What are you listening 2 now?

[Harry]

Johann Gottfried Walther.
Complete Organ Works Volume II.
Chorale Settings, I.

Ach Gott erhor mein seufzen und Wehklagen.
Ach Gott tu dich erbarmen.
Ach Gott und Herr, Versus I-VII
Ach Gott von Himmel sich darein, Versus I-II.
Ach Gott wie manches Herzeleid.
Ach Schönster Jesu, mein verlangen, Versus I-II.
Ach was soll ich sunder machen, Versus I-V.
Allein Gott in der Hoh, sei ehr, Versus I-VIII, and 2.
Allein zu dir Jesu Christ, Versus I-III, and 2.

Simone Stella plays on a Francesco Zanin Organ, 2006.


Superb.

[Que]

Have that set lined up as well, Harry.

Morning listening on Spotify is the recording you pointed out to me:



Music from the Buxheimer Orgelbuch and Lochamer Liederbuch.

[Que]

First listen
Musicianship and sonics are up to Naive's usual standard, but there's a certain sameness to the works, despite some variation in the accompanying instruments.

Perhaps this is a CD best listened to one cantata at a time.

Thanks for the comments.   Going to line it up for a listen on Spotify.

[Harry]

Have that set lined up as well, Harry.

Morning listening on Spotify is the recording you pointed out to me:



Music from the Buxheimer Orgelbuch.

And is it to your liking?
My order went out this morning, including this CD. My wife was quit charmed by this recording, but also the Golani disc, even more so.

[Mandryka]

The op 48/1 nocturne has been released. I have two reservations, which in the fullness of time may turn out to be deal breakers. First, in the opining c minor section he plays with a slow and rigid pulse - I'm not sure it's such a good idea. And second, when the music gets loud, I think the sound he makes come out of the piano seems a bit hard and unnuanced - this possibly the work of the engineers.

[Harry]

Johann Ludwig Krebs.
Complete Organ Works.
CD II from XI.

Felix Friedrich plays on a Gottfried Silbermann organ, 1737, Ponitz.

Chorton, gegenwärtig 463 Hz.
Stimmung gegenwärtig gleichstufig.

Recording and performance are exemplary, a reference really.

[listener]

Wm. Sterndale BENNETT   Piano Music vol. 3
Ilona Prunyi, piano
a bunch of very short pieces, suitable for players with nimble fingers and short menory
BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique      Le Corsaire Overture   Royal Hunt and Storm from Les Troyens
splendid recording from the French National Radio Orch. (O.R.T.F., if you prefer)

[Irons]

That's a good description of the work Cesar. It seems to have been very well re-mastered for the set and I've just listened to the equally impressive 'Crown Imperial'. Before bed time I'm listening to 'Symphonie Marine' by Ibert - actually my favourite work by this composer (I think that Lol/Irons is another admirer). I prefer this performance to the good one on Naxos - Fremaux's recording is more atmospheric I think. I'm very pleased with this inexpensive boxed set:

Here's a review:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2017/Jun/Fremaux_CBSO_9029588673.htm

Popped over to MI, thanks for link, Jeffrey. The list of works is far more comprehensive then I imagined. I have the outstanding Massenet Le Cid with demonstration sound on LP. Also equally good Saint-Sains 3rd along with Berlioz and the Ibert you mention. I find it strange that Fremaux was undervalued in Birmingham and yet such a fuss made of Rattle. Anway, looks an outstanding box-set.

[foxandpeng]

Benjamin Britten
The Complete String Quartets
Brodsky Quartet

I've come to enjoy the Britten SQs very much in the last few months, particularly #1. Excellent in their own right, but great palate cleansers for a morning of PMD.

Peter Maxwell Davies
Naxos Quartets 3 and 4
Maggini Quartet

[Harry]

Anton Bruckner.
Symphony No. 9 in D minor. (Version of 1894 in three movements)

Berner Symphonieorchester, Mario Venzago.

[Madiel]

With the help of discogs, I've decided to listen to Ashkenazy's original Chopin albums reconstructed from the box.



Interestingly, almost all the original albums had a chronological basis rather than a genre one.

Tonight I've decided to go for "Volume 3", which was:

Sonata no.3 (op.58)
Berceuse (op.57)
Mazurkas op.59
Nocturnes op.55

[Wanderer]

The op 48/1 nocturne has been released. I have two reservations, which in the fullness of time may turn out to be deal breakers. First, in the opining c minor section he plays with a slow and rigid pulse - I'm not sure it's such a good idea. And second, when the music gets loud, I think the sound he makes come out of the piano seems a bit hard and unnuanced - this possibly the work of the engineers.

I attended an all-Chopin recital of his here in Athens recently, and he maintained this slow and rigid pulse throughout - and when I say slow, I mean truly glacial. Beautiful tone, but insufferable in the long run. The only thing that resembled its "proper" tempo was the finale of the Third Sonata. As for his tone, it was never hard and he elicited many colours and dynamic nuances from his piano. I daresay that your hunch is correct and that the harshness of tone you're hearing in the recording is the engineers' doing rather than Pogorelich's.

[Iota]

Saint-Saëns: Piano Trio No. 1 in F major Op. 18

Trio Hélios


Interesting to see the discussions of Saint-Saëns' piano trios, as I started listening to the above sort of by accident a few days ago, and what an infectious bundle of pleasantness it is, straight from 'un matin de printemps' indeed! Very much enjoyed. The playing seems really very good too, though it's the only recording I've heard.

[Harry]

Knudage Riisager.
Ballet Music.
Aarhus SO, Bo Holten.

[Maestro267]

Brahms: Piano Trio No. 3
Istomin/Stern/Rose

[Harry]

Julius Rontgen.

Symphonies No. 11,22,23,24.

Helsingborg SO, David Porcelijn.

[Traverso]

Music of the Sistine Chapel Andrew Parrott And the Taverner Consort

This is a really fine recording.

[Traverso]

Dutch Delight

[Mirror Image]

Saint-Saëns: Piano Trio No. 1 in F major Op. 18

Trio Hélios


Interesting to see the discussions of Saint-Saëns' piano trios, as I started listening to the above sort of by accident a few days ago, and what an infectious bundle of pleasantness it is, straight from 'un matin de printemps' indeed! Very much enjoyed. The playing seems really very good too, though it's the only recording I've heard.

Nice!

NP: Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 (Markevitch)

[Papy Oli]

JS Bach
Cantata BWV 32
Gardiner - SDG VOl.18