What are you listening 2 now?

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

The Glorious Sound of Wagner. Ormandy/Philadelphia.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Now playing Estevéz Mediodía en el llano

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

Last work for the night --- Schnittke Concerto Grosso No. 3

[steve ridgway]

Messiaen - Turangalîla-Symphonie

[steve ridgway]

Ussachevsky: Missa Brevis

A nice regular piece for soprano, chorus and brass - no electronic or tape trickery involved .

[steve ridgway]

Ruggles: Angels

[steve ridgway]

Kagel: Osten from Die Stücke Der Windrose

[Que]

Giving this a run on Spotify... Read some positive comments on it, and I think they are justified.
Though I'm not sure if Harry could stomach countertenor David Erler... 
This is a Fra Bernardo reissue of an ORF recording.

[steve ridgway]

Scriabin: Trois Morceaux Op.52

[Harry]

Giving this a run on Spotify... Read some positive comments on it, and I think they are justified.
Though I'm not sure if Harry could stomach countertenor David Erler... 
This is a Fra Bernardo reissue of an ORF recording.

You are right, I hardly can.  
The artwork is giving me the creeps too. There is a lot of ignoring involved. A pity because in general I like this ensemble and the composer of course.

[Que]

Spotify subsequently led me to this recording:



Missa Salve Diva Parens, Salve Regina (motet)

I totally missed that one before! And it seems it is download-only, which is a real pity since I like very much.

[Harry]

Spotify subsequently led me to this recording:



Missa Salve Diva Parens, Salve Regina (motet)

I totally missed that one before! And it seems it is download-only, which is a real pity since I like very much.

I did not see it on Qobuz either, some time ago, but that might have changed.

Its there  so I will listen today

[Mandryka]

Spotify subsequently led me to this recording:



Missa Salve Diva Parens, Salve Regina (motet)

I totally missed that one before! And it seems it is download-only, which is a real pity since I like very much.

Wonderful, good find! I like this ensemble a lot, often more than Beauty Farm.

[Harry]

Jacob Obrecht.

Mass.
Missa Salvens Diva parens.
Salve Regina.
The Sound and the Fury.
Recorded: 2023.
Only available as download, or on streaming services.

Following the lead given by @Que I put it first on my listening list today, just a short afternoon I am afraid. I am in the last stages of tweaking my equipment, and this CD is a perfect tool to test voices.  I was not aware like Que, of this recording, which happens more often as I wish, but with the flood of new releases it is hard to keep track.  The recording  is pretty good,, with a nice reverb, and one can hear the voices separately, and follow them as they blend into each other as seamlessly as I could wish. The counter of course is always an issue for me, well most of the time, but the bass slightly raises his volume, and thereby creating a better perspective as a whole. Acceptable for me anyway. Actually all things considered this is close to a SOTA recording. Obrecht is done proud in this performance, a perfect blend and balance.

[Harry]

Béla Bartók (1881 – 1945)
Works for Violin and Piano, Volume 1.
See details on back cover.
James Ehnes Violin, & Andrew Armstrong, Piano.
Recording venue Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk; 30 May – 1 June 2011.

Extremely valuable recordings and performances. These chamber miniatures are a gem in the oeuvre of Bartok, especially when so well played. The fine atmospheric acoustic of the Potton Hall is just right for the music. Volume I holds a lot of promise to steer towards Volume II & III.

[Madiel]

Earlier tonight I heard 2 segments of piano playing on ABC Classic FM radio station that I was quite taken with. It turns out that both of them were recordings by Grigory Sokolov, so I might have to check out more of him.

[ChamberNut]

You are right, I hardly can.  
The artwork is giving me the creeps too. There is a lot of ignoring involved. A pity because in general I like this ensemble and the composer of course.

I'll take the Beauty Farm covers, awful as they, over the grotesque naked imps playing the violin. 

[Harry]

I'll take the Beauty Farm covers, awful as they, over the grotesque naked imps playing the violin. 

   

[Madiel]

Mozart: Ch'io mi scordi di te? ... Non temer, amato bene, K.505



I find Mozart's concert arias quite interesting at times. In this case, the version I decided to pick from Idagio has Julie Fuchs singing in a most attractive fashion. The downside, though, is that the commitment to period instruments includes a horrible honky-tonk piano with tuning issues (as this aria happens to have a piano part along with the orchestra). If you ever wanted a demonstration that new music technology was invented precisely because the old technology was in need of improvements, this is it.

[Florestan]

If you ever wanted a demonstration that new music technology was invented precisely because the old technology was in need of improvements, this is it.

The funny thing is that some people accept, or even demand, unsatisfactory instruments on the reason that "it's what they played and listened to back then", but when it is pointed out to them that, by the same token, unsatisfactory environments and etiquette should also be accepted, because "it's where and how they listened back then", they strongly disagree.