What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Gurn Blanston]

Gurn, do you mean "fortepiano" above?

Generally speaking, I use 'pianoforte' to mean period piano post-1800.  I suspect because it is such a more advanced beast than the 1785 Walter, for example. You can feel free to consider it an affectation on my part, no feelings hurt.

Right now, down the the last little bit of the Borodin Beethoven cycle; Op 135 in F, 2nd movement - Vivace. This has been a very satisfactory tour through the quartets. Must do it again soon.

[SonicMan46]

The Lubimov is on my wishlist, Dave, so I look forward to any thoughts you might have!

Brian - Lubimov is an excellent set (bought mine at MDT, so you can save postage!  ).

About finished w/ my comparison of just the 2 discs mentioned and put my impressions in a post in Gurn's Classical Thread, if you interested in a short read - now I'm not a pianist BUT have heard a CRAP LOAD of fortepiano music -  Lubimov and Brautigam are outstanding performers in these works - I'm keeping both and will pick one for a listening based on my mood, I guess! 

Good luck in your choice(s) - Dave 

[bhodges]

The Dale Warland Singers: December Stillness - One of my all-time favorite choral discs.  Wonderful pieces by Howells, Penderecki, Pärt, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Poulenc and others, all immaculately sung by Dale Warland's expert group.

--Bruce

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Listening to Symphony No. 8 and it's interesting I can hear links between this symphony and Pettersson's Symphony No. 7. It's entirely possible Pettersson was influenced by Shostakovich's 8th.

[Que]

Clang-a-dang-Thursday

Maybe just give up on the fortepiano/ Hammerklavier, Jens? 

Q

[Antoine Marchand]

CD9: Mozart and Poliphony
[KV 394, 533, 399, 574, 453a, 545 & 154a]
Fortepiano after Walter (ca. 1800) Gerard Tuinman (Utrecht, 2001)
Rec.: 22-24 November 2005

[SonicMan46]

My Mozartian trilogy for the solo piano music is formed by Lubimov, Badura-Skoda and van Oort, the latter from this wonderful 14-CD set (played on different replicas and even one original fortepiano, IIRC):

Antoine - I must say that Brautigam is quite superb in those Wolfie solo piano works -  0:)

I'm curious about Badura-Skoda, i.e. we might be better off w/ a list of what he did NOT record! 

Interestingly, I found that Oort box @ BRO but their asking price of about $42 was the same as on the Amazon Marketplace; I would have expected a less charge?  Dave 

[SonicMan46]

Bach, CPE - Sonatas for Violin & Fortepiano w/ Amandine Beyer & Edna Stern - new arrival and a highly recommended GMG disc (maybe Que?) - thoroughly a JOY! 

[Que]

Bach, CPE - Sonatas for Violin & Fortepiano w/ Amandine Beyer & Edna Stern - new arrival and a highly recommended GMG disc (maybe Que?) - thoroughly a JOY! 

Gurn and me. Nice to hear you enjoy, it's a really superb disc.

Q

[karlhenning]

♫ . . . where treetops glisten, and children listen to hear parrots in the snow . . . .

[Brahmsian]

Bach, CPE - Sonatas for Violin & Fortepiano w/ Amandine Beyer & Edna Stern - new arrival and a highly recommended GMG disc (maybe Que?) - thoroughly a JOY! 

I always wonder if there is any rhyme or reason to any of the CD cover art chosen for classical CDs.  Some clearly have related themes to the composers or the music, but some clearly do not (ie. The guy in a tux rowing a canoe on an imaginary lake or river for Chopin nocturnes).   

[Lethevich]

[Antoine Marchand]

Antoine - I must say that Brautigam is quite superb in those Wolfie solo piano works -  0:)

Yes, Dave, you and other people of your reliable good taste believe the same, but I don't enjoy Brautigam in Mozart... unfortunately, because his Haydn cycle is my favorite.

Interestingly, I found that Oort box @ BRO but their asking price of about $42 was the same as on the Amazon Marketplace; I would have expected a less charge?  Dave 

I think it's probable to find out a better price, but if that set costed two times that price it would still be an excellent deal.   

[SonicMan46]

Karl & Ray - yep that parrot picture on the CPE Bach disc is rather incongruous to say the least!  At least in the canoe on the Chopin Nocturnes was Earl Wild in person! 

The liner notes of the parrot cover do clarify the origin of the picture, although on the inside the statement is made that "Anne Peultier has provided Zig-Zag Territories with original paintings for our record booklets since its foundation."; however, in viewing her Website HERE , the paintings do not seen to conjure up a 'Parrot Christmas' theme - BUT, on the inside cover of the liner notes is another painting that better matches her works - thus, still in the dark as to the selection of a parrot for the front of this wallet fold-out book.   

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD13 from this set for a first listen ...

[jlaurson]

Onslow Onslaught


G. Onslow (1784-1853)
String Quartets op.9, 47
Mandelring Quartet
cpo

[DavidRoss]

The Dale Warland Singers: December Stillness - One of my all-time favorite choral discs.  Wonderful pieces by Howells, Penderecki, Pärt, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Poulenc and others, all immaculately sung by Dale Warland's expert group.

--Bruce

Really?  Must give a try, then, especially since I love the cover!  Have you heard Eric Whitacre's new disc?

[DavidRoss]

Hmmm?

Today I've been playing listening to more Beethoven quartets, Vegh II, Takacs, and ASQ II.

[Gurn Blanston]

Maybe just give up on the fortepiano/ Hammerklavier, Jens? 

Q

....or just listen to ones that sound like modern pianos. That should satisfy you completely. You can love HIP/PI and not actually have to listen to it.

For me, it's some of the Vlach Quartet-Prague with Dieter Klöcker playing Hoffmeister Clarinet Quartets.  Very melodic and modestly virtuosic works from a fellow who was better known as a publisher but was also a pretty fine composer too.

[Lethevich]

Hmmm?

I don't listen to the piece very often to be honest, so am not sure about the merits of this performance. The sound wasn't the most natural either