Please post your favourite purchases and musical discoveries of the past year here! :)
It is time for a round-up of your amazing musical discoveries in terms of recordings and repertoire of this year.
Pleast post all your favourites of the year, whether long standing or brand new recordings....
Mention as many as you like, and feel free to update in the coming weeks.
Previous issues in this long standing GMG tradition: :)
Your Favourite Purchases & Musical Discoveries of 2021 (https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,31321.0.html)
Your Favourite Purchases & Musical Discoveries of 2020 (https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,30433.0.html)
Your Favourite Purchases of 2018 (https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,28687.0.html)
Your Favourite Purchases of 2017 (https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,27656.0.html)
Top Five Purchases Of 2016 (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,26455.0.html)
Your Favourite Purchases of 2015 (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,25330.0.html)
Best of 2014 - Classical Music Edition (recordings/performances) (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,23737.0.html)
Your Favourite Purchases of 2013 (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,22509.0.html)
Favourite Purchases of 2012 (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,21207.0.html)
All these Somm releases
+ this one
Although I'm not going to receive this one until Christmas.
A few that spring to mind:
- A continuing enjoyment of the Bach Cantatas with the Harnoncourt/Leonhardt cycle :
(https://www.warnerclassics.com/sites/default/files/covers/0825646994373.jpg)
- Kempe unlocked Strauss for me :
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/710nUmXoOFL._AC_SL1500_.jpg)
- I particularly loved those recordings in my first foray into Opera this year:
* Parsifal/Karajan
(https://d1iiivw74516uk.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwcmVzdG8tY292ZXItaW1hZ2VzIiwia2V5IjoiODkwMzIyOC4xLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6OTAwfSwianBlZyI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo2NX0sInRvRm9ybWF0IjoianBlZyJ9LCJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE2MTY2MDgxMzR9)
* Gluck - Orfeo Ed Eurydice (Jacobs)
(https://d1iiivw74516uk.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwcmVzdG8tY292ZXItaW1hZ2VzIiwia2V5IjoiNzk0MTc0NS4xLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6OTAwfSwianBlZyI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo2NX0sInRvRm9ybWF0IjoianBlZyJ9LCJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE0MjM1MDM2ODJ9)
* Tosca - Callas
(https://d1iiivw74516uk.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwcmVzdG8tY292ZXItaW1hZ2VzIiwia2V5IjoiODA0NjY5My4xLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6OTAwfSwianBlZyI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo2NX0sInRvRm9ybWF0IjoianBlZyJ9LCJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE2MTUwMzQ5NjZ9)
Some of them are definitely:
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(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81idklPytGL._SX466_.jpg)
(https://img.discogs.com/9104DClsywyDZbBis-IJZpZTsmk=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2693675-1572711778-7703.jpeg.jpg)
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51r1sfS%2BtzL._SY300_QL70_.jpg)
Definitely J.S.Bach Complete Cantatas boxset by Helmut Rilling amd the realisation that I prefer HIP style with Bach's early cantatas, but modern non-HIP style on later cantatas.
Quote from: Papy Oli on November 27, 2022, 12:29:33 AM- I particularly loved those recordings in my first foray into Opera this year:
* Parsifal/Karajan
(https://d1iiivw74516uk.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwcmVzdG8tY292ZXItaW1hZ2VzIiwia2V5IjoiODkwMzIyOC4xLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6OTAwfSwianBlZyI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo2NX0sInRvRm9ybWF0IjoianBlZyJ9LCJ0aW1lc3RhbXAiOjE2MTY2MDgxMzR9)
The most exquisitely beautiful version of this opera I've heard, and still my favorite version. It is hard to top perfection.
