What are you listening to now?

[Wanderer]

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[Mandryka]

Bram Beekman plays some early Bach preludes, BWV 1101 through to 1120 at St Jan's Cathedral in Hertogenbosch.

The church's website says the organ is tuned "ewenredig swenvend", it sounds very good, but what is it? Is it really equal temperament?

http://www.brabantorgel.nl/DenBosch-StJanKathedraal_frameset.html

[amw]

Newish release from Chief Justice John G. Roberts featuring an RLPO in very fine form.

[You did it]

It is good. My overall recommended version though would be this one:

I wish Schoeberg's SQ NO 4 would be programmed alongside Bartok's SQ no3/4

[GioCar]

Orlando di Lasso

[Madiel]

Various bits of Scriabin

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2 Mazurkas, op.40
Poeme tragique, op.34
Three pieces, op.45
Piano Sonata No.8, op.66

I really wish Scriabin's works weren't quite so fragmentary. I could even do with a few more 3-minute pieces, like the poeme which I like a lot. But a ridiculous number of them are over in 90 seconds or less.

And then you get to the sonatas, and they're superb.

[Que]

Morning listening:



Disc VIII: Lamentations and Contrafacta

Q

[Mookalafalas]

listening to LvB from this.  It's like doing tequila shots while polishing off an 8-ball.  Heady stuff.

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[Maestro267]

Berwald: Symphony No. 2 in D major ("Sinfonie capricieuse")
Malmö SO/Ehrling

[prémont]

The church's website says the organ is tuned "ewenredig swenvend", it sounds very good, but what is it? Is it really equal temperament?

http://www.brabantorgel.nl/DenBosch-StJanKathedraal_frameset.html

Yes, equal temperament. Unfortunately many of the greatest historical organs in Holland are equally tuned (Schnitger/Alkmaar, Müller/Harlem, Müller/Leeuwarden e.g.).

[Que]

A new addition:



Songs from the 2nd half of the 16th c. on texts by Pierre de Ronsard, composed by François Regnard, Guillaume Boni, Jean de Castro and Philippe de Monte.
Delightful performances by the Ensemble Clément Janequin under director Dominique Visse.

Q

[Florestan]

The Esterhazy retinue were the ultimate bourgeois avant la lettre

Could you please substantiate this claim?

and Haydn was fond of surprising them with all kinds of tricks and traps such as false endings, bassoon farts, retuning in the middle of a movement, etc. He became famous for (among many other things) his ingenious, bottomless bag of tricks. These « special effects » should not be smoothed over, but be given their full due. 

The problem with all this is that Haydn's tricks and traps were understood, enjoyed, awaited and praised by the audience --- while "epater le bourgeois" was all about scandalizing the audience with incomprehensible, unpleasant, unexpected and not particularly endearing provocations. How do you explain this discrepancy?

[aligreto]

Telemann: Der getreue Music-Meister [Ulsamer]....





Trio á 2 Flauti [Suite]
Ouverture burlesque [Suite]
L'Hiver

[aligreto]

Indeed! Lulu Suite is a quite a fine work and I prefer it to the opera itself. I haven't heard that performance with Szeryng/Kubelik of the VC, but have you heard the Mutter/Levine performance? This is the performance that got me hooked on Berg. I'm not an opera buff, but I do feel quite strongly about a number of operas I've heard over the years that have stayed with me since the initial listen.

No, I have not heard the Mutter/Levine performance; I obviously should 

[ritter]

Telemann: Der getreue Music-Meister [Ulsamer]....





Trio á 2 Flauti [Suite]
Ouverture burlesque [Suite]
L'Hiver

Beautiful set, and full of fond memories for me. I was given a 45 rpm disc of selections from it as a present from  by my babysitter when I was 6 years old... 

[Que]

Relistening :

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After an entire disc of Platti (HERE), this time 3 Platti cello sonatas (which seem the best of the bunch) and 3 Vivaldi sonatas.
Performances  by Sebastian Hess and Axel Wolf quite impress: a gentle but dynamic flow, well articulated.
The use of the lute and theorbo for the continuo part works really well.

If they record the remainder of the Vivaldi sonatas, which seems likely, count me in.... 

Q

[Papy Oli]

Good morning all,

A very enjoyable assortment to start the day :

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[aligreto]

JS Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, Prelude & Fugues Bwv 870-872 [Landowska]....





I am a fan of Landowska and I have always enjoyed her playing. These recordings, however, do not represent her in her best light as they sound thin and without weight and presence. To be fair the recordings are over sixty years old but unfortunately do not represent the harpsichord to its best advantage. The playing, however, is beyond reproach.

[Harry]

CD 13 & 14 of this box. Second rerun, and still a marvel to listen to.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2017/12/locatelli-pietro-antonio-1695-1764.html?spref=tw

[aligreto]

Beautiful set, and full of fond memories for me. I was given a 45 rpm disc of selections from it as a present from  by my babysitter when I was 6 years old... 

That is a charming memory 
Yes it is a wonderful set and I still remember how highly impressed I was when I first bought it.