What are you listening 2 now?

[AnotherSpin]

Thats a lot of Harpsichord music, even for such addicts as myself.

Here, it is not only harpsichord, not only Jean Rondeau, and not only Couperin.

[Harry]

Istanpitta - Danses Florentines du Trecento.

Henri Agnel, CITTERN, CETERA, 'UD, ARRANGEMENTS AND DIRECTION.
cittern (copy of Renaissance model) tuned d-a-d'-g" by David Rubio medieval cetera tuned c-g-c'-f' by Marcelo Ardizzone 'ud (Arab lute) tuned d-g-a-d'-g'-c"-f' by Frédéric Pinard.
Michael Nick, QUINTON. quinton (five-stringed violin) tuned c-g-d'-a'-e" (violin and viola in a single instrument) by André Sakellarides (the quinton is fitted with seven sympathetic strings, rather like the viola d'amore or Indian stringed instruments)
Henri Tournier, FLUTE,  Indian bamboo flutes (Bansura) by Harsh Wardhan.
Djamchid Chemirani, ZARB, traditional Iranian zarb (anonymous).
Idriss Agnel Udu, Brazilian udu or Indian gatam by Nathalie Pierlot.

Recorded, 2003, Chapelle de l'Hôpital Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours, Paris (France)

A fascinating disc, music that sets you on a different path, in mind and body, expertly performed and recorded. It calms your mind  in more than one way. I was delighted to see an musician I have known a long time, namely Djamchid Chemirani on the Zarb. Through him I learned about Iranian music.

[Harry]

This thread is not sticky anymore.....

[Papy Oli]

Ariosti - Stockholm Sonatas Vol.III

[Todd]

Disc three.

[Papy Oli]

John Kinsella
Symphony No.10

[Linz]

Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for Harps, Strimgs and Continuo in A major, BWV 1055
The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

[ritter]

Revisiting the suites No. 1 and No. 2 that Giuseppe Sinopoli extracted from his opera Lou Salomé. The Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra is conducted by the composer. The vocal soloists are soprano Lucia Popp and tenor José Carreras.

[Que]

Ariosti - Stockholm Sonatas Vol.III

That series is very nice indeed! 

I tried some more Ariosti, but these pieces seem to be the pick of the bunch.

[Linz]

Frederick Delius Double Concero, Violin Concerto, Cello Concerto
Tsmin Little and Paul Watkins
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis

[Nostromo]

Contemporary works for cello and strings.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Chamber Works by Walter Kaufmann. ARC Ensemble.

[Nostromo]

For some reason, this is available as a DSD download, which is what I have, but only as a standard CD, not an SACD. Oh well, he's a great pianist and the sound is superb, too.

[Spotted Horses]

Returned to Honegger, Viola Sonata, Petrov and Manz.



A deeply satisfying work. The first movement alternates a mournful theme with a fast theme. The second movement opens with a dark mood and an ostinato melody. The mood brightens in the central section, then darkness begins to return. The finale leads to a beautiful apotheosis.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 6 in A Major, 1881 Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak
Berliner Philharmoniker, Joseph Keilberth

[Linz]

Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61
Philharmonia Orchestra; Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

[Nostromo]

Disc one. His music is hard to describe if you haven't heard it, so perhaps this review will help. https://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2015/Mar/Haba_quartets_11001.htm His use of microtones does not result in especially dissonant music, but it just sounds "different."

[DavidW]

[JBS]

Been long enough since I last listened to this set that I can't remember any of the music.


Which is, given how good the music is, something that needs correction.

CD 2 of 5 from this

[André]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 6 in A Major, 1881 Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak
Berliner Philharmoniker, Joseph Keilberth

The best B6 ever recorded.