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[SonicMan46]

Good evening Dave.

My BRO box of 23 CD's arrived earlier this week and I will start listening to them this weekend.  The Vivaldi's CD on Hyperion looks very interesting.

Stuart - well, your order has also twice the number of discs that I just received!   

Wallfisch is this repertoire seems to always be excellent, so if you want these early Vivaldi works, then certainly a recommendation from my first listening!

Looking forward to seeing 'what' you ordered and your impressions - Dave 

[Brian]

Can I make a wish for this work to be arranged in every possible combination of instruments?    Pretty please!  Ok.....I'll settle for the Adagio.  0:)

Okay, one Brahms adagio for tuba, harpsichord, marimbas, three violins and a tambourine, coming right up!

[Coopmv]

Stuart - well, your order has also twice the number of discs that I just received!   

Wallfisch is this repertoire seems to always be excellent, so if you want these early Vivaldi works, then certainly a recommendation from my first listening!

Looking forward to seeing 'what' you ordered and your impressions - Dave 

While I already have many Vivaldi's recordings due to the two massive sets by I Solisti Veneti and I Musici, over half of the recordings were non-period instrument performance.  As such, I am always open to some good HIP recordings.  The HIP recordings in my current Vivaldi collection are mainly by groups such as English Concert/Pinnock, AAM/Hogwood, Collegium Musicum 90/Standage and Europa Galante/Biondi.  These ensembles are just among the best interpreters of Vivaldi's works IMO ...  

[Coopmv]

Now playing this CD, which just arrived today ...

[Conor71]

Sibelius: Luonnotar - Bryn-Julson/Gibson/SNO

[Brian]

A playlist I dreamed up.

RAVEL | Sonatine | Martha Argerich
DEBUSSY | Reflets dans l'eau | Ivan Moravec
RAVEL | Gaspard de la Nuit | Martha Argerich
CHOPIN | Berceuse | Ivan Moravec
CHOPIN | Four Ballades | Arthur Rubinstein (1), Maurizio Pollini (2), Istvan Szekely (3), Ivan Moravec (4)

This program fits handsomely on a single disc, at 78 minutes.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Prokofiev, five pieces from Cinderella for piano.

[Antoine Marchand]

Haydn – Klavierstücke (Complete)

CD 3
MISCELLANEOUS KEYBOARD WORKS
Fantasy in C major Hob XVII/4
Adagio in F major Hob XVII/9 Published in 1786 as 'Zehn kleine Klavierstücke' No. 7
Capriccio in G major Hob XVII/1 'Acht Sauschneider müssen sein'
Sonata in D major Hob XVII/D1
Sonata in F major Hob XVII/a:1 for four hands 'Il maestro e scolare'(*)
Eighteen Menuets and Aria Hob IX/20 and Hob XVII/F1

Bart van Oort
Fortepiano after Walter (ca. 1795) by Chris Maene (Ruiselede, 2000)
(*) with Sylvia Berry, fortepiano
Brilliant Classics

Acht Sauschneider müssen sein
Eight good men, it takes no more, takes no more

The use of a child's counting song, Acht Sauschneider müassn seyn, gave Haydn an opportunity to exercise his down-to-earth sense of humour, for it begins:

Acht Sauschneider müassn sein, müassn sein, wenns an Saubärn wulln schneidn.
Zwoa vorn und zwoa hintn,
zwoa holtn, uana bintn
und uana schneidt drein, schneidt drein,
iahna achti müassn sein.

Siebn Sauschneider müassn sein, müassn sein,
wenns an Saubärn wulln schneidn...... und so weiter....
   

Eight good men, it takes no more, takes no more,
Then you can castrate a boar.
Two in front, two behind,
Two to hold, one to bind,
Also, one to do the chore, do the chore.
Eight good men, it takes no more.

Seven good men, it takes no more, takes no more,
etc, etc. ...

[Coopmv]

Now playing this CD, which arrived from MDT two days ago.  Arleen Auger and Siegfried Lorenz sang such beautiful duet in Cantata No. 140.  It is **pound the table** good ...   

[Opus106]

Acht Sauschneider müssen sein
Eight good men, it takes no more, takes no more

The use of a child's counting song, Acht Sauschneider müassn seyn, gave Haydn an opportunity to exercise his down-to-earth sense of humour, for it begins:

Acht Sauschneider müassn sein, müassn sein, wenns an Saubärn wulln schneidn.
Zwoa vorn und zwoa hintn,
zwoa holtn, uana bintn
und uana schneidt drein, schneidt drein,
iahna achti müassn sein.

Siebn Sauschneider müassn sein, müassn sein,
wenns an Saubärn wulln schneidn...... und so weiter....
   

Eight good men, it takes no more, takes no more,
Then you can castrate a boar.
Two in front, two behind,
Two to hold, one to bind,
Also, one to do the chore, do the chore.
Eight good men, it takes no more.

Seven good men, it takes no more, takes no more,
etc, etc. ...

Imagine having that as a counting song for children today.

[Harry]

Harry,  So you like the Hogwood's Beethoven Ninth?  I have had this set for a few years (got the Gardiner's set 2 months ago) but feel the tempo in the last movement appears to be a little off.

You are right, that felt odd, but you could hear every detail, especially in the winds, but odd it was, it gave me quite a shock.

[Harry]

To this disc I have grown quite attached, for its sheer musicality and good cheer. Marvelously played and recorded.

[val]

BELLINI:        I Puritani                 / Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tulio Serafin, Scala Milan 1953

I never liked much this opera, but Callas is extraordinary, in special in her great scene in the 2nd act. She would deserve a better tenor: di Stefano has no elegance or sense of the nuances and seems to sing always in effort.
Panerai and Rossi-Lemeni are decent. Good direction of Serafin.

[Harry]

I was attracted by the fact that this is the first Orfeo composed, curious as I am I bought it, and a good thing I did, for it gives immense pleasure. The smell of discovery is on it. And what treasures are there to be had, in fine singing, and staging. This is well worth the mony invested.

4,99 at JPCde.

[Que]

 

Listened before to a disc from the 3-CD set above left, with music for the vihuela (Spanish lute), played by José Miguel Moreno.


Listening now, to stay in a Spanish mood:



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[WI Dan]

Bronfman, Zinman, Tonhalle  I like.

[Harry]

Bronfman, Zinman, Tonhalle  I like.

Sure...because its good!

[Sergeant Rock]

Sarge

[Coopmv]

Sarge

Sarge,

How do you like this recording?  I have this CD as well.  Bernstein has a much older complete Tchaikovsky set with the NYPO from the what some consider to be the golden age of the NYPO, i.e. when he was the conductor.

[WI Dan]

Beethoven - Middle String Quartets
Takacs Quartet / Decca

Listening to Op.59/3 - Rasumovsky No. 3.  The second movement is so cool, and the fourth puts a big, silly grin on my face, every time.   

Man, it is beautiful outside this morning!  Kind of a rare sight.  The trees are in full autumn color, with a light dusting of our first fresh, powdery snow.  Life don't suck.