What are you listening 2 now?

[steve ridgway]

Scelsi - Khoom.

[steve ridgway]

Maderna - Le Rire.

[springrite]

The Dvorak or the Janacek?  0:)

Janacek!

[Madiel]

I'm slightly tempted to do a count of my collection, but an important question is whether a box of discs (whether 2 or 5 or 13 or... I think I've got one box of about 30 discs) counts as a single album or as a whole pile of recordings.

[Que]

Morning listening, some seasonal music:



https://www.etcetera-records.com/album/105/lamentatio-jeremiae-prophetae

[Irons]

Rawsthorne: Live recordings on BBC Radio Classics.

Possibly the performance, but I prefer the more lyrical 1st Violin Concerto (Theo Olof) to the second. The discovery for me on this CD is Improvisations on a Theme of Constant Lambert a short work at 12.36 which finds Rawsthorne in his element. Brilliant performance from Frank Shipway and BBC Concert Orchestra too. Also excellent, the Divertimento - shame the conductor's name isn't spelt correctly!

[Que]

Chopin, Frederic - Nocturnes w/ Michele Boegner on a Pleyel 1836 piano; second pic is Chopin's own 1846 Pleyel piano (would like to know what 10-year differences might have been made?) - for those interested, there is some renewed posting in the 'Chopin Nocturne' thread HERE, mainly discussing 'period instruments' performances of these works by other keyboardists.  Dave


 

I still think that is a really nice recording, probably nicer than Bart van Oort.
Though I'm still waiting for a new really good Chopin pianist on the period instruments...
"The Real Chopin" set does feature period instruments but they are, with some exception,  not played by pianists - though all excellent Chopin pianists - that have specialised in playing them. A reason why some might think the instruments have been altered/modernised,  but I don't think so - their properties are just not used to the fullest extent.

Q

[Florestan]

The guitar quartets are unknown to me. I only hope they will be "meatier" than the standard ones. 

You have to bear in mind that Paganini's chamber music was written for an assortment of amateur friends of his, many ladies included (fully in line with 18-th century practice, actually). It's music meant for intimate playing at home, tuneful, cheerful and fun. It's actually party music of its time, one could even dance to the waltzes and polonaises with which Paganini ends many of them. If you are into that kind of thing, you'll surely enjoy them, If your idea of what a string quartet should be and sound is Beethoven's Op. 95, not so much. 

TD



Disc 9: Three Duos for Violin and Bassoon (Salvatore Accardo, Claudio Gonella)

Like I said, tuneful, cheerful and fun.

[Harry]

New acquisition, first listen.

German Baroque Sacred Music.

Passion & Resurrection.

CD II.

Johann Sebastiani, Matthäus Passion.
Andreas Scharmann, Trauer-Klag.
Heinrich Scheidemann, "Christ lag in Todesbänden", Bernard Foccroulle, organ. Scherer, 1624, Tangermünde, Stephanskirche.

Ricercar Consort.

As was to be expected, fine performances.

[Que]

Oh, how I love this one ! 

So do I! 
I already had a few of the Heinichen masses, but very happy to get the rest in this boxset - particularly the Hasse recordings.

Q

[prémont]

I'm slightly tempted to do a count of my collection, but an important question is whether a box of discs (whether 2 or 5 or 13 or... I think I've got one box of about 30 discs) counts as a single album or as a whole pile of recordings.

In most cases each individual CD should be counted. I have several boxes containing up to 100 discs and even some with more than 100. The contents are in all cases to be considered as individual recordings, which in all cases have been available individually before the box was released. It is more questionable whether a twofer wih e.g. Chopin's nocturnes should count as one or two discs.

[Madiel]

Haydn op.50/3

[Madiel]

Albeniz, Iberia book 2.

[Madiel]

Faure

Nocturne no.2
L'horizon chimérique

[Traverso]

Bach

Christ lag in Todes Banden

Oster Oratorium

[DavidW]

Beethoven's 9th and next up Elgar's 1st

[Traverso]

Stravinsky

Le Sacre du Printemps   (rec 1970)
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta

[Florestan]

What I especially miss in our community is so clearly present here, being part of a culture that connects people, where there is not the personal but the common center, the fun and involvement dripping off. The traditional music is absent in our daily life and we all miss this feeling of sharing  wich gives so much deep satisfaction.

Traditional music (and its daily life presence) was created & nurtured and thrived within a traditional culture and a traditional way of life. With both of the latter gone, how could traditional music (and its daily life presence) have survived? The places where traditional music is still practiced and appreciated by a considerable amount of people is exactly where traditions are still active and practiced more or less, ie Southern and Eastern Europe. For instance, traditional music is the only kind of music enjoyed by many Romanians, including some of my in-laws, and it's taught in various art schools across the country, with a lot of villages and small towns having their own local band or ensemble. The Romania's Got Talent tv show is full of such performances, ranging from solo players, singers or dancers to ensembles of more than a dozen people, and they are mostly children or very young.

[Papy Oli]

Good afternoon all,

Some Fauré by Domus for now.

[Mirror Image]

I'm slightly tempted to do a count of my collection, but an important question is whether a box of discs (whether 2 or 5 or 13 or... I think I've got one box of about 30 discs) counts as a single album or as a whole pile of recordings.

For me, a box set counts as multiple recordings. I'm thinking of doing an inventory of my classical collection starting in my room (I'll slowly make my way to the basement where the bulk of my classical collection is located) and my head is already beginning to hurt.