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/718tuQ7elEL._SX466_.jpg)
(https://e.snmc.io/i/600/s/90e76ae521cc95b2d4db4e6d9bd1f88b/3427711/%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%B7%CF%82-manolis-kalomiris-symphony-no_2-quartetto-quasi-una-fantasia-bulgarian-rtv-orchestra-and-choir-fidetzis-Cover-Art.jpg)
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(https://i.discogs.com/5aBUPZKkJ4eJ1T2d69t_N5yhbjTPzpIogNa-Ok9ud-M/rs:fit/g:sm/q:40/h:300/w:300/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE2MTk0/NzU0LTE2MDUwNjcy/NzgtNDE2NC5qcGVn.jpeg)
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I don't seem to have been as engaged with much new stuff this year as I was last year.
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Catching up with a few things from late 2021:
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(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/817-8QQvX9L._SX425_.jpg)
In reissues:
Marriner's Philips Haydn recordings:
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71QM7UoO2gL._SX522_.jpg) (Strictly, from Nov. 2021)
The Mitropoulos complete Columbia recordings:
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91+WwX5U+eL._SX425_.jpg)
Paul Paray on Eloquence
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/718vU4TeiWL._AC_UY218_.jpg)
Zoltan Kocsis complete Philips recordings:
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61CzVCmfZlL._SX425_.jpg)
My largest classical music purchase of 2022 was also my favourite:
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra - The Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (https://www.discogs.com/release/23335076-Orpheus-Chamber-Orchestra-The-Complete-Recordings-On-Deutsche-Grammophon)
(https://i.discogs.com/h6-Xyu2m3Opw7yS9Ya4RbHMUlVMkf6TFam7oG-J_6SM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:595/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIzMzM1/MDc2LTE2NTMzNjc4/MTItNjcyMC5qcGVn.jpeg)
I did not acquire anywhere near as much music this year as last year; in particular I did not acquire very much contemporary music. These seem to be the favourites, although there are a few albums obtained recently that I haven't listened to yet.
Johann Sebastian Bach - The Well-tempered Clavier II - Luca Guglielmi [CAvi-music]
Christophe Bertrand - Vertigo - Zafraan Ensemble, et al. [Bastille Musique]
Johannes Brahms - Sonatas for viola and piano - Roberto Díaz, Jeremy Denk [Naxos]
Mirela Ivičević - Scarlet Songs - Klangforum Wien, et al. [Kairos]
György Kurtág - Kafka-Fragmente - Anna Prohaska, Isabelle Faust [Harmonia Mundi]
Olivier Messiaen - Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus - Bertrand Chamayou [Erato]
Franz Schubert - Winterreise - Ernst Haefliger, Jörg Ewald Dähler [Claves]
Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata D.960 / Moments musicaux D.780 - Jörg Ewald Dähler [Claves]
Franz Schubert - Complete String Quartets - Quatuor Modigliani [Mirare]
Robert Schumann - Novelletten, Gesänge der Fruhe - Martin Helmchen [Alpha]
Here are some of my favorite works that I discovered and excellent performances that I purchased this year.
Stanford: Symphony #6
(https://i.discogs.com/qieIjXSLfhOx1xzcGRd5cLDMGx0MiHABVkdN1Sehx6E/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:597/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyMjg3/NjQzLTE2NDU3MTUx/NTQtNzU5MC5qcGVn.jpeg)
Casella: Symphony #3
(https://i.discogs.com/P4ImoFAchw_zCGcBomjZJKLSQ90mA_gCJNou9TEJlKY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:451/w:457/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEyNjgz/MDUyLTE1Mzk5ODEy/OTAtMzgwOC5qcGVn.jpeg)
Harty: With the Wild Geese
(https://i.discogs.com/0OIIPhpjxWXkQKwfryhRG_9UHwmtpLo7uampOKGYreo/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:593/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIzMDQ4/NDQ3LTE2NTExOTgz/MDktMjQ2Ny5qcGVn.jpeg)
Poulenc Concerto for 2 Pianos!
