What are you listening 2 now?

[steve ridgway]

More Boulez - Dérive 1 Pour 6 Instruments

That's two albums called Boulez conducts Boulez which raises the obvious question of whether anyone else has ever tried to do it .

[steve ridgway]

I didn't listen to this but noticed it while looking for the above and wonder if @Karl Henning might have heard it .

[steve ridgway]

Actually listening to Isang Sun - Pièce Concertante Für Kammerensemble

[Spotted Horses]

More Boulez - Dérive 1 Pour 6 Instruments

That's two albums called Boulez conducts Boulez which raises the obvious question of whether anyone else has ever tried to do it .

[steve ridgway]

Kagel - Acustica (Part 4) for musique concrète tape, folk instruments, devices invented by the composer and loudspeakers.

Rather fun, reminiscent of some of Stockhausen's noisier works, but I wouldn't want to listen to all four sides of this double LP in one sitting .

[hopefullytrusting]

Another first, from the same disc as the Corder piece I listened to earlier, Macfarren's Chevy Chace:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctXZjadXakU (yes, the piece is called Chevy Chace, lol)

First things first, Macfarren also looks like he could be a character in Arcanum:



All in all, there it didn't leave much of an impression on me. We need this kind of music though - blah, bland, boring because if everything was good then nothing would be good, and good would become a meaningless measure, perhaps, it already is, who knows. I mean there really isn't anything wrong with this piece, but it isn't invigorating, and it is hurt because the Corder composition, in my opinion, is better than it by miles (and is still fresh in my mind). Of course, it ends in the tonic, but this time I find it irritating. It is nondescript and leaves no impression upon me.

I've already forgotten most of it save the name - the name is badass.

I do not recommend this, but if you have the disc already and it plays - it'll be just like water - plain, tasteless.

[steve ridgway]

Frances Dhomont - Signé Dionysos - Musique Concrète

[Spotted Horses]

I didn't post for 5 days and no body is lamenting my absence in the missing thread. Should I be miffed?

Beethoven Piano Sonata Op 31, No 3, Annie Fischer, then Badura-Skoda





I have to say I find Beethoven's Op 31 Sonatas a bit underwhelming. In this one the menuetto, particularly the trio, is charming.

[steve ridgway]

Subotnick – Parallel Lines

[Que]

A new lute recording with rare repertoire from "Barbarino" manuscript, a Neapolitan codex.

https://davinci-edition.com/product/c01074/

[AnotherSpin]

[AnotherSpin]

Two-CD set featuring music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph-Nicolas Balbastre, Dieterich Buxtehude, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Johann Caspar Kerll, Franz Liszt, Josef Rheinberger, Guy Ropartz, and Samuel Scheidt. Performed by various artists.

[prémont]

Do not miss Martin Neu's other recordings for Audite.

[Harry]

Sfessagna: Neapolitan lute music of the Renaissance.
Fabricio Dentice: Fantasias 4-6; Volta de Spagna; Gagliarda bella; Recercata; Fantasia del primo tono per solreut
Giulio Severino: Fantasia del sesto tono; Fantasy 17
Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa: Bella Angioletta
Barbarino manuscript (16th century): Villanella; Folias en Bassus; Ruggieri; Canzon francese la Gatta; Fantasia "Aria d'Inghilterra ma piena d'ogni soavita"; Pavana de Espana; Sfessagna; Tiento overo Tochata; Tenors of Napoli
Michele Carreca, Lute.
New release.

@Que posted this today and to me it seemed a good idea to start my listening day with it, since my loudspeaker cables will be replaced today, so I need a reference recording to compare with what I have now, and how it will change with the new gear. It is the first recording I have by Michele Carreca. It is recorded in a somewhat reverberant venue, and therefore is missing the intimacy which a Lute needs. His playing is good, but a little distant and cold, and I do not know what Lute he is using, but for me it is lacking in warmth and expression. This release is short on many things, but still a pleasant listen. Sound engineers recording the Lute should be more aware of the limitations of the instrument in recording it, but unfortunately many don't care at all. Apart from all this you clearly hear the moving of his hands over the instrument, plus some other noises, creating a surge of irritating haze and distraction.
The Art work is stunningly beautiful, full marks for that, a good choice.
I bookmarked a few other recordings by him and see if he will stay in my collection or not. This particular recording will go though!

[AnotherSpin]

Do not miss Martin Neu's other recordings for Audite.

I've listened to his performance of the Trio Sonatas a couple of times and marked his other albums on Qobuz for later listening. Thank you!

[Mandryka]

I've listened to his performance of the Trio Sonatas a couple of times and marked his other albums on Qobuz for later listening. Thank you!

The one with the Pachelbel magnificats is a favourite of mine.

[Mandryka]

Kagel - Acustica (Part 4) for musique concrète tape, folk instruments, devices invented by the composer and loudspeakers.

Rather fun, reminiscent of some of Stockhausen's noisier works, but I wouldn't want to listen to all four sides of this double LP in one sitting .

It's theatrical, he called it "instrumental theatre." The score even specifies the facial expressions of the performers. And it's very indeterminate. There are a huge number of cards with instructions and the performers can chose when and which to play, when to start and when to stop, the order etc. It's to be seen as well as heard I think. And each performance will be different. For me it's one of the masterpieces of 20th century music.

[Madiel]

Vivaldi

Concerto in B minor (for scordatura violin), op.9/12 (RV 391)
Concerto in E major, L'amoroso (RV 271)



The B minor concerto is oustanding. No wonder Vivaldi included it in collections for the Emperor twice. The first movement has an extraordinary pedal point passage that just doesn't sound like anything else I can recall hearing in the series.

And then L'amoroso also has a specific sound-world, totally different. It's warm and sweet and hazy. You couldn't find a better pair of concerti to dispel the notion that Vivaldi wrote the same concerto over and over.

[Madiel]

Vivaldi: Bassoon concerto in B flat, La notte (RV 501)



There are 3 different versions of La notte, though I gather this bassoon one is somewhat different to the other 2. I'll have to do a direct comparison later. But Vivaldi in explicit pictorial mode is always interesting, and there quite a few more such pieces beyond the Four Seasons. There are ghosts in the night, and then there's dawn.

[AnotherSpin]