtuosic and absolutely complicated compositions, played on authentic instruments. Both composers get a good workout in which every little detail is heard. On the whole the ambiance of the Temple de Sainte-Croix, VD, in Switzerland is superb. Well worth listening to. For those that dare, riches are awaiting.

[Madiel]

Vine, Symphony no.5, Percussion



Another work I haven't listened to in rather a long time. I had memories of not being that keen because I didn't feel it was all that symphonic in style.

Well, I still don't know that it's terribly symphonic, but I was very surprised to find that these days I have a reference point for it: it reminds me a heck of a lot of some Villa-Lobos works.

[DavidW]

Sibelius the 4th symphony

[Papy Oli]

Boulez - Domaines
Michel Portal / Diego Masson

[Madiel]

Mendelssohn: Te Deum



A big work running over half an hour, for double choir and soloists with an organ/basso continuo accompaniment, composed when Mendelssohn was 17. This kid is not lacking in ambition or skill.

[DavidW]

I know that many here are not excited by N. Jarvi's recordings, but I find this recording excellent with great sonics, and the performances are neither rushed nor perfunctory.

[kyjo]

Ahem... Cyrano de Bergerac has got nothing to do with Shakespeare. Edmond Rostand, otoh...

Otherwise, totally agree about the music --- and thanks for the Chailly tip, I will most certainly try it.

Oops! Just goes to show how much I know about literature...

[kyjo]

Bloch: Schelomo

Great piece! And that epic Symphony in C-sharp minor ain't half-bad either In fact, I'd count it amongst my favorite late-romantic symphonies! That BIS recording is the best of the three available btw.

[Philo]

Four ballets today:

Saint-Saens's Javotte: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTbF3gSEj0U
Massenet's Cigale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXin01Xaso4
Dukas's La Peri: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmh3A7ohFnc
Roussel's Bacchus and Ariadne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBvI7cZ1COc

[Roasted Swan]

a particularly fine disc I reckon.

[Iota]

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 6 in Bb Major, K.238
Il Gardellino, Olga Pashchenko (soloist & director)


Such fun, music that is full of light and laughter with a lovely slow movement. The keyboard is a tangent piano with a few funky little sound effects, a titillating and chirpy sounding instrument perfect for the galant style of the music.
Pashchenko once again draws one into the little musical party.

[Harry]

In Venetia.
See back cover for details.
QuintEssential Sackbut And Cornett Ensemble.
Recorded, 1997 at Douai Abbey Church, Woolhampton (UK)
On Qobuz the front cover is different from the one I posted, but it is better anyway.

Formed in 1993, QuintEssential is a early music group specializing in renaissance and baroque repertoire, often performing with cornetts, sackbuts, and, where appropriate, violins, theorbo, and chamber organ, and all those instruments are accounted for on this CD.
Really special this ensemble, actually one of the best I ever heard in this genre. A pleasingly resonant acoustic, with organ and strings providing additional polychoral effects on the Priuli, Picchi and Merulo compositions The performance is crisp and resonant, with a particularly fine timbre in the pieces involving both strings and brass.

[Traverso]

Bach

Vol.2 CD 2

[Iota]

I have no idea how all that connects with YN-S.

Presumably as the question was being addressed to a member not known for responding, the facial expression suggests scepticism that any hope of an answer is a rather forlorn one.

[Papy Oli]

Boulez - Piano Sonata No.2 (Pollini)

[Symphonic Addict]

[Re: Saint-Saëns string quartets Sarastro Quartett]

They are interesting string quartets, composed in his old age. I like the 2nd one in particular, which has a Fauré-like feel to it.

I thought that the performances, as far as I could judge from a 1st listen, were pretty good. I also read some positive comments about the Quator Joachim (Calliope), so might try that as well.

I don't know that recording, but it must be good.

Another reliable alternative comes from the Quatuor Tchalik on Alkonost.

[Symphonic Addict]

I have no idea how all that connects with YN-S.

It's not about him at all. You all missed the point. 

[Linz]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A major, K.201
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K.551 "Jupiter"
Serenade No. 13 in G major, K. 525
Köln Gürzenich-Orchester, Otto Klemperer