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[Traverso]

Chopin

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[Harry]

Johan Schenck,
L'Echo du Danube.
Sonatas 1-4.
Sandor Szaszvarosi (Viola da Gamba), Angelika Csizmadia (Harpsichord)
Recorded: 2004 at the Hungaroton Studios, Budapest, Hungary.

From the same ensemble as a previous post today were the composer was Ruhe, ( Post131259 Today at 13:27:25)
When the Schenck disc was released it got rave reviews, and listening to it I quite understand. Such a balanced performance of this Dutch composer of certain renown. What he lacked in compositorial talent,(not my opinion) was more than compensated by the melodious music, imaginative, lustrous, with a firm bass line, and polished to shine. I am in the opinion that as a composer he was more talented in his trade as a few criticasters may think. He may not be flashy but when his music plays you have to pay attention.
Excellent sound and performance.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP: Hovhaness Symphony No. 6, Op. 173, 'Celestial Gate'

[Harry]

Le Parler et le Silence.
Music for Flute consort and Lute from the late 16th to the early 18th centuries.
See for details back cover.
The Attaignant Consort.
Recorded: 2011 at the Church of Notre-Dame de l'Ascension, Bra-sur-Lienne, Belgium.
Cover: Set of balance weights, gilded bronze.

A consort of Flutes, that can be fun, and in this instance it is, when it is recorded for sensitive ears, like mine. And it must be said with some vehemence the the Attaignant Consort is a ensemble with musicians that know their trade well. No flashy interpretations, but well wrought and thought out. The pattern is to give each instrument space and air so that one can hear all the different timbres. They flow around each other with such grace that at times I am breathless. It has all to do with an excellent registration of all Flutes. A difficult task for the sound engineer, but it is well done. The array of composers on this disc is impressive to say the least, and therefore I must, nay will recommend "Le Parler et le Silence".

[Linz]

Ludwig van Beethoven Missa Solemnis, Op. 123
Lina Johnson, Olivia Vermeulen, Martin Platz, Manuel Walser
LA Capella Nacional de Catalunya, Le Concert Des Nations, Jordi Savall

[SonicMan46]

Boccherini, Luigi (1743-1805) - Flute Quintets - he wrote about two dozen of these works (see first attachment), which the recordings below cover w/ some duplication.  The Brilliant 3-CD set includes 18 works from the Opus numbers (17, 19, & 55); the flutist uses a period reproduction after Grenser. Auser Musici perform Op. 19; the flutist again plays a one-key period reproduction after Grenser.

Opus 55 is repeated by Michael Faust and the Auryn Quartett - he plays a modern flute. Finally, Jean-Pierre Rampal on a modern instrument performs 5 of 6 non-Opus works (at the bottom on the list).  Reviews are attached, nearly all very good to excellent.  Dave

 

   

[Harry]

Music from the Time Of Christian IV.
Instrumental Ensemble And Lute Music.
See back cover for details.
The Dowland Consort, and the Royal Danish Brass.
Jakob Lindberg, Lute, : 10-course Renaissance lute by Michael Lowe, Oxford 1977.
Lute solo recorded March 30-31, 1987 at St. John's Church, Hackney, London.
Dowland Consort recorded April 5-7, 1987 at Temple Church, London.
Royal Danish Brass recorded July 31-August 1, 1987 at Holte Gymnasium, Copenhagen.

From the olden days, but boy what good the times in those days were, in a musical sense that is. This is in all respects a fantastic disc, superb recorded and performed. A gem as there ever was. Such an enjoyable undertaking by BIS. I have fond memories of this series. The Danish Brass sounds smashing, natural and invigorating. Must find more of this on Qobuz.

[Cato]

Ivan Tcherepnin: Concerto for Two Continents

Wow!  I have never heard of this work, and it was recorded over 20 years ago!


Well worth your consideration: Ivan Tcherepnin was the son of Alexander, and grandson of Nikolai.

[Traverso]

Gershwin

[Spotted Horses]

Saygun String Quartet No 3



Listened to this twice, yesterday and today. I continue to find Saygun string quartets more weird than his orchestral music (weird in a good way). All that remains in the Saygun cycle is the incomplete 4th quartet (written at the age of 80).

Now I am thinking of all of the string quartet cycles I collected and haven't listened to yet. Schnittke comes to mind. Maybe Villa Lobos.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E major, 1885 Version. Ed.Leopold Nowak
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt

[Symphonic Addict]

Thanks for alerting us to that one - I thought I knew Hindemith's catalogue fairly well, but a left-hand piece was a new one (World premier, so not surprising).  It has an opus number (29) but was another of those that Wittgenstein didn't perform and refused to let anyone else play either.  It reminded me a lot of the Bartók 2nd concerto, which however it predates by 10 years.  I thought the first movement sounded a bit like Hindemith on auto-pilot, but the interest (for me) then increased - 2 noisy, lively neo-classical movements either side of the extraordinary Trio, with perhaps the longest cor anglais solo ever - over 3 minutes.  Lovely stuff.

A great piece indeed. I'm in a sort of traversal of his works with orchestra and I've been more than positively impressed.

There's another recording of Klaviermusik mit Orchester on Naxos:

[DavidW]

The clarinet quintet has a melancholic character to it. All the works on this album are first rate Simpson.

[Linz]

George Frideric Handel Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno Part I CD 1
Isabel Poulnard, Fennifer Smith, Nathalie Stutzmann, John Elwes, Les Musicians du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

[ritter]

Lya De Barberiis plays the complete piano music of Goffredo Petrassi: Invenzioni (1944), Oh, les beaux jours! (1976), Toccata (1934), and Siciliana e marcia (1930, for piano four hands — all four hands being those of Signora De Barberiis).

[Que]

The piano concerto with Alexander Melknikov.

[Irons]

Armstrong Gibbs: Symphony No.1

On the lookout for Symphony No.3 "Westmorland" CD for some time and delighted to purchase a copy. Unexpectedly it is the coupling that initially had greater impact. A travesty that this recording is only the third known performance of the 1st Symphony since 1933. Blown away by the haunting second movement and cherry atop cake, I love a symphonic march, and the finale is that. 

[ritter]

Lya De Barberiis plays the complete piano music of Goffredo Petrassi: Invenzioni (1944), Oh, les beaux jours! (1976), Toccata (1934), and Siciliana e marcia (1930, for piano four hands — all four hands being those of Signora De Barberiis).

Now listening to the complete piano music of Luigi Dallapiccola played by Lya De Barberiis (CD1 of the twofer depicted above). Sonatina canonica (1946), Quaderno musicale di Annalibera (1952), Tre episodi del balletto "Marsia" (1943), and Musica per tre pianoforti - Inni (1935 - here Signora De Barberiis has six hands !  ).

[Karl Henning]

This Mahler Symphony V performance came highly recommended: James Conlon conducting the Cologne-Guerzenich Orchestra:

Nice!

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, 1894 Original Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta