What are you listening 2 now?

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Wanderer

#131960
Doing some rearrangements on the shelves before leaving for vacation next week - and what better chance to re-listen to some exquisite music-making by Martha Argerich (& friends) from the Lugano Festival: Mozart's Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 25, the Piano Quintets by Borodin and Medtner, Dvořák's Op. 87 Piano Quartet and Busoni's arrangement for two pianos of Mendelssohn's First Symphony. And right now, Bridge's impassioned Cello Sonata.

Que

#131961
Just arrived:



PS It's rather odd that such a splendid Trecento recording almost all traces vanished as soon as it went out of print..
The 2011 recording is not listed on the Carpe Diem website, I cannot find any online reviews (!), it is not on Spotify and no listing on Discogs...
It is however listed on Amazon and is on offer at PrestoMusic as a download.

Harry

Quote from: Que on June 26, 2025, 11:38:01 PMJust arrived:



PS It's rather odd that such a splendid Trecento recording almost all traces vanished as soon as it went out of print..
The 2011 recording is not listed on the Carpe Diem website, I cannot find any online reviews (!), it is not on Spotify and no listing on Discogs...
It is however listed on Amazon and is on offer at PrestoMusic as a download.

Is is also to to be found on Qobuz.....
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Que

Quote from: Harry on June 27, 2025, 12:35:07 AMIs is also to to be found on Qobuz.....

Excellent. In that case: recommended listening! :)

And perhaps I should consider an update to Qobuz?

AnotherSpin

Quote from: Que on June 27, 2025, 12:37:25 AMExcellent. In that case: recommended listening! :)

And perhaps I should consider an update to Qobuz?

Qobuz offers a long trial period with no obligations. You can create an account, listen for free, and cancel the subscription if you don't like it.

Que

#131965


Some doubts are creeping in on Coudurier... The organ used is quite massive and the approach feels sometimes like a steady play through, without much of an overall concept or plan. And the plainchant is pretty lame...

I picked up some pointers here and there and will keep looking. The name Mairie-Claire Alain keeps popping up.
And I should revisit Olivier Vernet recordings, of course.

prémont

Quote from: Que on June 27, 2025, 01:02:01 AM

Some doubts are creeping in on Coudurier... The organ used is quite massive and the approach feels sometimes like a steady play through, without much of an overall concept or plan. And the plainchant is pretty lame...

I picked up some pointers here and there and will keep looking. The name Mairie-Claire Alain keeps popping up.
And I should revisit Olivier Vernet recordings, of course.

Marie-Claire Alain made three complete recordings of Grigny's Livre d'orgue for Erato. The first of these (on the Isnard organ, Sarlat and without plain-song) is in my opinion by far the best.

I don't warm much to Vernet's recording (or Bouvard's for thet matter) but you may think otherwise.

Have you tried Sven-Ingvart Mikkelsen, Olivier Houette, Nicolas Bucher, David Ponsford or John Grew?

Reality trumps our fantasy far beyond imagination.

Harry

Quote from: Que on June 27, 2025, 12:37:25 AMExcellent. In that case: recommended listening! :)

And perhaps I should consider an update to Qobuz?

Must correct myself dear Que, I miss one word in my message.....NOT on Qobuz :'(
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Que

Quote from: prémont on June 27, 2025, 01:36:15 AMMarie-Claire Alain made three complete recordings of Grigny's Livre d'orgue for Erato. The first of these (on the Isnard organ, Sarlat and without plain-song) is in my opinion by far the best.

I don't warm much to Vernet's recording (or Bouvard's for thet matter) but you may think otherwise.

Have you tried Sven-Ingvart Mikkelsen, Olivier Houette, Nicolas Bucher, David Ponsford or John Grew?



Thnx for all the suggestions!  :)

Traverso


prémont

Quote from: Que on June 27, 2025, 03:05:18 AMThnx for all the suggestions!  :)

You are welcome.  :)  The ones I have mentioned are the ones I enjoy the most of the fifteen sets I own.
Reality trumps our fantasy far beyond imagination.

DavidW

Started the morning with some wonderful Vivaldi, well played. Only thing is that the recording has zero dynamic range, and I needed to turn down the volume.


Der lächelnde Schatten

NP: Weinberg Chamber Symphony No. 3, Op. 151


Dry Brett Kavanaugh

Kovařovic, Bořkovec, Kaprálová: Czech Piano Concertos.




Linz

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E Major, 1885 Original Version. Ed. Robert Haas
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchesster Leipzig, Herbert Kegel

Traverso


Linz

George Frideric Handel Amadigi di Gaula Act II (Continuation) Act III
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

Dry Brett Kavanaugh


Dry Brett Kavanaugh

#131978
Francesco Moccia, Bach Lute works (guitar).





VonStupp

FJ Haydn
Symphony 70 in D Major
Symphony 71 in B-flat Major
Symphony 72 in D Major
Austro-Hungarian HO - Ádám Fischer

VS

All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff. - Frank Zappa

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