What are you listening 2 now?

[Harry]

Fifth rerun.

If this music does not blow your brains to smithereens, what in heaven will? I am again and again captivated and led into admiration, for this very talented composer. Do try if you dare  

[prémont]

(@prémont )

Indeed. Let's take Vivaldi's concertos, for instance. One CD can easily contain any six of them. Now, listening to all six in a row can surely have the effect of monotony and sameness and give the vivid impression of being the same concerto written six times over. Only problem is, Vivaldi never intended them to be played or listened to in such uninterrupted, extended sequence. Moreover, they were written for, and played and heard in, specific conditions which were part and parcel of the audience's experience and which gave them a moving and exhilarating effect, as attested by all written testimonies. Their magic worked perfectly in the environment for which they were originally conceived but is all but lost in modern environments (concert halls of home listening). I'm positively sure that in this particular case the circumstances back then were far more suitable for a uniquely satisfactory musical experience than the modern ones.

Actually, I have already implicitly answered these arguments (post 128688), when I foresaw that they would come.

We will never be able fully to recreate the original circumstances of the performance of the music of earlier times, and it is simply a question of the degree of abstraction we are willing to make  when we listen to early music. For some (e.g. me) a considerable degree of abstraction is a necessary and natural thing, for others even a slight degree of abstraction can be destructive to the musical experience. Even something like reading a score can be problematic. But who, for example, would prefer to sit by candlelight and try to spell out their way through difficult-to-read handwriting on a piece of faded paper? I think we should be grateful that in our day we can choose between a large spectrum of conditions under which we can engage ourselves with early music.

[SonicMan46]

Hoffmeister, FA - plenty of flute music from piano duets, trios and quartets to concertos (only 5 of over 25 flute concertos he wrote!) - believe all of these are with modern flutes - would love to hear some period reproductions from his days.  Dave

     

 

[Traverso]

Orgels in Nederland - Dutch Organs

Pieter Dirksen–    Wilhelmus (St. Petersburg Manuscript C. 1650)
Composed By – Anonymous
1-2    Pieter Dirksen–    Psalm 5 ( Lynar B7 C. 1610) - I. Var. 1
Composed By – Anonymous
1-3    Pieter Dirksen–    Psalm 5 ( Lynar B7 C. 1610) - II. Var. 2
Composed By – Anonymous
1-4    Pieter Dirksen–    Psalm 5 ( Lynar B7 C. 1610) - III. Var. 3
Composed By – Anonymous
1-5    Pieter Dirksen–    Christe Qui Lux Es Et Dies 34 - I. Var. 1
Composed By – Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
1-6    Pieter Dirksen–    Christe Qui Lux Es Et Dies 34 - II. Var. 2 & 3
Composed By – Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
1-7    Pieter Dirksen–    Echoe Fantasie In D No. 6
Composed By – Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
1-8    Pieter Dirksen–    Salvator Mundi
Composed By – John Bull
1-9    Jacques Van Oortmerssen–    Psalm 116 ( Lynar B7 C. 1610) - I. Var. 1
Composed By – Anonymous
1-10    Jacques Van Oortmerssen–    Psalm 116 ( Lynar B7 C. 1610) - II. Var. 2
Composed By – Anonymous
1-11    Jacques Van Oortmerssen–    Psalm 116 ( Lynar B7 C. 1610) - III. Var. 3
Composed By – Anonymous
1-12    Jacques Van Oortmerssen–    Psalm 116 ( Lynar B7 C. 1610) - IV. Var. 4
Composed By – Anonymous
1-13    Jacques Van Oortmerssen–    Allemande & Nachtanz (Danserye 1511) 2.3 - I. Nachtanz
Composed By – Tielman Susato
1-14    Jacques Van Oortmerssen–    Toccata In C C2
Composed By – Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
1-15    Theo Jellema–    Salve Regina
Composed By – Hans Kotter
1-16    Theo Jellema–    Upon La Mi Re (C. 1540)
Composed By – Anonymous
1-17    Theo Jellema–    Psalm 9 (From: Susanne Van Soldt Manuscript Pre-1590)
Composed By – Anonymous
1-18    Theo Jellema–    Chorale Harmonisation On Psalm 24
Composed By – Theo Jellema
1-19    Theo Jellema–    Choral " Jesu, Wollst Uns Weisen "
Composed By – Heinrich Scheidemann
1-20    Pieter Dirksen–    Toccata In D [D3]
Composed By – Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
1-21    Pieter Dirksen–    Holländische Nachtigahl
Composed By – Johann Adam Reincken
1-22    Pieter Dirksen–    Toccata G-moll
Composed By – Johann Adam Reincken
1-23    Pieter Dirksen–    Ballet D-moll - Klavierbuch,Anna Maria Van Eyl 1671
Composed By – Heinrich Scheidemann
1-24    Leo van Doeselaar–    Salve Regina
Composed By – Peeter Cornet
1-25    Leo van Doeselaar–    Salve Regina: Ad Te Clamamus
Composed By – Peeter Cornet
1-26    Leo van Doeselaar–    Salve Regina: Eia Ergo
Composed By – Peeter Cornet
1-27    Leo van Doeselaar–    Salve Regina: O Clemens
Composed By – Peeter Cornet
1-28    Leo van Doeselaar–    Salve Regina: Pro Fine
Composed By – Peeter Cornet
1-29    Leo van Doeselaar–    Gagliarda Seconda
Composed By – Bernard Schmidt
1-30    Leo van Doeselaar–    Gagliarda Quarta
Composed By – Bernard Schmidt
1-31    Leo van Doeselaar–    Gagliarda Quinta
Composed By – Bernard Schmidt
1-32    Leo van Doeselaar–    Toccata Settima
Composed By – Michelangelo Rossi

