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[Keemun]

Beethoven
Symphony No. 5
Kleiber
VPO

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[Papy Oli]

Good afternoon all 



CD 7
Piano transcriptions of songs Op.41
Piano transcriptions of songs Op.53
Norwegian Mountain Melodies
Various piano pieces

Very pleasant 

[Coopmv]

Now playing this CD, which arrived last week for a first listen ...

[Conor71]

Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 9
Nyman: String Quartets Nos. 2-4

Some late night listening before bed .

[karlhenning]

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Sara, you are a most Perilous Lady! : )

[Coopmv]

Now playing this CD, which arrived 2 weeks ago for a first listen ...

[CD]

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No.17, 19 & 20. I don't own the box, but now it's out there's not much point linking the seperate issues. Holmboe's quartets (as well as his music in general) continue to grow on me. I identify quite strongly with his ruthlessly discriminating compositional method - I don't feel that "economy of means" as a description has any place here, not only because he was a quite prolific composer, but also because his music is not exceptionally austere - his core unchanging aesthetic of formal rigour fused with a strongly approachable and humanistic manner is wonderful to me. It's not at all depictive, but I don't that this is fully abstracted music either. It has a strong emotional drive, however this is not tied down to Romanticism or nationalism - it is more a reflection of natural practices (gradual change, evolution) that are a part of everyday life, which I suppose is why I find myself more and more engaged by his compositions however hackneyed my descriptions sound.

Essentially - the sun came out, this was one of the first warm days of the year, and I found myself experiencing a powerful urge to play his music.

Perfect description!

[Antoine Marchand]

Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonates pour violon et clavecin obligé (BWV 1014-1019)
Florence Malgoire [violin baroque Pierre Jacquier alias Matthias, inspiré d'Amati 1981, archet Daniel Latour]
Blandine Rannou [clavecin Anthony Sidey, copie d'un instrument Ruckers-Hemsch (1636-1763). Fait a Paris en 1985 per Anthony Sidey et Fréderic Bal]

[Coopmv]

Now playing this CD, which arrived from Presto Classical some 2 weeks ago for a first listen ...

[Luke]

Now:

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Listening to this wonderful performance of Mass again. I think I prefer it to Craft's and Stravinsky's own performances.

Yes, that's one of my favourite Stravinsky discs. That perfect piece the Mass sounds its beguiling best here - and is indisputably preferable to Stravinsky's own recording if only for the fact that that one begins with such excruciatingly out-of-tune trombone playing, ruining the first bars!

Tippett Symphony No 1.  Awesome!

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Good to read that! And how about the piano concerto? (I do like that disc, btw, it makes a very good case for the 1st Symphony, a structurally flawed but very appealing piece)

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No.17, 19 & 20. I don't own the box, but now it's out there's not much point linking the seperate issues. Holmboe's quartets (as well as his music in general) continue to grow on me. I identify quite strongly with his ruthlessly discriminating compositional method - I don't feel that "economy of means" as a description has any place here, not only because he was a quite prolific composer, but also because his music is not exceptionally austere - his core unchanging aesthetic of formal rigour fused with a strongly approachable and humanistic manner is wonderful to me. It's not at all depictive, but I don't that this is fully abstracted music either. It has a strong emotional drive, however this is not tied down to Romanticism or nationalism - it is more a reflection of natural practices (gradual change, evolution) that are a part of everyday life, which I suppose is why I find myself more and more engaged by his compositions however hackneyed my descriptions sound.

Essentially - the sun came out, this was one of the first warm days of the year, and I found myself experiencing a powerful urge to play his music.

TO echo others - beautiful post. I love to read stuff like this (which btw sounds a little like the way I hear some Nielsen, and even the way some of my own music works, which is why I tend to get creative when the sun reappears!). You've made me want to buy that set very much, and I'd do it, if only there were a few more pounds in the bank....

[CD]

Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms and Histoire d'un Soldat are sounding particularly good on this sunny Saturday afternoon

[Marc]

Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonates pour violon et clavecin obligé (BWV 1014-1019)
Florence Malgoire [violin baroque Pierre Jacquier alias Matthias, inspiré d'Amati 1981, archet Daniel Latour]
Blandine Rannou [clavecin Anthony Sidey, copie d'un instrument Ruckers-Hemsch (1636-1763). Fait a Paris en 1985 per Anthony Sidey et Fréderic Bal]

Good choice for a spring morning/afternoon/evening/night!
Bach = spring, rebirth, resurrection!

Listening to this recording from 1969, with splendid harpsichord playing and ditto sound quality. Gustav Leonhardt, assisted by Bob van Asperen in the mirror fugues, bringing my restless sould to peace in Bach's Die Kunst der Fuge.

[SonicMan46]

Clementi, Muzio - Piano Sonatas, V.4 w/ Mastroprimiano of the fortepiano; 3 CD set - another volume has been released (which I hope is the last one!) - these are wonderful compositions & performances - 

[Gurn Blanston]

Clementi, Muzio - Piano Sonatas, V.4 w/ Mastroprimiano of the fortepiano; 3 CD set - another volume has been released (which I hope is the last one!) - these are wonderful compositions & performances - 

Dave,
Looking at the track list when I bought Vol 5 the other day, I would judge that there will be 2 more sets. Vol 5 doesn't even get you up to Op 40, and there are 51 IIRC (of course, they aren't all sonatas, but many are). I don't know, but that would be my guess.

Right now, more another block of Bloch:
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Now playing:
Goldner String Quartet / Piers Lane - Bloch Quintet #1 for Piano & Strings 3rd mvmt - Allegro energico

[Henk]

Clementi, Muzio - Piano Sonatas, V.4 w/ Mastroprimiano of the fortepiano; 3 CD set - another volume has been released (which I hope is the last one!) - these are wonderful compositions & performances - 

I consider Clementi a minor composer. Maybe I should re-evaluate.

[Henk]

Sara, you are a most Perilous Lady! : )

Lady? Queen!

[listener]

Gerald FINZI  Clarinet Concerto
Grand Fantasia & Toccata for Piano and Orch.    Eclogue for Piano & Strings
New Philharmonia Orch.     John Denman, clarinet     Peter Katin, piano
Vernon Handley, cond.
bucolic?   certainly relaxing but not boring
LISZT Piano Sonata in b
Liebestraum 3,  Valse Oubliée 1,  Gnomenreigen, Berceuse
Clifford Curzon, piano
Still, for me, the most spellbinding performance of the sonata.

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD1 from this twofer, which arrived a week ago for a first listen ...

[SonicMan46]

I consider Clementi a minor composer. Maybe I should re-evaluate.

Well, Henk, the quote below is the first paragraph from this Wiki Article - he was a pretty amazing guy!  Certainly, as a composer, his keyboard works are worth exploring - 

Muzio Clementi (24 January 1752, Rome – 10 March 1832, Evesham, Worcestershire, England) was a celebrated English classical composer, pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer. He is best known for his piano sonatas, sonatinas, and his collection of piano studies, Gradus ad Parnassum. Nineteenth century enthusiasts lauded Clementi as "the father of the pianoforte", "father of modern piano technique", and "father of Romantic pianistic virtuosity".

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD7 from this set for a first listen ...