What are you listening to now?

[NJ Joe]

On my morning power walk I listened to Beethoven 4 & 5, Leibowitz/RPO.

Now:

[Mandryka]

This is the kind of repertoire where I think Peres's group succeeds.

Well I'm even more keen on his Machaut.

[Mandryka]

While I really like Peres/Ensemble Organum in the Machaut Mass, the one by Musica Nova is probably my favorite:

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Kandell certainly stands up to repeated listening, I find what he does very beautiful and I think his tempos add to the expressiveness of the music, whatever his HIP reasons may be for choosing them.

Re the ladies' voices, though I'm not convinced by those (Premont maybe? ) who say the women mess up to the polyphony because, inevitably, the ear is attracted to the high singers more. Maybe, maybe not. It's not obvious to me.

The real reservation I have with it harks back to an idea in Pérès's writings on the mass - that Kandell makes it sound too close to Renaissance music, it isn't alien enough. But even there I'm not sure.

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Listening to Estampes from this recording:

I, too, am in the Můůd! 

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Listening to Estampes from this recording:

I, too, am in the Můůd! 

#morninglistening to underrated #Martinů on @supraphonCZ w/@EssenPhil in his one act opera... http://ift.tt/2gZ2CPd

[aligreto]

Concerto RV 780 for Harpsichord, Strings and Continuo

[San Antone]

John Cage : Eight

[Mirror Image]

I, too, am in the Můůd! 

It's a great place to be!

[Kontrapunctus]

Sonata and Partita No.1. Fantastic playing and sound, but the mics are close enough to pick up a lot of breath sounds.

[SonicMan46]

Hummel, Jan (1778-1837) - Piano Sonatas, Nos. 1-6 w/ Ian Hobson - just arrived from Amazon - all 3 discs are 'used', but about $12 total w/ some credit that I had there - the recordings are 30 years old but excellent Arabesque sound - Dave

       

[Todd]

Disc 2.

[cilgwyn]

[Mandryka]

Disc 2.

why Es ist vollbracht, just because it's the last three sonatas?

[Todd]

why Es ist vollbracht, just because it's the last three sonatas?

Don't know.  Maybe because it's the last volume of the cycle, maybe for some reason mentioned in the liner notes I didn't read, maybe some other reason.

[NikF]

Chisholm: Piano Music - McLachlan.



MacBartok? I don't know about that. But an interesting enough listen.
Also: artwork.

[San Antone]

John Cage : Ten
Barton Workshop

[Drasko]

mine is actually RCA Italiana mono pressing but can't find the image online.

[Sergeant Rock]

Ives Piano Sonata No.2 "Concord, Mass., 1840-60" played by Aimard




Sarge

[Mirror Image]

Pounds the table! Excellent recording. One of my faves.

[SimonNZ]

Scheidt: Sacrae Cantiones - Vox Luminis