What are you listening 2 now?

[Traverso]

Bach

[Que]

You seem to have a very precocious daughter 

This set has been one of my favourite interpretations since I first heard it a long time ago. Yes, they are on the contemplative, and sometimes dark, side I feel but I like his approach and playing. It is not over emotional but it certainly is not academic or sterile either. I really like the sound of the instrument used which was caught in a warm acoustic, which very much favours the instrument. I think that he does a particularly fine job in the last suite.
I have not heard his other two interpretations.

As far as can recall, this is the interpretation closest to those of his teacher, Anner Bijlsma.
He later moved away from that and, IMO, away from the realm of Baroque.

Bijlsma II (Sony) is stil a personal favourite! 

[Harry]

New acquisition, first listen.

Josef Holbrooke.
Symphonic Poem III.

The birds of Rhiannon, Poem.
The Girl I left behind me, Symphonic Variations.
Symphony No 3 "Ships".

Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Howard Griffiths.

[aligreto]

As far as can recall, this is the interpretation closest to those of his teacher, Anner Bijlsma.
He later moved away from that and, IMO, away from the realm of Baroque.

Bijlsma II (Sony) is stil a personal favourite! 

I actually have the Bijlsma on Sony. I never thought to compare the two.

[Traverso]

Yes, Jan, it is all about seeking that interpretation that makes the most meaning of any given piece of music for us. Music is such a visceral thing and affects everyone differently, obviously. Hence the existence of such boards as these. 

Hi Fergus, I am waiting for a recording this afternoon with a pianist I had never heard of. His musical career has ended for many years because of his conversion to Catholicism and the priesthood.
It is a recording made in the small hall of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
From what I have read, the recording is very good even if it is a live recording from 1976.
It will be delivered later this afternoon.

[Harry]

New acquisition, first listen.

Einojuhani Rautavaara.

Cello concerto No. 2 "Towards the Horizon".
Modificata.
Percussion Concerto "Incantations".

Helsinki PO, John Storgards.
Colin Currie, Percussion.
Truls Mork, Cello.

[Brahmsian]

I was just listening to this in the car.

My daughter noticed the difference sound, since it's played on a baroque cello (Violoncello Piccolo, was it called?). She commented that "this is wonderful but it sounds like a cello with a bad cold". (I am glad she didn't say COVID).

Could have been worse. If played on a viola da gamba, it would sound like a dying, moaning cow. 

[prémont]

Well, played on a "usual" 4 stringed modern set up cello many of the high tessitura sequences in the prelude of the sixth suite under some hands sound like a crying or singing dog, particularly when the intonation isn't perfect - . and this is often the case.

[Traverso]

Messiaen

Right at the beginning of this recording you feel a kind of connection, I can hardly put my finger on what exactly it is that immediately attracts my attention. seems reflective of the intentions underlying this piece.
Even though I haven't heard everything yet, it is clear to me that this is one of the best recordings I know.

The recording is excellent with enough presence

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I remember playing Sibelius 1 in my Youth Orchestra.  Given that I've had a career in professional orchestral playing, that performance still rates as one of my top 5 experiences........

Neat! 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

.

Love this recording! 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Klami 'Sea Pictures'

I love that CD; good choice! 

[Artem]

This is more on the electro-acoustic improvisation side of things.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Shostakovich: 4th Symphony.



Kondrashin certainly lets rip in the big first movement. One section was like a gale-force wind from hell! You wonder what turn DSCH would have taken if his wings hadn't been clipped by his Soviet masters after this symphony.

N.B. No extraneous noises.

Would love to hear Kondrashin's recordings of Shostakovich.  Looks like you were listening to it on a Melodiya LP?

[Pohjolas Daughter]

As far as can recall, this is the interpretation closest to those of his teacher, Anner Bijlsma.
He later moved away from that and, IMO, away from the realm of Baroque.

Bijlsma II (Sony) is stil a personal favourite! 

I have (and enjoy) his one from 1992 (recorded then).  I believe that was his second recording of it?  I remember hearing a recording with him at a friend's house.  Couldn't find that exact one, so I purchased this one:



PD

p.s.  I didn't know that Wispelwey had studied with Bylsma...interesting!

[Madiel]

Schubert, D960 in B flat major, Endres

[Papy Oli]

Dutilleux - Symphony No.1

[Sergeant Rock]

Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 played by Sol Gabetta, Maazel conducting the Munich Phil




Sarge

[Traverso]

I have (and enjoy) his one from 1992 (recorded then).  I believe that was his second recording of it?  I remember hearing a recording with him at a friend's house.  Couldn't find that exact one, so I purchased this one:



PD

p.s.  I didn't know that Wispelwey had studied with Bylsma...interesting!

This the other one (1979)

[Stürmisch Bewegt]

I've a great fondness for Alessandro Scarlatti's music (Domenico's Dad), ever since I heard Il Giardino di Rose in that fine Decca recording from 2004.  So I recently picked-up this oratorio of his at a nice price :