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[Traverso]

Bach


Das Wohltemperierte Klavier


Book 1  1-15


 

[DavidW]

[Lisztianwagner]

Ottorino Respighi
Trittico botticelliano

Geoffrey Simon & Philharmonia Orchestra

[Que]

Maybe it is time to sell your copy......

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I don't think anyone is actually going to pay that...   

[Linz]

Johann Christian Bach Six Sonatas Op. 17 Bart van Oort, Keyboard Sonata in G major, Op.17, No.1
Keyboard Sonata in C minor, Op.17, No. 2
Keyboard Sonata in E flat major, Op.17, No.3
Keyboard Sonata in G major, Op.17, No.4
Keyboard Sonata in A major, Op.17, No.5
Keyboard Sonata in B flat major, Op.17, No.6

[Florestan]

Pavarotti's French diction is surprisingly good. Sutherland's, on the other hand, is, well... just Sutherland's. All in all, a great recording.

[DavidW]

Wrapping up my favorite recording of Schubert's late string quartets!

[eljr]

Christopher Cerrone: In a Grove

Metropolis Ensemble

Described as 'an opera in seven testimonies', the fallibility of human perception is rendered in a taut, mesmeric soundworld featuring a strikingly expressive use of electronics. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2023, 5 out of 5 stars
Release Date: 7th Jul 2023
Catalogue No: ICR028
Label: In A Circle Records
Length: 52 minutes

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, 1887/90 Mixed Versions. Ed. Robert Haas, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Lorin Maazel

[Lisztianwagner]

Sergei Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Bernard Haitink & Philharmonia Orchestra

[SonicMan46]

Haydn - Piano Sonatas - new acquisition and ending my listening to the 8 discs tonight - greatly enjoyed (and has replaced my previous 'piano' version); Daniel-Ben Pienaar wrote the short but excellent booklet notes explaining his choice of 48 works (some of dubious origin) - Hoboken's catalogue lists 62 works in this category (BUT, indicates a number of doubtful ones); so maybe fiftyish is close to the truth?  Gurn needs to pop in at this point -  .  Dave 

[atardecer]

Bartók - Piano Concertos
Fricsay/Anda DG

[Karl Henning]

What's it like Cesar?

Although this piece has been recommended to me, I have not heard it. I wonder if it's time.

[Symphonic Addict]

What's it like Cesar?

Sounded to me like modern but not forbidding (it was composed in 1983), not easy to follow on a first encounter, but I suspect this concerto can grow on repeated listens.

[atardecer]

I've only listened to No. 2 so far, which I thought was pretty "meh", especially after refreshing my memory of the smoking hot Kocsis/Fischer recording.

There is a lot to admire about this recording, however (and this is an issue I have with some other versions too) - I don't like when the haunting strings that begin the second movement are played so quietly I can barely hear them.

[JBS]

Kleztory.
Arrival.
A nakht in gan eydn.
Ajde jano.
Fun tashlikh.
Alex's ride.
Hora & geamparale.
Victor's waltz/Avinu malkeinu.
Bessarabian hore.
L'Olivier de Boheme.
Violin doina in C.
Oy tate s'iz gut.
Dona dona.
Der neier doina.

Recorded in 2014.

A much needed break. Klezmer is always a welcome diversion

And appropriate for the time of year, since two of the songs are directly linked to the High Holy Days: Tashlich is a ritual performed during or (if weather interferes) just after the New Year*, while Avinu Malkeinu (Our Father Our King) is the best known litany recited during the prayer services.**

TD

Number 2, Opus 26 in A Major

*one throws pieces of bread into a body of water that contains fish or other living creatures while reciting Biblical passages.  This symbolizes throwing away one's sins. There is no connection to the biblical admonition to "cast your bread on the waters": it first started in the Middle Ages and involved throwing away garden vegetables.

**also said on fast days during the year, and the final line is said as part of a section of prayers recited most weekdays throughout the year.

[Symphonic Addict]

JBS recommended me this disc devoted to the American/Armenian composer Richard Yardumian (1917-1985), and glad he did because these works are right up my street, so thanks for that. Perhaps the Violin Concerto is not readily approachable on a first listen as it is the more 'advanced' work on this CD, but it has its merits I reckon. The Armenian Suite, on the other hand, featured more amiable and tuneful music, it gets really lovely and moving in a certain way in the movements Song and Lullaby. The Symphony No. 2 'Psalms' is for medium voice (mezzo-soprano) and orchestra, another pretty interesting piece with a more devotional and reflexive feel to it not without its exalted moments.

I'm not sure how to pigeonhole the composer's style. It's clearly tonal (not much in the Violin Concerto, though) with a noble character in places and some heroic gestures as well.




And to my surprise, I found his Symphony No. 1 plus other orchestral works (Cantus Animae et Cordis for string orchestra and Desolate City for orchestra) on YouTube:

All of the aforementioned works are very impressive as well, pieces with real purpose. I could even say that the Symphony No. 1 made a bigger impression on me than his Symphony No. 2, it's music with humanity and fierceness blended to great effect. Desolate City sounds like film music, whilst Cantus Animae et Cordis is imbued with meditative poignancy.

All in all, a very nice discovery that has given me much pleasure.

[Wanderer]

[Harry]

Jacques Gallot,(c.1625- c.1690).
Lute music in C,d,F,fis,a, Dit "le Vieux Gallot de Paris".
Hopkinson Smith, Lute. (Luth onze choeurs Joël van Lennep.
Recorded 1994, Waldenburg, Switzerland.

Another beauty by Hopkinson Smith, recorded in 1994, almost in SOTA sound. The Lute made by Joël van Lennep is one of the best I ever heard from him. As to the performance, I do not think it can be better played. He is almost the grand master of his time and still reigns supremely and easily above many a lutenist. This disc is an example that will silence all, and delight all. A treasure.

[Que]

Morning listening:



Disc 1 of 3: Missa de septem doloribus