What are you listening 2 now?

[Spotted Horses]

After listening to the old Arrau (1951) recording of Debussy's pour le piano I decided to listen to his later Philips recording, and was disappointed to realize he did not record it for Philips, except for the Sarabande in one of his last sessions.

Oh well, how about Hewitt?



I vaguely remember liking this recital disc a lot, and I still like it a lot. I am generally a fan of Hewitt's non-Bach recordings, particularly French repertoire. I wish she'd do the Preludes.

[Harry]

Actually, there should be bound books that go with it, but I don't have those. 

I would love to get my hands upon that set.

[Traverso]

A beautiful collection of old music, a real treasure trove...

CD 5

[Traverso]

I would love to get my hands upon that set.

There is a very nice set for sale for 150 euros, it looks great. 

 
 


https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/boeken/overige-boeken/m2138045373-encyclopedie-het-historische-orgel-in-nederland

[Symphonic Addict]

Out of interest where would you start?

Since I tend to be organized in listening to music, I go in order to notice the evolution of the composer's style. But not everybody has to do it that way, so I'd also opt for starting with the most interesting ones and those are the 3, 5, 2, 8, 6, 1 and Symphony for strings (this is a beauty, the cinderella among his symphonies) in that or in any other order; I'd leave the 4, 7 and 9 in the last positions.

[Symphonic Addict]

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - An orchestral passion (arr. by Henk de Vlieger)

I don't use to hear to these arrangements of large pieces, but you don't always have time to give the whole work a proper listen, so this is a good option if the music chosen represents some of the best parts.

[Spotted Horses]

After listening to the old Arrau (1951) recording of Debussy's pour le piano I decided to listen to his later Philips recording, and was disappointed to realize he did not record it for Philips, except for the Sarabande in one of his last sessions.

Oh well, how about Hewitt?



I vaguely remember liking this recital disc a lot, and I still like it a lot. I am generally a fan of Hewitt's non-Bach recordings, particularly French repertoire. I wish she'd do the Preludes.

I went on to listen to Hewitt's L'isle joyeuse, which I also enjoyed greatly.

[Harry]

There is a very nice set for sale for 150 euros, it looks great.

 
 


https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/boeken/overige-boeken/m2138045373-encyclopedie-het-historische-orgel-in-nederland

Ik heb een bod gedaan, bedankt voor de link.

[Symphonic Addict]

Schjelderup: Brand - Symphonic drama

This is pretty good, fully late-Romantic stuff with some wagnerian gestures. The music succeeds at its sense of narrative, atmosphere, orchestration and stirring climaxes. Its only weakness, I reckon, has to do with the melodic material. Otherwise, an interesting work by an almost unknown Norwegian composer.

[Bachtoven]

[SonicMan46]

Leclair, Jean-Marie - Violin Concertos w/ Simon Standage and Collegium Musicum 90 - 12 concertos on 3 CDs, as shown below; Leclair's compositions are listed below in 15 Opus numbers (same LINK as short bio) - 9 of these violin pieces (* below shows Opus origin) were also written for flute. Reviews attached if interested.  Dave

Jean-Marie Leclair (1697–1764) was a French Baroque dancer, violinist and composer. He is considered to have founded the French violin school. (Source)

Op. 1 Nos. 1-12 Violin Sonatas*(2)
Op. 2 Nos. 1-12 Violin Sonatas*(5)
Op. 3 Nos. 1-6 Sonatas Two Violins
Op. 4 Nos. 1-6 Trios Two Violins + BC
Op. 5 Nos. 1-12 Violin Sonatas
Op. 6 Recreation de musique D Major
Op. 7 Nos. 1-6 Violin Concertos
Op. 8 Recreation de musique G Minor*(1)
Op. 9 Nos. 1-12 Violin Sonatas*(2)
Op.10 Nos. 1-6 Violin Concertos
Op. 11 Scylia de Glaucus, Tragedy Opera
Op. 12 Nos. 1-6 Sonatas Two Violins
Op. 13 Nos. 1-6 Overtures/Trios 2 Violins+BC
Op. 14 Trio Two Violins + BD
Op. 15 Violin Sonata 

TOTAL (Op. 1 to 15) = 90

*Flute Works (transcriptions of Violin Pieces)

   

[Todd]

[ritter]

Marcelle Meyer plays F. Couperin (nine pièces including Le tic toc choc and Les Barricades mystérieuses) and J.S. Bach (Partitas 1 - 3, and Fantasy in C minor BWV 906).

CD 6 of this superb collection:

[Karl Henning]

An old favorite:

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E Flat Major, 1874 First version - Ed. Leopold Nowak, Bruckner Orchester Linz,  Dennis Russell Davies

[VonStupp]

Enrique Granados
Danzas Españolas (orch. Breiner)
Escenas Poeticas (orch. Breiner)

Norbert Kraft, guitar
Razumovsky Sinfonia - Peter Breiner

Breiner arranges these solo piano pieces into guitar concertante works.
VS

[DavidW]

While I loved the first volume and liked the second... this third volume is a head-scratcher. There are so many odd choices, especially with tempo, that these old warhorses are hardly recognizable. Fischer just went too far to try to stand out. Now I'm wondering if the other volumes had the same problem, but either to a lesser degree or that, over time, I became less forgiving.

[Karl Henning]

[ShineyMcShineShine]

While I loved the first volume and liked the second... this third volume is a head-scratcher. There are so many odd choices, especially with tempo, that these old warhorses are hardly recognizable. Fischer just went too far to try to stand out. Now I'm wondering if the other volumes had the same problem, but either to a lesser degree or that, over time, I became less forgiving.

I haven't heard them, but I was looking at this review of the first volume last night, which concludes:

To sum up, these are highly energized, fully characterized performances with some challenging interpretative choices that I enjoyed hearing, even if some of Fischer's interpretative decisions prove disappointing.

[Bachtoven]

The 6th, which receives a searing performance on this SACD. Excellent sound.