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Que

#86800
February 24, 2023, 11:26:23 PM
Morning listening  (from the Secret Labyrinth box set):

Que

#86801
February 25, 2023, 12:42:45 AM Last Edit: February 25, 2023, 12:47:58 AM by Que
After Harry's continued enthusiasm, I decided to audition this set on Spotify:



What I didn't realised was that the music is so early: transitional Renaissance-Baroque, and therefore very much Italian orientated. Erbach was actually 13 years older than Frescobaldi. My first impression is that Erbach wrote some very good music - I'm surprised I didn't he know about him before! Should we consider him a "German Sweelinck"?

The set is with 9 discs also much larger than I expected and the list of (Italian) historical organs is mouth watering. To top things of, sofar it seems Brilliant also got the sound engeneering right.

This will be hard impossible to resist... 8)

Papy Oli

#86802
February 25, 2023, 01:06:25 AM
Playing this one again, now purchased:

Fasch - Azzolini (Bassoon) & La Stravaganza Köln



Olivier

Dry Brett Kavanaugh

#86803
February 25, 2023, 01:33:26 AM
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2. Stephen Kovacevich, London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis.





Tsaraslondon

#86804
February 25, 2023, 01:34:36 AM


A wonderful way to start the day. These are live recordings with Dame Janet at her absolute peak, which I reviewed here a few years ago.
\"A beautiful voice is not enough.\" Maria Callas

aligreto

#86805
February 25, 2023, 02:16:53 AM
Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea Act II [Pritchard]





I am not that fond of this presentation. I find that the vocals and the orchestral texture, while all are fine, are just too "heavy" for my taste for this period of music.

vandermolen

#86807
February 25, 2023, 02:20:44 AM Last Edit: February 25, 2023, 02:23:07 AM by vandermolen
Douglas Moore: In Memoriam
Love this disc.
Bay Cities was a short-lived though enterprising label (not connected AFAIK with the Bay City Rollers) :-)
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Mandryka

#86808
February 25, 2023, 02:35:30 AM
Quote from: Que on February 25, 2023, 12:42:45 AMAfter Harry's continued enthusiasm, I decided to audition this set on Spotify:



What I didn't realised was that the music is so early: transitional Renaissance-Baroque, and therefore very much Italian orientated. Erbach was actually 13 years older than Frescobaldi. My first impression is that Erbach wrote some very good music - I'm surprised I didn't he know about him before! Should we consider him a "German Sweelinck"?

The set is with 9 discs also much larger than I expected and the list of (Italian) historical organs is mouth watering. To top things of, sofar it seems Brilliant also got the sound engeneering right.

This will be hard impossible to resist... 8)

The comparison to Sweelinck is a good one, Erbach has the same catchyness! Just immediately attractive music.
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

Harry

#86809
February 25, 2023, 02:39:25 AM
Quote from: absolutelybaching on February 25, 2023, 02:36:48 AMComposer : Grażyna Bacewicz
Recording : Violin Concerto No. 5 (Borowicz - 2011)
Performers : Łukasz Borowicz, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Joanna Kirkowicz (violin)

Yay keep playing it, makes me happy! ;D  ;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"

Harry

#86810
February 25, 2023, 02:40:09 AM
Quote from: Mandryka on February 25, 2023, 02:35:30 AMThe comparison to Sweelinck is a good one, Erbach has the same catchyness
! Just immediately attractive music.
Quote from: Mandryka on February 25, 2023, 02:35:30 AMThe comparison to Sweelinck is a good one, Erbach has the same catchyness! Just immediately attractive music.

Agreed!
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"

Tsaraslondon

#86811
February 25, 2023, 02:40:55 AM Last Edit: February 25, 2023, 02:51:06 AM by Tsaraslondon


Disc 1
Music by Monteverdi and Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti
Duets by Schütz, Schein and Lilius - with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Leppard's realisations of the Monteverdi might see anachronistic now, but the singing transcends any notions of style. Absolutely stupendous.

Original covers below.

\"A beautiful voice is not enough.\" Maria Callas

aligreto

#86812
February 25, 2023, 02:56:49 AM
JS Bach: Organ Works played by Kooiman [From CD 5]





Praeludium und Fuge f-moll, BWV 534
Praeludium und Fuge e-moll, BWV 533
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731
Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 737
Wer nun den lieben Gott laesst walten, BWV 691
Pastorale F-dur, BWV 590

BWV 731 and BWV 590 are standout performances for me here. The musicality and the technical abilities of the playing are very well married here.

Que

#86813
February 25, 2023, 03:03:07 AM Last Edit: February 25, 2023, 03:18:00 AM by Que

Brahmsian

#86814
February 25, 2023, 03:35:56 AM
Quote from: absolutelybaching on February 25, 2023, 02:36:48 AMComposer : Grażyna Bacewicz
Recording : Violin Concerto No. 5 (Borowicz - 2011)
Performers : Łukasz Borowicz, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Joanna Kirkowicz (violin)

I've ordered it last week. In transit!

vandermolen

#86815
February 25, 2023, 03:55:30 AM Last Edit: February 25, 2023, 03:57:42 AM by vandermolen
Henry Cowell: Symphony No.5 (my favourite of the few Cowell symphonies that I have heard). It has a beautiful, soulful slow movement.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

#86816
February 25, 2023, 03:58:38 AM
Quote from: absolutelybaching on February 25, 2023, 12:44:47 AMComposer : Ruth Gipps
Recording : Symphony No. 4 (Gamba - 2018)
Performers : Rumon Gamba, BBC National Orchestra of Wales
A most fabulous disc!
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Todd

#86817
February 25, 2023, 04:49:09 AM
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

Operafreak

#86818
February 25, 2023, 04:53:38 AM


 



Trumpet Concertos

Edward H. Tarr (trumpet)/ Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, János Rolla (direction)

 

The true adversary will inspire you with boundless courage.

pjme

#86819
February 25, 2023, 05:11:55 AM

1951- very unsentimental Haydn. Fast and clean. Nice.


1993 - slower and elegant. The Allegretto = 3 minutes of bliss.

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