What are you listening 2 now?

[Todd]

Bought this for the Berio.  It works nicely, though it lacks the overall impact of the composer's version.  Clearly, I should listen to at least one of Eschenbach's two recordings.  The Schubert is light and bouncy and so-so.  Manacorda still rules in the small band Ninth.

[Mookalafalas]

Haydn!!!

Jumping around a lot. Tom Beghin sonatas, as well as some Bavouzet and Brautigan. last night played several hours of Pienaar's new set.
  Was playing the venerable Vienna Chamber Orchestra symphony edition (which I love), but switched to Sir Neville Marriner's charming set with St. MartinsITF. Back to Beghin soon.

[Madiel]

Mozart (probably): Symphony no.45

[Todd]

The Dumky.  Stupefyingly great in every regard.  The Giltburg-Jarůšková-Jarůšek Trio, as expected, deliver the new reference set of the complete trios, displacing the Suk Trio.  In this work, in addition to the great Suk Trio, there's also the gobsmackingly great Trio Owon, and the GJJ do indeed sound marginally preferable to either.  Man, I hope they record some core rep beyond this.

[VonStupp]

'Coming up from Richmond' in the Butterworth is a lovely piece.

That it is...'on the way to Kew'. I love Butterworth's gentle orchestral scoring too.

My wife chuckled at the title Love Blows as the Wind Blows. Modern verbiage does the past no favors.
VS

[Spotted Horses]

McEwen String Quartet No 8.



An interesting succinct work. The finale struck me as the highlight.

[JBS]

Fulfilling my quota of thinking about the Roman Empire for the day*.


*if that makes sense to you, you're on Twitter too much.

[SonicMan46]

Continuing today with perusal of my Bach Goldberg Variations collection:

Beatrice Rana on piano and Sylvain Blassel on harp - Dave

 

[Todd]

Disc two, a pleasant but too slow First, and a fast, punchy Fifth that ultimately whiffs.  Thomas Ades shows how to do small, swift, and punchy with maximum impact.

[VonStupp]

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Dona Nobis Pacem
Five Mystical Songs

Edith Wiens, soprano
Brian Rayner Cook, baritone
London PO & Choir - Bryden Thomson

I readily consider DNP one of VW's greatest works, regardless of genre. It easily fits as a favorite 20th Century Requiem too, amongst Britten and Hindemith, even though it is not labelled as such.

Having recently gone through Thomson's RVW symphony cycle with the LSO, his vision of VW sits side by side the cathedral acoustic. A grand, broad, sometimes apocalyptic journey. So it is here with DNP, and Wiens' soprano sounds beautiful.

I doubt anyone is beating down the door to hear Brian Rayner Cook's FMS, but it is OK.
VS


Minerva protects Pax from Mars 'Peace and War' (1630), P.P. Rubens

[SonicMan46]

Bach, JS - Goldberg Variations on harpsichord for the afternoon - 3 of 4 versions in my collection:

Pierre Hantaï, Colin Booth, & Ignacio Prego - all excellent performances (reviews attached) - but must say that Booth is impressive on a harpsichord he built, after a Mietke from about 1710.  Dave

   

[Karl Henning]

I readily consider DNP one of VW's greatest works, regardless of genre. It easily fits as a favorite 20th Century Requiem too, amongst Britten and Hindemith, even though it is not labelled as such.

Testify!

[Pohjolas Daughter]

The Dumky.  Stupefyingly great in every regard.  The Giltburg-Jarůšková-Jarůšek Trio, as expected, deliver the new reference set of the complete trios, displacing the Suk Trio.  In this work, in addition to the great Suk Trio, there's also the gobsmackingly great Trio Owon, and the GJJ do indeed sound marginally preferable to either.  Man, I hope they record some core rep beyond this.

Wow!  That's high praise indeed! I'll have to see if I can do some comparisons.

PD

[Que]

[Karl Henning]

TD:

JSB
BWVB 63 Christen, äzet diesen Tag

[Que]

Bach, JS - Goldberg Variations on harpsichord for the afternoon - 3 of 4 versions in my collection:

Pierre Hantaï, Colin Booth, & Ignacio Prego - all excellent performances (reviews attached) - but must say that Booth is impressive on a harpsichord he built, after a Mietke from about 1710.  Dave

 

I liked those two. 

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Delighted to purchase a LP copy last year. Performance excellent and although a live recording I still  found sonics disappointing.

Yes mediocre sound quality though the performance is sharp.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Infante: Dances andaluzes. Josef Dichler, Grete Dichlerová.

[VonStupp]

Fidel Calalang, Jr.
Ama Namin

Suanplu Chorus of Bangkok
Ramon Lijauco, Jr.

An a cappella choral setting of The Lord's Prayer (Pater Noster) in Tagalong, a language of the Philippines.
VS

[SonicMan46]

I liked those two. 

Hi Que - I also have the 4-CD box of Christophe Rousset w/ one disc devoted to the Goldbergs, but I rarely give it a spin - maybe tomorrow!  Agree w/ you on the two choices - believe I liked Booth the best following by Prego, although Hantai was still quite good - maybe I'll do a Rousset vs. Hantai comparison tomorrow?  Dave