What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Conor71]

Villa-Lobos: Symphony No. 12, W 539


Now playing Disc 4 of the Symphonies box which features Symphonies Nos. 4 & 12. After this I will play the Disc of Orchestral Works which just arrived today.

[madaboutmahler]

Thank you, Daniel! I saw on the 'what are you playing' thread that the school event went very well, I'm really pleased about it.

Thank you, Ilaria - it was such a wonderful evening! Everyone was so cheerful and happy, myself included! Events like those are so uplifting!

[Que]

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Upon 1st hearing a remarkable disc!

1. Harpsichord music from the Classical era, from a contemporary of C.P.E Bach and Mozart. Though I presume that it could alternatively played on the clavichord or fortepiano as well. That being said, I feel that either the harpsichord or the clavichord should be the preferred choice. Johann Wilhelm Hässler is reportedly the "other" contender in the famous keyboard playing contest in which Mozart and Salieri also participated.

2. The suitably exuberant, willful virtuosity of Michele Benuzzi, a new Italian kid on block. A student of Ottavio Dantone - and you can tell.

3. The bright and dramatic intensity of the 1733 Falkner (London) harpsichord.

Further proof that the era of the harpsichord did not end with a whimper...

Q

[jlaurson]

J.S. Bach
Art of the Fugue / Die Kunst der Fuge
Fabio Bonizzoni / Mariko Uchimura
Glossa
German link - UK link

[Opus106]

Upon 1st hearing a remarkable disc!

1. Harpsichord music from the Classical era, from a contemporary of C.P.E Bach and Mozart. Though I presume that it could alternatively played on the clavichord or fortepiano as well. That being said, I feel that either the harpsichord or the clavichord should be the preferred choice. Johann Wilhelm Hässler is reportedly the "other" contender in the famous keyboard playing contest in which Mozart and Salieri also participated.

2. The suitably exuberant, willful virtuosity of Michele Benuzzi, a new Italian kid on block. A student of Ottavio Dantone - and you can tell.

3. The bright and dramatic intensity of the 1733 Falkner (London) harpsichord.

Further proof that the era of the harpsichord did not end with a whimper...

Q

What can we expect from the music as such, Que?

J.S. Bach
Art of the Fugue / Die Kunst der Fuge
Fabio Bonizzoni / Mariko Uchimura
Glossa
German link - UK link

And?...


Thread Duty: Martinů: Symphony No. 2 | CzPO and Bělohlávek (Live)

[Que]

What can we expect from the music as such, Que?

See my comments HERE!

And?...

Ditto - please! Is Bonizzoni's Kunst der Fuge as "shocking" as his Goldbergs were to some?

Q

[Wanderer]

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[Opus106]

See my comments HERE!


Q

Noted; thanks.

[jlaurson]

Thread duty:



Venice by Night
Concertos, Arias, Sinfonias by
Vivaldi, Pollarolo, Albinoni, Veracini, Lotti, Porta et al.
(incl. five world premiere recordings)
La Serenissima, Mhairi Lawson (soprano), Simon Munday (trumpet), Peter Whelan (bassoon)
Adrian Chandler (director)
(Avie 2257)
German link - UK link

another GREAT release from Chandler/La Serenissima. Marvelously enjoyable recordings... (start with the "French Connection 1", if you haven't got that already.)

J.S. Bach
Art of the Fugue / Die Kunst der Fuge
Fabio Bonizzoni / Mariko Uchimura
Glossa
German link - UK link

And?...

Ditto - please! Is Bonizzoni's Kunst der Fuge as "shocking" as his Goldbergs were to some?

Well, let's preface that by pointing out that I found nothing shocking at all with Bonizzoni's Goldbergs. Perhaps I'm missing something... but I'm not sure what would have been quite so outrageous about it.

Same here, in the AoF. I've listened to them only once now, not with particular intensity (though I might do it again later, and pull out the score to get more out of it) -- and again I found absolutely nothing shocking about it. Well played on a harpsichord (two, actually, in the contrapunti where needed) that doesn't call much attention to itself, in the 'original, "P200" order', but with most of the post-P200 revisions that Bach made.
There's a general trend on my part though, where for the AoF to really get to me, I  need to focus considerably more when it's performed on a keyboard instrument to get the same quality of listening experience out of it than when it's performed by an ensemble like Fretwork or especially Hesperion XX. (Which is why I like the latter adaptations / transcriptions -- authenticity be damned -- as much as I do.)

[North Star]

Maiden-listen Thursday

Ravel
Piano Concertos
Collard, Maazel & Orchestre National de France
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[Lisztianwagner]

Maurice Ravel
L'Enfant et les sortilèges

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[North Star]

Maurice Ravel
L'Enfant et les sortilèges

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Superb piece that one, Ilaria. I'd be very much interested in your impressions.
Do you know other recordings of it? Luke swears by the Ansermet. I haven't got a recording of the piece yet.
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[TheGSMoeller]

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A good collection of Glass' music, the real gem from this is some previously unreleased live performances of several movements from Einstein on the Beach and Glass himself performing Metamorphoses no 2. A good documentary also.

[Lisztianwagner]

Superb piece that one, Ilaria. I'd be very much interested in your impressions.
Do you know other recordings of it? Luke swears by the Ansermet. I haven't got a recording of the piece yet.
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Thank you, Karlo; bought the cd some days ago, I'm enjoying it very much. Certainly, after finishing it I will write all my thoughts on the Ravel thread. Well, apart from the Rattle, I've also got Maazel's recording, which is very beautiful. I'm sorry I haven't heard the Ansermet yet.

What are Collard's Ravel Piano Concertos like, instead?

[North Star]

Thank you, Karlo; bought the cd some days ago, I'm enjoying it very much. Certainly, after finishing it I will write all my thoughts on the Ravel thread. Well, apart from the Rattle, I've also got Maazel's recording, which is very beautiful. I'm sorry I haven't heard the Ansermet yet.

What are Collard's Ravel Piano Concertos like, instead?

Yes, I noticed you bought it recently.
Collard is here quite similar to the solo Ravel - brilliant, but not too warm or fiery - I would imagine Ravel would play like this, too.

[Sergeant Rock]

Nielsen Symphony #1 G minor, Previn conducting the LSO




Sarge

[mc ukrneal]

Last year, there was a thread to guess some music and Turina was one of the composers I didn't recognize. I was intrigued though and bought the disc below. Very good so far - enjoying it tremendously!
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[TheGSMoeller]

Strauss: Duett-Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon

This music obviously turns Salonen into a very serious man.

[Karl Henning]

Kid Esa-Pekka

[TheGSMoeller]

Several of us will be very interested to hear what you think of the different Spirits of England. I love some of the other music on the Dutton issue as well

What interests me is the several decades that past between the two recordings, curious if the more recent engineering displays more details and nuances than the older Chandos.

And yes, it will introduce me to some composers and works I'm unfamiliar with.