(https://i.discogs.com/fBKtlV1WbwWOfaC9IIKr3-rW3Ll-kPzmSQJsaSaPZsc/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwOTE2/MTgxLTE2NDE2NjU5/NjAtODUzOC5qcGVn.jpeg)
Excellent performances of Vaughan Williams and Grainger works for band.
(https://i.discogs.com/ZjGeZJAHCYzLOjlhjiWLt-d-bYqVYNNfWtOupnETD9o/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:510/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyODcx/MjA0LTE2NDk4ODg0/MTUtMTk0Ni5qcGVn.jpeg)
Dohnányi: Symphony #1. Not the greatest symphony, but very interesting. I'm looking forward to exploring more of his music.
(https://i.discogs.com/B_MMIMR8kJW3SAB-lUZMWFVj4NDMsLL0WZr6nCE23IA/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:593/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTExNDE2/ODQzLTE1MTU5NTQ1/OTUtODMzMS5qcGVn.jpeg)
My introduction to Langgaard, another composer I'm looking forward to exploring more of.
(https://i.discogs.com/fkFsZb_0WKbMJq-03c05k1a0M9O20j12IvXMCbClRLc/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:589/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEyODIy/OTQzLTE1NzY2ODI0/NzYtNzMyMC5qcGVn.jpeg)
Florence Price Symphonies
(https://i.discogs.com/zqmWpR4lOh_Ds78eKl7HPP8gEAK-5PmP4388902mkYU/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:595/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyODcx/NTkxLTE2NjExMTI3/MTktODMyMC5qcGVn.jpeg)
Szell's performance of Haydn 93 is great!
(https://i.discogs.com/pf7S8tnmYqGdXbwVLJplFf3MDd-BVgY06I8BXjXV3_s/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:570/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE0Mjcy/NjE3LTE1NzE2OTM5/MjQtNTU4NS5qcGVn.jpeg)
This performance made me appreciate Haydn's 31st ('Hornsignal'). It's a piece that can show off a great orchestra.
(https://i.discogs.com/HxPuTezdcyXkxEfbZYcc_C3zX9RZO6RDEm5Z2lm7os8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:584/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI5MzYw/OTItMTYxMzE3MTkz/MS01Mzc5LmpwZWc.jpeg)
Gielen's Mahler. What I've heard from this box is mostly excellent.
(https://i.discogs.com/xgEiHm-rJEJ2yC_t0CQoekIhIa5r1afqULiQPvCssJI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTExMzk3/MzUxLTE1MTU1OTg3/MzItNDM1OC5qcGVn.jpeg)
I enjoyed Grieg's orchestral songs.
(https://i.discogs.com/omQFJ3cmblEDGBv8LcZakw8u4tAMqXnf23y6ELHlYXI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE5OTE4/NDM4LTE2MjkzODYx/NTgtOTgzMi5qcGVn.jpeg)
Blomstedt Nielsen 5. I finally got a copy, and it is fantastic as everyone says.
(https://i.discogs.com/6AgdkWQBIxvYxF_pVxQLkSw2pDoPjZIl4iuNl6a8f0s/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEzNjAw/OTI4LTE1NTcyODAz/MzQtNzk0MC5qcGVn.jpeg)
My introduction to Rubbra. Another composer I'm enjoying exploring.
(https://i.discogs.com/W3GivbdRxu9qVzA0KIS3fnA16qiUKbKy3FbUxvI3lCU/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:500/w:500/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTc4NTcz/NjEtMTQ1MDI4Mzkz/Ni04NjIxLmpwZWc.jpeg)
Quote from: Mapman on November 28, 2022, 05:37:14 PMHere are some of my favorite works that I discovered and excellent performances that I purchased this year.
