What are you listening 2 now?

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Cortot 1929-37.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

I used to have one of those GEC metal-coned speakers mentioned on page 2 of that article.  Housed in a bulky octagonal bass-reflex cabinet that I (aged about 15) proudly placed in the corner of my parents' living room.  (Google image search:)  It was willed to me by a favourite uncle so my parents could hardly say no.


Ported in the bottom, and filled with long-fibre wool, the speaker very soon became home to a family of mice.

I'm envious!

[Linz]

Paul Hindemith Complete Cello Concertos, David Geringas, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Werner Andreas Albert

[Todd]

[prémont]

Op. 106, Dubravka Tomsic

Do you know anything about when Dubravka Tomsic was supposed to have recorded that many Beethoven sonatas?

https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Sonata-Flat-Op-Hammerklavier/dp/B002ZFMQLO

[Symphonic Addict]

It is undoubtedly a masterful performance, my favourite for Liszt's Faust Symphonie.

I waited for too long to hear that performance. Really splendid in every regard.

[Todd]

The Preludes.

[Symphonic Addict]

Paul Juon: Trio Caprice, for piano trio, op. 39

Ignore the silly cover art, the music is what counts and it has lots of character and enthralling ideas. I think this composer should be better known (seriously so, despite that statement sounds rather hackneyed nowadays).

[Symphonic Addict]

Verdi: String Quartet in E minor

This singular quartet is much more attractive than I scarcely remembered. I didn't know that it was written when the composer was 62, I had thought it was an early piece. A particularly gorgeous moment is the Trio section of the Prestissimo with its enchanting pizzicato and the eloquent melodic line on the cello. Glad to have revisited it after many years.

[Symphonic Addict]

Weber: Piano Sonata No. 2

There's something about the key of A-flat major on the piano (the key of this sonata) I find quite affecting. I wonder why these sonatas are seldom played or mentioned. The 3rd movement, Minuetto capriccioso, has more of capriccioso than of Minuetto and it's very catchy.




Panufnik: String Quartet No. 2 'Messages'

It was inspired by childhood memories of listening to the mysterious sounds of a wooden telegraph pole in the wind, and the music does reflect tense, intriguing feelings. What an interesting work. His music often bears a thought-provoking element that catches my imagination.

[AnotherSpin]

Do you know anything about when Dubravka Tomsic was supposed to have recorded that many Beethoven sonatas?

https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Sonata-Flat-Op-Hammerklavier/dp/B002ZFMQLO

I have no information about Dubravka Tomsic (Tomšič) other than what is commonly available online. There are recordings from six pianists in this set on Qobuz. According to Discogs, DT's Beethoven recordings were first issued in the late 80s and early 90s, probably recorded at the same time or little earlier.

[steve ridgway]

Messiaen: Couleurs De La Cité Céleste

[Que]

[prémont]

I have no information about Dubravka Tomsic (Tomšič) other than what is commonly available online. There are recordings from six pianists in this set on Qobuz. According to Discogs, DT's Beethoven recordings were first issued in the late 80s and early 90s, probably recorded at the same time or little earlier.

The link points to a collection that includes all the Beethoven sonatas apparently recorded by Tomsic. AFAIK she has only recorded a few of the "named" sonatas, which raises the question of whether this is a situation similar to "Joyce Hatto."

[vandermolen]

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.6
BBC SO
Andrew Davis
One of the few entirely successful recorded performances of this symphony IMO.
RIP Sir Andrew Davis

[Florestan]

The link points to a collection that includes all the Beethoven sonatas apparently recorded by Tomsic. AFAIK she has only recorded a few of the "named" sonatas, which raises the question of whether this is a situation similar to "Joyce Hatto."

https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Tomsic-Dubravka.htm

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dubravka-tomsic-mn0000380323#discography

[Florestan]

TD:



Sacha Guitry's libretto must be one of the silliest, most vulgar ever penned; it makes Scribe and Meilhac & Halevy look noble and elegant. The music, though, is charming.

Also, starting my journey through these two:

[AnotherSpin]

The link points to a collection that includes all the Beethoven sonatas apparently recorded by Tomsic. AFAIK she has only recorded a few of the "named" sonatas, which raises the question of whether this is a situation similar to "Joyce Hatto."

Qobuz does not name anyone on the cover as the performer of the entire set. The performers listed for each sonata:

1, 4, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29 - Dubravka Tomsic.
2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 18, 19, 20, 22, 28, 32 - Graig Sheppard.
8 - Sviatoslav Richter.
17, 23 - Herbert Wald.
30 - Karl Ulrich Schnabel.
31 - Glenn Gould.

[Iota]

Beethoven: 'Hammerklavier', Op.106

Not really regarding Kim as a big hitter, I wasn't sure 106 would be quite his thing, but although the sense of epic structures is not as sweeping as some and earthquake moments not quite as, um, earth-quaking, he brings great urgency and excitement to large swathes of the score, qualities that can sometimes be swamped by mega-intensity and seriousness with some of the bigger hitters. Hst, the sheer madness of 106 does indeed break through thrillingly at times, and the Adagio is rich in knee-buckling Beethovenian loveliness.

These are live performances and as often the initial applause follows the conclusion, but I'm not sure it was such a good idea here, as it sounded to my ears like about twenty stalwart souls gathered in the village hall, along to dutifully hear the local organist chance his arm with it, and really it felt like sth of a damp squib after all that. Not that it affected my enjoyment.

[Florestan]

First encounter with Holbrooke's music. I'm positively impressed.