What are you listening 2 now?

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Last work for the night --- Britten String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 25

[Madiel]

Nielsen: Three Piano Pieces (2 different recordings)



Okay, I have to admit, these are not pieces I immediately warm to. I prefer hearing Nielsen working through a structure. And while these pieces undoubtedly are structured, my current feeling towards them is that they're more at the "oh, a piano is a percussion instrument and we can really BASH it" end of Nielsen's output. Not terrible, but not as appealing to me as the big middle-period works for piano.

[steve ridgway]

Ligeti - Trio For Violin, Horn And Piano

The music player's giving me Ligeti today. This is fine but was preceded by a piece from 1950 I don't like so have deleted.

[Madiel]

Nielsen: Little Preludes for organ



Not bad as far as organ works go (not a favourite genre of mine). Each prelude really is quite little, about 2 minutes at most and many of them are less than 1 minute.

[steve ridgway]

Koenig - Funktion Blau

Gently grating electrical gear.

[steve ridgway]

Varèse - Hyperprism

[Que]

   

[Harry]

Ostinato.
See back cover for details.
Ars Antiqua Austria & the Salzburg Lute Consort, Gunar Letzbor.
Recording: Altomonte Saal, Stift St. Florian, (Austria), 2021.
Cover picture: "Documents of the Amsterdam Treasury" by Cornelis Brizé (1656).

This performance is a bit salt & sweet. Letzbor lets more antics running a free reign as he normally does, with results that are not always pleasing or historically justified. But okay, there is still enough to enjoy. Good choice of composers, and I like the combination with the Salzburg Lute consort, for they are responsible for producing the more interesting bits in the performance as a whole. The recording is clear, detailed and pleasing for the ear.

[Traverso]

Bach

Vol.5  CD 3

[Traverso]

Albinoni

CD 6

sonata 7-12

[foxandpeng]

6th rerun

Nice choices today, Harry!

[vandermolen]

Nielsen: Symphony 5 RSNO Alexander Gibson