Stanford: Symphony #6
(https://i.discogs.com/qieIjXSLfhOx1xzcGRd5cLDMGx0MiHABVkdN1Sehx6E/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:597/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyMjg3/NjQzLTE2NDU3MTUx/NTQtNzU5MC5qcGVn.jpeg)
Casella: Symphony #3
(https://i.discogs.com/P4ImoFAchw_zCGcBomjZJKLSQ90mA_gCJNou9TEJlKY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:451/w:457/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEyNjgz/MDUyLTE1Mzk5ODEy/OTAtMzgwOC5qcGVn.jpeg)
Harty: With the Wild Geese
(https://i.discogs.com/0OIIPhpjxWXkQKwfryhRG_9UHwmtpLo7uampOKGYreo/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:593/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIzMDQ4/NDQ3LTE2NTExOTgz/MDktMjQ2Ny5qcGVn.jpeg)
Poulenc Concerto for 2 Pianos!
(https://i.discogs.com/fBKtlV1WbwWOfaC9IIKr3-rW3Ll-kPzmSQJsaSaPZsc/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwOTE2/MTgxLTE2NDE2NjU5/NjAtODUzOC5qcGVn.jpeg)
Excellent performances of Vaughan Williams and Grainger works for band.
(https://i.discogs.com/ZjGeZJAHCYzLOjlhjiWLt-d-bYqVYNNfWtOupnETD9o/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:510/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyODcx/MjA0LTE2NDk4ODg0/MTUtMTk0Ni5qcGVn.jpeg)
Dohnányi: Symphony #1. Not the greatest symphony, but very interesting. I'm looking forward to exploring more of his music.
(https://i.discogs.com/B_MMIMR8kJW3SAB-lUZMWFVj4NDMsLL0WZr6nCE23IA/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:593/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTExNDE2/ODQzLTE1MTU5NTQ1/OTUtODMzMS5qcGVn.jpeg)
My introduction to Langgaard, another composer I'm looking forward to exploring more of.
(https://i.discogs.com/fkFsZb_0WKbMJq-03c05k1a0M9O20j12IvXMCbClRLc/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:589/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEyODIy/OTQzLTE1NzY2ODI0/NzYtNzMyMC5qcGVn.jpeg)
Florence Price Symphonies
(https://i.discogs.com/zqmWpR4lOh_Ds78eKl7HPP8gEAK-5PmP4388902mkYU/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:595/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyODcx/NTkxLTE2NjExMTI3/MTktODMyMC5qcGVn.jpeg)
Szell's performance of Haydn 93 is great!
(https://i.discogs.com/pf7S8tnmYqGdXbwVLJplFf3MDd-BVgY06I8BXjXV3_s/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:570/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE0Mjcy/NjE3LTE1NzE2OTM5/MjQtNTU4NS5qcGVn.jpeg)
This performance made me appreciate Haydn's 31st ('Hornsignal'). It's a piece that can show off a great orchestra.
(https://i.discogs.com/HxPuTezdcyXkxEfbZYcc_C3zX9RZO6RDEm5Z2lm7os8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:584/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI5MzYw/OTItMTYxMzE3MTkz/MS01Mzc5LmpwZWc.jpeg)
Gielen's Mahler. What I've heard from this box is mostly excellent.
(https://i.discogs.com/xgEiHm-rJEJ2yC_t0CQoekIhIa5r1afqULiQPvCssJI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTExMzk3/MzUxLTE1MTU1OTg3/MzItNDM1OC5qcGVn.jpeg)
I enjoyed Grieg's orchestral songs.
(https://i.discogs.com/omQFJ3cmblEDGBv8LcZakw8u4tAMqXnf23y6ELHlYXI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE5OTE4/NDM4LTE2MjkzODYx/NTgtOTgzMi5qcGVn.jpeg)
Blomstedt Nielsen 5. I finally got a copy, and it is fantastic as everyone says.
(https://i.discogs.com/6AgdkWQBIxvYxF_pVxQLkSw2pDoPjZIl4iuNl6a8f0s/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEzNjAw/OTI4LTE1NTcyODAz/MzQtNzk0MC5qcGVn.jpeg)
My introduction to Rubbra. Another composer I'm enjoying exploring.
