What are you listening 2 now?

[ritter]

...

...why does it have two entrances?...

Maybe because "il faut périr en symétrie".   

[Irons]

He was indeed a very respectable man, in some ways he is an alien to me, as he seemed trapped in an era that had passed.
Anyway, as a musician I have the greatest respect for him,he tried to live by his conviction.
He was no fool although the lighting at home was mainly by candles. 

A picture is being built up here.

[Que]

This was a house he rented.

Que - why does it have two entrances? Or is it two separate residences?

Yes, you're right - he rented it.  But he was living the live!

The Bartolotti House consists of several parts: a front part that was split in two residences early on, and the back part that Leonhardt lived in. Not sure why the back part has two entrances. Perhaps the answer is in the book Leonhardt wrote about the house!

[Florestan]

This was a house he rented.

Que - why does it have two entrances? Or is it two separate residences?

Maybe he entered on the left and exited on the right, or viceversa. 

[springrite]

Bax: 'November Woods' BBC Philharmonic. Vernon Handley.
On the radio just now. Excellent performance and recording.

My favorite Bax tone poem.

[MusicTurner]

Maybe he entered on the left and exited on the right, or viceversa. 

A good point. Or if you have different moods, it's nice to have a range of possibilities ...

[Que]

Hight time to unwrap (!) this set of biblical stories:



Everything here screams quality: the performances, the recording as well as the presentation in a hardcover book with a bonus DVD. A must-have for Charpentier fans.

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2019/Aug/Charpentier_histoires_HMM902280.htm

https://earlymusicreview.com/charpentier-histoires-sacrees/

https://theclassicreview.com/album-reviews/review-charpentier-histoires-sacrees-ensemble-correspondances-dauce/

[The new erato]

Listened to this new arrival last night. Wildly fascinating:



BTW; Englund is great.

[Harry]

Jean-Henry d'Anglebert.

Les Airs originaux de M. de Lully.
CD II.

Cafe Zimmermann, Pablo Valetti.

Celine Frisch plays on a Historical organ in the Hospital chapel , Charles Nicolle de Rouen.

Superb.

[Mandryka]

Maybe he entered on the left and exited on the right, or viceversa. 

It's a good job he didn't believe in enlightenment values. If he did, with two entrances he would have been trapped like Buridan's ass

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan%27s_ass

[Spotted Horses]

Continued with Cluytens' recording of La Festin de L'Araignee, in this case the suite



Again, a beautiful performance from Cluytens, although the full ballet is preferable to me.

Circled back to Roussel's Petite Suite, with Martinon.



A wonderful little piece in three movements. The heart of the piece is the central Aubade, with poignant melodies and harmonies. The outer movements exhibit Roussel's signature rhythmic sophistication. Beautifully performed.

The Martinon Icon set is a delight.

Decided to finish with the first three of Debussy's Preludes (Book 1), Kocsis.



Nicely done. I don't like Debussy too dreamy, and Kocsis satisfies.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Haydn (Sunrise) Prazak Qt  from here (30 Years of Praga-The Anniversary)https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B09BY285QY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Bet that that is a neat set!  I have about a half-dozen of their recordings and enjoy them.

PD

[Florestan]

It's a good job he didn't believe in enlightenment values. If he did, with two entrances he would have been trapped like Buridan's ass

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan%27s_ass

Boy, poor Leonhardt would roll in his grave if he knew he's the laughing stock of GMG. 

And btw, I wrote "one leg in the grave" because (1) in Romanian we use the same word for both foot and leg, namely picior, although technically foot would translate as laba piciorului and (2) we literally mean one leg in the grave, not one foot. Anyway, thanks for your compliment on my English, I do try to write it as correctly as I can.

[Harry]

Carl Friedrich Abel.
Symphonies opus 17, 1-6.

The Hanover Band, Anthony Halstead.

Well done I think!

[kyjo]

Now on this:

Honegger: Cello Concertino

This cellist is at his best moment. His playing is incredibly sophisticated and eloquent.





Arnold: Fantasy on a theme by John Field, for piano and orchestra

For me, this is like the British response to Dohnányi's Nursery Variations, also for piano and orchestra. The transformation of the motif proves the musical richnes that pervaded him. Genius. Again that word pursuits me. Malcolm Arnold has more than strong merits to be considered a major composer.

+1 for both works! Muller-Schott is one of my very favorite cellists. And the Arnold is a major work, probably one of his greatest in any genre. It's truly remarkable what he's able to do with that simple Field tune.

[kyjo]

Paying better attention because I'm not drifting off to sleep this time...

Dvorak, Cello Concerto in A major.

That's a fine recording of that very enjoyable early concerto. Despite the fact that the orchestration isn't by Dvorak, I still find it to be convincing.

[The new erato]

Now on this:

Honegger: Cello Concertino

This cellist is at his best moment. His playing is incredibly sophisticated and eloquent.

I would like to know how they managed to fins a concerto by Faure?

[kyjo]

I would like to know how they managed to fins a concerto by Faure?

It's just the Élégie for cello and orchestra.

[The new erato]

Not entirely unexpected. False labeling. Why not label it as works for cello and orchestra?

[Spotted Horses]

Not entirely unexpected. False labeling. Why not label it as works for cello and orchestra?

Setting aside that Honegger is usually described as being Swiss.