What are you listening 2 now?

[Que]

[Papy Oli]

Mozart - Sonatas for Violin and piano

[Madiel]

Rachmaninov: 2 pieces for violin and piano, op.6

[Papy Oli]

Mozart - Sonatas for Violin and piano

If the whole set carries on like this, that will be a purchase. Delightful!!

[Madiel]

Medtner: 3 Novellen, op.17



The first novella, "Daphnis and Chloe", is particularly sweet.

[Madiel]

If the whole set carries on like this, that will be a purchase. Delightful!!

I can attest to the ongoing quality of the series.

[Papy Oli]

I can attest to the ongoing quality of the series.

I know  it's your praise of it that prompted me to stream it, after a quick sample of others. It's one main chunk of Mozart's works I am missing.

[Traverso]

Bach

It is no penance to listen to these beautiful recordings. Alternating organ and vocals of the respective chorales, which are sung very beautifully and devoutly. The opening track of this CD is Christ lag in Todesbanden, a work by the young Bach and one of my favorite cantatas.

CD 17

[Madiel]

I know  it's your praise of it that prompted me to stream it, after a quick sample of others. It's one main chunk of Mozart's works I am missing.

You mean people sometimes actually read this stuff?

Ahem.

Schumann: 3 Gesänge (to translations of poems by Byron), op.95



Katherine Broderick is, shall we say, a somewhat strident singer. This is her only contribution to the Hyperion Schumann series. It's rather hard to tell whether her style fits the op.95 songs or whether a different singer would be a touch less strident and a little easier on my ear.

[Papy Oli]

You mean people sometimes actually read this stuff?

Ahem.

Just the summary at the end of the spreadsheets  

[Harry]

Henry Purcell.
Phantasies, Ayres & Chaconys, for Recorder quartet.
The Flautadors recorder Quartet.
Recorded in 2006.

I selected 3 recordings of the Flautadors Quartet, this is the third. I have my doubts if one can successfully arrange works for String instruments on Recorders. Well not everything sits comfortable in different shoes, but grosso modo the compositions of Purcell for strings works also on Recorders. That has everything to do with this ensemble. They are tone precise, steady in their articulation, and strong in expression. The change from viols to recorders is profound, but they pull it off successfully. Keep the volume low, for it is a direct hit on your ears if the volume is to high. The right setting will yield pleasure.

[Brian]

To expand on my previous point: I know op.110 particularly well so I went and looked. My edition of the score has a pedal marking across all of those chords. The notated chords are short, but there's a continuous pedal across all of the "rests".

Now I acknowledge it's possible that Paul Wee has an edition that does not have that pedal marking or there might be some other reason for a musicological debate about whether the pedal marking is authentic. But what you're describing as a moment of "distinctive personality", might also be characterised, if the pedal mark is correct, as "a mistake that nobody else makes" or "a deliberate departure from what Beethoven wrote".

This is the exact kind of reply I wanted to elicit! Yeah, no pedal, deliberate departure. What an odd choice.

[Traverso]

Mozart

String Quartets KV 458 "The Hunt"& KV 499 "Hoffmeister"

 

[Todd]

Disc one.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

The final movement of Scriabin's First Symphony, done with incandescent splendor by Riccardo Muti, the Philadelphia Orchestra, soprano Stefania Toczyska, tenor Michael Myers, and the Westminster Choir — one of my favorite recordings.

Nice! I like the equivalent recordings by Inbal and Konstantin Ivanov as well!

[Harry]

Charles-Francois-Gregoire de la Ferté. (1666-1746)
Sonates pour le Violon et la Basse Nr.1-12 "Sonates Oubliées"
Ensemble La Ferté.
Recorded, 2024? No PDF file. New release.

This ensemble is dedicated to rediscovering the sonatas of Charles-François Grégoire de La Ferté. a totally unknown French composer to me. The music reveals a very personal language, written in the style of Lully. and displays Italian influences, while retaining a distinctive French elegance. Its a mixture of dance, virtuosity and contrapuntal variety. The sonatas of this little-known composer of French Baroque music has a certain freshness and imagination, that lights one's awareness to compositions long lost. The recording is somewhat direct, and needs careful adjustment of your volume, certainly in the first movements, later on a few things are corrected. It is worth listening to it, for La Ferte has a lot to offer. It is well performed.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Paul Creston SY2, etc..

[Mandryka]

Timeless music, timeless performances. Whatever that means.

It includes some songs by little me.

[brewski]

Nice! I like the equivalent recordings by Inbal and Konstantin Ivanov as well!

Thanks for those recs! If I can tear myself away from this one, will give those a listen.

[prémont]

Timeless music, timeless performances. Whatever that means.

It includes some songs by little me.

This is one of those recordings of early music which long time ago were instrumental in stimulating my interest in this music - so it makes me a bit nostalgic. Nowadays I have a cd rerelease of it.