(https://i.discogs.com/W3GivbdRxu9qVzA0KIS3fnA16qiUKbKy3FbUxvI3lCU/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:500/w:500/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTc4NTcz/NjEtMTQ1MDI4Mzkz/Ni04NjIxLmpwZWc.jpeg)
Great stuff, Mapman! 8)
ORCHESTRAL
Wellesz: Complete Symphonies (CPO)
Henze: Symphonies Nos. 1-6 (Brilliant), Nos. 7 & 9 (EMI)
Medtner: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-3; Sonatas (BIS)
Atterberg: Complete Symphonies (CPO) (Not here yet but will be by Saturday)
Strauss: Orchestral Works (Kempe, EMI)
CHAMBER
Piano trios by Brahms, Schubert & Mendelssohn (Sony)
Piano trios by Shostakovich & Tchaikovsky (DG)
Britten: String Quartets Nos. 1-3 (Maggini, Naxos)
Piano quintets by Schubert, Brahms, Dvorak & Schumann (EMI)
PIANO
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas (Paul Lewis, Harmonia Mundi)
OPERA
Strauss: Salome (Karajan, EMI)
Strauss: Elektra (Two: Solti, Decca / Sinopoli, DG)
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (C. Davis, LSO)
Harris/Adams
MusicWeb has their best of 2022 list up:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2022/ROTY/ROTY-2022-1.htm
Balear composer
(https://www.produccionsblau.com/portadas/Portada_Jaume_Mas_Porcel_retrat_simfonic.jpg)
I purchased few recordings this year, at least when compared to prior years. Since I can and do stream almost everything before buying, I had a 100% hit rate among purchases, a first. I suspect this is the new normal.
The easy top choice:
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Other notable purchases:
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The new recordings which have become favourites for me are all early music
Matteo Ciccitti - Ortiz and Hume and others
Mikka Ikähaimo - Per Brahe
Federico Rossignoli - Gégoire Braysing
Tianqi Du - Goldberg Variations
Gustav Leonhardt - English Organ Music (previously unreleased.)
Leon Berben - John Bull
Andrea Bacchetti - WTC 2
Duo Enssle Lamprecht - Songs of an Anonymous Lover
There is a recording of new music which I find really intriguing, I can't explain why, and I don't think it's quite true to say it's a favourite. It's Peter Ablinger's Against Nature on Kairos. I feel the same way about Mitsuko Uchida's Diabelli Variations and Sokolov's Haydn sonatas.
Quote from: Mandryka on January 01, 2023, 03:42:05 AMDuo Enssle Lamprecht - Songs of an Anonymous Lover
Their "Tesserae" is also quite good.
I'm going through my listening log now wrapping up my 2022 musical diary.
Here, roughly chronologically, are my favorite works I explored for the first time ever in 2022, and composers I discovered or dove deeper into than previously:
- the complete Boccherini guitar quintets (not just the famous one)
- Grumiaux/Klien Mozart violin sonatas
- Pavel Vranicky / Paul Wranitzky
- the complete Cherubini string quartets (incredible edition on BIS)
- Krommer wind partita octets
- Hummel septets and piano quintet
- Hyperion romantic violin concertos by Stanford, Lassen, Scharwenka, and Langgaard
- Mahler 7
- Gunnar de Frumerie (had never heard of him before!)
- Bartok solo piano music (Zoltan Kocsis Big Box)
- Ernesto Halffter
- Rodrigo's Per la flor del lliri blau, for wind/brass band
- Jan Novak (thank you, Daverz!)
- recordings by the Czech Nonet
- the entire Naxos Brazil series, but particularly the choros of Camargo Guarnieri and the symphonies of Claudio Santoro
- Anders Eliasson
- Guillaume Connesson's Cosmic Trilogy
- the orchestration skill of Kenneth Hesketh
- ongoing project to listen to the complete Kalevi Aho
Also had my first listen to some other major works, like Haydn's Creation and Mahler's Das Lied, that will no doubt grow on me over time.