[Karl Henning]

[AnotherSpin]

Fifth rerun.

If this music does not blow your brains to smithereens, what in heaven will? I am again and again captivated and led into admiration, for this very talented composer. Do try if you dare  

It's impossible to pass up a recommendation like that.

But here's the question: what are those supposed to do whose brains were already blown to smithereens before this?

[Harry]

It's impossible to pass up a recommendation like that.

But here's the question: what are those supposed to do whose brains were already blown to smithereens before this?

That is actually a good question, one I cannot presently answer, for I been listening to the recording I mentioned. It will take a while, but after a wee dram of some malt, I will have clear thinking again, or so I hope!  

[Harry]

Béla Bartók (1881 – 1945).

Violin Concerto No.1,BB 48a.
Violin Concerto No.2,BB 117.
Viola Concerto, Sz 120,BB 128.

James Ehnes, Violin and Viola.
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda.
Recording venue Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester on 8 November 2009 (Violin Concerto
No. 2), 1 November 2010 (Violin Concerto No. 1) and 27 February 2011 (Viola Concerto).

Third rerun.

[pjme]

[Spotted Horses]

I had forgotten about this marvelous release from Thea King and the English Chamber Orchestra.



Listened today to Maconchy Clarinet Concertino No 1, and Arnold Clarinet Concerto No 1. I discovered Maconchy through this recording and Thea King's recording of the Maconchy Clarinet Quintet. Marvelously inventive, melodic, thorny music. The Arnold concerto takes a similar approach. Audio from the early years of digital recording, when limitations of the equipment are assumed to be problematic, but Hyperion's engineers somehow manage to avoid the pitfalls and produce very satisfying sound. It is very satisfying to rediscover an old favorite like this.

[Karl Henning]

I had forgotten about this marvelous release from Thea King and the English Chamber Orchestra.



Listened today to Maconchy Clarinet Concertino No 1, and Arnold Clarinet Concerto No 1. I discovered Maconchy through this recording and Thea King's recording of the Maconchy Clarinet Quintet. Marvelously inventive, melodic, thorny music. The Arnold concerto takes a similar approach. Audio from the early years of digital recording, when limitations of the equipment are assumed to be problematic, but Hyperion's engineers somehow manage to avoid the pitfalls and produce very satisfying sound. It is very satisfying to rediscover an old favorite like this.

Nice!

[Traverso]

Toru Takemitsu

 

[Iota]

Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
Philip Lasser: 12 Preludes for Solo Piano "The Art of Memory"
Anton Mejias (piano)

I enjoyed these immensely, the Bach lives and breathes in Mejias' hands, only 24 years old and sounding like he absolutely belongs in this music. The twelve Lasser preludes feel perfectly judged as interleaving contrasts to the Bach, each one arriving at the conclusion of the four sets of preludes and fugues of each step of the chromatic scale. The only name I knew beforehand of the three involved was Bach's, but the newcomers have now registered strongly on my radar.

[Lisztianwagner]

Arnold Schönberg
Lied der Waldtaube
Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte

Jessye Norman, David Wilson-Johnson
Pierre Boulez & Ensemble Intercontemporain

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Continuing on with the Villa-Lobos symphonies --- now playing Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Peter Mennin Symphony No. 5, etc.. Howard Hanson/Eastman-Rochester Orchestra.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Now playing Guarnieri Choro for violin and orchestra

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Now playing Guarnieri Choro for Clarinet and Orchestra



Since you're a clarinetist, I'd definitely give this work a listen @Karl Henning. Also, @Spotted Horses since you've been listening to a lot of clarinet works as of late, do check out this work as well.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, 1894 Original Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak, Finale by Nicola Samale, John A. Phillips, Benjamin Gunnar Cohrs and Giuseppe Mazzuca, Revision by John A. Phillips, 2021-22
Hallé orchestra, Kahchun Wong

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Now playing Hindemith Clarinet Quintet, Op. 30