What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Florestan]

Well, technically a Fundgrube is not a "find", it's the place you find "finds". It's a treasure trove, really.

Something like Abeille Musique, then.

[MN Dave]

[Antoine Marchand]

The Trio Sonatas of Johann Sebastian Bach performed on a diverse collection of period instruments
Christa Rakich, organ & harpsichord
Dana Maiben, violin (Nicola Amati, 1658)
Wendy Rolfe, flute (Rod Cameron, after G.A. Rottenburgh)
Alice Robbins, 'cello and viola da gamba (Thomas Urquhart, and William Turner, respectively, after instruments from London c. 1680)
2 CDs
Loft Recordings


Disc 1

Prelude in b, BWV 544.1                                   
Christa Rakich, organ
Paul Fritts Opus 18 (2000), Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA

Sonata #1 in E-flat, BWV 525
Christa Rakich, organ
Taylor & Boody Opus 14 (1988), Clifton Forge Baptist Church, Clifton Forge, VA

Sonata #5 in C, BWV 529
Wendy Rolfe, flute
Alice Robbins, 'cello
Christa Rakich, harpsichord (Willard Martin Opus 106 after Blanchet)

Sonata # 3 in d, BWV 527
Christa Rakich, organ
John Brombaugh Opus 22 (1979), Christ Church, Tacoma, WA

Fugue in b minor, BWV 544.2                               
Christa Rakich, organ
Paul Fritts Opus 18 (2000), Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA

Total time: 53:41


Disc 2

Prelude in e, BWV 548.1
Christa Rakich, organ
C.B. Fisk Opus 56 (1971), Old West Church, Boston, MA

Sonata #6 in G, BWV 530                                         
Christa Rakich, organ
Richards-Fowkes Opus 1 (1991), St. Barnabas Church, Greenwich, CT

Sonata #4 in e, BWV 528
Dana Maiben, violin
Alice Robbins, viola da gamba
Christa Rakich, harpsichord
Willard Martin Opus 106 (1981) after Blanchet
Recorded May 23, 2000, St. Barnabas Church, Greenwich, CT

Sonata #2 in c, BWV 526
Christa Rakich, organ
Greg Harrold Opus 14 (1995), Residence of Alan Kay & Bonnie MacBird , Brentwood, CA

Fugue in e, BWV 548.2
Christa Rakich, organ
C.B. Fisk Opus 56 (1971), Old West Church, Boston, MA
   
Total time: 51:59


GOTHIC LABEL WEBSITE

[karlhenning]

First Listen!

Cage
Perpetual Tango (1984)
In a Landscape (1948)
Steffen Scheiermacher, pf

John Cage – Complete Piano Music, Vol. VIII, Hommage à Satie

[MN Dave]

Well, at least it's piano music.

[karlhenning]

Curiously, this has suddenly become the Cage piece of which I have multiple versions (toy piano, Lou Harrison's inventive orchestration, and now, piano vero):

Cage
Suite for Toy Piano (1948)
Steffen Scheiermacher, pf

John Cage – Complete Piano Music, Vol. VIII, Hommage à Satie

[karlhenning]

First Listen!  And the piece, curiosity about which was the driver for this acquisition, really:

Cage
Cheap Imitation (1969)
Steffen Scheiermacher, pf

John Cage – Complete Piano Music, Vol. VIII, Hommage à Satie

[Opus106]

Excepting the placement of the label's logo , I find it a very nice cover design. Especially some of the typography.

[Harry]

Ferruccio Busoni.
Orchestral Works-Chamber Music-Piano Music.
CD I.
Orchestral works.

Verzweiflung und Ergebung, Orhestral Suite.
Nocturne Symphonique.
Suite after the Rondo Arlecchinesco, Robert Worle, Tenor.
Divertimento for Flute and Orchestra.
Sarabande and Cortege, two studies after Doctor Faust.
Concertino for Clarinet and small Orchestra.
Dance Waltz for Orchestra.

Jean Claude Gerard, Flute.
Ulf Rodenhauser, Clarinet.
Radio SO Berlin, Gerd Albrecht.

The dreamlike character of Busoni's work, and landscape his notes create, are well captured in these performances. Good recorded sound too.

[karlhenning]

Last night, a performance on the ArtHaus DVD After the Wake, part of Simon Rattle's Leaving Home series:

Stockhausen
Gruppen (1955-57)
CBSO
Rattle, Hardin, Carewe, conductors

I'll need to visit this again and again;  in general, my initial impression is of more effort than the result may quite require.  Of course, that's my impression.  Obviously, the composer did what he felt his music required.

[jlaurson]

Something like Abeille Musique, then.

Well... Abeille means this, no?

[Sergeant Rock]

Pfitzner symphonies and preludes:




Sarge

[MN Dave]

[prémont]

Several times I have considered to purchase that Zinman set, but I am not completely convinced about its tempi, ....  The problem is that, as you can see, I prefer certain kind of Beethoven more classical than Romantic;

I would have to use force against myself to call Zinman romantic. It is rather about a strict and energetic performance, a kind of updated Toscanini, but contrary to him a little dull at times.

[Harry]

Vihuela, Renaissance Guitar, music.

Music by: Luys Milan, "Fantasia".
Played by Jose Miguel Moreno , Vihuela.
Eligio Quinteiro, Renaissance Guitar/Vihuela.

Absolute stunningly played and recorded. Great rest and balance in the music. Makes you quiet and balanced.
Budget price.

[Harry]

I would have to use force against myself to call Zinman romantic. It is rather about a strict and energetic performance, a kind of updated Toscanini, but contrary to him a little dull at times.

Dull?? Well maybe I am dull, but I remember clearly that time passed by in real time excitement. But maybe I am easily aroused!

[prémont]

The Trio Sonatas of Johann Sebastian Bach performed on a diverse collection of period instruments

Sonata #5 in C, BWV 529
Wendy Rolfe, flute
Alice Robbins, 'cello
Christa Rakich, harpsichord (Willard Martin Opus 106 after Blanchet)

Sonata #4 in e, BWV 528
Dana Maiben, violin
Alice Robbins, viola da gamba
Christa Rakich, harpsichord
Willard Martin Opus 106 (1981) after Blanchet
Recorded May 23, 2000, St. Barnabas Church, Greenwich, CT

Only two of the Triosonatas performed on other instruments than the organ and even in rather un-Bachian scorings, as it seems. But how do they play?

[prémont]

Dull?? Well maybe I am dull, but I remember clearly that time passed by in real time excitement. But maybe I am easily aroused!

No, I would never accuse you of being dull.

But concerning Zinman I think his visions are a bit pale compared to f.i. Harnoncourt and MacKerras.

[DavidRoss]

Earlier this morning, Abbado/BP's Rome recording of Beethoven's 3rd.  Think I'll settle down with a pot of Peet's Russian Caravan blend at hand, my sweetly purring cat in my lap, and the rest of this lovely cycle to play though on this fine, rainy day.

[Franco]

Mozart: Complete Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin, Vol. 2, David Breitman & Jean-Francois Rivest