What are you listening 2 now?

[atardecer]

Brahms 
Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 8
Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 87
Piano Trio No. 3, Op. 101
Concerto for Violin and Cello, Op. 102

[Harry]

British Violin Sonatas
Vaughan Williams: Romance and Pastorale

Superb disc Jeffrey. The whole series is a treasure trove of delights.

[Harry]

Carlo Tessarini, 1690-1766.
2 CD'S.
Complete Violin Concertos, 1-12, Opus 1.
Marco Pedrona, Violin.
Ensemble Guidantus.
Recorded 2010 at Centro Icaro, Aulla.

A novelty, the  Violin concertos by this much underrated composer. Although I am glad to hear this music, the quality of the playing is mediocre, as is the recording. To often the violin is out of tune, tempi are sluggish, and the virtuosic element in this music is nondescript. A missed chance!

[vandermolen]

Superb disc Jeffrey. The whole series is a treasure trove of delights.

Thanks Harry. I was inspired by your posting of this disc.

[Harry]

Ay Que Si!
Music in the 17th Century Spain.
Dos Estrellas Le Siguen   
Mi Señora Mariantaños   
Ojos Pues Me Desdeñais   
Buena Vista (Chan Chan)   
En Los Floridos Páramos   
Españoleta   
Aquella Sierra Nevada   
No Piense Menguilla Ya         
Esperar   
Pavanas   
Turvéme Çelinda Hermosa   
Españoleta
Marionas.   
Un Sarao De La Chacona
(No PDF in Qobuz attached.)
Suzie LeBlanc soprano.
Les Voix Humaines.
Recorded, 2002,  Église Saint-Augustin, Saint-Augustin de Mirabel (Québec).

One of the best disc so far I heard from Suzie LeBlanc. Her voice floats effortlessly, and she makes the most of the compositions. A near perfect disc. Sound is very good.

[Todd]

[Spotted Horses]

Schubert, Piano Sonata No 9 D575



A complete work that was published posthumously. A satisfying work, generally classical in outlook with some beautiful turns of melody and harmony. Very fine performance.

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, 1891 Vienna Revision by Bruckner himself. Ed. Guenter Brosche, Wiener Philharmoniker

[Harry]

The Cornett and Its musIc In Rome 1500-1700.

Costanzo Festa Contrapunto 93 à 4, Francesco Soriano Alpha à 6, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Canzon detta la Bernardinia, Francesco Magini La Riviera, Ercole Pasquini Durezze, Nicolò Borboni Solo e pensoso, Francesco Soriano, Scherza col chromatico à 4, Josquin des Prez, La Spagna, Costanzo Festa,Contrapunto 111 à 5,  Girolamo Frescobaldi, Canzon detta la Donatina, Francesco Magini, L'Albana, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Canzon detta la Lucchesina, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina/Francesco Rognoni, Pulchra es amica, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Canzon detta la Bonvisia, Ercole Pasquini, Ricercare Francesco Soriano, Omega a 6.

Bernard Foccroulle organ.
THE RENAISSANCE ORGAN (1509) OF THE CHIESA-MUSEO DI SAN FRANCESCO DI TREVI.
Temperament: quarter-comma meantone,  Pitch A=445 Hz at 20°C.

Marleen Leicher Cornetto, Guy Hanssen, Adam Woolf, Charlotte van Passen, Bart Vroomen Sackbut,
Alice Foccroulle & Griet de Geyter Soprano,  Sebastien Proisy, Cornetto echo, Lambert colson Cornetto, Cornetto Muto & direction.
Recorded in April 2016 in Trevi (IT) & February 2017 in Huldenberg (BE).

What fine music there is to discover. I am smitten by the quality of this recording and performance. Cannot praise it enough. Actually it invites to play over and over again.

[Harry]

John Ward (1589–1638).
Consort Music for Five and Six Viols.

Laurence Dreyfus Treble viol and director, Wendy Gillespie Treble viol, Jonathan Manson Tenor viol, Mikko Perkola, Tenor viol, Emilia Benjamin tenor viol, Markku Luolajan-Mikkola bass viol.

Recorded at Wadham College Chapel, Oxford, UK 2009.

The English composer John Ward, was a contemporary of Gibbon, and was described in historical sources as a madrigalist. He committed himself to the Italian style. His music is full of lyrical melodies and of great charm, especially great charm. This SACD recording in SOTA sound is amazing, and the interpretation makes me discover the music by Ward anew. It is simply re-defined by this ensemble. It carries a authority that is utterly convincing in all aspects of this production. Warmly recommended.

[Florestan]

Rapidly approaching the end of this marvelous journey, my first complete & chronological listen to all of Haydn's SQs.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Poulenc: Harpsichord Concerto. Zuzana Růžičková, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
The old-style playing sounds cute and hip. The recording sound is unbelievably good, especially for a communist country in the 1960s. I wonder if the engineers at Supraphon were trained in the West.

[Linz]

Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, Pierre Boulez, Yvonne Minton mezzo-soprano, Camerata Singers, Little Church Around the Corner Boys' Choir and the Trinity Church Boys' Choir, Brooklyn Boys' Choir

[Irons]

Poulenc: Harpsichord Concerto. Zuzana Růžičková, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
The old-style playing sounds cute and hip. The recording sound is unbelievably good, especially for a communist country in the 1960s. I wonder if the engineers at Supraphon were trained in the West.

A simple explanation for excellence of sound of Supraphon issues from the period compared with other labels in the communist bloc. Suprathon were extremely fortunate in taking delivery of state of art recording equipment from Fairchild USA on the cusp of the Iron Curtain and resulting cold war period when imports from the West were banned. 

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Jumping around a bit this morning....





Brandenburgs for guitar trio



Water Music x 2

Good to hear from you!  Hope that all is well?

PD

[Mandryka]

I'd forgotten how good this is.

[Lisztianwagner]

Arnold Schönberg
String Trio
Phantasy for Violin with Piano Accompaniment

Pražák Quartet

[prémont]

I'd forgotten how good this is.

Yes, it's good. While we talk about Byrd: Brilliant is going to release a complete Byrd keyboard set (9 CDs) with Peter-Jan Belder within short time.

[vandermolen]

Good to hear from you!  Hope that all is well?

PD

I have the fine Stokowski box too. I love 'In a Summer Garden' by Delius.

[vandermolen]

Atterberg: Symphony 5 'Sinfonia Funebre' (1922)
Atterberg apparently didn't like this work much but it is my favourite and has some wonderfully doom-laden and moving sections. I also like symphonies 2,3 and the slow movement of No.8.
This is the best performance on disc (Stockholm PO/Westerberg)