Quote from: Brian on January 01, 2023, 08:51:28 AMAlso had my first listen to some other major works, like Haydn's Creation and Mahler's Das Lied, that will no doubt grow on me over time.
Or they may not. Which is OK. I will say, though, that hearing The Creation in person may give you a different impression of the work. Along with Petrushka and DSCH 11, after hearing it live, hearing it on disc just never satisfies as much.
Purchases of the year
Kocsis Big Box
Les ballets russes box from Warner
New recordings of the year
Beethoven and Mozart / Paul Wee
Montgeroult / Clare Hammond
Reynaldo Hahn / Pavel Kolesnikov
Naxos Brazil series
Brahms sextets / Belcea, Zimmermann, Queyras
Quote from: Todd on January 01, 2023, 09:00:28 AMOr they may not. Which is OK. I will say, though, that hearing The Creation in person may give you a different impression of the work. Along with Petrushka and DSCH 11, after hearing it live, hearing it on disc just never satisfies as much.
I know this to be very true of DSCH 11. Hopefully the live opportunity arises.
Quote from: Brian on January 01, 2023, 08:51:28 AMI'm going through my listening log now wrapping up my 2022 musical diary.
Here, roughly chronologically, are my favorite works I explored for the first time ever in 2022, and composers I discovered or dove deeper into than previously:
- the complete Boccherini guitar quintets (not just the famous one)
- Grumiaux/Klien Mozart violin sonatas
- Pavel Vranicky / Paul Wranitzky
- the complete Cherubini string quartets (incredible edition on BIS)
- Krommer wind partita octets
- Hummel septets and piano quintet
- Hyperion romantic violin concertos by Stanford, Lassen, Scharwenka, and Langgaard
- Mahler 7
- Gunnar de Frumerie (had never heard of him before!)
- Bartok solo piano music (Zoltan Kocsis Big Box)
- Ernesto Halffter
- Rodrigo's Per la flor del lliri blau, for wind/brass band
- Jan Novak (thank you, Daverz!)
- recordings by the Czech Nonet
- the entire Naxos Brazil series, but particularly the choros of Camargo Guarnieri and the symphonies of Claudio Santoro
- Anders Eliasson
- Guillaume Connesson's Cosmic Trilogy
- the orchestration skill of Kenneth Hesketh
- ongoing project to listen to the complete Kalevi Aho
Also had my first listen to some other major works, like Haydn's Creation and Mahler's Das Lied, that will no doubt grow on me over time.
Great list, Brian! Big thumbs-up for Frumerie, Halffter, Guarnieri, Santoro, and Connesson especially.
I was very slow to buy this, and then got it more out of curiosity than high expectations. However, I'm about 2/3 of the way through it now, and it has been a delight.
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Not much. I cannot think of any real new discovery, apparently nothing sufficiently striking to remain in memory...
Within standard repertoire, I revisited Mozart's incredible piano concerti (and a little also the sonatas) and bought a bunch of recordings, among these about half of the Barenboim/Berlin, despite having already quite a few (including the older Barenboim/English Chamber).
The Segerstam Pettersson recordings
The Haydn 2032 Project
The Haitink Mahler Christmas Concerts
de Vriend's Beethoven
Solti's Ring
Arnold/Bax (Get it?) :-)
Quote from: vandermolen on February 16, 2023, 11:58:25 AMArnold/Bax (Get it?) :-)
Should we start an early 2023 thread?
Quote from: Daverz on February 16, 2023, 12:14:08 PMShould we start an early 2023 thread?
I think that I ordered it in 2022. Does that count? 8)
Quote from: vandermolen on February 17, 2023, 12:53:55 AMI think that I ordered it in 2022. Does that count? 8)
Dangerous messing with the time stream. :o