What are you listening 2 now?

[Madiel]

Vivaldi: String concertos in F minor (RV 143), F major (RV 141) and C minor (RV 120).



I don't know whether I'd listen to all 12 concertos on this album in one sitting, but listening to a few of them is a quarter hour of pleasure.

A couple of these ones have fugal movements, which is interesting.

[AnotherSpin]

The music of Cristóbal de Morales possesses that crystalline clarity where perfection does not warm but shines with detachment, a form deprived of passion yet not of depth...

[SimonNZ]

[AnotherSpin]

Tomás Luis de Victoria

La Stagione Armonica, Sergio Balestracci

[Elgarian Redux]

Mille mercis. Good to know I'm not the only âme sensible.  I have and love the Belle Époque CD but lack Susan Graham's French Operetta Arias, a grievous situation soon to be remedied.  Appreciate ya'!

Now you've got me going, I can't stop! I manage to get through a few hours, and then a memory of the magical strains will pop into my head, and back I plunge. I'll post them again here so they're both available together, for convenient use by fellow fin-de-siecle dreamers who pass this way.

 

[AnotherSpin]

Tomás Luis de Victoria - Requiem

Musica Ficta, Raúl Mallavibarrena

[Que]

Tomás Luis de Victoria

La Stagione Armonica, Sergio Balestracci

They Italianised his name! 

The music of Cristóbal de Morales possesses that crystalline clarity where perfection does not warm but shines with detachment, a form deprived of passion yet not of depth...

I think the performance here in English choral tradition might distort the (Spanish) character of the music to some extent.
Sacred music from the Spanish Renaissance is quite serious/severe in character - an aspect actually underplayed in English performances, which "lighten & brighten" - but not dispassionate IMO. The "light & bright" treatment, which often involves upward transposition,  creates exactly the effect that you describe: an high degree of clarity and detachement.

[Que]

A new purchase. Not available streaming and the recordings on disc by tiny Belgian label Eufoda were in low in numbers and basically rare from the moment they were issued. Still, keeping tabs on European sources pays off. 

Beautiful recording, performed just the way I like it. Unfortunately, I end up with only 9 songs out of 18 tracks, the rest is instrumental...

[hopefullytrusting]

Came across this on my own, thus, I value it more: Jon Lord's Windows

[AnotherSpin]

They Italianised his name! 


I think the performance here in English choral tradition might distort the (Spanish) character of the music to some extent.
Sacred music from the Spanish Renaissance is quite serious/severe in character - an aspect actually underplayed in English performances, which "lighten & brighten" - but not dispassionate IMO. The "light & bright" treatment, which often involves upward transposition,  creates exactly the effect that you describe: an high degree of clarity and detachement.

Which recordings of Cristóbal de Morales can you recommend?

[AnotherSpin]

Tomás Luis de Victoria - Responsorios de Tinieblas

Musica Ficta

[hopefullytrusting]

Came across this on my own, thus, I value it more: Jon Lord's Windows

Need to give this another listen, but that already tells me something about the album - I want to relisten to it. It is very interesting, and it is prog-classical (I mean the one piece is Lord's working out of Bach's last fugue in the Art of Fugue - that is impressive on any order). I didn't expect it to like it as much as I did, and it also illuminated to me that while AI can get me the things I want - it isn't as fun as finding the thing on your own, and that's what I truly love - the chase, the adventure of discovery, so while I have to train others to use AI for work - I no longer have plans to use it for myself moving forward.

Now, on this: Edward MacDowell's Piano Music Vol. 1 (Naxos)

[AnotherSpin]

Cristóbal de Morales: Requiem & Lamentabatur Jacob

Musica Ficta

[Que]

Which recordings of Cristóbal de Morales can you recommend?

Some suggestions!

Requiem/ Musica Ficta (Cantus or Enchiriadis, same recording)
"Lamentabatur Iacob" (motets)/ La Grande Chapelle, Albert Recasens
"Super Lamentaciones"/ Capella de Ministrers, Carles Magraner
"The Seven Lamentations"/ Utopia
"Assumption Mass"/ Orchestra Of The Renaissance, Richard Cheetham & Michael Noone
"Missa De Beata Virgine & Motets"/ Ensemble Jachet de Mantoue

[Que]

Another round of this recording:

[Traverso]

Federico Moreno Torroba

[AnotherSpin]

Some suggestions!

Requiem/ Musica Ficta (Cantus or Enchiriadis, same recording)
"Lamentabatur Iacob" (motets)/ La Grande Chapelle, Albert Recasens
"Super Lamentaciones"/ Capella de Ministrers, Carles Magraner
"The Seven Lamentations"/ Utopia
"Assumption Mass"/ Orchestra Of The Renaissance, Richard Cheetham & Michael Noone
"Missa De Beata Virgine & Motets"/ Ensemble Jachet de Mantoue

Thank you for the recommendation. I have just listened to the recording of the Requiem by Musica Ficta and was most impressed in the best possible way .

[Todd]

Bought it.  Probably should have just streamed it. 

[Madiel]

Mozart: Piano trio no.4 in E (K.542)



EDIT: This must be some of the most tranquil music Mozart wrote.

[Mapman]

Stravinsky: Pulcinella
Hickox: City of London Sinfonia