What are you listening 2 now?

[prémont]

But Bach expected performers to embellish and take liberties. So perhaps "Bach alone" is not truly Bach.

We don't know much about what Bach himself expected. But we can see from his scores that the ornamentation very often is written into the music. And in the harpsichord- and organ music there is hardly an occasion for much ornamentation other than cadence trills and alike. In all cases it must be done with the outmost discretion.

[prémont]

At times, Bach is played as though he were simply a vehicle for the performer's self-expression.

Yes, indeed. We tell no names. 

[ritter]

Yan Pascal Tortelier conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Hindemith's Symphonia Serena and the Symphony "Die Harmonie der Welt".

[Florestan]

Spending my morning in Brazil with the piano music of Fernandez and Guarnieri.



(Qobuz uploaded the wrong cover art; the Guarnieri is a full 70-minute recital, not a single piece.)

I am tempted by both. How would you describe them?

[AnotherSpin]

Yes, indeed. We tell no names. 

Too many to list

[Brian]

I am tempted by both. How would you describe them?

I would describe them both as loads of fun! There is a complete Guarnieri set on Naxos across two CDs, so Jones is essentially choosing his favorite half of the music. The Fernandez was really really good. The three Brazilian suites were very "pops" and colorful. The Sonata Breve had a ton of energy. The big surprise was a gorgeous romantic early nocturne (Op. 3) at the very end.

[Florestan]

I would describe them both as loads of fun! There is a complete Guarnieri set on Naxos across two CDs, so Jones is essentially choosing his favorite half of the music. The Fernandez was really really good. The three Brazilian suites were very "pops" and colorful. The Sonata Breve had a ton of energy. The big surprise was a gorgeous romantic early nocturne (Op. 3) at the very end.

Thanks. Sounds right up my alley. Will pull the trigger.

[Linz]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 166
Divertimento in B-Flat Major, K. 186
Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. Anh. 226
Divertimento in B-Flat Major, K. Anh. 227
Martin van de Merwe; Irma Kort; Johann Steinmann; Remco De Vries; Hans Wisse; Jos Buurman

[Brian]

Thanks. Sounds right up my alley. Will pull the trigger.

If you do not have the Naxos disc with Guarnieri concertos 1/2/3 that is a must. 1 and 2 are Gershwin level successes and 3 is more like if a Bartok concerto was in the jungle. Amazing stuff.

[Florestan]

If you do not have the Naxos disc with Guarnieri concertos 1/2/3 that is a must. 1 and 2 are Gershwin level successes and 3 is more like if a Bartok concerto was in the jungle. Amazing stuff.

I think I might have them. If I'm mistaken, I'll rectify the situation.

[AnotherSpin]

[Toni Bernet]

Between 1849 and 1853, Liszt completed Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, a cycle of piano pieces based on poems by Lamartine and texts from the Catholic liturgy. As musicologists are increasingly pointing out today, the entire cycle has a spiritual dramaturgy that is intended to lead to a religiously relivable transformation from suffering to joy.

More about the Andante lagrimoso and the final Cantique d'amour see:

https://www.discoveringsacredmusic.ch/19th-century/liszt-harmonies

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major, 1878 Version Ed. Robert Haas
Manchner Philarmoniker, Gunter Wand

[Lisztianwagner]

Alexander Scriabin
Symphony No.1

Alisa Kolosova, Alexey Dolgov, Oslo Philharmonic Choir
Vasily Petrenko & Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

[Florestan]

Alexander Scriabin
Symphony No.1

Vasily Petrenko & Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

No singers and no choir credited on the cover? Strange...

[Lisztianwagner]

No singers and no choir credited on the cover? Strange...

Sorry I haven't written them, they're Alisa Kolosova, Alexey Dolgov with the Oslo Philharmonic Choir.

[Florestan]

Sorry I haven't written them, they're Alisa Kolosova, Alexey Dolgov with the Oslo Philharmonic Choir.

Oh, my comment was not addressed at you, Ilaria. My point was that they should have been credited on the cover. 

[Brian]

What the heck...singing in English 

Some performance practices have aged worse than others, I suppose!

[Linz]

Johann Christian Bach Symphonie Concertante in E major with Two Violins, Cello and Flute Soli
Symphonie Concertante in E-flat major with Two Clarinets, Bassoon, Two Horns and Orchestra
Symphonie Concertante in A major with Violin and Cello Soli
The Hanover Band, Anthony Halstead

[VonStupp]

Anton Bruckner
Symphony 2 in C minor, WAB 102 (Haas/Nowak)

Chicago SO - Sir Georg Solti
Berlin PO - Herbert von Karajan

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