What are you listening 2 now?

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vandermolen

Khachaturian: Symphony No.1 Moscow RSO/Gauk:
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

aligreto

Buxtehude: Scandinavian Cantatas [Hillier]





Accedite gentes acurite populi
Passacaglia in D minor
Missa alla brevis, Kyrie & Gloria
Domine salvum fac regem


vandermolen

Ross Edwards: Symphony 'Da Pacem Domine':
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

aligreto

JS Bach- Trio Sonatas Nos. 1-3 [London Baroque]



Mookalafalas

Backhaus LvB piano Sonatas, stereo.
It's all good...

Wanderer


aligreto

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 [Schmidt-Isserstedt]





Thus far, these presentations from Schmidt-Isserstedt have been on the assertive side. I was looking forward to something different with Symphony No. 6 due to the inherent pastoral nature of the music. I was not disappointed from the opening bars. The tone is quite lyrical from the beginning. The requisite sound world for this work is immediately captured in a sensitive and very atmospheric way. The tone is sensitive yet the sound is very full and expansive. The second movement is equally sensitive and atmospheric in a terrifically lyrical, full sounding presentation. The detail of the scoring is particularly well presented here. The woodwinds in particular sing out aloud even though the strings dominate wonderfully. A fine festive celebration is had by all in the third movement. The storm scene is well built up and delivers the requisite force and effect in a finely layered rendition. The storm finally abates and the sun gradually makes its appearance behind the dark storm clouds in quite a wonderful and expressive way. The movement progresses very steadily and lyrically. The recording has a great presence and a delicate intensity throughout. I like it a lot!

Karl Henning

Quote from: Symphonic Addict on September 25, 2021, 06:16:33 PM
I didn't know of the existence of this symphony thus far. Is it any good?

Very nice, the sound world is Eastern Orthodox chant.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Traverso

Froberger

Cipri Organ of S.Martino,Bologna (1556)

Complete Canzonas & Toccatas





Traverso

Quote from: aligreto on September 26, 2021, 03:30:02 AM
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 [Schmidt-Isserstedt]





Thus far, these presentations from Schmidt-Isserstedt have been on the assertive side. I was looking forward to something different with Symphony No. 6 due to the inherent pastoral nature of the music. I was not disappointed from the opening bars. The tone is quite lyrical from the beginning. The requisite sound world for this work is immediately captured in a sensitive and very atmospheric way. The tone is sensitive yet the sound is very full and expansive. The second movement is equally sensitive and atmospheric in a terrifically lyrical, full sounding presentation. The detail of the scoring is particularly well presented here. The woodwinds in particular sing out aloud even though the strings dominate wonderfully. A fine festive celebration is had by all in the third movement. The storm scene is well built up and delivers the requisite force and effect in a finely layered rendition. The storm finally abates and the sun gradually makes its appearance behind the dark storm clouds in quite a wonderful and expressive way. The movement progresses very steadily and lyrically. The recording has a great presence and a delicate intensity throughout. I like it a lot!

I'm glad to read this Fergus.... :)

Mandryka

#50190
Quote from: Traverso on September 26, 2021, 03:48:35 AM
Froberger

Cipri Organ of S.Martino,Bologna (1556)

Complete Canzonas & Toccatas






What do you make of that Jan? I don't know if I really appreciate his decision to play these works on organ -- they work well on harpsichord and clavichord.
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

aligreto


Traverso

Quote from: Mandryka on September 26, 2021, 04:15:51 AM
What do you make of that Jan? I don't know if I really appreciate his decision to play these works on organ -- they work well on harpsichord and clavichord.

I must say that I have no comparisons with other recordings of Froberger's organ work. Perhaps Froberger does better on the harpsichord. I am now listening to the Fantasia I Exachord, which sounds very special. I bought this Froberger edition very recently and now listen to them in chronological order.
I'm not always happy with the stops chosen, sometimes too much tremolo for my taste.
  The harpsichord recordings were all excellent in their performance. These organ recordings breathe a different atmosphere that is more introverted and I am curious how I will experience the other volumes with organ.
I can't give you a clear answer except that the CDs with harpsichord are more immediate and appealing.
Strictly speaking, it is clear that it is exquisite in its execution

Traverso

Quote from: Mandryka on September 26, 2021, 04:15:51 AM
What do you make of that Jan? I don't know if I really appreciate his decision to play these works on organ -- they work well on harpsichord and clavichord.

You changed your post and I must say that I have the same  reservations,perhaps more suitable fot a harpsichord or clavichord,just an opinion of course.

Iota



Britten: Suite for Solo Cello No. 1, Op. 72

Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)



Lean music that sounds at times like shoots clinging to life in a barren soil. Even the march seems like a half-forgotten memory of a march, with only the briefest of aspirations to vigour, and even this more anguished than march-like. But the threads of thought and feeling carry weight, and the possibility of heartbreak never seems too far away. The final Moto Perpetuo is the liveliest of the bunch, but feels more like it's trying to unsuccessfully shake off its chains than revelling in the joy of movement.

Queyras conjures up some evocative moments, not least in the Bordone.

Mirror Image

#50195
NP:

Shostakovich
Jazz Suite No. 1
Concertgebouw
Chailly




It's too bad that Chailly didn't record more Shostakovich after The Jazz Album, The Film Album and The Dance Album. I'd love to have heard him in the symphonies --- not all of them, but I think the 4th, 8th, 10th and 11th would have played to his strengths.

Dry Brett Kavanaugh

William Walton SY1. Horenstein/Royal PO.

Dry Brett Kavanaugh


Dry Brett Kavanaugh


Brahmsian

Quote from: Mirror Image on September 26, 2021, 06:21:11 AM
NP:

Shostakovich
Jazz Suite No. 1
Concertgebouw
Chailly




It's too bad that Chailly didn't record more Shostakovich after The Jazz Album, The Film Album and The Dance Album. I'd love to have heard him in the symphonies --- not all of them, but I think the 4th, 8th, 10th and 11th would have played to his strengths.

Those albums are terrific!  :)