What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Sergeant Rock]

String Quartets by Koechlin




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

What has the jury determined, Sarge?

[Karl Henning]

Thread Duty:

... and in oblique harmony with Sarge...

"Papa"
String Quartet in B^b, Op.103
The Juilliard Qt

[Sergeant Rock]

What has the jury determined, Sarge?

I quite like Koechlin's chamber music. I enjoy the Third String Quartet even more than the first two. It's short: the longest movement just four minutes. The first movement is especially beautiful: like a contrapuntal Renaissance vocal work transcribed for strings.

Sarge

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

From this Baroque box CD VI

Scarlatti's Cantatas are wonderful listening time, so this disc was doubly welcome in my home. Both sopranos are not as vibrato less as I would wish, but its not in my intent  to reject it. Both are excellent, and give a lively tilt to the proceedings, accompanied by a fine ensemble that produces a very clean approach, resisting showing off. The recording is very clean. (1999) I cannot find the original cover of Voulume IV, which this one is, and therefore think its OOP.


Alessandro Scarlatti,
Cantatas Volume IV.

Dominique Labelle, Christine Brandes, Sopranos.
Arcadian Academy, Nicholas McGegan,

[Karl Henning]

Thread Duty:

... and in oblique harmony with Sarge...

"Papa"
String Quartet in B^b, Op.103
The Juilliard Qt

And this is in compliance with Maiden-Listen Mondays!

[Karl Henning]

I quite like Koechlin's chamber music. I enjoy the Third String Quartet even more than the first two. It's short: the longest movement just four minutes. The first movement is especially beautiful: like a contrapuntal Renaissance vocal work transcribed for strings.

Thanks, Sarge! You remind me, first, that a week or so ago I was enjoying Respighi's Ancient Airs & Shimmies; and that I need to get through the Villa-Lobos quartets at some point . . . .

[Lethevich]

From the Big Box thread:

Okay. Listening to it now:

PRESSURE It sounds silly, but so often the "great" cello repertoire recordings I often don't like quite so much - like Karajan/Rostro/Dvorak - and something about this one was just neat to me.

[Sergeant Rock]

Listening to the Brandenburgs: a two LP gatefold set I bought in Korea in the fall of 1969. It's traveled the world with me. Still sounds good; not much surface noise...or maybe my old ears just can't hear the snap, crackle and pop now 




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

I see the CD reissue of that set from time to time, Sarge, and I almost reflexively consider it . . . the cost is (relatively) pennies, and it's got undeniable historical value in addition to (highly likely) musical value . . . .

[PaulR]

First listen!

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Glagolitic Mass

[Sergeant Rock]

I see the CD reissue of that set from time to time, Sarge, and I almost reflexively consider it . . . the cost is (relatively) pennies, and it's got undeniable historical value in addition to (highly likely) musical value . . . .

Karl, that was my first set of Brandenburgs and it's still  my favorite. Perhaps an imprint (and/or a nostalgic reminder that once upon a time political discourse could be intelligent and civilized, i.e., Firing Line). But I genuinely think Britten got everything right, especially the tempos.

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

I'm still mulling quartettage.  May take advantage of the drastic reductions in classical music at the local FYE, especially as I quite like the way the Amadeus Quartet do play.

Which reminds me I have a number of their Haydn and Mozart records, bought in mid-70s at a shop in Germany that catered to, and offered special prices to, the military. I was probably their sole customer of classical    Listening now to that vinyl Hunt:




Sarge

[Florestan]

I'm long since in the habit of listening music mainly at night. The darkness and stillness around turn the sounds into a spiritual, even mystical experience, as time floats by, its flight suspended. This recording, featuring an exquisite performance and marvelous sonics, is a feast.

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[Sergeant Rock]

More vinyl: Haydn String Quartet D minor Op.76/2 "Fifths"




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

More vinyl: Haydn String Quartet D minor Op.76/2 "Fifths"

First-ever Haydn quartet I heard, Sarge. And I heard it in person!

[Karl Henning]

Curiously Bach-heavy shuffle this morning:

1. Haydn, String Quartet Op.103 (Juilliard Quartet)
2. Scarlatti, Sonata in D K436, Allegro (Pieter-Jan Belder)
3. Jethro Tull, "Singing All Day" from Living in the Past
4. Prokofiev, Sarcasms Op.17, iii. Allegro precipitato (Eteri Andjaparidze)
5. Shostakovich, Prelude № 8 in f# minor, from Op.87 (Olli Mustonen)
6. Shostakovich, Violin Concerto № 2 in c# minor, Op.129, i. Moderato (Sitkovetsky, vn; BBC Symphony; Andrew Davis)
7. Doc & Merle Watson, "Look Up, Look Down That Lonesome Road" from Lonesome Road
8. JS Bach, B Major fugue, BWV868 from WTC Vol. I (Sergei Schepkin, pf)
9. Prokofiev, Visions fugitives, Op.22 №10, Ridicolosamente (Michel Béroff)
10. Stravinsky, Canticum sacrum ad Honorem Sancti Marci Nominis, v. Qui confidunt (Westminster Cathedral Choir, London Sinfonietta, Jas O'Donnell)
11. Busoni, Sonata № 2 in e minor, Op.36a iii. Andante, piuttosto grave (Gidon Kremer, Valery Afanassiev)
12. JS Bach, Chorale Prelude, « Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr » BWV662 (Helmut Walcha)
13. Bartók, Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion, Sz110 ii. Lento, ma non troppo (Martha Argerich & al.)
14. Prokofiev, Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64, Act I Scene i, № 2 – Romeo: Andante (BSO, Ozawa)
15. Hindemith, Suite "1922," Op.26 № 2 Shimmy (Jn McCabe)
16. JS Bach, Fugue in Eb, « St Anne » BWV552 (Helmut Walcha)
17. Béla Fleck, "Spanish Point" from Tales from the Acoustuic Planet: The Bluegrass Sessions
18. Martinů, Promenades for vn, fl & hpschd (Monika Knoblochová & al.)
19. Mompou, Cançons i dansas № 7 Muntanyes regalades/L'hereu riera (the composer playing)
20. Monteverdi, "Anima mia perdona" (pt 1) from Quarto libro di madrigal (Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley)
21. Beethoven, Violin Sonata № 7 in c minor, iii. Scherzo: Allegro (Gidon Kremer & Martha Argerich)
22. Elgar, Violin Concerto in b minor, Op.61 iii. Allegro molto (Nigel Kennedy, CBSO, Rattle)
23. JS Bach, Partita in D for Harpsichord, BWV828 – Courante (Christiane Jaccottet)
24. JS Bach, A Major fugue, BWV864 from WTC Vol. I (Sergei Schepkin, pf)
25. François Couperin, La lugubre – Sarabande from Troisième ordre de clavecin (Olivier Baumont)
26. The Bobs, "Sign My Snarling Doggie" from Shut Up 'n' Sing

[Sergeant Rock]

Elgar Violin Sonata E minor Op.82, Lydia Mordkovitch violin




Sarge

[Karl Henning]

"Papa"
Piano Trio in D, HXV/24
Van Swieten Trio

[Sergeant Rock]

First-ever Haydn quartet I heard, Sarge. And I heard it in person!

No better way to start 

Sarge