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[Traverso]

Goldberg-Variationen BWV 899

[Que]

[Madiel]

Mozart: Piano sonata in D, K.576



Either this isn't the sonata that Mozart had in mind when he told someone he was writing a set of easy ones... or the first movement really got away from him. And parts of the finale.

I do rather like this sonata, but I remember trying to learn to play it and it's very tricky.

[Karl Henning]

Boulez - Le Marteau Sans Maître

Loved it on first hearing. Love it still.

[Harry]

Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697? – 1763)
Sonatas for Violoncello, Violin & Basso continuo.
Sebastian Hess, violoncello.
Rüdiger Lotter, violin.
Florian Birsak, Forte piano- basso continuo.

A delightful CD. no fireworks or high energy compositions, but thoughtful evocations, elegantly played, with a lot of attention to detail and expression. The sound is good. It's certainly the style in which I like to hear this composer. The fortepiano sounds superb.

[Linz]

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Snow Maiden, Op. 12
Detroit Symphony )rchestra, Neeme Järvi

[Harry]

CARLO GRAZIANI
In viaggio verso Breslavia, Sonate a Violoncello solo e basso.

The cello sonatas of Carlo Graziani (1787-1842) are technically quite demanding (e.g., the use of scordatura in the D major sonata, the continuous double stops in Op. 2 No. 3) and exhibit a unique musical inventiveness, which is expressed in the catchy melody of the slow movements. Gaetano Nasillo and his musical collaborators introduce us to a contemporary of Mozart's worth discovering, who was a long-time cello teacher to Frederick William II. It is well worth the effort listening to such finely chiselled works of art. Articulation is superb, attention to detail is exemplary, and the performance proves abundantly that this ensemble did quite some research on works that are hardly ever recorded. Sound fits the music to a T.
Recommended.

[SonicMan46]

Bach, CPE - Piano Concertos, V.8 w/ Michael Rische and the Berlin Baroque Soloists as a WAV DL; own the first 7 volumes as CDs - in the booklet Rische states this is his last having recorded about half of CPE's keyboard concerto output (52 + a dozen sonatinas) - will he start up again?

Also own all 20 volumes (one shown below) of Miklos Spanyi doing the 52 concertos + the sonatinas, several recordings as MP3 DLs. So, some great choices on modern piano vs. historic instruments.  Dave

 

[JBS]

Before going into work for the day
Ma Vlast

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Devreese: Tomblene / Violin Concerto / Cello Concertino.

[Brian]

First listen to this mix of solos and duets for theorbo and baroque guitar. Rolf Lislevand's name appears in smaller letters on the cover, but he doubles as the recording engineer!



EDIT: This has a track called "Capriccio detto Hermafrodito"!

[Symphonic Addict]

Françaix: Piano Concertino and Piano Concerto

Two short, light-hearted pieces full of wit. This composer is nothing but good humour.

[Spotted Horses]

After listening to the "Moonlight" Sonata (Op 27, No 2) by Annie Fischer yesterday I listened to Arrau today (from his analog cycle).



Lovely. The first movement was a bit more straight, still elegantly expressive. The middle movement was more menuetto-like, the finale was more lithe than I was expecting from Arrau. Beautiful conception of the work.

I was looking at the Wikipedia page for this work and it mentioned that the first movement is marked "senza sordino," without dampers. This is a quandary for the modern piano because the forte-piano had much less sustain and "senza sordino" would be much different on a modern piano. Reminds me I should listen to Bakura-Skoda of Brautigam before moving on from this piece.

[Mandryka]

After listening to the "Moonlight" Sonata (Op 27, No 2) by Annie Fischer yesterday I listened to Arrau today (from his analog cycle).



Lovely. The first movement was a bit more straight, still elegantly expressive. The middle movement was more menuetto-like, the finale was more lithe than I was expecting from Arrau. Beautiful conception of the work.

I was looking at the Wikipedia page for this work and it mentioned that the first movement is marked "senza sordino," without dampers. This is a quandary for the modern piano because the forte-piano had much less sustain and "senza sordino" would be much different on a modern piano. Reminds me I should listen to Bakura-Skoda of Brautigam before moving on from this piece.

Gulda senza sordino

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QqRQJtzGCM

There's Roger Woodward (RCA, 1975)  and Schiff too.

 

[Lisztianwagner]

Franz Liszt
Suisse from Anneés de pelérinage
Consolations

Pianist: Sergio Fiorentino

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Chieko Hara in Paris.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, 1889 Version (aka 1888/89) Ed. Leopold Nowak
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

[Linz]

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Melanie Diener soprano, Petra Lang mezzo-soprano, Prague philharmonic Choir
Concertgebouworkest; Riccardo Chailly

[Karl Henning]

Franz Liszt
Suisse from Anneés de pelérinage
Consolations

Pianist: Sergio Fiorentino

Birthday Boy!

[cilgwyn]

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

Thank you for the welcome (and ritter).Indeed! For the record (a pun there!) I actually spent more on cds after I left in (I admit) a pretty stupid fashion!

Playing here now:



I only bought this cd because I was looking for a very cheap s/h cd that began with this symphony. The other recordings I own place No 1 or Romeo & Juliet first. Now I suppose I should get out more,but i wasn't aware that the work might begin with a choir?! I was listening on wireless headphones and I thought the seller had put the wrong cd in the case for a moment!   I suppose someone here could enlighten me on this? I think I prefer the usual purely orchestral ( plus cannons!) version. Interesting though! Albeit,I spotted a truly terrible review of this recording (of the Overture) on Classicstoday,while doing some,admittedly,perfunctory research!