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Harry

#81800
November 24, 2022, 11:44:16 PM
Johann Sebastian Bach.
Complete Cantatas.
Volume 48. Leipzig 1727-29.
O, Ewiges Feuer, O, Ursprung der Liebe.
Sei Lob und Ehr dem Höchsten Gut.
Was Gott tut, das ist Wohlgetan.
Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille zu Zion.
Blazikova, Blaze, Mizukoshi, Kooij.
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki.


Another fine interpretation of these cantatas. Its the first time in my life that they touch me much deeper as ever before. Maybe age has something to do with that. To say it with the words of this cantata "Was Gott tut, das ist Wohlgetan".
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Harry

#81801
November 25, 2022, 12:59:09 AM
New arrival.

Jehan Titelouze.
Hymnes de Eglise pour toucher sur L'orgue avec les Fugues et recherches sur leur plain-chant (1623)
CD II.
Leon Berben plays on a Jean de Villiers & Jacques Carouge organ 1663.
Eglise Notre-Dame, Juvigny.
Tremblant grand-orgue
Soft Tremblant positive
Tremblant soft great-organ and recital
Tremblant fort great-organ and recital
Coupling with positive drawer on great-organ.
Wind: 85 mm CE, 3 wedge-shaped bellows.
Diapason: a tone below the modern pitch.
Temperament according to Lambert Chaumont:
4 pure thirds (ce, df#, fa, gb).
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Harry

#81802
November 25, 2022, 01:02:15 AM
Quote from: absolutelybaching on November 25, 2022, 12:57:33 AMJohannes Brahms'
Clarinet Sonata No. 2

Laura Ruiz Ferreres (clarinet), Christoph Berner
(piano), Danjulo Ishizaka (cello), Mandelring
Quartet


Really a nice looking woman, a sight for my tired eyes. ;D
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Operafreak

#81803
November 25, 2022, 01:27:59 AM

Sibelius/ Vanska
The true adversary will inspire you with boundless courage.

The new erato

#81804
November 25, 2022, 02:05:28 AM
Never been a great Glazunov fan, but I found this set (recently played in its entirety) to be both very pleasant music, well played and extremely well recorded.



Harry

#81805
November 25, 2022, 02:09:15 AM
Quote from: The new erato on November 25, 2022, 02:05:28 AMNever been a great Glazunov fan, but I found this set (recently played in its entirety) to be both very pleasant music, well played and extremely well recorded.





Thats a great set indeed.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Papy Oli

#81806
November 25, 2022, 02:09:55 AM
Good morning all,

Myaskovsky - Symphony No.25

Olivier

Harry

#81807
November 25, 2022, 02:11:51 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on November 25, 2022, 02:09:55 AMGood morning all,

Myaskovsky - Symphony No.25



I played that complete set several times now, and still have the feeling and urge that I must yet again listen to it. Tis a strange attraction.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Harry

#81808
November 25, 2022, 02:49:32 AM
Jean Sibelius.

Symphony No.4.
Canzonette.
The Oceanides.
Gothenburg SO, Neeme Jarvi.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Florestan

#81809
November 25, 2022, 02:58:41 AM


A wonderful disc.
"Ja, sehr komisch, hahaha,
ist die Sache, hahaha,
drum verzeihn Sie, hahaha,
wenn ich lache, hahaha! "

Harry

#81810
November 25, 2022, 03:44:57 AM
Dmitri Shostakovitch.
Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar"
Marius Rintzler, Bass.
Gentlemen from the Choir of the Concert Gebouw Orkest.
Concertgebouw Orkest, Bernard Haitink.

Impressive.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Spotted Horses

#81811
November 25, 2022, 03:56:50 AM
Having completed listening to this release, I an only reiterate that it is utterly exquisite! The poignant dissonances that unfold in Albinoni's counterpoint are to die for.


Operafreak

#81812
November 25, 2022, 04:49:19 AM



Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker-Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel
The true adversary will inspire you with boundless courage.

Traverso

#81813
November 25, 2022, 04:54:22 AM Last Edit: November 25, 2022, 04:59:12 AM by Traverso
Bach


CD 2

Never before have I heard the cantata BWV 151 as beautifully as in this recording with Ton Koopman.
Let yourself be carried away by the sweet-voiced tones of the traverso that circles you as a garland







 

Harry

#81814
November 25, 2022, 05:07:58 AM
Dimitri Shostakovich.
CD X.
Symphony No. 14.
6 Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva.
Julia Varady, Soprano.
Ortrun Wenkel, Contraalto.
Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, Baritone.
Concertgebouw Orkest, Bernard Haitink.

Somehow for the first time in my life I was in the mood for the vocal works by Shostakovich, suddenly it came over me, so Babi Yar, Symphony No.14, and the Poems are premieres for me. Ignored those works for as long as I have listened to classical music, so that means 50 0dd years.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Todd

#81815
November 25, 2022, 05:14:36 AM


76/2.  Punchy, vibrant, quick.  The close recording allows one to hear the tiniest of details, including ultra-brief unison playing in a couple spots, and some tiny gestures from the first violinist especially.  Nice.
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

VonStupp

#81816
November 25, 2022, 05:40:27 AM Last Edit: November 25, 2022, 05:43:36 AM by VonStupp
Quote from: VonStupp on November 23, 2022, 09:23:26 AMSergei Taneyev
John of Damascus, op. 1

Moscow State Chamber Choir
Russian NO - Mikhail Pletnev (rec. 2000)

I don't know John of Damascus at all. I almost wrote it off as too conservative, but Taneyev's work ends up quite powerful.

Figured since Taneyev's 20-minute first cantata won me over, I would move on to his second:

Sergei Taneyev
At the Reading of a Psalm, op. 36

Lolita Semenina - soprano / Marianna Tarassova - alto
Mikhail Gubsky - tenor / Andrei Baturkin - bass

St. Petersburg State Academic Capella Choir
Glinka Choral College Boys Choir
Russian NO - Mikhail Pletnev (rec. 2003)

I found this 70-minute work a mixed bag with uneven soloists. Great first half, though.

I don't know if Svetlanov's would make a difference.
VS


All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff. - Frank Zappa

My Musical Musings

Traverso

#81817
November 25, 2022, 06:21:19 AM
Bruckner


Symphony No.5


Harry

#81818
November 25, 2022, 06:28:42 AM
Organ Works of the North German Baroque.
Georg Bohm.
Complete Organ Works.
Volume VIII.
CD II.
Friedhelm Flamme plays on a Creutzburg Organ der Propsteikirche, St. Cyriakus zu Duderstadt.
Pitch: A=471 Hz, at 15 degrees.
Temperament: Neidhardt II, 1724.

Already in a previous review I vented my opinion about this recording (22-11-2022) and I have nothing to add.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Todd

#81819
November 25, 2022, 06:36:44 AM


Sort of an afterthought in my recent download purchase, this recording is quite remarkable.  It sounds beautiful start to finish, and never more so than when the women sing.  The harmonies approach Morales levels of aural intoxication.  Maybe there's something in the water in Spain that inspires such beauty.  I hope to get to Victoria's massive Passion this weekend to test that pseudo-hypothesis.
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya
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