What are you listening to now?

[San Antone]

More de la Rue, these masses from Beauty Farm.



This one came out in March 2018, the Sound and the Fury's recording Nov 2018.  There is no overlap of the masses chosen, so these recent recordings are good complements to each other. 

TS&TF: Masses - Pascale; Ista est speciosa; L'homme arme; Pro fidelibus defunctis
BF: Masses - Alamana; de Sancto Antonio; Puer natus est; Tous les regretz

Is there some de la Rue anniversary I don't know about?

[ritter]

Some of Georges Enesco's (superb) piano music. CD 1 of this set:

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The CD includes the Suite No. 1, op. 3 "dans Le style antique", the ravishing Prélude et fugue, and assorted smaller pieces. Beautifully played by Raluca Stirbat.

[aligreto]

Ó Riada [Elmer Bernstein]


   

Saoirse
An Tine Bheo


Ó Riada's music will always strike a chord with the Irish psyche so it is an easy and pleasurable listen for me. He was a fine orchestrator.
As an aside, my father attended his funeral.

[Traverso]

Lutoslawsli

Symphony No.3
Les Espaces du Sommeil

[SonicMan46]

Onslow, Georges (1784-1853) - String & Piano Quintets w/ the groups shown below; the third disc also w/ Dussek & Hummel

   

[Mandryka]

More de la Rue, these masses from Beauty Farm.



This one came out in March 2018, the Sound and the Fury's recording Nov 2018.  There is no overlap of the masses chosen, so these recent recordings are good complements to each other. 

TS&TF: Masses - Pascale; Ista est speciosa; L'homme arme; Pro fidelibus defunctis
BF: Masses - Alamana; de Sancto Antonio; Puer natus est; Tous les regretz

Is there some de la Rue anniversary I don't know about?

Yes he died 500 years ago. Sound and Fury isn't out here yet as far as I know,

[Mandryka]

Oxbridge vowels and they sing like it's a Bruckner mass or something. Nevertheless,  not uninteresting at all interpretively, they're doing something to tone down the dissonances, which may not be a bad idea, I don't know.

[San Antone]

Yes he died 500 years ago. Sound and Fury isn't out here yet as far as I know,

The record label said Nov 2018 but in the US it just became available this month.  It is also on Spotify.

TD



Antoine De Bertrand: Les Amours de Ronsard
Ensemble Metamorphoses de Paris

[San Antone]

Oxbridge vowels and they sing like it's a Bruckner mass or something. Nevertheless,  not uninteresting at all interpretively, they're doing something to tone down the dissonances, which may not be a bad idea, I don't know.

I can't listen to the Deller group - sounds very dated to me.

[Mandryka]

I can't listen to the Deller group - sounds very dated to me.

It does sound dated, but still it's not uninteresting. It only came today, I may grow to hate it, who knows? But first impressions is that there are ideas in there and they sing their heads off.

I've just started to do something which may interest you. There's a recording of music form Roman de Fauvel from Boston Camerata which I rather like, but it's ruined for me by people constantly reading bits of prose -- you know the sort of thing. Anyway I've started to split away the readings so I can make a tracklist of just the singing. If you want it (I should be finished tomorrow) let me know and I'll upload it for you.

[Que]

More de la Rue, these masses from Beauty Farm.



This one came out in March 2018, the Sound and the Fury's recording Nov 2018.  There is no overlap of the masses chosen, so these recent recordings are good complements to each other. 

TS&TF: Masses - Pascale; Ista est speciosa; L'homme arme; Pro fidelibus defunctis
BF: Masses - Alamana; de Sancto Antonio; Puer natus est; Tous les regretz

Is there some de la Rue anniversary I don't know about?

How are the performances?

Q

[San Antone]

How are the performances?

Q

They sound fine to me, what you'd expect from these groups.   For me the real value is the repertory itself.

[NikF]

Debussy: Etudes - Bavouzet.

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[aligreto]

Prokofiev: Sonata for Flute and Piano [Galway/Argerich]

[Iota]

Ravel, L'Heure Espagnole,
Orchestre National De La R.T.F, Maazel


What a seductive kaleidoscope of orchestral and vocal colour this is. Managed rather excellently by Maazel I think.

[Que]

They sound fine to me, what you'd expect from these groups.   For me the real value is the repertory itself.

Indeed an important consideration! 

[San Antone]

Prokofiev: Sonata for Flute and Piano [Galway/Argerich]

Lots of hair - 

TD



Vienna: Fin de Siècle
Barbara Hannigan, Reinbert de Leeuw

For this new recital album, the duo explores the roots of modern music with composers who went on to lead a musical revolution: Arnold Schoenberg, Hugo Wolf, Anton Webern, Alexander Zemlinsky, Alma Mahler and Alban Berg. Vienna: Fin de Siècle presents a vision of Vienna at the height of late Romanticism, when music was at its most lush and decadent, at the edge of tonality and full of voluptuous beauty. Featuring composers for whom text and song were inseparable, the album captures the rich and intense moment before the disruption of the harmonic language of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Hannigan and de Leeuw have long championed the exquisite repertoire from this époque.

[André]

Some strong ideas, a reasonable amount of flair and good compositional workmanship are the main features here. I do not detect a powerful urge to communicate or an irrepressible surge of originality.

I recently listened to a symphony by Strauss (an early work) and it was not quite as good as this. I had the feeling the young Strauss insisted on talking just because he was a smooth talker, not because he had something important to say. By comparison, Huber's sincerity is refreshing and I was quite willing to lend an interested ear. Third tier stuff maybe, but the quality is high enough to sustain interest.

Some time ago JPC was selling the 5cd set for 9.99€ and I bought it. If I had acquired this disc for the same amount of money I might have stopped there, or maybe indulged in a second disc. Having all 8 symphonies and other stuff for that price was a steal.

[Todd]

A nice Triple Concerto, though the soloists are probably a bit too spotlit.  The symphony is too small scale. 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Lots of hair - 

TD



Vienna: Fin de Siècle
Barbara Hannigan, Reinbert de Leeuw

For this new recital album, the duo explores the roots of modern music with composers who went on to lead a musical revolution: Arnold Schoenberg, Hugo Wolf, Anton Webern, Alexander Zemlinsky, Alma Mahler and Alban Berg. Vienna: Fin de Siècle presents a vision of Vienna at the height of late Romanticism, when music was at its most lush and decadent, at the edge of tonality and full of voluptuous beauty. Featuring composers for whom text and song were inseparable, the album captures the rich and intense moment before the disruption of the harmonic language of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Hannigan and de Leeuw have long championed the exquisite repertoire from this époque.

The second one down, in particular, sounds like it would be right up my tree.

And re your comment for the first album:     Reminds me:  I have an appointment (overdue) for a hair cut next week [Yeah!].

PD