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JS Bach: Complete Organ Works [Foccroulle] CD 1





It has been quite a long time since I listened to any Complete Organ Works cycle by JS Bach. I have not heard the Foccroulle cycle before now so I am starting a new odyssey with CD 1 of his cycle.

I am no expert here and I do not even have the correct vocabulary to discuss this topic properly. However, my initial impression after only 78 minutes of music is that Foccroulle has a very fluid [easy flowing] and elegant playing style.

[springrite]

I remember buying those Erato recordings aeons ago. I did frighten my girlfriend with as she called it the "infernal noise", scaring people away. She said to me quite literally, "Get rid of it, or I remove myself". Well I kept the music, and luckily she stayed with me already 40 years, and she actually likes this composer. A miracle as there ever was one, right?

Great story!

It also helps that you have your boundaries. There are really infernal noises, as you know...

[vers la flamme]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet No.4 in G minor, K 516. Salomon SQ, Simon Whistler

Killer performance of this great work.

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Steven Gerber Symphony No.1
I was sorry to discover that this composer (born 1948) had died in 2015. I had assumed that he was still alive.
The Symphony No.1 is very fine and reminds me of the Symphony, Da Pacem Domine, by the Australian composer Ross Edwards and the Symphony No.8 'The Journey' by Rautavaara. It is immediately approachable but not lacking in depth. All credit to Chandos for recording it.

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Hopefully you enjoy the rest of works, Jeffrey! Jaques-Dalcroze knew how to be distinctive despite the apparently "conservative" language it has.

I've enjoyed the whole CD Cesar - thanks 

[vandermolen]

Muti really excels at this kind of repertoire and composer. Simply phenomenal. The one with Barshai on Brilliant Classics is my another go-to.

I will look out for that one Cesar as I have the set as part of a big Shostakovich box.

[Harry]

Steven Gerber Symphony No.1
I was sorry to discover that this composer (born 1948) had died in 2015. I had assumed that he was still alive.
The Symphony No.1 is very fine and reminds me of the Symphony, Da Pacem Domine, by the Australian composer Ross Edwards and the Symphony No.8 'The Journey' by Rautavaara. It is immediately approachable but not lacking in depth. All credit to Chandos for recording it.

Could not find this Steve Gerber recording Jeffrey.

[Harry]

Jean Henry d'Anglebert.

Suite for Harpsichord.
CD II.
Suite III & IV.

Elizabeth Farr, Harpsichord and Lute Harpsichord.

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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 [Chailly]





This is a broad sweeping, expansive and lyrical work which also has a touch of poignancy to it. Chailly gives a very good account of the work with this performance. His pacing allows the music to breathe but it is never lethargic or ponderous. There is also ample tension and drama to be found throughout.

The music in the opening movement is gloriously lush and lyrical and is projected with wonderful contrasts in dynamics reflecting the emotional layers, I suppose. The string writing is glorious and it is very well presented here as a sweeping vista by Chailly. Of course, the brass also have their say. The conclusion to the opening movement is terrifically engaging.
The music of the second movement is just so intense. Chailly simply lets it glow; it is expansive and sensitively paced here. Chailly packs in the emotion here but with not one shred of sentimentality. The lower register strings, the lower register brass and the woodwinds do the business here. This music is simply magnificent! One is never less than supremely impressed when one hears it.
The Scherzo is terrifically buoyant and its delivery is very positive under Chailly. It has the requisite power and drive but it also has charm. The trio section is more temperate and sober in tone and atmosphere.
The final movement is a mixed bag in terms of tones and atmospheres with a voice of its own. There is plenty of emotion around with tension in the higher register strings and the full brass fanfares which also deliver the requisite drama and power right to the conclusion. The ever present lyricism is delivered by all concerned and the woodwinds have their part to play for me here.

[Harry]

Thomas Arne.
Six Favourite Concertos for Organ, Harpsichord or Piano Forte.

Paul Nicholson, Keyboards and Director.
The Parley of Instruments Baroque Orchestra.

Harpsichord: J.A. Kirckman 1778.
Organ: Noel Mander after 18th century models.
Piano forte: Michael Cole after Americus Backers, 1772.
Pitch: A=415 Hz

A truly fascinating disc, a real surprise.

[Carlo Gesualdo]

I was listening lately in streaming to Loyset Compère a Franco-Flemish, that first would not dig perhaps did not heard the  best  ever until I would heard what on Ricercare, outhere Label in streaming, and decide jeez darn that a good album, should invest in better media quality see CD media whit booklet so I order it, soundz excellent to be fair and square, best Loyset Compère I heard so far.

And order Thee lastest Ockeghem Missa 2, the sound and the fury. Now reality check on The Sound and the Fury ensemble sometime there release quite expensive and there model shoudl cover up lol

But beside this they do manage to be good, but sometime Beauty Farm that possessed same menber eclipse than in competion whit similar repertoire see.

What do you think fellas?

[André]

I definitely prefer the Molinari SQ performance over the Silesians' rather cautious traversal. Slightly distant recorded sound doesn't help in terms of immediacy or vibrancy of sound.  Genesis OTOH benefits from being presented thusly. I found its disheveled, angry sounds immediate enough thank you. Still, a fine disc.

[Que]

Symphonies nos. 90 & 91.

[foxandpeng]

Symphony 1, Karl Henning

First listen.

https://youtu.be/-WCZ77mt2aE

Yes, Karl. Very much, yes.

[ritter]

Dinu Lipatti's wartime broadcast performance of Enesco's Piano Sonata No. 3 in D major, op. 24 No. 3, from this cheapo collection:

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Haydn

Symphonies 88-89 & 92

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Indeed, Der Sturm is an interesting work, which I should revisit soon. But (sorry if I sound pedantic ), it's not his only opera; there's also the later comedy on Molière, Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, of which a bootleg recording was released years ago on the Dante Lys lable, conducted by the composer:



I remember liking it when I bought it decades ago, but remember very little of it now. Time to revisit this work soon as well...

Good day, John!

Thanks for the information, Rafael. I had no idea there was another opera. This is certainly an obscure work, but I read a little about it via Universal Edition's website. Quite interesting that no modern recording of it exists. And a good day to you as well.

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NP:

Britten
String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36
Britten Quartet

[Karl Henning]

Symphony 1, Karl Henning

First listen.

https://youtu.be/-WCZ77mt2aE

Yes, Karl. Very much, yes.

Many thanks!

[Traverso]

The Chansonnier Cordiforme