What are you listening 2 now?

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Like the spirit of Saint Nicholas I gave and receive gifts whit good friend Mattheo, he give me an harmonium, neat, we had a king of king's super time, eating modified Cassoulet whit other saucage's and  he was  so generous and honorable, I gave him classical music some box set of Gregorian I had in CD-R and ''Les trésors du moyen -Âge'' an old box-set I had + a Kasperberger Theorbos rendition on Toccata label and also Homer's Odyssey, Dostoevsky Crime & Punishment and a Kangaroo long sleeve shirt too long for me like new, stuff like this small gifts, friendship, true good mutual respect what friendship all about not materialism. We also happen to drink  Porter big Stout beers + one small, gave him two blonde Can.

What I am listening, well Super Audio CD'S Trilogy mare Balticum 1-3 volumes, Mark Lewon and Batiste Romain are in the ensemble guess what these release or pure joy, ancient music of Scandinavian Thematic. I'm not listening to them in  order , like now it's volume two medieval Finland & Sweden. 14Th & 16Th Ensemble Peregrina. After I'm up for Bare Balticum volume.3 Wizlav Von Rugen a Neidhart Von Reutal kinda. Neat had a lovely night might as well do some ''manicotage of this post'' whit chromatism and letters formats.
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After vol.1 Danemark, what about it fellow, did this post inspired ya , to investigated  ancient Scandinavia and if not try on Delphian label Mare Balticum CD / digital you may like it has well, Vikings music they say, yep so tonight the topic is Scandinavia ancient and news...How about in modernist names like Erkki Sven-Tuur or Peteris Vask, Arvo Part, all good don't ya think so?  

[JBS]

[Karl Henning]

I'll be joining you in a week or so once my set arrives. 

You will be most welcome, Ray!

Now:

Dvořák
Symphony № 3 in E^b, Op. 10, B. 34
Cz Phil
Neumann

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NP:

Britten
String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94
Emperor Quartet

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A selection of mélodies from this set:

[Florestan]

[Harry]

German Baroque Sacred Music.
Passion & Resurrection.
CD V.

Composers on this disc.
Georg Philipp Telemann, Christian Ludwig  Boxberg, Georg Riedel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Melchior Hoffmann.
Ricercar Consort.
Bernard Foccroulle plays on a Schnitger organ in the Martini Kerk, Groningen, The Netherlands. (Bach BWV 718)

Telemann's "Du aber Daniel gehe hin" is definitively the highlight on the fifth CD in this box. Although it must be said that James Bowman should find himself a new occupation, for his voice is not up to scratch anymore. But nothing can one prepare for the screeching voice of Henri Ledroit in the piece of Hoffmann, I still have a severe headache of it. Unbelievable that he became a figure in this genre.  Performance and sound is excellent.

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Finally listened to this:

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I really like this CD. In general I wasn't much into Atterberg's symphonies, but the Cello Concerto is amazing and even the Horn Corcerto is to my liking.

[71 dB]

Starting this morning with:

German Baroque Sacred Music.
Passion & Resurrection.
CD IV.
Works by Nicolaus Bruhns, Georg Böhm, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Michael Bach, Johann Christoph Bach.

Ricercar Consort.
Les Agremens.
Choir de Chambre de Namur, Jean Tubery.
Cappella Sancti Michaelis, Eric van Nevel.
Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe.

In general a fine box with good music and performances. The Works by Nicolaus Bruhns are a highlight for me.

Nikolaus Bruhns was insanely talented (Buxtehude's favorite pupil and admired by J. S. Bach). Sadly he died at young age and a lot of his music is lost so all we have is a dozen cantatas and half dozen organ works, hardly 3 hours of music in all.

[Biffo]

Mozart: Piano Concerto No 11 in F major, K 413 - English Chamber Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim conductor and soloist - pleasant start to the musical day

[Madiel]

Yesterday and earlier today:



Now:

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De Lalande: Lecons De Ténebres [Desrochers] Lecon du Jeudy

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Milhaud: String Octet
Parisii Quartet, Manfred Quartet


What an incredibly unusual work!

The fact that it's two separately composed string quartets combined, kind of shows as it gets on the sonic scales. At first it feels like a dish with so many ingredients that digestibility seems a rather distant hope, and maybe congestion hovers near at times, but those considerations are completely outweighed for me by the sheer voluminous gorgeousness and oddness of it. At times it's like Ravel on steroids, bursting out of his gilet after overdoing it with the Duck a l'Orange and Cointreau, with intriguingly odd, harmonically clashing passages interspersed, that cast uneasy but palate-enlivening shadows.

The more I've listened the more I've been won over by its singular character and ravishing abundance, the density of the texture quickly became a feature rather than a bug for me. An extraordinary work which I bet has a fair number detractors, but phooey, good on you, Darius, I say!

Nice post! And it's prompted me to revisit this disc (all of it, i.e. the Octour, and the two SQs—No. 14 & No. 15–that he Milhaud combined to make the "larger" work, and the late Études).

[Papy Oli]

Last attempt on the d'Indy series.

[Harry]

Last attempt on the d'Indy series.

Marvelous series from Chandos of this composer. All volumes are on my wish list.

[Biffo]

Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories -Feria V in Coena Domini - Responsoria IV -IX - Westminster Cathedral Choir directed by David HIll - Responsories for Maundy Thursday

[Florestan]

All volumes are on my wish list.

You mean you don't have them already? 

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Prokofiev, Sergei - Piano Sonatas - Anne-Marie McDermott vs. Matti Raekallio - I own the McDermott 3-disc set but the Raekallio recordings have come up in recent posts, so I listened to him on Spotify for a few hours and now my Anne-Marie set playing and using headphones.  These performances are both outstanding - not sure which one I prefer, i.e. a tie for me; others think similarly in the attached reviews.  If one is looking for a 'box' of these works, then flip a coin IMO - Dave

 

The nice thing about the Raekallio set is there's more than the Piano Sonatas in the box set. The McDermott set looks like it's just the sonatas and Sarcasms. The Raekallio is a bit more bang for the buck.

[aligreto]

Poulenc: Sept Repons des Tenebres.


This is from the Poulenc big box and I have added my comments in the Music for Passiontide and Easter Thread for anyone interested.

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NP:

Milhaud
Octet, Op. 291
Quatuor Parisii, Quatuor Manfred