What are you listening 2 now?

[Linz]

Antonin Dvořák String Quartet No.10 in E flat major, Op.51 B.92
String Quartet No.11 in C major, Op.61 B.121
Prager Streichquartett

[AnotherSpin]

@Spotted Horses got it

Yes, but how can you be certain that something else will not alter your sense of what limits you are capable of reaching? As Emerson put it, "The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions."

[JBS]

[hopefullytrusting]

My ending classical for the night:

Zygmunt Noskowski's Morskie Oko: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfD4fQGsgRU

Conductor Gabriel Chimiel with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

According to the poster, Morskie Oko translates to Eye of the Sea, so it is within the symphonic/tone poem literature, and it definitely feels like it is telling a story - it has the feeling of a narrative structure. For me, it doesn't feel very sea like - it is far too dramatic for that, in fact, I don't think it would be inappropriate to class it within the strum und drang tradition.

The sound is magnificent, but part of that is definitely do the the expertise of the composer who clearly seems to have mastered his craft when it comes to expressive orchestration. This is a work of significant emotional depth. My sole complaint, and it is a compliant I have for most tonal music - it all ends the same, but I like it here; it fits.

[steve ridgway]

Ligeti - Requiem

[steve ridgway]

Xenakis - A Colone

[steve ridgway]

Nono - Polifonica-Monodia-Ritmica

[steve ridgway]

Penderecki - 3 Miniatures for Clarinet and Piano

[steve ridgway]

Takemitsu - Visions

[Spotted Horses]

Penderecki - 3 Miniatures for Clarinet and Piano

I should check out that Penderecki. The Hindemith Sonata included in that release is marvelous.

[steve ridgway]

I should check out that Penderecki

It's only three and a bit minutes, but they're nice ones .

[pjme]

For me, it doesn't feel very sea like

Exactly: it is a lake in the Tatra National Park!

"In the past, Morskie Oko was called "Rybie Jezioro" ("Fish Lake") due to its natural stock of fish, which are uncommon in Tatra lakes and ponds. In the clear depths of the water, one can easily notice trout - so-called "famine" trout - that live in the lake. The name "Morskie Oko" ("Sea Eye", "Eye of the Sea") is derived from an old legend, according to which the lake was connected to the sea via an underground passage"
 Wiki

[Que]

I encountered this Jacobus Vaet series early on in in my Early Music journey and thought it was the best thing since sliced bread!  Vaet was of the last generation of Franco-Flemish composers and a contemporary of Lassus, court composer of Maximillian of Austria (archduke, later emperor).
Now I am familiar with many more Franco-Flemish composers, my image of Vaet's music is more nuanced. He absorbed the influences of his predecessors, notably Gombert, and was a technical wizard juxtaposing multiple (parodied) melodies. His pieces are complex and highly polished, but sound to me at times "constructed" and somewhat lacking in emotional tension.

[AnotherSpin]

[Mandryka]

Inspired by this, I was going to listen to a bunch of versions of Chopin's Op.25 No.12.

Sadly, that ended before it began because I found the best version straightaway: Sokolov - live - encore - 1987.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vA8qX_p11w

Gekic in Japan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOe_VjT-QrU

 

[Harry]

Rudi Stephan-Groteske for Violin and Piano. (1911)
Alberic Magnard-Sonata for violin and Piano, in G major, opus 13.
Concert-Centenaire, Volume I, 1914-1918.

The Grotesque for violin and piano, by Rudi Stephan is his only surviving chamber music work, a fascinating testimony to his unique, colorful and contrasting musical language, whose extreme forms of expression represent an exciting challenge for every artist, but not for for the listener! Beautiful straightforward excellence in a nutshell. I find it to be an piece that made a profound impression on me. He simply died to young! Rudi Stephan was one of the great hopes among the composers of the pre-war period.
Albéric Magnard was one of the greatest French composers of his time: expansive, noble themes with a powerful style, expressive harmonies and contrapuntal finesse – these outstanding qualities of his work are also evident in his beautiful violin sonata. Extremes of expression, compressed into a small space, and blooming to greatness. The performances and sound are perfect.

[Traverso]

Mozart

Symphonies 18-19 & 25

Nice relaxed recordings under the direction of Jaap Ter Linden

[vandermolen]

Yes indeed!

I'm hoping/assuming that Onyx will release a "full-length" CD to include some couplings.  Much as they did with a couple of Manze's RVW series.  BTW - I've listened to a couple of online streamed samples from the yet-to-be-released new Chandos/Bliss disc (Miracle in the Gorbals etc) and it sounds pretty sensational too!

Thanks - I've ordered the Bliss

[ritter]

Exploring (and, so far, quite enjoying) an area of Arthur Honegger's output that was hitherto completely unknown to me, namely his music for solo piano (of for piano duo).



Jean-François Antionioli at the keyboard (joined by Ju-Ying Song in the Partita for two pianos).

[Harry]

Louis Vierne-Piano Quintet, opus 42, & Violin sonata, opus 23 in G minor.
Concert-Centenaire, Volume II. 1914-1918.


The life of Louis Vierne, a pupil of César Franck, was marked by hard blows of fate - and yet the French composer scaled the highest peaks of his compositional output during the most difficult times. Today, with the exception of his organ works, his oeuvre is rarely performed. It is therefore a small wonder that The colorful Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor is recorded and was commissioned by the famous virtuoso Eugène Ysaÿe, who premiered the work in 1908 with triumphant success. The Piano Quintet in C minor is dedicated to the composer's son who died in the First World War. It marks Vierne's undisputed high point in his chamber music oeuvre and impresses with its bold passion and flawless architecture. The flawless architecture and bold passion are met by the performers in such a way that I listened almost breathlessly to every single note. The recording is exceptionally fine, and lets you hear the myriad details that are hidden everywhere in the music. A fantastic series.