What are you listening 2 now?

[Number Six]

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23, Op. 57 "Apassionata"
Arthur Rubinstein

[Number Six]

Walton: Symphony No. 1
Sir William Walton, Philharmonia Orchestra

[JBS]

Mozart: Concert Arias
Magdalena Kožená
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Sir Simon Rattle

I listened to this one earlier today. It's Mozart. Mrs. Sir Simon is a good songstress. Yep, it's enjoyable.

Technically she's Lady Rattle, isn't she?
TD
From the bonbon pile: orchestral Liszt and the first of Serebrier's Stokowski recordings

[Number Six]

Technically she's Lady Rattle, isn't she?

I suspect you're correct. I just liked "Mrs Sir Simon" as a phrase. 

[Traverso]

That is my favorite Bach Cantatas set!

I assume that you have listened to several recordings, what is it about the Koopman performances that appeals so much to you?
This cantata BWV151 is nowhere as beautiful as in the performance with Ton Koopman it is really overwhelming with much intimacy ,great vocal singing as well.

[Daverz]

Thanks to the combined talents of maestros Bruckner and Wakasugi, I changed the course of my afternoon and ended up listening to that until its conclusion. What a glorious work it is, and Wakasugi judges details big and small to perfection, greatly enjoyed! Excellent recommendation, @Den glemte sønnen!

Hurwitz made an appreciative review video for Wakasugi's Wagner disc on Berlin Classics.

Thread duty:

Mahler: Symphony No. 3 - Inbal/Frankfurt

Some recordings of No. 3 can seem interminable, but Inbal keeps things moving and never bogs down.

[Harry]

"Il dolce suono"
Venetian Renaissance music.
See details on back cover.
Ulrike Hofbauer, Soprano.
Ensemble Arcimboldo, Thilo Hirsch.
Recording: 2017, Landgasthof Riehen.

A good way to start the rainy morning, it is coming down in torrents. Ulrike Hofbauer is a good Soprano, no udue vibrato, or other funny gimmicks. I did not know this accompanying ensemble, but they are pretty good. Interesting playlist too. Recording is very good.

[Que]

[Irons]

Ravel: Piano Trio.

Played this with little expectation - recording not work, which I love. Trio di Trieste soon proved how wrong I was. True artistry to elevate a piece to greater heights that listener knew or expected.

[Harry]

Henry Purcell.
Dido and Aeneas.
Opera in three acts.
See details on back cover.
Choral: Taverner Choir, Taverner Players, and soloists, Andrew Parrott.
Recorded:1981, Rosslyn Hill Chapel, London.

Reference recording, musically and sonically. This whole ensemble performs at their very best, and to my ears it has never been bettered. This is so utterly beautiful, and emotionally deeply moving. A joy it is, the only version I ever bought, for I never felt the need to buy another Dido. This is the best of the very best, etc etc.

[Harry]

Henri Grenerin. (1668-1748)
The Sound of the Soul.
French suites.
Bruno Helstroffer, Baroque Guitar,
Guitare baroque de Phillipe Motet-Rio, 2023, Albé, France, Copie du modèle d'Alexandre Voboam, 1676, Paris, France
Cordes en boyau Aquila. Diapason la 400 Hz.
Recorded in April 2023 at Château du Boschet (France).

I play a lot of Lute music, and I decided to step a little bit further in time, and listen to a Baroque Guitar instead. Nothing wrong with that, but I miss the gentle sound of the Lute, against the more sonorous sounds of the Guitar. Grenerin is an unknown composer to me, as is the Guitar player. He clearly belongs to the new generation, for his approach is not much to my taste. Too much "me" takes first place, instead of expression of the musical kind. But as music, when one is occupied with secondary tasks, it will do nicely. Grenerin as a composer does not add anything to impress me with. Well recorded.

[Madiel]

Mozart



Currently Side A. I'm not sure whether I'll do Side B tonight as well or save it for tomorrow.

EDIT: I've decided I'm doing Side A (or K.375 if you prefer) twice.

[foxandpeng]

Kalevi Aho
Viola Concerto
Symphony 14
Lapland Chamber Orchestra
John Storgårds
BIS

More of the same, today 🙂. Repetition being the key to familiarity, and all that.

[Harry]

Kalevi Aho
Viola Concerto
Symphony 14
Lapland Chamber Orchestra
John Storgårds
BIS

More of the same, today 🙂. Repetition being the key to familiarity, and all that.

And "How" do you "like Monica Groop"??

[Harry]

Arnold Bax.
The Truth About The Russian Dancer.
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson.
Recorded: 1990, St Jude on the Hill, Hampstead.

A Bax of almost youthful cheerfulness, unshadowed by anything, of often sumptuous sonority. All participants are enjoying themselves. The recording is as clean and undistorted as one could wish for. Great fun

[foxandpeng]

And "How" do you "like Monica Groop"??

Ah, I've not listened to Kysymysten Kirja.

Can't be doing with all that mezzo-soprano nonsense.

Yuk

[Harry]

WILLIAM WALTON (1902–1983)
Orchestral works.
See back cover for details.
ANTHONY MARWOOD Violin.
BBC Scottish SO, Martyn Brabbins.

What is there actually to say other, that this disc is the greatest credit Hyperion could give to us. What a marvelous performance and such good sound. The sunny Mediterranean Violin concerto is indeed a very happy work, and the popular tone and message of the Spitfire Prelude & Fugue and Partita) as well as the artful treatment Hindemith Variations, it all measures up. One has to love Walton, right?!

[Traverso]

Bach

 

[pianococo90]

Toru Takemitsu
And Then I Knew 't Was Wind for flute, viola, and harp

[Que]

Spotted this Telemann recording on Spotify! 

It's good, the playing is quite (too?) serious and edgy. The concertos for 4 violins are the interesting pieces here.

https://www.biberfan.org/reviews/2023/1/13/telemann-music-for-violins