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Harry

#39500
February 10, 2015, 04:43:42 AM
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Karl Henning

#39501
February 10, 2015, 05:11:39 AM
Quote from: Que on February 09, 2015, 10:33:10 PM
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Disc 6 includes the lovely Missa O Quam Gloriosum.

Q

An exquisite piece.  I am still waiting for my copy of this box, though, to catch up with me.  All our Boston snow has got quite in the way.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Sergeant Rock

#39502
February 10, 2015, 05:29:35 AM
Shostakovich String Quartet No.7 F sharp minor op.108 played by the Mandelring Quartett




Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Karl Henning

#39503
February 10, 2015, 05:31:50 AM
Cheers, Sarge!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Harry

#39504
February 10, 2015, 05:35:25 AM
After Jack Gallagher I needed something more spiritual....
Another fine disc by Joseph Kelemen.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/02/new-acquisition-lubeck-vincent-1654.html?spref=tw
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Sergeant Rock

#39505
February 10, 2015, 05:59:39 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on February 10, 2015, 05:31:50 AM
Cheers, Sarge!

Hey, Karl.

Listening to another op.108




Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Karl Henning

#39506
February 10, 2015, 06:02:15 AM
Quote from: Harry's on February 10, 2015, 04:43:42 AM
An eclatant success, very much recommended.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/02/new-acquisition-gallagher-jackb1947.html?spref=tw

Very glad you enjoyed the music, Harry!  And I completely understand the need for a change of pace afterward  :)
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

kishnevi

#39507
February 10, 2015, 06:12:55 AM
Quote from: Harry's on February 10, 2015, 01:18:43 AM
This cd comes with a strong recommendation to all that enjoy 16th century Italian keyboard music.
A exquisite release, and a runner up for my top 10 of 2015.
New Acquisition

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/02/new-acquisition-macque-giovanni-de1548.html?spref=tw

It is actually a reissue of their first recording.  I have all their other ones, and they are, if anything, better.
TD

CD 17 in recital at Holstein Music Festival 1988 (Brahms and Liszt) and Aldeburgh 1977 (Schubert).  Amazon refuses to yield a listing for the original issue

Harry

#39508
February 10, 2015, 06:41:58 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on February 10, 2015, 06:12:55 AM
It is actually a reissue of their first recording.  I have all their other ones, and they are, if anything, better.


Could you give me some info about other releases by the hands of Falconi?
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

kishnevi

#39509
February 10, 2015, 06:50:38 AM
Quote from: Harry's on February 10, 2015, 06:41:58 AM
Could you give me some info about other releases by the hands of Falconi?
Arghh!
Sorry. 
I quoted the wrong post.  I was referring to Stile Antico.
Apologies for the mixup.

Harry

#39510
February 10, 2015, 06:54:08 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on February 10, 2015, 06:50:38 AM
Arghh!
Sorry. 
I quoted the wrong post.  I was referring to Stile Antico.
Apologies for the mixup.

I knew this of course my friend, just a little teasing.
Anyways, I will seriously consider buying all the other releases too, for this choir is excellent.
But, I consider, for they are all full price, and composers I have already in my collection from other choirs.
Stile Antico is and stays on my radar.
You were very right in your enthusiasm for them.
Thank you for pointing me in that direction.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Todd

#39511
February 10, 2015, 06:54:29 AM
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

Panem et Artificialis Intelligentia

Harry

#39512
February 10, 2015, 06:56:07 AM
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Harry

#39513
February 10, 2015, 06:56:33 AM
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Mirror Image

#39514
February 10, 2015, 07:08:35 AM
Now:



Continuing on with this recording from last night, listening to North Country Sketches. Splendid work and performance.

North Star

#39515
February 10, 2015, 07:18:23 AM
Quote from: Que on February 09, 2015, 10:33:10 PM
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Disc 6 includes the lovely Missa O Quam Gloriosum.

Q
Disc 6 for me too.
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

My photographs on Flickr

RebLem

#39516
February 10, 2015, 07:45:22 AM
Since my last report, I have been listening to the following:

CDs 10-11 of 13 in the hanssler set of the Mahler Symphonies by Michael Gielen, cond. SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg 8 DEC 1998 @ Konzerthaus Freiburg.

Sym 8 in E Flat Major (83:30)--EuropaChor Akadamie, Aurelius-Sangerknaben Calw, Alessandra Marc, soprano (Magna Peccatrix), Margareet Jane Wray, soprano (Una poenitentium), Christiane Boesinger, soprano (Mater gloriosa), Dagmar Peckova, contralto (Mulier Samaritana), Eugenie Grunewald, contralto (Maria Aegyptiaca), Glenn Winslade, tenor (Doctor Marianus), Anthony Michaels-Moore, baritone (Pater Ecstaticus), Peter Lika, bass (Pater profundus)

This is a good performance, but not one of the best, in my opinion.  Sonics are excellent, but Part II seems considerably slower than most, even a tad sluggish, and tenor Glenn Winslade does not seem quite up to the standard of the other singers, who are mostly good, but unremarkable.  Try Segerstam (if you can find it), Kubelik, Bernstein Sony or Solti, in that order.


CD 4 of a 5 CD set of the complete Shostakovich string quartets performed by the Manderling Quartet on the audite label.

Tr. 1-4......String Quartet 10 in A Major, Op. 118 (23:42)
Tr. 5-6......String Quartet 12 in D Sharp Major, Op. 133 (25:40)
Tr. 7-9......String Quartet 14 in F Sharp Major, Op. 142 (25:51)

These are searingly emotional performances of some of Shostakovich's most dissonant and rousing music.  # 12 has long been my third favorite of the DS quartets-- 15 being my most favorite, reflective of the same mood of impending death that appears in his last symphony.  My second favorite is # 8, long considered one of his best by most critics.  These are excellent performances, but I still prefer the St Petersburg Quartet performances by a narrow margin.
"Don't drink and drive; you might spill it."--J. Eugene Baker, aka my late father.

Jaakko Keskinen

#39517
February 10, 2015, 08:08:55 AM
Quote from: RebLem on February 10, 2015, 07:45:22 AM
CD 4 of a 5 CD set of the complete Shostakovich string quartets performed by the Manderling Quartet on the audite label.

Tr. 1-4......String Quartet 10 in A Major, Op. 118 (23:42)
Tr. 5-6......String Quartet 12 in D Sharp Major, Op. 133 (25:40)
Tr. 7-9......String Quartet 14 in F Sharp Major, Op. 142 (25:51)

I really like 12. Isn't the quartet in D flat major though, not D sharp?
"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo

SonicMan46

#39518
February 10, 2015, 08:27:58 AM
Krommer, Franz (1759-1831) - Clarinet Quartets, Quintets, et al w/ Eduard Brunner & members of the Amati Quartett - new arrivals today and loving Brunner's sound (more than the Klöcker performances which I'll cull out of my collection) - Fanfare reviews reprinted HERE1 and HERE2 - Dave :)

   

Ken B

#39519
February 10, 2015, 08:37:02 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 10, 2015, 07:08:35 AM
Now:



It's probably just me, but that's worst cover material. Brrrr.
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