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.....
Drink to me only with thine ears, and I will pledge with sound.

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 :'(
Drink to me only with thine ears, and I will pledge with sound.

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

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