What are you listening 2 now?

[steve ridgway]

Xenakis - Herma

[steve ridgway]

Messiaen - Messe De La Pentecôte

[Wanderer]

[Que]

Apart from the links, your voice is interesting to hear too, so do you have some detailed things to say about Volume I, II, III? I would appreciate it.

It's a small, mixed ensemble. It is no Blue Heron but quite all right, I think. They started out as a very young ensemble and the singing in 1st recording (2015) still has some rough edges, performances on volumes II (2017) and III (2021) are a step up IMO. Like I said before, for me the choice of repertoire weighs heavily in favour of this series.

Overview of the entire series (in Dutch): https://www.stretto.be/2021/02/21/43987/

[Irons]

Schubert: Piano Sonata D.845

[Madiel]

Dvorak: Slavonic Rhapsody No.2 in G minor



A very different piece from no.1.

[Que]

1st listen:



Given their sublime Schütz (and pretty much anything else they do), I had high exprectations of Vox Luminis and they do not disappoint!

https://earlymusicreview.com/scheidt-cantiones-sacrae/

From the excellent Amazon review by Gio:

Lutheran "Comfort" Music

The "Sacrae Cantiones" of Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654) are not as often performed today as the "Symphoniae Sacrae" of his contemporary Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) or the "Musae Sioniae " of Michael Praetorius (1571-1621), but it's not because Scheidt's vocal/instrumental work is uninteresting or inferior. This electrifying performance of nine of Scheidt's grandest polychoral settings of German hymns proves his stature, if not quite as sublime as Schütz at least as accomplished as Praetorius. Musicologists and musicians have paid far more attention to Scheidt's seminal role as the first internationally significant German composer for the organ than to his vocal works, and most of "us" today would first have encountered Scheidt in the popular transcriptions of his organ music for modern brass ensemble. If you're a brass player or fan, it may come as a surprise to discover how magnificent a composer of vocal/instrumental music Scheidt was.

Along with Schütz and Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630) -- the Three SCHs! -- Scheidt is widely credited with introducing Italian musical styles into North Europe. Frankly, that's an unfair slight to the developed musical world of Germany before 1600. Many of the most skilled instrumentalists in Italy before 1600, especially wind players, were in fact Germans, and though their names are mostly forgotten, those instrumentalists had already transmitted the influence of Italy to the lands that are now Germany and Poland. Hence the very characteristic use of obbligato instruments in the large-scale sacred works of Praetorius and Scheidt, in which "recitativo with basso continuo", the fundamental Italian style, is rare. Scheidt's Cantiones Sacrae sound as German as Hasenpfeffer or Stollen ...

[Harry]

CHARLES KOECHLIN.
Sonata for  Violin and Piano.
Quintet for Piano and BC.

After listening many times to a box with the complete chamber music by Koechlin, I now started to explore individual releases beginning with the present one. I am impressed by the performance and sound, very much so. The music is magical and deeply mesmerizing, expressionism and impressionism mixed to great effect. Onwards I go, much to explore. Recommendations would be welcome. Please PM them, that way I have quick access searching through Qobuz.

[Madiel]

Stravinsky: Pulcinella

[Todd]

31/3.

[Madiel]

Mozart: German Dances, K.586

[Traverso]

Mozart

What to say about these fine recordings,I like Ashkenazy....well listen and find out for yourself.

pianoconcertos  1-2-3-4

[Todd]

Op 49.

[Que]

Now Brilliant has decided to explore every nook and cranny of the harpsichord repertoire, things get overwhelming... even for me! 
But I'm committed to hear every issue at least once, in an attempt to fish out some interesting stuff. And I do catch something worthwhile once in a while... 
So.. here is another one:



Philippe-François Véras (c. 1690-1742) was based in Lille and all the music that survived is his book of four Ordres for harpsichord, published in Paris in 1740. His music has both French and Italian influences. According to Wikipedia the verdict in the Grove Music Online is that his music is lacking "real imagination or variety". It is actually not that bad at all... Undoubtedly the excellent performances by Simone Pierini help matters. A student of Andrea Coen, one to watch...

[Madiel]

Chopin: Polonaise in F sharp minor, op.44



For a guy who supposedly didn't like the violence of Beethoven's music, Chopin sure wrote some fiery stuff.

[Brian]

Chopin: Polonaise in F sharp minor, op.44

For a guy who supposedly didn't like the violence of Beethoven's music, Chopin sure wrote some fiery stuff.

I was just thinking this morning (having woken up with Scherzo No. 2 playing in my head), how the biggest joke of Chopin's scherzi is how un-jokey they are.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in D Minor, 1894 Original Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak
New Philharmonia Orchestra,  Otto Klemperer

[Linz]

Johann Sebastian Bach Orgam Works, Chorale Partita "Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig", BWV 768
Choral "Von Gott will ich nicht lassen", BWV 658
Toccata & Fugue in E major, BWV 566
Orgelmesse: Kyrie, Gott Vater, BWV 669
Christe, aller Welt Trost, BWV 670
Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist, BWV 671
Allein Gott in der Höh', BWV 675
Fughetta super "Allein Gott in der Höh'", BWV 677
Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot', BWV 678
Fughetta super "Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot'", BWV 679
Wir glauben all an einen Gott, BWV 681
Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682
Scott Ross - [CD 04 - Organ - BWV [768, 658, 566, 669-671, 675, 677-679, 681, 682, 685] CD4 #25] Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 685
Scott Ross

[André]

Malcolm Arnold:  symphony no 6, conducted by the composer.


In every sigle instance where Arnold conducts his own works the music acquires a layer of angst and tension that are not present - or not at that level - with other conductors. Even rollicking, boisterous moments have an air of disquiet about them.

[Todd]

Op 53.