What are you listening 2 now?

[Kalevala]

It sounds different and improvisational. No one should be introduced to the works through this recording, but I still enjoy it.

You mean it doesn't sound like Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert?      

K

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Alexandre Lagoya - Complete Philips Recordings With Orchestra.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Giovanni Picchi

It says volume 1 on the cover,(1976) there was never a second volume. If there is  one recording where the flamboyant style of Koopman's music making comes into its own, it is on this LP.
As far as I know, there is no CD release, which is a great pity.

The sound of cembalo sounds so hip and cool!

[Todd]

Disc one from the 142-disc behemoth.  I do believe I have not listened to it since I bought the set.

[DavidW]

You mean it doesn't sound like Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert?   

K

True, but Avison is my fav:

[Symphonic Addict]

I spent a fair bit of time last year or earlier this year (it is all starting  to blend into one!) exploring Taneyev and very much enjoyed my listening. Your helpful post is a good reminder to go back and revisit

Schnittke is, indeed, very much in my ballpark. I confess that I don't know him as well as I ought, however 

Again, your post is a good catalyst to picking him up again. His Cello Concertos and symphonies have been my main points of contact so far...

Schnittke's Cello Concertos are indeed tremendous, mostly the first one with its unbelievably agonizing fourth movement.

[Kalevala]

True, but Avison is my fav:

I don't know that recording, but have appreciated other recordings that I've heard by them.

K

[SonicMan46]

Found (and obviously bought) this box set second hand but in mint condition for £10 a few months ago. It's a beautiful thing.

Hey Luke - well, you really lucked out w/ the box - believe I paid about $8 per CD on BRO, so $60 overall - finished the last two discs this morning - wonderful music from an early 19th century New Orleans borne and bred pianist (with Parisian training later) who assimilated so many styles of his locale - just unique music well done by Martin.  Dave

[Symphonic Addict]

Moeran's two string quartets
Schumann: Piano Trio No. 3

The opening melody of Moeran's String Quartet in A minor is strikingly wonderful with a Celtic flavour. It was my favorite of his two quartets.

I found this trio by Schumann to be his most accomplished work in the form. Not only is the material more memorable, but also its ideas sounded more sophisticated. Stunning.

[André]

Bruckner 9. Carl Schuricht, NDR-Sinfonieorchester. Hamburg Liederhalle, Jan 31, 1960.



The cartoonish cd cover notwithstanding, this release presents one of Schuricht's most stern performances of the 9th. The liner notes tell us he conducted the work 38 times, starting in 1920 - the most of any Bruckner symphony (he did the 7th 30 times). He conducted it in a concert marking the passing of Furtwängler. Obviously his credentials as a brucknerian are second to none. What makes this performance special is the brass playing of the NDR orchestra. It's not only very powerful, but raw with intensity, trumpets gleaming like searching laser beams. The timpani too are more forceful than in the other performances I've listened to. The sound is mono but very serviceable (the Bavarian Radio effort from Orfeo maybe the best sounding among the 4 live performances from 1943, 1954, 1960, 1963). Schuricht's way with the work differs slightly from one orchestra to the other. The only movement where timings differ somewhat is the Adagio: 20 minutes in Vienna, almost 25 in Hamburg, 22-ish in all others. That may help figure what Schuricht performance is best suited to one's tastes - provided sound quality is not the deciding factor.

[Symphonic Addict]

For works like the Violin Sonata No. 4 (included on this CD) is that I find Langgaard a quite fascinating composer. This work abounds in quirkiness and irreverence. Interesting how the dissident and the conservative coexist with the same person.

[steve ridgway]

Berio: Calmo For Mezzo-Soprano And 22 Instruments

[steve ridgway]

Webern: Das Augenlicht For Mixed Chorus And Orchestra

[steve ridgway]

Maderna: Concerto For Two Pianos

[steve ridgway]

Ligeti: Lontano

[steve ridgway]

Stravinsky: Les Noces

Good lively rhythms and singing .

[Harry]

Francois Devienne.
Bassoon Concertos.
Eckart Hübner, Bassoon.
Slovak Chamber Orchestra, Bohdan Warchal.
See for details back cover.


As I expected, Devienne's bassoon concertos are far more virtuosic than, for example, Mozart's.   Hübner lends charm and elegance to the music, makes it jubilate and conjures up ornaments that does him and Devienne credit.  Performed with virtuosic grace and sympathetically recorded, I remember when (aeons ago) I bought a ton of CPO records at one go and needed a lorry to get them all to my home, this was the first CD I played and was amazed at its virtuosity and how well Hübner performed these works, and still am. 1994...it was a long time since then....

[AnotherSpin]

Bruckner 9. Carl Schuricht, NDR-Sinfonieorchester. Hamburg Liederhalle, Jan 31, 1960.



The cartoonish cd cover notwithstanding, this release presents one of Schuricht's most stern performances of the 9th. The liner notes tell us he conducted the work 38 times, starting in 1920 - the most of any Bruckner symphony (he did the 7th 30 times). He conducted it in a concert marking the passing of Furtwängler. Obviously his credentials as a brucknerian are second to none. What makes this performance special is the brass playing of the NDR orchestra. It's not only very powerful, but raw with intensity, trumpets gleaming like searching laser beams. The timpani too are more forceful than in the other performances I've listened to. The sound is mono but very serviceable (the Bavarian Radio effort from Orfeo maybe the best sounding among the 4 live performances from 1943, 1954, 1960, 1963). Schuricht's way with the work differs slightly from one orchestra to the other. The only movement where timings differ somewhat is the Adagio: 20 minutes in Vienna, almost 25 in Hamburg, 22-ish in all others. That may help figure what Schuricht performance is best suited to one's tastes - provided sound quality is not the deciding factor.

I had this recording saved in my favorites for a while. Just listened to it, and it's very powerful. The sound quality is quite acceptable on my audio system. Schuricht is magnificent; I will always prefer the authenticity of raw and unpolished archival recordings of the great interpreters of Bruckner to the sterile, manicured versions of today.

[Florestan]

an early 19th century New Orleans borne and bred pianist (with Parisian training later)

Chopin was so delighted by Gottschalk's concert that he went backstage, embraced the boy and predicted a bright future for him.

I love his music, it's fresh, folksy and fun.

[Harry]

JÓZEF ELSNER (1769–1854).
Three String Quartets Op.8 (ca 1796).
Equilibrium String Quartet. (On period instruments)
Recorded at the Concert Hall of the Wojciech Kilar State Music School Complex in Katowice, 17-19 November 2018.
The recording was based on the first edition, Jean André, Offenbach s/M 1806.

Superb performances of these SQ, recorded in SOTA sound. Elsner's music is attractive, creative and full of musical surprises. Wonderfully accomplished string quartets by a contemporary of Mozart. The works are not only imaginative and subtle, but also very sensitively interpreted.