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[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Good morning, all!

Mozart
Symphony № 29 in A, K.201
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Marriner

I have the complete set of Symphonies from Marriner on Philips, sampling them not too long ago, I still find them very competitive, good sound and excellent playing.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Back to some excellent chamber music from Adam Valentin Volckmar, wonderful suave music, caressing you ears, with some fine writing for Clarinet and Violin. Ulf-Guido Schafer is a fine Clarinetist, as Kathrin Rabus presents a fine effort on the Violin. I did not hear from this ensemble before, but they sure have a homogeneous sound. The recording made in 2008 is exemplary!

[Karl Henning]

I have the complete set of Symphonies from Marriner on Philips, sampling them not too long ago, I still find them very competitive, good sound and excellent playing.

Their approach to this music certainly resonates mightily with me, Harry.

[TheGSMoeller]

http://www.youtube.com/v/5Frq7rjEGzs

Savall has 2 discs covering versions of La Folia from several centuries.

[mc ukrneal]

I hate posting about this guy, cause I invariably spell his name wrong - Bortkiewicz. Now listening to some enchanting piano music. It reminds me more of Rachmaninov than his other pieces. I'm actually listening to disc 1 of the original issue (not the Dryad). Beautiful cover.
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[Karl Henning]

More!

Mozart
Serenade in E^b, K.375
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

I hate posting about this guy, cause I invariably spell his name wrong - Bortkiewicz. Now listening to some enchanting piano music. It reminds me more of Rachmaninov than his other pieces. I'm actually listening to disc 1 of the original issue (not the Dryad). Beautiful cover.
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I still have to buy the Symphonies from him, but the price is still to high, so I must wait. This composer has peaked my interest though!

[jlaurson]

J.S. Bach
Thomanerchor Leipzig & Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum
Hans Joachim Rotzsch
Cantatas

disc 5
BWV 173a (Durchlauchtster Leopold "Serenada"
(they snuck* a secular cantata into the set there)
BWV 173 (Erhoehtes Fleisch & Blut)
BWV 26 (Ach wie fluechtig...)

disc 6
BWV 29 (Wir danken dir, Gott...)
BWV 119 (Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn)
Berlin Classics


Still making me very happy. Very good Bach-background, if I may utter that sentiment. Excellent 1974 recordings and so far among the best Bach Cantata recordings I've heard that employ boys choirs. (The Thomaner Chours, of course, Bach's own boys)

* anyone feels strongly about snuck (informal, incorrect) vs. sneaked?

[mc ukrneal]

I still have to buy the Symphonies from him, but the price is still to high, so I must wait. This composer has peaked my interest though!

The symphonies are worth it when you do eventually land them. The playing and sound are very good too.

[Karl Henning]

Mozart
Serenade in E^b, K.375
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

My imagination is well trained, lively, and far-ranging . . . and I find it hard to imagine someone hearing this Adagio and not liking it.

Just saying.

[jlaurson]

I still have to buy the Symphonies from him, but the price is still to high, so I must wait. This composer has peaked my interest though!

This is not to be an ass, just to point out the homophone traps:

The composer has presumably piqued (aroused, lit. "pricked") your interest -- meaning that you will likely take a peek (look/glance) at his symphonies... after which, if they are not all that great, your interest in him might well have peaked (the highest point/all downhill from there).

[Brahmsian]

I find Mozart's Gran Partita Serenade for Winds, K.361 very profound, and it is still my favourite Mozart work, and has been for many years.

[Karl Henning]

This is not to be an ass, just to point out the homophone traps:

The composer has presumably piqued (aroused, lit. "pricked") your interest -- meaning that you will likely take a peek (look/glance) at his symphonies... after which, if they are not all that great, your interest in him might well have peaked (the highest point/all downhill from there).

'Tis my mother language, and I've long since reached a place where the several ways in which we can spell nearly any sound in English is more amusing than anything vexatious. But I do appreciate how the orthographic snares can cause a non-native speaker to throw up his hands in despair . . . .

[Karl Henning]

I find Mozart's Gran Partita Serenade for Winds, K.361 very profound, and it is still my favourite Mozart work, and has been for many years.

Aye, she's a beauty. (Partita is feminine in gender . . . .)

[Brahmsian]

Aye, she's a beauty. (Partita is feminine in gender . . . .)

And as many of you have probably figured out by now, I'm a major strings person, and first and foremost a fan of music with strings.  Which makes the Gran Partita even more special, it being my favourite Mozart work, considering it has zero strings in it. 

[Karl Henning]

Mozart
Concerto № 20 in d minor, K.466
Rudolf Serkin, pf
LSO
Abbado

In harmony with this remark, it's just possible I may listen to nothing but Mozart to-day . . . .

[Karl Henning]

And as many of you have probably figured out by now, I'm a major strings person, and first and foremost a fan of music with strings.  Which makes the Gran Partita even more special, it being my favourite Mozart work, considering it has zero strings in it. 

Ray, do you know the quintet for piano & winds, K.452?

[Brahmsian]

Ray, do you know the quintet for piano & winds, K.452?

Yes, I believe I have heard it once, and I remember thinking it was very beautiful.  Although, it isn't a piece I have in my collection.....yet.

[Brahmsian]

Brahms

Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op. 120/1
Clarinet Sonata in E flat major, Op. 120/2

Karl Henning Leister, clarinet
Ferenc Bognar, piano

Brilliant Classics

[Opus106]

Non-retaliatory listening: Landowska plays Couperin, F. Visit the French Baroque thread for more.