What are you listening 2 now?

[steve ridgway]

I had this LP many, many years ago. Don't remember my impression.

Mine is actually this CD compilation but I like to use the original artwork on my files.

[Harry]

Music from the Time of Guido Renis.

Works by: Frescobaldi, Palestrina, Marini, Selma, Castello, Rossi, Montalbano, Pesenti, etc.
See back cover for details.

A very pleasant and interesting recording, with plenty of composers that are not always well represented in the musical catalogue. And on top of that we get really good performances and sound. That is not always guaranteed with this label. But this is good!

[Harry]

The main drawback of this otherwise great recording is the participation of counter tenor Dominique Visse, who stains this record with his horrible voice.

Yes, very often the counters are to blame for rejecting a recording, Visse is a case in point.....horrible!

[prémont]

Yes, very often the counters are to blame for rejecting a recording, Visse is a case in point.....horrible!

My first association is a Danish expression "ja, til visse" which means something like "yes indeed".

[AnotherSpin]

Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa



Thought I'd better give it a try as I'd never heard any of his works. I'm not so keen on minimalism but found it OK, Schnittke on the prepared piano maintained my interest.

There's not so much in common between Schnittke and Pärt, but if the former led you to the latter, so be it.

[Harry]

Silvas de Sirenas.
Music for Vihuela da Mano, by Narvaez & Valderrabano.
Recorded 2019.

This is quite an obscure recording. First of all, Thomas C. Boysen is unknown to me, secondly, and unknown label, thirdly no back cover to find, thus this image is only available on Apple music, or Amazon. No PDF file attached either. Anyways, the performance is very good as is the sound. Not composers I hear that often, so a good listen on all counts.

[foxandpeng]

Two eminently lyric quartets by this Lithuanian composer (1884-1941). The First Quartet is imbued with delightful rustic gestures. The Second Quartet is less memorable yet very beautiful.

I keep meaning to play this, so it is good to be prompted! Appreciate the intro...

Listening now!

[Roasted Swan]

Something I picked up in Dutton's Spring clearance sale so cheap and very cheerful.  Heads up to Harry after his recent enoyment of the Chandos series of English Cello works - this is a lovely appendix to that.  Different artists but very well played.  Most of the music is very immediaely attractive and relatively undemanding but I must admit I was a bit surprised just how good it is in absolute terms.  Very well played and something of a find.... especially the Bainton Sonata

[AnotherSpin]

[brewski]

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Bruno Seidler-Winkler / Neues Symphonie-Orchester). The very first recording of this piece, from 1923. Probably something many people would want to hear at least once, if only for the history.
 

-Bruce

[steve ridgway]

The main drawback of this otherwise great recording is the participation of counter tenor Dominique Visse, who stains this record with his horrible voice.

Diabolus In Musica LOL

[Pohjolas Daughter]

The concert platform meets Broadway.

http://tsaraslondon.com/2024/04/01/thibaudet-feinstein-gershwin-rhapsody/

https://musicwebinternational.com/2024/04/gershwin-gershwin-rhapsody-decca/

That looks like it would be a fun recording! 

TD
Naive's PR gimmick is that the violin is Ysaye's own instrument, the 1740 Guarneri del Gesu, which later was owned by Charles Munch, and then Isaac Stern. It was purchased by Nippon Music Foundation in 1995 from Stern. Khachatryan himself used it (on loan from NMF) from 2010 to 2022.
So I suppose this is as PI a recording of Ysaye as you can get.

Liner notes are in French, English, and Armenian.

Thanks for the history behind the violin.  How did you like the music and the performances, etc. of it?

PD

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Two eminently lyric quartets by this Lithuanian composer (1884-1941). The First Quartet is imbued with delightful rustic gestures. The Second Quartet is less memorable yet very beautiful.

Will have to add this to my list of composers to check out.

PD

[steve ridgway]

There's not so much in common between Schnittke and Pärt, but if the former led you to the latter, so be it.

Possibly Kremer was trying to lead people to Schnittke .

[vandermolen]

Something I picked up in Dutton's Spring clearance sale so cheap and very cheerful.  Heads up to Harry after his recent enoyment of the Chandos series of English Cello works - this is a lovely appendix to that.  Different artists but very well played.  Most of the music is very immediaely attractive and relatively undemanding but I must admit I was a bit surprised just how good it is in absolute terms.  Very well played and something of a find.... especially the Bainton Sonata

I must investigate! I like Bainton's 2nd and 3rd symphonies.

[Harry]

Something I picked up in Dutton's Spring clearance sale so cheap and very cheerful.  Heads up to Harry after his recent enoyment of the Chandos series of English Cello works - this is a lovely appendix to that.  Different artists but very well played.  Most of the music is very immediaely attractive and relatively undemanding but I must admit I was a bit surprised just how good it is in absolute terms.  Very well played and something of a find.... especially the Bainton Sonata

Well, I did my very very best to find this CD on Qobuz, but I am very much afraid it's not in their collection. Drat!

[Spotted Horses]

This version by Emre Yavuz absolutely blew me away - its quite individual and personal but it worked for me.....

I listened to this, along with the Ruth Laredo recording.



Both seemed to contrast with the Ashkenazy recording that I didn't like, more lithe. Yavuz plays the more extended original version, which was cut down in Rachmaninoff's final revision of the piece. Although I am not familiar enough to recognize exactly where things have been cut, I did find the more extended version vaguely more satisfying. Similar situation to the forth piano concerto.

[Que]

[SonicMan46]

Hindemith, Paul - well, coming toward the end of my collection with the works below for today's listening - Dave

 

[Brian]

Made an afternoon playlist inspired by things other GMGers have posted in this thread over the last 5 pages. Not necessarily the exact same recordings, sometimes other versions by different artists or other recordings by the featured artists.