What are you listening 2 now?

[ritter]

Nice. That was the first of the six I got to know, back when.

Same here. The Brandenburg Concerto No. 4  was the first Bach work I ever encountered, and in concert, not on record  . It still remains my favourite of the six, followed (in order of preference) by No. 5 and No. 6.

Good evening, Karl and VonStupp!

[Todd]

Disc three, for the first time in what, fifteen years maybe.  Rossini/Resphigi and Rimsky. 

[Iota]

Oh yes, the singing is as such of examplary quality. But it doesn't sound like Italian Renaissance.

On the Missa Marcelli:



With 19 male singers the ensemble is on the largish side, I would have preferred OVPP, but the singing is exemplary.
A gorgeous performance.

https://www.classicstoday.com/review/odhecatons-exemplary-palestrina/

I'm not a fan of Vartolo, but it does sound as Italian Renaissance. I really love the Longhini recordings (on Tactus)! 
I agree on tbe Vatican recordings - dissapointing.

Interested to read this. I know the Odhecaton Missa Papae Marcelli which I like, but will see if I can track down the Longhini who I know and admire from other recordings, but haven't heard in the Palestrina.


Here:



Telemann Paris Quartets No. 1
B., S. and W. Kuijken, Leonhardt


Leonhardt and Brothers Kuijken give an object lesson in how to dance on air. Delightful music-making! 

[Florestan]

Arthur Sullivan's L'Île Enchantée 
    Andrew Penny, RTE Concert Orchestra

Pounds the table!

[Todd]

Time to tap the tip-top tier.

[Linz]

CD18 of this set Gerd Schaller with Psalm 146 and some Organ pieces with Schaller at the organ

[Spotted Horses]

The Violin Sonata is probably my favourite piece of VW instrumental chamber music. The best recording is on that fine EMI CD.

I did notice that, and the fog of my brain thought, "Yes, I've listened to that and it is superb." Then it occurred to me that it was the Bean recording of the Elgar Violin Sonata that I had listened to.



The Bean recording of the Vaughan Williams Sonata is next on the list. I have heard the piece in a Nash Ensemble recording, as I recall.

[Karl Henning]

I did notice that, and the fog of my brain thought, "Yes, I've listened to that and it is superb." Then it occurred to me that it was the Bean recording of the Elgar Violin Sonata that I had listened to.



The Bean recording of the Vaughan Williams Sonata is next on the list. I have heard the piece in a Nash Ensemble recording, as I recall.

Hugh Bean sets me perforce to thinking of Elgarian.

[Spotted Horses]

Hugh Bean sets me perforce to thinking of Elgarian.

...yes, especially after our Elgarian's eloquent advocacy of these recordings.

[SonicMan46]

Beethoven, LV - Piano Sonatas, Nos. 25-28, 30-32 w/ Penelope Crawford on her own restored 1835 Conrad Graf fortepiano - I'm enjoying these performances more than my Paul Badura-Skoda or Ronald Brautigam discs of the same works - don't believe she has recorded any more at the moment - a few reviews attached, including one by our own Brian (along w/ an interview he did w/ her for MusicWeb) - Dave

 

[ritter]

More piano music composed by Robert Casadesus:



The Variations on Manuel de Falla's Homage to Debussy, op. 47 are very enjoyable (my familiarity with and appreciation of the original material certainly helps). It is a bit of a "meta-something" piece: a French pianists variations on a piece composed by Spanish composer in memory of a French composer who had written much Spanish-infused music (partly inspired by the Spanish composer — the famous postcard that led Debussy to write La Puerta del Vino). 

The First Piano Sonata, op. 14 (from 1931) starts with a frenetic —and probably difficult to play— scorrevole movement which catches one's attention. The molto adagio that follows reminds me, of all things, of Hindemith. Let's see how the work ends, and how the remaining three sonatas (from 1941, 1948 and 1957, respectively) turn out, but so far Casadesus' piano music seems to me attractive and well-constructed, if not particularly distinctive. Still, I'm sure I'll return to it occasionally...

[Karl Henning]

Beethoven, LV - Piano Sonatas, Nos. 25-28, 30-32 w/ Penelope Crawford on her own restored 1835 Conrad Graf fortepiano - I'm enjoying these performances more than my Paul Badura-Skoda or Ronald Brautigam discs of the same works - don't believe she has recorded any more at the moment - a few reviews attached, including one by our own Brian (along w/ an interview he did w/ her for MusicWeb) - Dave

 

Cheers, Dave! I do love that Magnificent Landscapes disc.

[André]

An interesting and deeply felt work no doubt, but unlikely to elicit more than a lukewarm response from most listeners (me included).

[Linz]

Sibelius Quartet in A minor And D minor with the Jean Sibelius Quartet

[Karl Henning]

CD 21

Elgar
Symphony № 1 in A^b, Op. 55
Introduction & Allegro, Op. 47
Elegy, Op. 58

well, this is a thoroughly excellent disc. Still going to repeat the Ančerl ... too good not to, I especially want another listen to the Piston:

Elgar
Introduction & Allegro, Op. 47

RVW
Fantasia on a Theme by Thos Tallis

Piston
Toccata for Orchestra

Prokofiev
Scythian Suite, Op. 20

Lutosławski
Musique funèbre

[André]

The best 6th ever IMO. The 5th however sounds slightly reticent, esp noticeable when comparing the timpani sound in the elegiac 6th: much more assertive, to great effect. Karajan's remake (no 5) on EMI has more grit.

[Todd]

So beautiful and delightful.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Paul Gilson: The Sea. Devreese/Moscow SO.

[Symphonic Addict]

Paul Gilson: The Sea. Devreese/Moscow SO.

Fantastic selection! Love this work. The main melody that runs through the piece is so catchy and memorable!

BTW, do you know the orchestral suite De Pacificatie van Gent by the composer Peter Benoit from that Marco Polo series? A very good piece too.

[Klavier1]

Stunning, absolutely stunning.