What are you listening 2 now?

[Linz]

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach The Solo Keyboard Music, Vol. 34, Miklos Spanyi

[Karl Henning]

Hindemith, Sonata for solo viola, Op 25, No 1, van Els




This performance is considerably slower than the others I listened to recently, Kashkashian and Power. It gives the music a heightened lyricism and sensuality. I remember getting this release for the Milhaud but the Hindemith is a great, unexpected bonus.

Sweet!

[Cato]

Hindemith, Sonata for solo viola, Op 25, No 1, van Els




This performance is considerably slower than the others I listened to recently, Kashkashian and Power. It gives the music a heightened lyricism and sensuality. I remember getting this release for the Milhaud but the Hindemith is a great, unexpected bonus.

Oh my!  I recall studying that work as part of my formation as a composer back in the late 1960's! 

Yes, an excellent piece!

[VonStupp]

Heitor Villa-Lobos
Symphony 8
Symphony 9
Symphony 11
São Paulo SO - Isaac Karabtchevsky

Concision and clearer textures are notable (and appreciated) here.
VS

[André]

Franz Schmidt's opera Notre Dame is not heard much (if at all) nowadays, but the orchestral bits often appear in orchestral recitals or as fillers to one of the composer's symphonies. It's a 2hour piece, so not really taxing time-wise, with a beautiful balance between vocal characterization and active orchestral commentary.

This 1989 performance has a great lineup of soloists, but alas the Esmeralda of Gwyneth Jones sounds too mature. Jones' large dramatic soprano voice is wrong for the role anyways and her singing is affected by a persistent wobble. The basic tone is lovely but the constant wobble is a distraction. Similarly, James King (Phoebus) is way past his prime, but he retains most of the metal and solid tone that allowed him to sing countless Siegmunds and Das Lied von der Erde in concert and on disc. Kurt Moll is the excellent Quasimodo. Excellent orchestral contribution by the esteemable RSO Berlin. Very good recorded sound, clear, natural, uncluttered.

[foxandpeng]

Grazyna Bacewicz
Symphonies 3 and 4
Sakari Oramo
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Chandos

Good start.

[Daverz]

Bruckner Symphony No. 6 in A Major, NDR Symphony Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi
Te Deum, Wilma Lapp, Elisabeth Hongen, Nicolai Gedda, Walter Kreppel, Vienna Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic, Hebert von Karajan

Would be interesting to compare younger Dohnanyi with older Dohnanyi

[JBS]

[steve ridgway]

Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 1

[steve ridgway]

Crumb: Unto The Hills

[Que]

[steve ridgway]

Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde

[Mookalafalas]

  I love the restraint. No pushing for excitement; the music just unfolds, majestically. Might be disappointing to  those who expect more "momentum" from a disk called momentum... (perhaps things will change in later tracks, only only on 2 now). {3 does speed up, but it's still wonderfully tasteful and refined. I look forward to hearing from this genteleman as a conductor}

[Harry]

Celine Scheen - Amarante.
Songs and Instrumental compositions by: Nicolas Vallet, Jean Baptiste Besard, Nicolas Hotman, Francois Richard, Michel Lambert, Anonymous.
Instruments: Luth à 10 chœur de Joel van Lennep, Théorbe de Jakob van de Geest, Basse de viole de Thomas Allred, 1625.

[Florestan]

This thread has reached page 6000.

[pjme]

Schubert died 19 november 1828...

[Harry]

Johann Adam Reincken. 1643–1722
Hortus Musicus.
The Musical Garden of Johann Adam Reincken.
Sonatas, Allemandes, Courants, Sarabands & Giques for 2 Violins, Viola da gamba & Basso continuo (Hamburg 1688).
Stylus Phantasticus, Friederike Heumann.
Recorded at Temple St.Jean in Mulhouse (France), September 25th – 28th 2009.
 

[prémont]

Johann Adam Reincken. 1643–1722
Hortus Musicus.
The Musical Garden of Johann Adam Reincken.
Sonatas, Allemandes, Courants, Sarabands & Giques for 2 Violins, Viola da gamba & Basso continuo (Hamburg 1688).
Stylus Phantasticus, Friederike Heumann.
Recorded at Temple St.Jean in Mulhouse (France), September 25th – 28th 2009.

An outstanding recording of very rare repertoire. Unfortunately vol. 2 never was released.
 

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Bach

Cantata BWV 63

The musical instrument at the bottom of art looks interesting. I've never seen it before. Is this a group of pipes?

[Florestan]