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Mandryka

#39600
February 11, 2015, 09:55:01 PM Last Edit: February 11, 2015, 10:34:13 PM by Mandryka


Paolo Pandolfo and co. plays everything that Antoine Forqueray wrote for viole and bass continuo. Warning: this CD will not please people with traditional ideas about how to play music, people who want to bring Forqueray's music closer to ideas of French classicism, people who play up singing beauty and elegant balance.

First off, Pandolfo fights shy of singing forth. Rather he plays the music as speech - from impassioned declamation to furtive whisper to grumpy mumble, impassioned grumpy mumble. This is familiar stuff from Les Voix Humaines, and is, I guess, a new viol trend - a reaction away from Jordi.

Second, he's really inventive with the rhythms. You may not notice the jolts until you compare with others, because what he does sounds natural. But it's imaginative.

The instrument, his viole, is so deep it's chthonic - which is an interesting way to make sense of the diabolical reputation of the music.

Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

Mandryka

#39601
February 11, 2015, 10:29:41 PM Last Edit: February 11, 2015, 10:56:12 PM by Mandryka
Quote from: amw on February 11, 2015, 02:23:36 PM
Why does the F major sonata K. 296 never show up on individual recitals. Why. It's so good.



I am not going to buy a recording of all 175938019823 Scarlatti sonatas just for this one so don't ask.

I like this sonata too. It was that sonata, in fact, which first prompted me to listen seriously to Scarlatti, and it's kind of made me feel happy that someone else has discovered it. I first got to know it through a CD by Albert Fuller, which is a bit sewing machiney, bit still rewarding in parts. Then later I found Scott Ross's recording, which is fabulous - a moment of real grace.

Now that thing you've been listening to, Zacharias. He takes 12 minutes to get to the end of it. It's too much for me, I lose attention. And I don't like the kitschy teardrop pianissimos and the unsuppleness compared with the harpsichordists. 
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

Que

#39602
February 11, 2015, 10:59:19 PM
Quote from: HIPster on February 11, 2015, 02:40:55 PM
On a first listen to this excellent Handel disc ~
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Note that amazon has it listed under Hsndel  ???. . .

Makes for some attractive pricing, however!   ;D

Looks good, I'm a big fan of Roberta Invernizzi. :)

Q

Que

#39603
February 11, 2015, 11:05:42 PM Last Edit: February 11, 2015, 11:29:59 PM by Que
Returning to this set for my morning listening:

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As good as it gets in English harpsichord music IMO. Nicely flowing yet quite articulated, resulting in expressive and highly engaging performances. :)

Q

Wanderer

#39604
February 12, 2015, 01:16:21 AM
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Obradovic

#39605
February 12, 2015, 01:24:43 AM
Kind of warming up before attending the VPO/Gatti Brahms cycle here in Athens

Harry

#39606
February 12, 2015, 01:26:11 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"

Madiel

#39607
February 12, 2015, 02:33:21 AM
Giving the Piano Sonata a whirl on Rdio (Spotify, you're on the way out).

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Nobody has to apologise for using their brain.

Harry

#39608
February 12, 2015, 03:44:22 AM
An outstanding organ disc. Recommended. (Que, Hipster, Jeffrey, Premont, Neal, Marc, ao)

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/02/new-acquisitionkerll-johann-caspar-1627.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"

prémont

#39609
February 12, 2015, 03:54:05 AM
Quote from: Harry's on February 12, 2015, 03:44:22 AM
An outstanding organ disc. Recommended. (Que, Hipster, Jeffrey, Premont, Neal, Marc, ao)

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/02/new-acquisitionkerll-johann-caspar-1627.html?spref=tw

I have owned it for several years, agree that it is very good.
Reality trumps our fantasy far beyond imagination.

Harry

#39610
February 12, 2015, 04:23:07 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"

Corey

#39611
February 12, 2015, 04:26:23 AM


My first listen to C.P.E. -- was expecting some pleasant trifles but these pieces are surprisingly stormy and dramatic! The period instruments sound brilliant and are sharply recorded.

Mirror Image

#39612
February 12, 2015, 05:28:08 AM
Now:



Listening to Vers la Voûte étoilée, which translated to English means Towards the Starry Vault. Strange title, beautiful work nonetheless. :)

springrite

#39613
February 12, 2015, 05:34:26 AM
Mozart PC 24 and 25 (Immerseel, Anima Eterna)

Loved Beethoven symphonies from them, but can't say I love the fortepiano playing...
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Mirror Image

#39614
February 12, 2015, 06:37:10 AM
Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 6 'Celestial Gate'. Very cool work. 8)

Wakefield

#39615
February 12, 2015, 07:02:10 AM
Quote from: Mookalafalas on February 11, 2015, 07:53:34 PM
:laugh:

Haydn Piano from
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Haydn fortepiano, sir.  :)
"Isn't it funny? The truth just sounds different."
- Almost Famous (2000)

Brian

#39616
February 12, 2015, 07:29:45 AM
I couldn't wait for my review copy, so NML it is.

Wakefield

#39617
February 12, 2015, 07:44:54 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 12, 2015, 07:29:45 AM
I couldn't wait for my review copy, so NML it is.



You picked my curiosity, Brian. I'm listening to listen to it via ClassicsOnline HD. Liner notes included.  :)

"Isn't it funny? The truth just sounds different."
- Almost Famous (2000)

listener

#39618
February 12, 2015, 07:54:53 AM Last Edit: February 12, 2015, 12:24:56 PM by listener
BUSONI:  Piano Sonata in f op. 20a     Seven Elegies
Bruce Wolosoff, piano
MYASKOVSKY:  Symphonies 23 & 24
Russian Federation academic Symphony Orch        Svetlanov, cond.
and vol. 4 of the Nonime label's series of surveys of north German organs, this time Ostfriesland, with music by the usuals: Byrd, Hofhaimer, Dufay, Buxtehude, Böhm, etc.
nice little booklet with pictures and specifications and registrations are included
Agnes Luchterhandt and Thiemo Janssen cover the eight locations
"Keep your hand on the throttle and your eye on the rail as you walk through life's pathway."

Brian

#39619
February 12, 2015, 07:56:39 AM
Quote from: Gordo on February 12, 2015, 07:44:54 AM
You picked my curiosity, Brian. I'm listening to listen to it via ClassicsOnline HD. Liner notes included.  :)

Good choice. The sound quality is so good, and this NML feed is so poor. And the liner notes are really essential - Honeck interprets this piece as programmatic tone poems, and his essay does a great job explaining many things about the symphony that have always confused and frustrated me.
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