What are you listening 2 now?

[Christo]

Harry likes it as well 

Which, apart from 'screaming sopranos', applies to all good music   Harry knows everything from the very oldest junk to contemporary music, although I never actually catch him taking much interest in square modernist excesses (which non-intellectuals mistake for 'intellectual' music). 

[Que]

The most beautiful lamentations of the Renaissance are (naturally) by Lassus:



There are other recordings, but not really... if you get my drift...

https://www.medieval.org/emfaq/cds/hmu1299.htm

[Traverso]

Cross-post, and I hope to be pardoned the self-promotion:

it reminds me of Ligeti somewhere. It is very entertaining with a stylish swing.

[Florestan]

[Traverso]

Telemann

CD VI

[AnotherSpin]

Toscanini's Missa Solemnis, recorded live in 1940, is a performance of unmistakable intensity — pure Toscanini through and through. But what truly draws you in is the way Milanov's radiant voice intertwines with Björling's stunning vocal clarity. It's deeply devotional, yes, yet touched with just enough operatic drama to make it utterly compelling. Remarkably, the sound quality is excellent for such an early recording. I'll admit it — I've just listened to the Sanctus and Agnus Dei twice in a row. Simply couldn't resist.

[Florestan]

[AnotherSpin]

Unlike Toscanini's take, Giulini's Missa Solemnis isn't overly dramatic, but rather meditative, restrained, and introspective. There are no sharp contrasts — just a finely tuned sense of dynamic nuance throughout. The austerity is measured, never rigid, and the entire performance feels spacious and transparent, with a quiet depth that gradually draws you in.

[Traverso]

 Ligeti

[Traverso]

Unlike Toscanini's take, Giulini's Missa Solemnis isn't overly dramatic, but rather meditative, restrained, and introspective. There are no sharp contrasts — just a finely tuned sense of dynamic nuance throughout. The austerity is measured, never rigid, and the entire performance feels spacious and transparent, with a quiet depth that gradually draws you in.

Also one of my favorites....

[Iota]

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1
Igor Levit (piano)

Thoughtful, attractive playing, and he certainly launches a whip-crack-away rocket ride in the last movement.

[vandermolen]

Two of my favourite 20th Century violin concertos:

Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Violin Concerto 2 'The Prophets'
Has an element of 'Ben-Hur' about it but that is not a problem for me.

Ben-Haim
Violin Concerto
Another fine and sometimes moving work in exemplary performances.

Israel PO
Zubin Mehta/Itzhak Perlman

[Karl Henning]

it reminds me of Ligeti somewhere. It is very entertaining with a stylish swing.

Many thanks, my friend!

[Harry]

Ruth Gipps (1921 – 1999)
Orchestral Works, Volume 4.
See back cover for details.
Charlie Lovell-Jones violin.
Bill Anderson double-bassoon.
BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba.
Recording venue MediaCityUK, Salford, Manchester; 29 July 2022 (Leviathan), 24 May 2024 (Symphony No. 5), and 20 November 2024 (Violin Concerto).

Second rerun, and just as Beautiful. There is not a single work I dislike, and as to the performance, that is a winner too. Sota sound.

[Florestan]

Hat tip to @Wanderer.

[Madiel]

Acts Three and Four.



To be honest the story gets ever so slightly ropey. But clearly the moral is that if you're going to plot trickery, make sure everybody who needs to know about the plot does know.

[Madiel]

Mozart: Piano Quartet no.2



Probably a first listen.

[Florestan]

Mozart: Piano Quartet no.2



Probably a first listen.

To the work or the performance?

[Madiel]

To the work or the performance?

Both I think. The CD has sat unlistened to... well, until I got to Quartet number 1 that is, but before that it's been waiting to be heard since October 2023, but I'm fairly sure it was bought on the basis of faith in Domus/Florestan Trio/Susan Tomes rather than anything more than brief sampling.

And I'm genuinely unsure whether I've ever listened to the piano trios and piano quartets before in any performance. It's possible I've done so a long time ago and not remembered. I just knew they were a very obvious gap in my Mozart collection.

EDIT: I did listen to the K.498 trio when I first got the CD. But not the quartets.

[Florestan]

Both I think. The CD has sat unlistened to... well, until I got to Quartet number 1 that is, but before that it's been waiting to be heard since October 2023, but I'm fairly sure it was bought on the basis of faith in Domus/Florestan Trio/Susan Tomes rather than anything more than brief sampling.

And I'm genuinely unsure whether I've ever listened to the piano trios and piano quartets before in any performance. It's possible I've done so a long time ago and not remembered. I just knew they were a very obvious gap in my Mozart collection.

EDIT: I did listen to the K.498 trio when I first got the CD. But not the quartets.

And your thoughts on the music, if I may ask for them?