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[Traverso]

Heinrich Isaak


CD 1

[Traverso]

Hat tip to Traverso who enabled me to buy this complete set of Bach's organ music.

J.S. Bach.
Complete Organ Works.
Volume I.

The Toccatas
Toccata con Fuga in D minor, BWV 565
Toccata in C major, BWV 566
Toccata and Fuga in F major, BWV 540
Toccata, Adagio and Fuge, in C major, BWV 564
Toccata and Fuga in D minor (Dorian), BWV 538

Ewald Kooiman, plays on a Christian Müller organ, 1735-38.
Grote of St. Bavokerk, Haarlem, Netherlands.



The organ of the St-Bavo church is one of the world's great organs. It was built by Christian Müller and Jan van Logteren, from Amsterdam, between 1735 and 1738.  Upon completion it was the largest organ in the world with 60 voices and 32-feet pedal-towers. It possesses 3 keyboards, 64 stops, and 5000 pipes, the largest of which is l5 inches in diameter and 32 ft. long. Many famous people played this organ, including Mendelssohn, Handel and the 10-year old Mozart. The organ was modified a number of times in the 19th and 20th century. These changes were undone in the restorations between 1959 and 2000. A local story goes to say that the bass of the organ was so low, the mortar in between the brimstones started to brittle to nothing.


The Christian Müller organ is a marvel in sound, no doubt about it, and having Ewald Kooiman to play it is a marvel in itself. I was looking for a long time, to get this set, but I was not very successful, and out of the blue came Traverso, telling me he found a complete set, and now I have it!
I will have to immerse myself, and enjoy, before I have an opinion. Suffice to say, that I recognize Kooiman's style, and a recording that captures this organ well.

you're welcome 

[Papy Oli]

[DavidW]

I started the morning with cd 2 from the Koopman Bach cantatas set.  It includes actus tragicus.

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Not really into opera but John/MI recommended that work in the French thread, so i am having a go:

Excellent, Olivier, but I really wish it wasn't that recording. Try Abbado on DG or Haitink on Naive. I also like Boulez on Sony.

[André]

Wonderful performances in superlative sound. Clara Mouriz is quite extraordinary in the Cinco canciones negras. A delight from beginning to end.

[vandermolen]

Wonderful performances in superlative sound. Clara Mouriz is quite extraordinary in the Cinco canciones negras. A delight from beginning to end.

What's the music like André?

[Traverso]

Schönberg

[SonicMan46]

Eberl, Anton (1765-1807) - Clarinet Chamber Works, Piano Trios, & Symphonies w/ the performers on the cover art of the first three recordings (Trios - 2 discs) - Eberl was a Viennese virtuoso pianist, composer, and teacher; his works often 'passed off' as by Mozart; friend of Beethoven and an occasional 'competitor' from the quote below (the Opus 33 symphony is performed on the Concerto Köln disc).

The fourth 2-CD Brilliant set shown are performances of Eberl's solo piano sonatas on a fortepiano - cannot find a review, but went ahead and ordered on Amazon USA - now I did own a John Khouri 3-disc set of these works on his original fortepianos but never liked the 'worn out' sound of the instruments - after reading a review by Jerry Dubins (closing remarks in second quote below), I decided to cull out the recording - hope that this new one is better?  Dave

Eberl's Symphony in E-flat major (Opus 33), premiered at the same concert as Beethoven's Eroica Symphony in the same key on 7 April 1805, evidently Eberl's Symphony was lauded unconditionally, whereas Beethoven's appeared not to be quite as much. (Source)

Without questioning John Khouri's dedication—he has made similar contributions to the Music & Arts label on behalf of Clementi, Cramer, and Hummel—or faulting his flawless technique and execution, I would submit that Anton Eberl is deserving of better than these fortepianos are capable of delivering. Recommended then for the music, but not for these decrepit, rickety sounding instruments. Jerry Dubins (Fanfare)

     

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Schönberg

Polini does a good job tackling Arnie's solo piano music.

Thread duty -

NP: Stravinsky Petrushka, Pulcinella (Chailly et. al.)



Chailly is a remarkable Stravinskian. These performances are first-rate.

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Stravinsky


Le Sacre du Printemps
Wiener Philharmoniker   Lorin Maazel

This recording has only recently come to my attention, I have had it as an LP but now finally as a CD.This twofer is an absolute must because the other works are also superbly performed and recorded,so in short .......don't wait till it is OOP.

For my money, that performance of The Miraculous Mandarin from Dohnányi and Wiener Philharmoniker is worth the price of admission. I don't own this 2-CD set, but I have individual releases.

[Papy Oli]

Excellent, Olivier, but I really wish it wasn't that recording. Try Abbado on DG or Haitink on Naive. I also like Boulez on Sony.

I only went one act and a half into it. I'll try another of the versions you mention tomorrow.

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I only went one act and a half into it. I'll try another of the versions you mention tomorrow.

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NP: Stravinsky Violin Concerto in D (Lin/Salonen)

[listener]

near contemporaries
William BOYCE (1710 -1779) The 8 Symphonies   (only no. 8 in a minor key)
Bournemouth Sinfonietta    Ronald Thomas, cond.
HAYDN  (1732-1809)
Symphony 32 in C, Symphony 33 in C, Symphony 34 in d
Cologne Chamber Orch.,   Helmut Muller-Bruhl, cond.

[prémont]

Hat tip to Traverso who enabled me to buy this complete set of Bach's organ music.

J.S. Bach.
Complete Organ Works.
Volume I

Ewald Kooiman, plays on a Christian Müller organ, 1735-38.
Grote of St. Bavokerk, Haarlem, Netherlands.

Congrats. I am sure you will get much pleasure from this set. Most of it is top shelf with only a few weak points. All in all my preferred set, Beekman being a close contender. But it is no need to recommend these sets, because they are next to unavailable.

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NP: Stravinsky Orpheus (Salonen)

[Florestan]

NP: Stravinsky Petrushka, Pulcinella (Chailly et. al.)



Chailly is a remarkable Stravinskian. These performances are first-rate.

I'm not a Stravinsky fan but Petrushka is in my top 3 ballets, together with The Nutcracker and Romeo and Juliet --- coincidentally, all Russian. And that CD is my favorite all Stravinsky CD hands down.

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I'm not a Stravinsky fan but Petrushka is in my top 3 ballets, together with The Nutcracker and Romeo and Juliet --- coincidentally, all Russian. And that CD is my favorite all Stravinsky CD hands down.

Very nice and, as you know, I'm a huge Stravinsky fan. Good to read you enjoy this recording as well. Have you ever listened to Orpheus or Apollon musagète? I imagine these ballets would be right up your alley and Le Baiser de la fée as well.

[vandermolen]

Choral music of Vaughan Williams and Walton - I enjoy every work on this CD.