What are you listening 2 now?

[Brian]

This is quite a fine recording. They play on modern instruments, as far as I can tell, and they use little vibrato. I suppose that makes a hybrid HIP and modern approach.

Welcome to the board! I do enjoy some of that group's other recordings.

[Nostromo]

Thank you, Brian. By the way, I get this error message when trying to upload an avatar image: "The avatar you have selected is not a valid image." It's a JPEG and within the pixel range, so I'm not sure what the problem is.



Back when Pentatone still released SACDs. Anyway, this is a very enjoyable recording.

[JBS]

Reaching the halfway mark of this set--I've been doing a CD a night, more or less. Tonight is the first CD devoted to the Third Book.

[Mapman]

Thank you, Brian. By the way, I get this error message when trying to upload an avatar image: "The avatar you have selected is not a valid image." It's a JPEG and within the pixel range, so I'm not sure what the problem is.

Welcome! That's an issue that has been reported multiple times over the past several months in the Bug Report thread. I'm not aware of any workaround. Hopefully the forum software will be updated in the near future, as there are other annoying bugs.

I just listened to Ives' 3rd Symphony. It's more traditional than much of his music, and the orchestration seemed dominated by the strings. I'll want to follow along in the score next time I listen to this.

[JBS]

HIP Onslow


String Quintet No.28 in g minor Op 72
String Quintet No.25 in f minor Op 61

Opus 61 is a world premiere recording.

https://www.ensembletamuz.com/

[steve ridgway]

Xenakis - Kottos for solo cello, Alexis Descharmes 2011

[AnotherSpin]

J. S. Bach: 6 English Suites 

Yoshio Watanabe

[steve ridgway]

Xenakis - Pour La Paix for 2-channel tape with choir, narrators and music.

[Nostromo]

Sudbin is a formidable pianist, and he does a great job of balancing intense and nuanced playing. BIS' audio quality is the icing on the cake!

[Nostromo]

Welcome! That's an issue that has been reported multiple times over the past several months in the Bug Report thread. I'm not aware of any workaround. Hopefully the forum software will be updated in the near future, as there are other annoying bugs.

Thanks. That's a bummer. Well, in the meantime, imagine H.R. Giger's Alien as my avatar!

[steve ridgway]

Sudbin is a formidable pianist, and he does a great job of balancing intense and nuanced playing. BIS' audio quality is the icing on the cake!

Photo shoot done after playing the piano .

[steve ridgway]

Now playing Messiaen - La Nativité Du Seigneur for organ

[AnotherSpin]

Spacey music, floating as if weightless, shot through with shafts of light, puffs of incense wafting in the room. Music full of longing and hope.

Ode to a Nightingale is particularly fetching and original. Thankfully the soprano singing it has excellent pitch and a sweet tone.

Not everyday listening material but perfect before retiring to one's chambers.

I was listening to it today when I woke up at 3 a.m. to the sound of rain and the sudden glow of light. These days the electricity mostly comes on at night, obviously when demand is lower.

I kept the volume low, since I was the only one up. Yet Silvestrov's music never suffers when played softly; that's one of the defining traits of his late work, it is quiet in both the literal and figurative sense.

It felt really good. I'll listen again soon.

[Que]

Reaching the halfway mark of this set--I've been doing a CD a night, more or less. Tonight is the first CD devoted to the Third Book.

How do you like it so far?


Morning listening:

[Que]

J. S. Bach: 6 English Suites

Yoshio Watanabe

I looked him up! I assumed he was young & upcoming, but he is a Leonhardt pupil of the same generation as Bob van Asperen.
Will give his recordings a try if I can access them.

[Que]

Sigismondo d'India.
Mottetti-1610.
Gli Affetti Musicali, Claudio Chiavazza.

A wonderful recording and performance made in the year 2000 at the il coro della Chiesa di Santa Chiara, Bra, Italy. Since there is no PDF file I have to guess about the soloists singing in this performance, which is kind of difficult for there are a lot of interchanging soloists. No matter, this is a super relaxed and yet lively feast. d'India gets a royal treatment, in an old fashioned way and much to my liking. Warm, committed, and in excellent diction. No shrillness! Soft toned sopranos, and polite males that match perfectly. Unison and balance is what the instrumentalists add, and make the picture complete. Some unevenness in the male voices here and there, that's all.

Sopranos: Anna Dantcheva (AD), Anna Simboli (AS).
Altos: Renzo Bes (RB), Gianluigi Ghiringheli (GG)
Tenors: Fabio Furnari (FF), Luigi Pagliarini (LP)
Bass: Enrico Bava (EB)

1. AD, AS
2. AD, EB
3. FF, LP
4. FF, LP, EB
5. AD, AS
7. GG, RB
8. AS, AD
9. AS, EB
11. FF, LP
12. AS, AD
13. GG, FF, EB
14. AD & GG, FF, LP, EB
16. AS, AD, RB, FF, LP, EB
17. AD, GG, FF, EB
18. AD, GG, FF, EB
19. AD, GG, FF, EB

[Irons]

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.32



Unbelievable piece. The finale as if Beethoven departs our world. Katchen is not the last word in precision - with the caveat I'm not qualified to judge. However, he gets the spirit and a wonderful Decca recording.

[Harry]

Sopranos: Anna Dantcheva (AD), Anna Simboli (AS).
Altos: Renzo Bes (RB), Gianluigi Ghiringheli (GG)
Tenors: Fabio Furnari (FF), Luigi Pagliarini (LP)
Bass: Enrico Bava (EB)

1. AD, AS
2. AD, EB
3. FF, LP
4. FF, LP, EB
5. AD, AS
7. GG, RB
8. AS, AD
9. AS, EB
11. FF, LP
12. AS, AD
13. GG, FF, EB
14. AD & GG, FF, LP, EB
16. AS, AD, RB, FF, LP, EB
17. AD, GG, FF, EB
18. AD, GG, FF, EB
19. AD, GG, FF, EB

Thank you Que, and I can add, wonderful soloists. The melodies are still floating in my memory. I had kind of a hunch about who was singing on this disc, but I guess your search on the net was more successful, or maybe even better, you had the CD   

[Que]

Newly discovered (and recorded) Leçons de Ténèbres by Alexandre de Villeneuve, a contemporary of François de Couperin, priest and sous-maître at the Chapelle Royale at Versailles. As somewhat of a French Baroque buff, I think this is quite a significant discovery. The music is of excellent quality and compared to F. Couperin these are more dramatic/theatrical. The leçons are alternated with instrumental suites. The vocal contribution of Dagmar Šašková is the cherry on the cake!

https://www-premiereloge--opera-com.translate.goog/mediatheque/2025/10/03/cd-tenebris-alexandre-de-villeneuve-critique/?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=nl&_x_tr_pto=wapp

[Florestan]

Starting with the last disc. 

Hat tip to @JBS