What are you listening 2 now?

[Karl Henning]

The Pastoral is particularly fine.

Yes!

[Karl Henning]

Somehow that rings a bell with me, and made me grin from ear to ear.

(* chortle *)

[Karl Henning]

I never connected with Haitink, but this you know well. I am happy that this set gives you so much pleasure Karl. Who knows maybe eventually I find my way to these interpretations.

Thanks much, Harry. You have a good day!

[Harry]

Organ Music 0f the North German Baroque, Volume XIII.
Complete Organ Music.
CD II.
David Abel, Johann Bahr, Wilhelm Karges, Petrus Hasse, Melchior Woltmann, Jakob Bolsche, Andreas Werckmeister, Petrus Hasse II.

Friedhelm Flamme, Organ.
Instrument: Christoph Treutmann organ (1734-37) Klosterkirche St. Georg zu Grauhof bei Goslar.
Pitch: c.5/8 ton uber normal.
Temperament: Wohltemperiert (Kelner/Bach, 1/5 comma)

[Traverso]

Schönberg


Verklärte Nacht Op.4 for String Sextet

[Que]

Well sung and recorded, up to the usual standards. Rather bare-boned and transparent in comparison to other issues in the series, as both masses are in 3 parts.

I liked the additional clarity and sobriety.

[Harry]

I liked the additional clarity and sobriety.

Yep I am convinced too!

[Traverso]

Mahler


Symphony No.1

"Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen"  Benjamin Luxon ,Bariton

[vandermolen]

Lyrita celebrating 50 years devoted to British Music.
Volume II-CD I.
Bits and Bobs of the following composers:
Gordon Jacob, Daniel Jones, John Joubert, Constant Lambert, Walther Leigh, George Lloyd.
Complete works by: Daniel Jones, Dance Fantasy, & Walter Leigh, Concertino.

The complete works are a first listen for me.

Hope your enjoying this set Harry. I see that Tchaikovsky has undergone a dramatic transformation! 

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Fikret Amirov: Azerbaijan Capriccio, etc. Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky.

[Harry]

Hope your enjoying this set Harry. I see that Tchaikovsky has undergone a dramatic transformation! 

I am enjoying the set immensely Jeffrey. And yes Tchaikovsky updated 2022, he needed that! Hope you are not shocked too much my friend.

[Florestan]

Hope your enjoying this set Harry. I see that Tchaikovsky has undergone a dramatic transformation! 

He turned into a monk of Pechersk Lavra. 

[Harry]

He turned into a monk of Pechersk Lavra. 

There is some truth in that Andrei:)

[j winter]

Love this old album cover... beautiful sound on this, excellent mono, coupled with a blazing Pathetique



And this Death and Transfiguration is just superb, the pacing is perfectly judged...

[Linz]

Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Serenade For Strings and Capriccio Italien, USSR Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov from this 2 CD set 

[classicalgeek]

Nice! Good to "see" you, James!

Thank you, Karl! I've been more sparse on here lately as I've been orchestrating (for fun, and as part of the 'Orchestration Online' challenge.) But I do try to post on here every now and then, even if I'm not listening to as much music at the moment.

I found Wirén's work perfectly lovely with that 'Nordicness' one finds in Sibelius and Nielsen, only not quite as memorable and full of 'good tunes'.

According to Discogs, Ozawa recorded the complete Daphnis et Chloé in 1976. It was released on CD in 2007 in Japan, which would make it rather difficult to buy for anyone not living in Japan.



Hopefully, that recording will get a general CD release sometime soon.

I have all of Ozawa's Ravel as part of this box:


Daphnis et Chloe is disc 15 in this particular set: https://www.discogs.com/release/12065061-Boston-Symphony-Orchestra-Abbado-Bernstein-Dutoit-Jochum-Kubelik-Nelsons-Ozawa-Previn-Steinberg-Tils

Of course, it would be really nice of DG to issue all of Ozawa's Ravel separately from the BSO box (or a Japanese-only issue), but something tells me that's unlikely to happen...

TD: joined in the Vaughan Williams celebration yesterday with a collection of this 'greatest hits':

Serenade to Music
Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
The Lark Ascending
Fantasia on Greensleeves
English Folksong Suite
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Manze
(on Spotify)



RVW at his lyrical, pastoral best. Just lovely music!

[Karl Henning]

Schönberg


Verklärte Nacht Op.4 for String Sextet

Love it, Jan!

[Lisztianwagner]

Schönberg


Verklärte Nacht Op.4 for String Sextet

How is this set? It looks quite marvelous, Atherton recorded my favourite version of Schönberg's Wind Quintet.

[SonicMan46]

Mozart, WA - KB Sonatas performed by Robert Levin on Mozart's c.1782 Walter original instrument (obviously well maintained) - listening off Spotify - at the bottom is a post I left here yesterday while listening to Ronald Brautigam - pictured immediately below is the Walter piano; also an image from the ECM website of the Levin package - the CDs seem to be in thin cardboard wallets rather than plastic jewel boxes (more appealing to me).  Attached are some excellent reviews of Levin's performances (also David Hurwitz has made a short video lauding the release if you care to search).

For myself, I greatly enjoyed Levin - would I add this offering to the two below in my collection? Possibly?  After some comparative listening would I dump Brautigam?  Probably need to setup another Spotify play list of the two doing back-back sonatas?  Will be curious how others respond to this newest Mozart sonata set.  Dave

 

Mozart, WA - Piano Sonatas w/ Ronald Brautigam on fortepiano (FP) (reproduction by Paul McNulty, 1992 at Anton Walter, ca. 1792, like the one shown below from McNulty's Website) - there has been a lively discussion in the Mozart HIP thread about Wolfie's solo piano music on a period instrument; also own the Kristian Bezuidenhout box, and have culled out 2-3 other FP collections over the years - a new offering by Robert Levin on Mozart's FP (shown below) has received some mixed reviews (although loved by the 'boys' at Classics Today - a Hurwitz video) - will give a listen on Spotify over the next few days - but, comes in 7 CD jewel boxes and will be a space hog (a discouragement for me)!.  Dave

P.S. for those who like reviews, see that attachments.

   

[Symphonic Addict]

Verdi: Falstaff

This stupendous opera succeeded my expectations. It's very different from his previous operas. Not only was the vocal part superb, but also the orchestral one. Verdi portrayed the story magnificently well. A crowning achievement.