What are you listening 2 now?

[Madiel]

Mozart: Currently working through the violin sonatas dedicated to Miss Auernhammer (24, 17, 25-28)



This is a case where the traditional numbering really mucked things up a bit, recognising that no.17 was written a bit earlier but failing to recognise that no.26 was also earlier. Mozart told his sister he was going to publish these with 2 new ones, but it became 4.

I really do find the performances in this set excellent (these 6 sonatas are spread across all 5 volumes of the set, the orange volume manages to get 2 of them).

[Harry]

Marin Marais.
Pieces de Violes.
4 suites in  D, d, G.
Jerome & Pierre Hantai, Alix Verzier.
Recorded: 1999.

Not only the imaginative selection and combination of pieces, but also Hantai's convincing interpretation makes the recording a pleasure to experience. This combination of musicians are in no hurry, and neither am I in the morning. The sound is excellent.

[Irons]

Beethoven: Symphony No.3 "Eroica"



Listened in awe of greatness of it.

[Harry]

Henry Purcell.
The Complete Sacred Music.
Volume II.
The King's Consort, Robert King.
Recorded: 1992, St Jude's Church, Hamstead, London.

Absolute bliss to hear this set again. For Purcell lovers this is surely a must have.

[Christo]

Messy, but a joy to do. The highlight of the very long concert -- over 2,5 hours, more than a handful of people wanted to do their doings in between as well, and even two cameras arrived for a side story that was shown on TV on Newyear's Eve, funny & nothing to do with us -- was IMHO Gabriel Fauré's Cantique de Jean Racine, thanks to the Ukrainian orchestra ranging from ppp to ff(f). A delight to sing it with an orchestra like this. For the audience, a large part of it never hearing a concert, or even 'classical music', Amazing Grace might suit better:

[Harry]

New Release

Ruth Gipps.
Orchestral Works.
Volume III.
See for details the back cover.
Martin Owen Horn.
BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba.
Recording venue MediaCityUK, Salford, Manchester, 2022 (Ambarvalia, Cringlemire Garden)  2023 (other works)

Eagerly awaited, and what a blast. This will delight Gipps fans. volume III is full of musical surprises and a kaleidoscope of colours and moods. There is not a single work that would not get a loud cheer. SOTA sound and a performance that leaves no wishes open.

[ritter]

Getting ready for next week's live performance in Paris by Les Siècles...

Pierre Boulez: Pli selon pli. Christine Schäfer (sop.), Ensemble Intercontemporain, conducted by the composer.



I hope the strong cold I've had for a couple of days subsides before I catch the plane on Monday morning...

[Madiel]

I haven't quite finished yet, but I'm making a fairly thorough list of the chamber music in my collection including when the works were composed (as near as is known in some cases).

For the later 19th and early 20th century, where I have more composers available, it's enabling me to come up with some interesting juxtapositions of works that were composed around the same time.

So tonight my planned programme is:

Fauré: Violin Sonata No.2, op.108
Sibelius: Six pieces for violin and piano, op.79
Pejačević: Violin Sonata No.2 ('Slavic'), op.43

[Christo]

New Release

Ruth Gipps.
Orchestral Works.
Volume III.
See for details the back cover.
Martin Owen Horn.
BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba.
Recording venue MediaCityUK, Salford, Manchester, 2022 (Ambarvalia, Cringlemire Garden)  2023 (other works)

Eagerly awaited, and what a blast. This will delight Gipps fans. volume III is full of musical surprises and a kaleidoscope of colours and moods. There is not a single work that would not get a loud cheer. SOTA sound and a performance that leaves no wishes open.

Ordered it weeks ago, but you are the lucky one to receive it first. I'll let you know what I hear in it! So far, her Third (1965) is her best IMHO, even one of the very best symphonies I know at all. 

[Traverso]

Henry Purcell.
The Complete Sacred Music.
Volume II.
The King's Consort, Robert King.
Recorded: 1992, St Jude's Church, Hamstead, London.

Absolute bliss to hear this set again. For Purcell lovers this is surely a must have.

Good to see all those Purcell recordings. 

[Que]

Earlier this morning:



New Year's cantata Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm, BWV 171.
A short cantata, which doesn't really stand out.

Now:

 

[Traverso]

Bach

[Harry]

Vincent d'Indy.
Orchestral Works-Volume I.
See for details back cover.
Iceland SO, Rumon Gamba.
Recorded 2007, at the Haskolabio, Iceland.

For me the best series of his Orchestral works. The interpretations have magic, and the recording has a dreamy ambiance. All is played with tenderness and delicacy. This composer is gravely neglected for no reason at all. Fine impressionistic music, that lets your fantasy drift. SOTA sound and performance.

[Madiel]

Pejačević: Violin Sonata No.2 ('Slavic'), op.43

This really is a fabulous work. Well worth your time to listen.

[foxandpeng]

New Release

Ruth Gipps.
Orchestral Works.
Volume III.
See for details the back cover.
Martin Owen Horn.
BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba.
Recording venue MediaCityUK, Salford, Manchester, 2022 (Ambarvalia, Cringlemire Garden)  2023 (other works)

Eagerly awaited, and what a blast. This will delight Gipps fans. volume III is full of musical surprises and a kaleidoscope of colours and moods. There is not a single work that would not get a loud cheer. SOTA sound and a performance that leaves no wishes open.

Thanks, Harry. And Happy New Year to you!

[Harry]

Thanks, Harry. And Happy New Year to you!

And the same to you dear friend, may it be a quiet life, without pain, rejoicing in the bliss of nature, and having a decent stack of fine malts.

[Mandryka]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7M1I69RnYQ

Documentary about Youri Egorov

[Cato]

Interesting that one of the marches has the snowy atmosphere of Rimsky-Korsakov!

Do you mean it sounds as the attack of barbarians on the civilized world?

No, more like something from Christmas Eve or May Night. 

e.g.


Excerpt

[Florestan]

No, more like something from Christmas Eve or May Night.   

Vakula ante portas! Vae nobis! 

[Cato]

Vakula ante portas! Vae nobis! 

    


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