What are you listening 2 now?

[JBS]

From the MEOL set

The third of the five CDs that form this subset

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Last work for the night --- Feldman Why Patterns?



All of these Feldman recordings on hat ART are fantastic. I bought most of them from a seller off of Discogs years ago.

[steve ridgway]

An enjoyable first listen to Stravinsky - Jeu De Cartes .

[steve ridgway]

Scelsi - In Nomine Lucis

Nice organ piece.

[steve ridgway]

Stravinsky - Ebony Concerto

I'm finding much of Stravinsky's work to my taste now .

[Que]

On disc 1: masses by Lupus Hellinck and Pierre de Manchicourt and a few motets by Johannes Flamingus and Franciscus Mergot de Novo Portu.

[Harry]

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
Fidicinium Sacro-Profanum.
XII Sonatas for 2 violins, 2 violas & basso continuo Nuremberg 1683.
tam Choro, quam Foro, Pluribus Fidibus concinnatum et concini aptum, also ,,Geistlich-weltliches Saitenspiel, für Kirche wie Marktplatz, für mehrere Streichinstrumente kunstgerecht komponiertund für das gemeinsame Spiel geeignet".
Harmonie Universelle, Florian Deuter & Mónica Waisman.
Recorded: 2018, Kirche St. Leodegar, Niederehe (Germany)

I greatly appreciate this ensemble to start with. In Biber's collection "Fidicinium Sacro-Profanum" (1683) for four-to five-part string ensemble, despite numerous beautifully cantabile sections, the listening experience is repeatedly marred by the far too rapid, sometimes downright 'brutal outbursts in the continuo, thus destroying the sonata structure and blowing it to smithereens. Maybe Deuter"s former teacher "Reinhart Goebel" was too much of an influence, for he tops him in speed among other things that are not that positive,  Added to this is the sometimes washed-out spatial sound and a garishly used historical church organ from the Bach era and not the Truhe chest organ that is common today, which would have adequately supported the string character. The tempo is also quite over-the-top and unbalanced, with only sharp and rushed string sounds. In general the harsh and sharp sound of the Violins, plus a ridiculous large organ as continuo makes this  interpretation a bad choice. But this happens if ones checks out other recordings of this renown ensemble, it is likely that one can be disappointed. And I am!

[Traverso]

Haydn

 sonata in C minor No.20
 sonata in E flat  No.49

[Harry]

Pieter Hellendaal (1721–1799)
Cambridge" Sonatas.
World premiere recording.
See for more details back cover.
Recorded: Südwestrundfunk, 2018-2019, SWR Studio Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Cover: Engraving (c. 1767) attributed to Sir Abraham Hume.

Unknown repertoire, which is always a pleasant discovery. Hellendaal, is not a minor composer, thus the Cambridge sonatas are ample proof of his art and skill as a composer. He is little recorded as it is so the interpretation is doubly welcome. Johannes Pramsohler is a well respected violinist in my book, so I expected no less as a thoroughly researched and executed recording, which is what I got. Very invigorating and pleasant music, well chosen tempi, and a balanced sound. This ensemble connects in a musical sense, and that is what this is all about. Projecting the music can only be done where there is synergy between musicians.

[Iota]

In Memoriam

Haydn Piano Sonata No.59, Hob XVI 49 in E flat
Alfred Brendel (piano)

Exquisite.

[Que]

But this happens if ones checks out other recordings of this renown ensemble, it is likely that one can be disappointed. And I am!

What would be you pick? 

Ars Antiqua Austria/Letzbor (Challenge)
Der Musikalische Garten (Coviello)
Purcell Quartet (Chandos)
Les Plaisirs du Parnasse/Plantier (Zig-Zag)
Clemencic Consort (Accord)

[Que]

Thread duty:

[Irons]

From Liszt to Bach - no problem.

[Florestan]

In memoriam.



Going through the whole thing in the next days and nights.

[pjme]

[Traverso]

The Art of Julian Bream

[Harry]

What would be you pick? 

Ars Antiqua Austria/Letzbor (Challenge)
Der Musikalische Garten (Coviello)
Purcell Quartet (Chandos)
Les Plaisirs du Parnasse/Plantier (Zig-Zag)
Clemencic Consort (Accord)

The ZIG-ZAG recording is quite good, but if I had to choose I would go first to Clemencic and on an equal footing Les Plaisirs.

[Traverso]

Lute Music from the royal Courts

A relisten....

[VonStupp]

This is a fun piece. What is the text from?
VS

[Karl Henning]

This is a fun piece. What is the text from?
VS

An old friend of mine has a daughter, back when said daughter was eight years old, one evening she did not wish to be sent to bed. Mara shared this text as her daughter's expression of protest.