What are you listening 2 now?

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Now playing Arnold Symphony No. 2, Op. 40

[AnotherSpin]

A delightful performance of the trio sonatas, which I came across thanks to a mention from @bioluminescentsquid in another thread. I've been revisiting it ever since. It's exactly the sort of organ playing I'm partial to — gentle in tone, and if I were to compare it to a human voice, it's just the kind I find most agreeable in conversation: soft, measured, and entirely free of strain. The kind of sound you can let wash over you, always leaving space to reply — whether with a word or simply in your own thoughts.

And I must say, I'm quite taken with the cover art. I have a soft spot for good bench-made shoes with leather soles — the sort that, over time, mould perfectly to the owner's foot. Frankly, I can't think of anything more comfortable — or more reassuringly familiar.

[Brian]

A great disc. I find the Pavana from the Three Symphonic Versions particularly magical...

Agreed - the variety of moods and material in that movement is really astonishing.

[Mandryka]

Bach

Wieland Kuijken was the great force in the Kuijken family.

Why "was"?  This excellent recording suggests he's still reasonably active, or was recently

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8813938--wieland-kuijken-live-in-rio

[prémont]

For example, I really like the 13-minute Adagio in BWV 525 as recorded by Massimiliano Sanca—though I doubt everyone would agree with him (or with me!) The word like doesn't even quite capture it; I'm genuinely transfixed and can listen to it on repeat several times.

Oh yes, Massimiliano Sanca is indeed special, but in a nice way and he doesn't make me sleepy.

[Harry]

GRIEG, Edvard (1843–1907)
Sonata in A minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 36 (1882–83), EO.
See back cover for details.
Andreas Brantelid, cello.
Christian Ihle Hadland, piano.
Lars Bjørnkjær violin, (Grieg: Andante con moto).
March 2014 at Potton Hall, Suffolk, England.

All the works are well performed and recorded. A pleasure to listen!

In the rerun, well it is pretty special,

[Brian]

First listen to this recording. With these artists, how can it not be great?

[Traverso]

Why "was"?  This excellent recording suggests he's still reasonably active, or was recently

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8813938--wieland-kuijken-live-in-rio

Considering his age, he is almost 87, I don't think you can assume that he is still active as a gambist. I could be wrong of course, but I don't see the problem.
This recording is from 1974 !

[Mandryka]

This recording is from 1974 !

Ah!

[Selig]

A delightful performance of the trio sonatas, which I came across thanks to a mention from @bioluminescentsquid in another thread. I've been revisiting it ever since. It's exactly the sort of organ playing I'm partial to — gentle in tone, and if I were to compare it to a human voice, it's just the kind I find most agreeable in conversation: soft, measured, and entirely free of strain. The kind of sound you can let wash over you, always leaving space to reply — whether with a word or simply in your own thoughts.

And I must say, I'm quite taken with the cover art. I have a soft spot for good bench-made shoes with leather soles — the sort that, over time, mould perfectly to the owner's foot. Frankly, I can't think of anything more comfortable — or more reassuringly familiar.

His book, featuring the same shoes, is also very good:

[Traverso]

Ah!

The Rio recording...

Few new recordings we listen to nowadays are of live concerts. Most are studio recordings that have undergone considerable editing. However, with the support of the Belgium-Brazil Cultural Agreement, the ARBI group, the Seminários de Música Pro-Arte and Santa Ursula University, "Wieland Kuijken Live in Rio", a recording made by Eliahu Feldman of a concert performed by three major artists on July 29th 1988 at the Sala Cecília Meirelles, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is now available to listeners, to be heard on several audio-sharing platforms. The concert features Belgian viola da gamba virtuoso Wieland Kuijken – one of the most influential artists of the 20th century Baroque music scene - together with two younger leading figures of the early music movement in Brazil - Myrna Herzog (viola da gamba) and Rosana Lanzelotte (harpsichord).

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François Couperin - 1re Suite de viole en mi mineur
Mikko Perkola, Viola da gamba
Aapo Häkkinen, Harpsichord
Naxos 8.570944

[Traverso]

Koechlin

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Now playing Langgaard Symphony No. 6 "Det Himmelrivende"

[Symphonic Addict]

Now playing Langgaard Symphony No. 6 "Det Himmelrivende"

One of my favorite discs ever and by far my favorite recording of that work hands down. The coda is just overwhelming on that recording. I don't care if it is deemed over-the-top or whatever. Simply epic to the core!

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One of my favorite discs ever and by far my favorite recording of that work hands down. The coda is just overwhelming on that recording. I don't care if it is deemed over-the-top or whatever. Simply epic to the core!

Absolutely. I don't care who dislikes this recording, because I love it. Langgaard was a marvelous composer and Järvi did a fantastic job. I actually wished Järvi had recorded all of Langgaard's symphonies (plus Music of the Spheres).

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Now playing in what might be first-ever listen --- Liszt Hexaméron, S 365b, "Morceau de Concert"

[Mandryka]

The Rio recording...

Few new recordings we listen to nowadays are of live concerts. Most are studio recordings that have undergone considerable editing. However, with the support of the Belgium-Brazil Cultural Agreement, the ARBI group, the Seminários de Música Pro-Arte and Santa Ursula University, "Wieland Kuijken Live in Rio", a recording made by Eliahu Feldman of a concert performed by three major artists on July 29th 1988 at the Sala Cecília Meirelles, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is now available to listeners, to be heard on several audio-sharing platforms. The concert features Belgian viola da gamba virtuoso Wieland Kuijken – one of the most influential artists of the 20th century Baroque music scene - together with two younger leading figures of the early music movement in Brazil - Myrna Herzog (viola da gamba) and Rosana Lanzelotte (harpsichord).

He recorded one of my favourite things, the Sainte Colombe duos with Savall.

[Mandryka]

His book, featuring the same shoes, is also very good:

Very Van Gough and Heidegger

[Iota]

Now playing Britten String Quartet in D major



It's been quite some time since I've listened to this early SQ (c. 1933) from Britten. Quite good!

Yes a lovely quartet, and impressively precocious for an eighteen-year-old I think, already infused as it is with his mature style