What are you listening to now?

[Que]

Listed 

Looks very good indeed....

[SurprisedByBeauty]

#morninglistening 2 the sublime #Buttmann's #MaxReger on @OehmsClassics. He makes Reger so... http://ift.tt/2gV5Gf5

Sensational, sensual, luscious...
I can't imagine that Gerhard Weinberger's traversal, which I'll set out to listen to now, can touch this... but certainly Kurt Rapf and Rosalind Haas are shown up for doing Reger an injustice.

[Mandryka]

I have the later releases of this group,

So which is the earliest that you like?

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn Symphony No.7 C major "Le Midi" ...Fey conducting the Heidelberger Sinfoniker




Sarge

[prémont]

Machaut : Messe
Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Domenique Vellard

I still await a recording of this work which I find perfect.  I like the restraint Vellard's group displays with the singing and melodic interpretation but I prefer to lower pitching by Peres.  Hilliard is too pure vocally, no edge, as well as being pitched very high.

Who knows, maybe somebody will put one out that is the best of both worlds someday.

I am very keen on the recording led by René Clemencic, which uses two tenors and two basses. The singing is of a raw quality without being overdone, and vibrato is sparse.

https://www.amazon.de/Machaut-Messe-Notre-Dame-Rene-Clemencic/dp/B000K2QL1K/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1480860859&sr=1-1&keywords=machaut+clemencic

[André]

Pretty Yende (Pretty is her real life first name). Debut disc in these arias:



Good selection as far as programming goes, but the producer should have considered an all-Italian program (her french pronunciation is certainly perfectible). The voice is surprisingly rich and fully developed. She very freely embellishes Una voce poco fa without overdoing it, and it works quite well. The Lakmé Flower Duet does not take flight. The voice doesn't have the silvery lightness and firm control of vibrato that are essential in this famous piece. Her Beatrice di Tenda is quite sensational.

I'll certainly watch her next moves and recordings. Her Met debut was in 2013 in Le Comte Ory.

[Que]

I still await a recording of this work which I find perfect.  I like the restraint Vellard's group displays with the singing and melodic interpretation but I prefer to lower pitching by Peres.  Hilliard is too pure vocally, no edge, as well as being pitched very high.

Who knows, maybe somebody will put one out that is the best of both worlds someday.

I am very keen on the recording led by René Clemencic, which uses two tenors and two basses. The singing is of a raw quality without being overdone, and vibrato is sparse.

https://www.amazon.de/Machaut-Messe-Notre-Dame-Rene-Clemencic/dp/B000K2QL1K/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1480860859&sr=1-1&keywords=machaut+clemencic

I'm quite fond of Vellard, though I definitely share a preference for lower pitched performances.
It might be time for me to do a comparison of all recordings available, there are so many promising new comers....
And I haven't heard Clemencic...

Q

[Sergeant Rock]

Klemperer's recording of Mahler Symphony no 7. What not to enjoy?!

Nothing to not enjoy...it's all good 

Sarge

[cilgwyn]

Klemperer's recording of Mahler Symphony no 7. What not to enjoy?!

Sarge......it's grrrreeeeat!!

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to PC2. Great stuff.

[aligreto]

Mozart: Missa in C, K167 "Trinitatis-Messe"....





Despite the cover, the credits for this particular work are:

Wiener Philharmoniker
Wiener Staatsopernchor
Karl Munchinger

[San Antone]

I am very keen on the recording led by René Clemencic, which uses two tenors and two basses. The singing is of a raw quality without being overdone, and vibrato is sparse.

https://www.amazon.de/Machaut-Messe-Notre-Dame-Rene-Clemencic/dp/B000K2QL1K/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1480860859&sr=1-1&keywords=machaut+clemencic

I have been aware of that recording but never heard it.  It is hard to find - thanks for the link to the German Amazon; I might try ordering from the site, or try finding it somewhere a bit closer..

[cilgwyn]

Now:



Listening to PC2. Great stuff.

Had to find out who the artwork was by!

Head of a Peasant
(detail) by Kasimir Malevich (1878–1935)

[Mandryka]

I have been aware of that recording but never heard it.  It is hard to find - thanks for the link to the German Amazon; I might try ordering from the site, or try finding it somewhere a bit closer..

One thing I really love about that Clemencic recording is the stuff that comes between the sung mass: an astonishingly raw (premont's word is spot on, it's so raw it's almost hoarse) Marian song; bits of organ music and stuff on had-bells;  evocative call and response stuff with a little congregation; a passionate and psychedelic piece with hurdy-gurdy and voice. It's a real event, a real experience when you listen to the whole thing.

Some of it is live, maybe all of it, the sound engineers have caught the sense of an an occasion very well.  In the mass itself there's this feeling of a handful of blokes enjoying singing responsively together, which is cool.

If I have a reservation it is to do with tempo - I've started to enjoy the Machaut mass taken more slowly than Clemencic does. But that's just me.

Let me know if you can't get the recording and I'll upload it for you. I'm totally sure you'll find it well worth hearing.

[San Antone]

One thing I really love about that Clemencic recording is the stuff that comes between the sung mass: an astonishingly raw (premont's word is spot on, it's so raw it's almost hoarse) Marian song; bits of organ music and stuff on had-bells;  evocative call and response stuff with a little congregation; a passionate and psychedelic piece with hurdy-gurdy and voice. It's a real event, a real experience when you listen to the whole thing.

Some of it is live, maybe all of it, the sound engineers have caught the sense of an an occasion very well.  In the mass itself there's this feeling of a handful of blokes enjoying singing responsively together, which is cool.

If I have a reservation it is to do with tempo - I've started to enjoy the Machaut mass taken more slowly than Clemencic does. But that's just me.

Let me know if you can't get the recording and I'll upload it for you. I'm totally sure you'll find it well worth hearing.

Thanks; I just ordered  a used/VG copy from Amazon USA third party seller for $7.50.  Will let you know if this is the "one" I've been looking for.  Although, the aspects you describe, are not a plus, IMO.

[Harry]

I'm absolutely certain your expertise in choral music exceeds my limited knowledge as a listener by far, Harry.

I understand from your response that you like the Byzantine/ Orthodox vocal style by Graindelavoix, which to my ears sounds similar to Peres' Ensemble Organum.

Q

Yes that too Que! But that is just one aspect I like about them.
And it is very similar to Peres, a recording I cherish too.
It is not so often that I hear such sublime singing as a choir and individual voices.

[aligreto]

Cortege for Orchestra
Mediterranean

[Mahlerian]

Webern: Cantata No. 1, Variations for Orchestra, Cantata No. 2
Halina Lukomska, John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Boulez


Ockeghem: Missa Quarti Toni
Hilliard Ensemble

[andolink]

J.S. Bach:  Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829
Peter Watchorn, harpsichord



W. A. Mozart:  Piano Trio in C major, K. 548
Linda Nicholson, fortepiano
Monica Huggett, violin
Timothy Mason, cello

[HIPster]

Morning listening ~
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