What are you listening to now?

[Harry]

I had my fill of the interpretations of Kay Johansson and Andrea Macon in the complete organ works by Bach on the Hanssler edition.
After been halfway through the fourth disc I decided that enough is enough.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2017/11/bach-johann-sebastian-1685-1750_20.html?spref=tw

[HIPster]

A second listen to this recent purchase ~

[asin]B000LXSS5K[/asin]

Recommended by Harry. 

Thank you my friend! 

A fantastic recording.

[Harry]

A second listen to this recent purchase ~

[asin]B000LXSS5K[/asin]

Recommended by Harry. 

Thank you my friend! 

A fantastic recording.

Yes! A really magnificent recording.
Good to see you back my friend!

[San Antone]

Le baiser de l'Enfant-Jesus



I need to listen to this a lot more.

Is this a different Le Tombeau than the one on her Alto Ravel recording?

[SurprisedByBeauty]

I suggest this one:

E. Bloch, String Quartets 1-4,
Griller Quartet
Decca
SQ 3 is split between the two discs, but keeping the recording to two CDs can't be done without a split like that.

I LOVE recording. (Best of 2004: http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2004/12/best-recordings-in-2004.html)

[SurprisedByBeauty]

This



#morninglistening to gr8 #Mendelssohn #StringQuartets w/@Quatuor_Arod:

http://a-fwd.to/6AbtXyb

on @warnerclassics: opp.13 & 44/2. Alas w/a name like that, one suspects performance-enhancing drugs to have been involved.

Oh, and the fragment "Frage" of ... http://ift.tt/2B0tEwX

[Brian]

Is this a different Le Tombeau than the one on her Alto Ravel recording?

Yes - everything here newly recorded in summer 2014. I recommend the disc, good mix of music.

[North Star]

A second listen to this recent purchase ~

[asin]B000LXSS5K[/asin]

Recommended by Harry. 

Thank you my friend! 

A fantastic recording.

Good day, HIPster! Yes, a splendid recording indeed. I have it in this repackaging of three original discs - all good stuff. (the original jewel cases inside a cardboard box)
[asin]B013XHKH7M[/asin]


Thread duty
Beethoven (et al.)
Diabelli Variations
Staier
[asin]B006OW817C[/asin]

[Mirror Image]

Sinfonietta La Jolla, H 328:

[bhodges]

Sinfonietta La Jolla, H 328:

That's a lovely piece. I actually just heard it for the first time a few weeks ago -- at a dance concert! The Pennsylvania Ballet uses it in "Rush" (2003), choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon.

Anyway, it's delightful. I haven't heard this recording -- it actually might be the one they used (since the music was taped, not live).

--Bruce

[Sergeant Rock]

Schubert Piano Sonata A minor D.845 played by Badura-Skoda

https://www.youtube.com/v/SDL_KxtcjMs


Sarge

[Mirror Image]

That's a lovely piece. I actually just heard it for the first time a few weeks ago -- at a dance concert! The Pennsylvania Ballet uses it in "Rush" (2003), choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon.

Anyway, it's delightful. I haven't heard this recording -- it actually might be the one they used (since the music was taped, not live).

--Bruce

Awesome, Bruce. There are several performances of Sinfonietta La Jolla that they could choose from. This particular one is my favorite performance of the work.

[Mahlerian]

Scriabin: Waltzes and Mazurkas
Maria Lettberg
[asin]B000W4E3OS[/asin]

Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, cond. Berglund
[asin]B0091JQH2Q[/asin]

[Kontrapunctus]

Love me some Liszt.  The Années are boss, of course, and so, too, are the Harmonies poétiques et religieuses.  I didn't feel like doing comparisons of all the complete sets, but the Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude seemed like a good work to work through.  In the best versions, it's moving and profound.

I decided to put those off for a while and start with Isidro Barrio's recording.  The biggest issues with this recording have to do with the close, dry sound compounding the aural unpleasantness caused by the out of tune piano, and some other recording artifacts (eg, low frequency noise, static).  The playing is generally pretty good, and Barrio, after a somewhat shaky start, produces some beautiful, contemplative music, with the repeated rolled chords rather delicate.  In the Andante, Barrio plays with a lovely, poetic style, which carries over into the beginning of the Piu sostenuto.  In this last section, as it builds up to the climax prior to the extended right hand run, the playing sounds less secure, and the piano a bit rough.  As Barrio executes his the right hand run, the playing is not the most even or precise or best articulated, but again, there's a poetic aspect to his playing that works well.  He plays the last portion of the work very slowly, with a contemplative coda. 

This is not a favorite version, but Barrio's generally poetic approach and his generous, spacious timing make one wonder what he might have been able to produce with better engineering and a better piano.

Yikes. I think I'll stick with Michael Korstick's version!

[Mandryka]

This Nachthelle from the Egidius Quartet / Schoonderwoerd here, it's interesting

https://www.youtube.com/v/ZfcF6m9wA4c

[Mirror Image]

7 Rhythmic Études for violin & piano, H 202 from this set:

[Todd]

Disc four.

[Spineur]

CD 2&3 of this wonderful set

[asin]B015D441OI[/asin]

Incidently, 49€ on Amazon.de for 8CDs + a book 70pages×3 languages.  This should be in the super duper bargain thread.

[Mirror Image]

Listening to Shostakovich's Cello Sonata:

[Todd]

Disc three, Rossini-Respighi & Rimsky.