What are you listening to now?

[Brahmsian]

Another gem from Greg!

First-Listen (I believe to the works, as well as performance) - gorgeous!  I'm normally not a period instrument fan, but this is sublime, and hitting every spot!!   

Mozart

Sonatas for violin and fortepiano, K.377, K.380, K.403(fragment), K.376

Manze, violin
Egarr, fortepiano

Harmonia Mundi

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[Rinaldo]

http://www.youtube.com/v/G6KFSinod2Y

Beautiful.

[kyjo]

Previously:

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Listened to Cello Sonata no. 1. An interesting, though not entirely convincing, work and excellent performance. The ending of the Presto movement is quite disturbing, to say the least!

[Sadko]

Johann Gottfried Walther

Organ Works

Olivier Vernet

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Previously:

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Listened to Cello Sonata no. 1. An interesting, though not entirely convincing, work and excellent performance. The ending of the Presto movement is quite disturbing, to say the least!

I highly disagree, but I may be a little biased. I think Cello Sonata No. 1 is a fine work.

[Brian]

Continuing through the Fleisher box in case I surrender to temptation and order the giant Rubinstein box for $100.

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Now:



A new acquisition. Listening to Aion composed in 1961. Totally awesome!!! I love these ambient soundscape works. Great performance as far as I can tell. I haven't heard any other performance of this work to make any comparisons.

[kyjo]

I highly disagree, but I may be a little biased. I think Cello Sonata No. 1 is a fine work.

As with most composers, I prefer Schnittke's orchestral works to his chamber works. I'm going to give the concertante works on that Chandos set another listen over the next couple days. The Cello Concertos are among my favorite works by Schnittke.

[kyjo]

I love these ambient soundscape works.

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[listener]

an evening of MOZART  divertimenti
no.1 in E^b K.113  no.2 in D K.131,  no.4 in Bb K.186,  no.7 in D K.205, no.13 in F K.253, no.16 in E^b K.289,
New York Philomusica        Robert Johnson, dir.
much praised long ago as Vox Boxes (LPs) and still sounding like well-played good music.
Some may miss the memories of an asthmatic aunt that period instruments would have aroused.

[Todd]

...in case I surrender to temptation and order the giant Rubinstein box for $100.

Do it.

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As with most composers, I prefer Schnittke's orchestral works to his chamber works. I'm going to give the concertante works on that Chandos set another listen over the next couple days. The Cello Concertos are among my favorite works by Schnittke.

Have you heard Schnittke's Hymns for chamber ensemble, Kyle?

[Brian]

Do it.

How 'bout the Pollini Schumann and Chopin boxes? And the Vivarte?

[Sadko]

Pachelbel

Hexachordum Apollinis

Marga Scheurich (harpsichord)

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[Todd]

How 'bout the Pollini Schumann and Chopin boxes? And the Vivarte?

If you don't have the Pollini already, I'd say yes.  The 70s recordings are close to essential.  The Vivarte box is very good, but also variable.  The smaller scale works fare better, relatively speaking, than the post-Baroque orchestral and choral works.  It's not essential.

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Now:



Listening to Violin Concerto No. 3. For me, should be counted as one of the greatest VCs of the 20th Century.

[Mandryka]

Yes a short one in latin, which you can see, if you download the faximile of his own first edition from this webpage:
http://imslp.org/wiki/Apparatus_Musico-Organisticus_(Muffat,_Georg)

That link isn't working for me, it says that there is currently no text on the page.

[Mandryka]

Sounds interesting. Any link (not Spotify, please, a CD link )

You can get the CD from here

http://www.leonardocarrieri.net/page7/index.html

[Sadko]

All this Pachelbel talk makes me want to play more:

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Werner Jacob (organ)

[Wanderer]

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Boy, did that cover not photograph well...