What are you listening 2 now?

[Traverso]

Beethoven

Symphony 1 & 2

[AnotherSpin]

[Madiel]

Faure: The Birth of Venus (orchestral version)



Later commentators haven't thought much of the work, but apparently the composer was quite fond of it. The excellent liner notes point out that what Faure has done is akin to the cantatas for the Prix de Rome. Though even by those standards it's all a bit willowy, especially with the soft-focused acoustic of this recording. Much pleasant harmonies.

[Traverso]

 

Bach and Bram Beekman, one of the roads to paradise.........beek means bach in Deutsch...Bachmann.

[AnotherSpin]

[Florestan]

Heterosexuals are weird sometimes.

Guilty as charged. I confess the yawn was my second thought. The first was quite x-rated. 

[pjme]

As an honorary member, you should know that the Braga Santos Experts Club still meets regularly in secret locations around the North Sea.

Thanks, that's a relief in these deeply troubled times (Venezuela oil , shocking Vivaldi cd covers , Beethoven piano sonata - exuberance in aeternum , organ opulence , gay conductors in Vienna! , post Christmas & new year depressions... 2026 won't be easy ).

A big symphony often clears my mind. So did this morning Mme. Yvonne Lefebure and her Bach/Vivaldi transcription...even if I prefer Bach on the harpsichord. The music wonderfully matched yet another snow shower.

[Harry]

Silenced Voices
Works by: Dick Kattenburg (1919-1944), Sandor Kuti (1908-1945), Hans Krasa (1899-1944), Gideon Klein (1919-1945), Paul Hermann (1902-1944), Geza Frid (1904-1989).
Black Oak Ensemble.
Recorded, 2018, at Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall at Northwestern University.

An impressive release, voices from the past, memories and feelings, translated into music. Deeply moving.
Pristine sound, excellent interpretations. What a talent was lost and destroyed.

[Wanderer]

[Cato]

I awoke this morning thinking of Karl Henning's work-in-progress (The Cape of Good Nope) and my memory brought up a work, which I have not visited in decades! 

In the 1970's I found it so much fun, that I purchased the score: Honegger's Concertino for Piano and Orchestra.

[Papy Oli]

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), James King (tenor), Martti Talvela (bass)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper

Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

[Traverso]

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), James King (tenor), Martti Talvela (bass)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper

Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

Great recording !

[Papy Oli]

Great recording !

I loved the clarity of the recordings !

Stopped No.9 after the 2nd mvt for now. I am anxious about Sutherland 

[Traverso]

I loved the clarity of the recordings !

Stopped No.9 after the 2nd mvt for now. I am anxious about Sutherland 

come on, don't be so shy.....

[Florestan]

come on, don't be so shy.....

It's German, who cares anyway? 

[SonicMan46]

Bach, CPE - Solo Keyboard Works - about a third through Markovina's piano set of CPE's solo KB pieces (my recent post at bottom), but own about 10 discs of these works on other instruments, so also exploring those performances (CDs shown immediately below): Schornsheim on tangent piano; Belder (5 discs) on fortepiano & clavichord; Uittenbosch on harpsichord (Prussian sonatas, 1 disc); and Procopio on harpsichord (Württemberg sonatas, 2 discs) - so good choices for non-piano versions.

According to the Helm catalog, i.e. defined as an H (vs. the earlier Wq, Wotquenne catalog), CPE wrote about 400 solo works (H 1 to H 402) - Markovina must get most of them on her 26 discs, but the champ seems to be Spanyi on BIS with 40 volumes! He performs on clavichord, fortepiano, tangent piano, harpsichord, organ, if you want variety -    Dave

P.S. Amazon shows a Vol. 41 & 42 for Spanyi! See the attached PDF for a short explanation of the almost double number of Spanyi discs.

     

Bach, CPE - Keyboard Music w/ Ana-Marija Markovina on piano (26 CDs) - bought this box from Amazon 10 years ago; also own about a dozen discs of these works on other instruments (mainly harpsichord, but also tangent piano and clavichord).  Dave

[Traverso]

Yesterday, while listening to Sylvia and Coppélia, I was completely blown away by this wonderful performance.
For now, Petroucka

[pjme]

I awoke this morning thinking of Karl Henning's work-in-progress (The Cape of Good Nope) and my memory brought up a work, which I have not visited in decades! 

In the 1970's I found it so much fun, that I purchased the score: Honegger's Concertino for Piano and Orchestra.

Yes, un petit, jazzy bijou! I bought the Turnabout LP, Walter Klien is the soloist.

[ritter]

Late(ish) music by Gian Francesco Malipiero, from that treasure trove that is the Louisville Orchestra's recordings archive. Robert Whitney conducts Fantasie di ogni giorno (1953), the Third Piano Concerto --with Benjamin Owen as soloist-- (1948), and Notturno di canti e balli (1957).

[Papy Oli]

It's German, who cares anyway? 

It's her warbling I am dreading   ..

Anything she sings could be German anyway, who knows... La fille du regiment sounded German...