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Mandryka

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Que


Kontrapunctus

Quote from: Mandryka on January 28, 2023, 04:55:00 AM

A Chopin potpourri inspired by the pianist's encounter with a rather big 1905 Pleyel, includes op 58.
The sound of that Pleyel is very clear, no doubt due in part to Guy's wonderful playing, but I prefer the sound of a more modern grand. Still, this is very enjoyable.

Mandryka

#14643
Quote from: Que on January 30, 2023, 12:32:30 PMOooohh.. Enrico Baiano is back!  :D

The squiggle on the cover certainly looks like more than just a squiggle to me!

I also noticed yesterday a second Froberger Cd., and a recording of 17th century Neapolitan keyboard music.  It's not really that he's back - he's never been away.



Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

Que

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Quote from: Mandryka on January 30, 2023, 10:09:11 PMI also noticed yesterday a second Froberger Cd., and a recording of 17th century Neapolitan keyboard music.  It's not really that he's back - he's never been away.



Those are old recordings for Symphonia (now defunct), that are now being reissued on Glossa.

BTW it seems that the WTC I might also be a reissue, of a recording from 2017?

 

premont

Quote from: Mandryka on January 30, 2023, 08:58:11 AM

I didn't know he had recorded the WTC - just the thought of it is exciting - so I have ordered it at a AMP seller, delivery time one month!!
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Mandryka

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Quote from: Kontrapunctus on January 30, 2023, 12:43:06 PMThe sound of that Pleyel is very clear, no doubt due in part to Guy's wonderful playing, but I prefer the sound of a more modern grand. Still, this is very enjoyable.

I think the piano makes the sonata worth knowing. Without the piano it would just another rather well done op 53. But the treble and bass of that piano are impressive and it brings something new.

(The op 48/1, which I'm hearing for the first time now, is amazing!)
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Todd



A potentially interesting PC cycle in this Rach year.  I wonder how many potentially interesting new releases await in the next eleven months.
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Mandryka

Quote from: Mandryka on January 31, 2023, 10:26:49 AMI think the piano makes the sonata worth knowing. Without the piano it would just another rather well done op 53. But the treble and bass of that piano are impressive and it brings something new.

(The op 48/1, which I'm hearing for the first time now, is amazing!)

Actually rereading this, even on one of Daniel Pienaar's Steinways it would be a drop dead gorgeous op 53. However, I think the piano makes it more than just another drop dead gorgeous performance of the sonata.  (Slightly backpedaling here)
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Mandryka

Quote from: Mandryka on January 31, 2023, 11:10:16 AMActually rereading this, even on one of Daniel Pienaar's Steinways it would be a drop dead gorgeous op 53. However, I think the piano makes it more than just another drop dead gorgeous performance of the sonata.  (Slightly backpedaling here)

Astonishing final movement of op 53!
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Brian


Florestan

Quote from: Mandryka on January 31, 2023, 11:10:16 AMActually rereading this, even on one of Daniel Pienaar's Steinways it would be a drop dead gorgeous op 53. However, I think the piano makes it more than just another drop dead gorgeous performance of the sonata.

Op. 53 is not a sonata, it's the Heroic Polonaise. I'm puzzled.
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Mandryka

Quote from: Florestan on February 02, 2023, 01:09:37 AMOp. 53 is not a sonata, it's the Heroic Polonaise. I'm puzzled.


Yes I was making that mistake a lot that day and it confused me a lot - op 58 is what I should have said.
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Florestan

Quote from: Mandryka on February 02, 2023, 01:18:09 AMYes I was making that mistake a lot that day and it confused me a lot - op 58 is what I should have said.

That clears it up, thanks.
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JBS

I don't think this has been posted yet


The Presto blurb
QuoteMaxim Emelyanychev's affinity with Mozart is well known, especially when it comes to piano works: in 2018, the conductor and keyboardist treated us to a recording that not only displayed his virtuosity and musicianship, but also revealed his remarkably close understanding of the composer's music.

Today, the symphonies are the focus of his first long term project with Il Pomo d'Oro, an ensemble he has been working with as its conductor since 2013. As he points out, this project, aiming eventually to provide a complete set of the Mozart symphonies, is unlike anything he has recorded with the ensemble hitherto on period instruments.

The approach here is original: each volume will feature an early symphony by Mozart, together with one of his great mature symphonies, which will enable the listener to perceive his many facets, revealed in the course of his development. Each volume will also include a bonus work, featuring a special guest. Inaugurating the series, Maxim Emelyanychev himself provides the hors d'œuvre with Concerto no. 23 K.488, played on a fortepiano, before going on to conduct Mozart's Symphonies nos. 1 and 41, his first and his last, as the main course of this delightful feast.

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Roasted Swan

I see eClassical are offering the new John Wilson/English String music disc as their discounted hi-res download for the next few days.

https://www.eclassical.com/labels/chandos/vaughan-williams-howells-delius-elgar-music-for-strings.html


Todd



New recordings just never stop.  I like it.



From the We Hate Pictures album cover design school.



Hopefully this is the start of a new complete cycle.



Nice to see Fazil Say's compositions getting more recordings, even if in incomplete form.



Intriguing.








The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

Brian



Inaugurating a new HIP symphony cycle where each disc will feature an early symphony, a late symphony, and a bonus work.

This one:

Symphony 1
Piano Concerto 23
Symphony 41

The conductor plays a replica of an 1823 Conrad Graf fortepiano in the concerto. He also mentions formative experiences playing with Teodor Currentzis, so I'm expecting the performances to be a little bit strange.

Todd

Quote from: Brian on February 04, 2023, 05:20:22 AM

Inaugurating a new HIP symphony cycle where each disc will feature an early symphony, a late symphony, and a bonus work.

Kind of gimmicky, but this type of release is what streaming is for, especially or even only if he does bring some Currentzis inspired stylings. 
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

MickeyBoy

Quote from: Roasted Swan on February 03, 2023, 03:48:45 AMI see eClassical are offering the new John Wilson/English String music disc as their discounted hi-res download for the next few days.

https://www.eclassical.com/labels/chandos/vaughan-williams-howells-delius-elgar-music-for-strings.html



For some of us, multi-channel is the way to go. Presto has the SACD.
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