What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Coopmv]

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She was supposed to be a marvellous singer ...     

[Lilas Pastia]

re:re: Ilya Murometz

It was at one time available from one of those LP to CD labels, but no official release to my knowledge.

It appears to have been released (http://classicalcdreview.com/hsgliere.htm) but this dates from 2001 and may well have disappeared without a trace. Do check this site (click on link in the article) for an excellent overview of extant recordings (the Botstein was not released at that date, and is the subject of a separate article.

[Que]

She was supposed to be a marvellous singer ...     

She was a marvellous singer - in the league of Elly Ameling and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.

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[Coopmv]

Q

I was quite impressed with her after I had had the chance to listen to this St Matthew Passion a few months ago ...

[bhodges]

Beethoven: Choral Fantasy (Herbert Schuch, piano/John Nelson/Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, taped live 7 July 09) - From the Festival de Saint-Denis, available through approximately August 7 on Medici.tv.  Orchestra sounds mellow and delicious, and Schuch (new to me) is very good, and there are some beautifully intimate moments in the strings.

This website has become one of my summer pleasures, broadcasting some great concerts in very high-quality audio and video.  I will definitely be listening to the concert version of Don Giovanni on July 20 from the Verbier Festival.

Now up:

Händel: Il Piante di Maria (Vivica Genaux/Christophe Rousset/Les Talens Lyriques, taped live 23 June 09) - Genaux sounds terrific, and the setting for this concert, the Saint-Denis Basilico, is quite beautiful.

--Bruce

[Que]

I was quite impressed with her after I had had the chance to listen to this St Matthew Passion a few months ago ...

Irmgard Seefried's career was overshadowed by Schwarzkopf's success, who was championed by her influental husband, Walter Legge. But legend has it that Schwarzkopf actually rather envied Seefried for her enormous talents. Seefried originally was an EMI artist as well - an album with superb early recordings has been reissued on Testament - but switched to DG. She also can be heard on several live recordings of operas and Lieder recitals - many on Orfeo. Strongly recommended.

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[jwinter]

As included in the Brilliant Classics Complete Bach set:



First time hearing these.  Very nice indeed 

[George]

Emil von Sauer
The Complete Commercial Recordings
Marston Records

CD 1

SPANISH REGALS, ca. 1923
Mozart: Rondo alla Turca, from Sonata in A, K. 331 3:13
Beethoven: Adagio Sostenuto from "Moonlight" Sonata, op. 27, no. 2 4:24
Chopin: Waltz in C-sharp Minor, op. 64, no. 2 3:12
Mendelssohn/Liszt: "On Wings of Song" 3:29
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no. 12 8:15
Schumann: Carnaval, op. 9 16:56

GERMAN VOX RECORDINGS, ca. 1925
Beethoven: Adagio Cantabile from "Pathétique" Sonata, op. 13 4:59
Sauer: Konzert-Polka 3:57
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no. 15 4:13
Chopin:
Waltz in E Minor, op. Posth 2:36
Berceuse in D-flat, op. 57 4:29
Impromptu in A-flat, op. 29 3:06
Sauer: Spieluhr 2:43
Mendelssohn: Scherzo in E Minor, op. 16, no. 2 2:22
Liszt: Liebestraum no. 3 in A-flat 4:37
Sauer: Concert Etude no. 7, "Meeresleuchten" 3:11

Apparently this set sold for $300 recently. 

[DavidW]

I wish I knew! Some piano work by Schubert, but since the name of the CD/work is too long for the iPod Touch to display in its entirety, I know only that it's by Schubert and is a work I don't know!

That's exactly why I edit my tags down so it's just catalogue #, composer, performer, mvt #.  Keep it simple.

[haydnguy]

Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110
The Borodin String Quartet

[Brian]

Just popped it in, but it feels like a humdinger already!

[RussellG]

I've only had exposure to a few of Schubert's chamber works, but of the ones I have heard, this is my favourite (recorded 1990):

[Brian]

Well, my Bastille Day listen to the Symphonie fantastique is under way ... unfortunately, it began at 12:00 AM at the end of Bastille Day, but whatever.
New York Philharmonic - Leonard Bernstein.

[FideLeo]

Another winner from the Ensemble Gilles Binchois under Domenique Veillard - top of the pops in EM IMO!

Q

Requiems, for reasons that have eluded me, in particularly seem more popular with current generation of hipsters than all the other genres of "early music." 

[Que]

I'm making this picture a slightly bigger than usual on account of its quality.
It shows "La Présentation au Temple" by Simon Vouet (1590-1649), to be found in the Louvre, Paris.

Good morning!

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[Que]

Requiems, for reasons that have eluded me, in particularly seem more popular with current generation of hipsters than all the other genres of "early music." 

Can't say that does ring a bell with me, masolino!

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[FideLeo]

Can't say that does ring a bell with me, masolino!

Q

If I clarify by saying that by "hipsters" I don't mean musicians that do HIP, nor
classical music listeners that favour HIP...  

anyway voici another album dedicated to another discovery in early music of...
Requiem!... by Eustache du Caurroy:

[Que]

If I clarify by saying that by "hipsters" I don't mean musicians that do HIP, nor
classical music listeners that favour HIP...  

That rises the question: who are the hipsters that you were referring to?

anyway voici another album dedicated to another discovery in early music of...
Requiem!... by Eustache du Caurroy:

Wow, interesting stuff. Eustache du Caurroy is a new name to me! French late Renaissance is still uncharted territory for me.

Interesting, interesting...

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[The new erato]

Just played this for the 4th time and am slowly getting a handle of the music. Not overtly Russian, not very modern sounding either. Of course the music has its share of dissonance, particularly in the first quartet, but mostly it is quiet, slightly sad (not in a Shostakovian way)  and also wiithout the frenzy that one hears in other Russian music of its time. No masterpieces, but also definitely music with something on its mind and far more than occasional background material. Well worth it.

[ChamberNut]

I've only had exposure to a few of Schubert's chamber works, but of the ones I have heard, this is my favourite (recorded 1990):

Yep, mine too Russell!