What are you listening 2 now?

[Daverz]

It's very good. (OK, it's not like Ancerl.) The performance of Suite Symphonique is significantly better than that of Malmo/BIS. It appears that the physical disc is only available in Europe.


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009WVEDG/ref=dm_rwpmb_pur_lnd_albm_fr

About the same price on discogs, where shipping costs are the bulk of it.

https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/25812910

[Linz]

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111
Baldassare Galuppi Sonata No. 5 in C Major
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in C Minor
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

[Brian]

Only 22 Myaskovsky symphonies to go........and no,leaving the GMG Forum & going into hiding doesn't stop you buying cds! On the contrary,I don't think I've ever bought so many!!

Welcome back!!! Time to dust off the CDCDCD group therapy thread 

[hopefullytrusting]

First time listening to Ligeti etudes, in talking with Copilot, it suggested Desordre and Fanfares given my penchant for Scarlatti-style finger articulation:

Desordre played by Jenny Lin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95D7ObxUqJI
Okay, yeah Copilot got this one spot-on regarding the extremeness for finger articulation - this is not the craziest etude I've seen - I saw someone doing the hand crossing one which was silly to the point of absurd and likely meant as a musical joke - no pedal, pure motor, and fingers which cannot afford to make a mistake. This is definitely pianism on the edge. I can see why it is an etude, if a pianist had to maintain this level of concentration for longer than that they'd likely give themselves a headache. Excellent performance, all in all. High recommendation.

Fanfares played by Daria Vasileva: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-24o-CXs5g
I already like this one a lot more because the pianist is so expressive. She is playing the music with her whole body - it is a bodily affair, an embodiment of the music - I like that level of dedication and devotion. This one also feels more like a real piece than an exercise. The first felt like let me show you what I can do - a piece meant to separate the wheat from the chaff, as it were, and this one is far more musical - it actually reminds me of Nancarrow - dancey, jazzy - rhythmic to its core. Of course, the finger articulation is there, so Copilot was right again, but this is what I imagine when I think of an etude - a piece that forces a pianist to stretch a technique whilst never losing its musicality. There's nothing wrong with an etude for etude's sake, but if I can get more - I want it.

[ritter]

So much for willpower! I didn't last long! 

Only 22 Myaskovsky symphonies to go........and no,leaving the GMG Forum & going into hiding doesn't stop you buying cds! On the contrary,I don't think I've ever bought so many!!

Welcome back!!! Time to dust off the CDCDCD group therapy thread 

+1

Good to see you on GMG, @cilgwyn !

[steve ridgway]

Josef Anton Riedl - Komposition Nr. 2

[steve ridgway]

Kagel - Unguis Incarnatus Est

[steve ridgway]

Scelsi - String Quartet 5

[steve ridgway]

Maderna - Le Rire

[steve ridgway]

Radulescu - Capricorn's Nostalgic Crickets II

[steve ridgway]

Takemitsu - Vers, L'Arc-En-Ciel, Palma For Oboe D'Amore, Guitar And Orchestra

[hopefullytrusting]

Currently, 2:17 AM, and I was looking on YouTube to see if anyone had recorded any Charlotte Tardieu, the only notable student, according to Wikipedia, of Amédée Méreaux, and nothing showed up, at least nothing obvious, but it suggested another video of a composer I had never heard of, Camillo Sivori, so nothing was lost.

The piece is Fantasy on "Un ballo in maschera" in G Major: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-jmkEK-nwo

Based on a Verdi opera, and composed for violin and piano, you can sort of guess what kind of work this is - one made for the salon-chamber tradition. Lyrically beautiful, almost sickly sweet - it is balanced well between violin and piano - so they are equal partners working in both parallel and unison. It is a nice work, but a work that I would class as too proper for me. I definitely suspect that I would not be allowed in the room where this kind of music would be played, or if I was - I would definitely feel all the eyes on me, as I would surely be out of place.

There is some excellent harmony in the passages where the interplay between the instruments is particular rich - thanks to the counterpoint, so it is worth listening to - it is not simply a work designed to be a flash in a pan, but one that strives for some depth - it is showy, but manageable - this is not a demanding work. It is designed to add a certain level of culture to a room, and the audience is meant to be suitable decorous in relation to it - that is its part-whole relation.

I am more happy that I came across this YouTube channel as it is a treasure trove of "lost" music, so it is in my wheelhouse, but, back to the music - there is nothing more I can add, truly. For me, it is nice, but it is not for me - it feels far to mainstream, and there aren't enough strands for me to pull on to fray the knot.

All in all, I recommend it.

[AnotherSpin]

[Wanderer]

[Florestan]

[Madiel]

The thread has become unpinned. Not that it has much danger of dropping far down the page.

Beethoven: Piano sonata in C minor, op.10/1



A sonata where Kovacevich's drive and drama work very well in my opinion.

[Madiel]

Vivaldi

Arias from L'inaganno trionfante in amore, RV 721
Violin Concerto in A, RV 817



According to the liner notes, the violin concerto is not a fully new discovery, but something that Sardelli has moved from the list of doubtful/uncertain works to full status after analysis. It certainly sounds like Vivaldi as performed here.

And 2 of the 4 arias were known in a reduced form, but Sardelli has reconstructed the scoring and recorded them for the first time together with the 2 new finds. All kind of cool.

[Traverso]

Consort Music

[Madiel]

Ravel: the orchestral version of Valses nobles et sentimentales



And very nice it is too.

[JBS]

Schumann
Piano Sonatas 1 and 2
Klara Wurtz piano