What are you listening 2 now?

[Cato]

A great recording!  All the leads and Mehta firing on all cylinders.  Such a shame that Neblett seemed to have such a short recording career.  I can think of only 3 major recordings - but she's great in them all.....



She was in her late 20's when she recorded the Korngold!!

There's this one too....



Did something go wrong personally or professionally?

She seems to have had a nice career: here is an interview from 1989, when she was in her 40's.

https://www.bruceduffie.com/neblett.html

[Madiel]

Medtner: Three Arabesques, op.7

[Que]

Revisiting the Dall'Abaco recording by Concerto Köln tasted like more... That was a selection of concerti from the Opus nrs. 2, 5 and 6.
This is the complete Opus 6 set - in the days before streaming quite the rare find!! Beautiful performances with an added layer of sophistication.

[Todd]

[Spotted Horses]

Third time through Beethoven Piano Sonata No 15 (Op 28) "Pastorale," HJ Lim



Typically, HJ Lim makes some idiosyncratic choices of tempo and approach to the music. I found it a fun and satisfying listen, overall.

I remember a considerable tempest in a teapot when this set came out, EMI set a low price point and seemed to promote it for novice listeners. The "establishment" seem to think Lim was unworthy of the opportunity to record this music. I purchased it as a new release and never regretted it.

[Spotted Horses]

Martin, 12 Esquisses, Book 1, H203, Koukl



This is the sort of Martinu piano music I like, a suite of miniatures, zany kaleidoscope music.

But a puzzle, 12 Esquires, Book 1, and there are six of them. The other 6 are nowhere to be found in Koukl's "complete set," and don't seem to have been recorded by anyone else. What happened to the other 6. Did Martinu's cat eat them? It's almost enough to send me to reading the booklet included with the CD.

Note added:

The notes to the recording mention that Volume 4 was originally planned as the final volume of the Koukl series. Volumes 5-7 are previously unknown, unperformed or lost works unearthed by Georgio Koukl. The second part of 12 Esquisses has been lost.

[Wanderer]

Did something go wrong personally or professionally?

I seem to remember reading that the intensity of her early career led to some vocal problems later on - however, details elude me. Maybe she just prioritised live performances (and she also held a teaching position at Chapman University).

I don't think I've listened to that Bohème, thanks for mentioning it! The Leinsdorf Die tote Stadt is of course a classic and a great favourite (as is this Fanciulla).

[Wanderer]

[prémont]

Third time through Beethoven Piano Sonata No 15 (Op 28) "Pastorale," HJ Lim



Typically, HJ Lim makes some idiosyncratic choices of tempo and approach to the music. I found it a fun and satisfying listen, overall.

I remember a considerable tempest in a teapot when this set came out, EMI set a low price point and seemed to promote it for novice listeners. The "establishment" seem to think Lim was unworthy of the opportunity to record this music. I purchased it as a new release and never regretted it.

I'm completely with you in this, finding that HJ Lim as well as always is worth listening to. Well, she is a bit special but she adds interesting angles to the music.

[kyjo]

Scriabin: Piano Concerto

This work is much better than I remembered, the lovechild between Chopin and Rachmaninov of sorts. Sheer heart-on-sleeve romanticism.

I'm unashamed to say that the PC is my favorite Scriabin work bar none. It may not be in his "mature" style, but I for one couldn't care less. The second and third movements, in particular, contain some of the most sheerly lovely music known to me. I'm thinking especially of the secondary theme of the finale, which is a sweeping, heartfelt "big tune" right up there with the best of Rachmaninoff. My recording of choice is Sudbin/Bergen PO/Litton on BIS, coupled with an incandescent Medtner 3rd PC.

[kyjo]

Korngold's chamber music contains several exquisite scores like this String Sextet and Suite for two violins, cello and piano left hand. Also, these CPO recordings devoted to Korngold are top-drawer.

The Suite Op. 23 is a stunningly inventive work in five highly contrasted movements - I particularly love the joyous theme-and-variations finale. For my money, it's Korngold's finest chamber work. The String Sextet is quite good too but not as characterful and memorable to my ears, that is until the vivacious, spirited finale.

[Wanderer]

[Roasted Swan]

I seem to remember reading that the intensity of her early career led to some vocal problems later on - however, details elude me. Maybe she just prioritised live performances (and she also held a teaching position at Chapman University).

I don't think I've listened to that Bohème, thanks for mentioning it! The Leinsdorf Die tote Stadt is of course a classic and a great favourite (as is this Fanciulla).

Not my favourite Boheme but I like her Musetta!

[SonicMan46]

Mozart, WA - Symphonies w/ Jaap ter Linden - decided to add another period performance of these works to my Wolfie collection (other is Pinnock) - bought the older Brilliant box at top (just $20 used on the Amazon MP) - the newer box (bottom) has the same recording listing - don't believe there was any re-mastering done on the newer release - Mozart symphony numbering can be confusing; there is no Symphonies 2,3,37 (all written by others, i.e. Leopold Mozart, Carl Abel, & Michael Haydn respectively); the others having no number can be debated but there are a total of 41 pieces on these 11 discs although Woflie likely wrote 60+ works that could be labeled 'symphonies' (Source) - Dave

 

 

[Linz]

Frank Martin Mass for double choir
Passacaille
Ildebrando Pizzetti Missa di Requiem
De profundis
Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell

[71 dB]

Franz Schubert - Piano Sonatas D. 958 and D. 960
Jenő Jandó
Naxos 8.550475

Alban Berg - String Quartet, Op. 3
New Zealand String Quartet
Naxos 8.557374

[AnotherSpin]

[Mandryka]

I'm completely with you in this, finding that HJ Lim as well as always is worth listening to. Well, she is a bit special but she adds interesting angles to the music.

I wonder what has happened to her.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, 1887/90 Mixed Versions. Ed. Robert Haas
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum

[prémont]

I wonder what has happened to her.

Don't know. Her homepage may perhaps give some answer:

https://www.hjlim.com/