What are you listening 2 now?

[Madiel]

Poulenc: Promenades



In my opinion, the most interesting piano work Poulenc had written to this point. And one that's beginning to sound more like his mature style.

[Que]

The Orlando Consort has retired. Presumably that recording is the one with Missa de Sancto Job.

Yes it is!

[Todd]

[Harry]

Julius Röntgen (1855-1932)
The Late String Trios.
See back cover for all details.

I have collected the recorded works of Julius Röntgen on CPO, but somehow I missed this recording with the strings trios, admittingly those are on Naxos, still I missed them when released. These are not only brilliant works, but also performed on a high level, in very good sound. It is necessary to have this music if you like his Orchestral works.

[DavidW]

Julius Röntgen (1855-1932)
The Late String Trios.
See back cover for all details.

Stupid question: is he related to the Röntgen who discovered X-rays?

[Madiel]

Beethoven: String Trio in E flat, op.3



It's been a while. I've half a mind to go through all of Beethoven's divertimenti/serenade style works (EDIT: I've clearly had this notion before, there are 4 of them according to my previous notes). Apparently this one was partly inspired by Mozart's string trio K.563.

[Madiel]

Stupid question: is he related to the Röntgen who discovered X-rays?

I believe this question has been ventilated on the forum before. Not that I'm certain of what the answer was.

[JBS]

Stupid question: is he related to the Röntgen who discovered X-rays?

A second or third degree cousin. ATM I can't find the details.

[Harry]

Stupid question: is he related to the Röntgen who discovered X-rays?

Not to my knowledge   And if I cannot find info about that.

[Harry]

What I found out is this.

In 1848, when a torrent of freedom movements swept Europe, the German salesman Friedrich Conrad Röntgen settled in Apeldoorn. In exactly the same year another Röntgen tried his luck in the opposite direction. Engelbert Röntgen left his birthplace Deventer for the conservatory in Leipzig, to continue his violin study with Ferdinand David. Both Röntgens brought forth a famous son. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, son of the salesman from Apeldoorn, discovered the rays which would later carry his name. Engelbert's first child was Julius Röntgen.

Wilhelm Conrad and Julius were contemporaries and distant relations: the grandfather of the physicist and the great grandfather of the composer were brothers. It is certain that they knew each other, though unfortunately there is no concrete information about this. It is a fact that Julius was hounded during his lifetime by the worldwide fame of his distant great uncle. Once, having arrived for his annual sojourn at Fuglsang in Denmark, a Danish newspaper reported: 'Yesterday professor Röntgen arrived, though not the famous one.' And when taking a boat trip down the Rhine the rumour spread that the famous discoverer of the X-rays was aboard, resulting in an entire brass band and an extra railway carriage awaiting him. Julius would also often refer to himself as 'not the famous one'.

Grieg alluded to this whilst holding a speech during his sixtieth birthday party. In the presence of the composer he assured his audience: 'I tell him that he is "the famous one" after all, he deserves to be, because the X-rays go no further than the bones, whereas his rays go right through!'

[SonicMan46]

Stupid question: is he related to the Röntgen who discovered X-rays?

As I recall, distant cousins through grandfather brothers.  Dave

ADDENDUM:  Harry beat me to the draw!

[Traverso]

Buxtehude

[SonicMan46]

For the morning, more Jean-Marie Leclair - Opus 4, 9, & 13; the first two are complete on one disc each (just 6 works); on Opus 9, Convivium does 4 of the 12 pieces (their V. 1 is an incomplete recording of Op. 5 - not sure why they stopped?).  Dave

   

[Todd]

[Brian]

First impression: very stylish delicate dancing playing. Very high recording volume; I had to crank it way down (following a Chandos album) because the high notes were attacking my eardrums. On low level the treble is tamed and the music is pleasing.

[Spotted Horses]

The Piano Quintet of Korngold is an another amazing work



The first two movements made a strong impression, intensely beautiful and expressive. I didn't find the finale made as strong an impression on me.

[Brian]

The Piano Quintet of Korngold is an another amazing work



The first two movements made a strong impression, intensely beautiful and expressive. I didn't find the finale made as strong an impression on me.

Oh! All this time, I thought the Korngold Piano Quintet was the piece for left hand only written for Wittgenstein and recorded by Fleisher. It's not! So I have a new Korngold work to listen to/discover! Thank you 

[Spotted Horses]

Oh! All this time, I thought the Korngold Piano Quintet was the piece for left hand only written for Wittgenstein and recorded by Fleisher. It's not! So I have a new Korngold work to listen to/discover! Thank you 

That's the Suite, Op 23, also recorded for cpo by the same performers, next on my list. It is paired with the sextet in then cpo release, but I think the Raphael ensemble recording of the sextet was more successful.

(It was @Symphonic Addict that original brought the Piano Quintet that my attention.)

[Brian]

Hyperion has an interesting and maybe smart coupling of the Korngold and Bartok piano quintets, both written when their authors were in their mid-20s.

[Roasted Swan]

Oh! All this time, I thought the Korngold Piano Quintet was the piece for left hand only written for Wittgenstein and recorded by Fleisher. It's not! So I have a new Korngold work to listen to/discover! Thank you 

The Korngold Chamber works (including the OP.15 Quintet) were recorded in excellent versions by Spectrum Arts Berlin on Naxos too.