What are you listening 3 now?

[(poco) Sforzando]

I actually quite like that. Even if it no longer invokes Victor Borge.

But I'm fairly agnostic on this. I think anyone new to the boards would still figure out quickly what was going on.

I'm afraid I don't recognize the Victor Borge allusion, though I've seen quite a few of his routines.

[Madiel]

I'm afraid I don't recognize the Victor Borge allusion, though I've seen quite a few of his routines.

Let me help you (and everybody else) with that 

[(poco) Sforzando]

Let me help you (and everybody else) with that 

Very grnineful three you five your help.

[Madiel]

Very grnineful three you five your help.

It was one.

[steve ridgway]

Xenakis - Echange

[steve ridgway]

Scelsi - In Nomine Lucis I

[steve ridgway]

Takemitsu - Rain Tree

[steve ridgway]

Berio - O King

[steve ridgway]

Webern - Four Songs, Op. 13

[steve ridgway]

Varèse - Arcana

[Madiel]

J.S. Bach: Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben (Dearest God, when will I die?), BWV 8
(16th Sunday after Trinity, 1724)



To be known henceforth as the 'Clock' cantata. Because that's undoubtedly the effect Bach is going for in the opening chorus.

Which, this being about dying, ends up being quite cheery. Time to get away from all the troubles of this world, etc. etc. These Lutherans were having a roaring good time.

Bach did a revised version over 20 years later in a different key and with changes of instrumentation. The album includes that version of the opening chorus as well, with the duetting oboes replaced by violins.

[Que]

Not always a fan of Mala Punica, but this is excellent!


PS The site remains sluggish... despite the rejuvenated Listening thread...

[Que]

[Madiel]

The site was running extremely smoothly for... hours. And then around the time of my previous post it went bad again. Meanwhile, Discogs seems to have inserted some bot protection for the first time. The internet really is being overwhelmed by this nonsense.

[Harry]

Not always a fan of Mala Punica, but this is excellent!


PS The site remains sluggish... despite the rejuvenated Listening thread...

This one is really good, and I found a few others of them of the same quality.

[Madiel]

Mozart: "Colloredo" Serenade, K.203



The 1774 serenade gets 3 minuets again, 8 movements in total plus the accompanying march. Including 3 movements with a prominent violin part, almost like a mini concerto. All very fine in Vegh's hands.

[Iota]

Beethoven: Piano Sonata in E minor, Op. 90
Penelope Crawford (fortepiano)

I must say these Beethoven sonata recordings are proving quite revelatory. Stripped of the modern piano's garnish, all sorts of exquisite details are revealed. I also find myself liking the cut of Crawford's jib very much.

[Iota]

(We are lucky it wasn't "What are you list3ning to...")

Actually fwiw I think that's way better.

[steve ridgway]

Ives - Orchestral Set No. 2

[Mandryka]

Very enjoyable, although I wouldn't obect if it had been played on the Notre Dame organ! 

At first you kind of think that the organ can't have been a good choice because it's about 100 years anachronistic. But then you read this on the youtube upload -- I wonder if it's a quote from the booklet.

Xavier Darasse joue une sonate en la mineur n° 4 et une Fantaisie et Fugue à l'orgue Callinet (1850) de l'église d'Oltingue en Alsace (France). Cet orgue se rapproche des caractéristiques de l'orgue que fit construire la Princesse Amélie de Prusse et pour qui KPE Bach écrivit ses sonates. Présence d'un sifflet, mixture unique, nombreux huit pieds, tremblant.... On appréciera le hautbois et son tremblant  typique de Callinet dans l'adagio de la sonate et le grand-jeu dans la fantaisie.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ96yRk_DmY