Spinning Today (Classical version) [Archive] - Page 12

jandl100

10-03-2016, 06:59

Thanks, Gary - that's on my playlist now. I love that music but haven't heard Hillier's recording.

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A great harpsichord recording by my fave performer, Pieter-Jan Belder
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/129/MI0001129001.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
CD

Excellent recital concert for solo viola da gamba!
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/971/MI0000971531.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/09NUAGj1tBi1nmsTvRKQmn

jandl100

11-03-2016, 07:06

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51v2tkR9iAL._SY300_.jpg
Tragically, not on Spotify :(
But try this https://open.spotify.com/album/2zsc2dRdBBDafsDWGuTery
Just amazingly, wonderfully, like Schubert piano sonatas at times.

And listening now to the dark, forboding atmosphere of Gloria Coates 4th symphony .... ominous!! ....
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/966/MI0000966944.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/2bOAAByYvBo4VhlEOyKRcd
Yum. :)

jandl100

12-03-2016, 06:47

Ah, this recording of Ashton piano works is nice.
Start with the 4th sonata if you know your Schubert. :)
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2014/Mar14/Ashton_piano_v1_TOCC0063.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/2zsc2dRdBBDafsDWGuTery

Remarkably like Paganini concertos! Great fun.
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTk3WDYwMA==/z/k2MAAOSwbdpWVn0O/$_35.JPG
https://open.spotify.com/album/34ifVhMjznq4DemEwnu21F

jandl100

13-03-2016, 07:02

2nd symphony from this set ...
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51g9s3g5NjL._SY300_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/4XXnUzgA0HelOeCvNIn18G
Quite a distinctive performance that had me air-conducting like crazy at times. :)

and then ...
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2005/Jan05/Bruckner5_Harnoncourt_607492.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6GgmXFxl78kU9By7ioJjwU
A similar kind of approach - distinctively abruptly molded phrasing, but somehow maintains continuity of line, and really lets the big moments explode.

RIP Maestro Harnoncourt.

m10

13-03-2016, 08:40

^ Gosh, what a horrible cover :spew:
I do like Ansermet, though. :thumbsup:

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Looks better in real life, but I guess it's not the prettiest cover the Nutcracker has ever had. Gorgeous gatefold sleeve though with a track by track synopsis on a booklet in the middle.

m10

13-03-2016, 09:03

http://eil.com/images/main/Joaquin+Rodrigo+Concierto+de+Aranjuez++Fantasi+526 770.jpg

m10

13-03-2016, 09:56

https://cdn.discogs.com/Sh9LCo7MwP2ku9kwZCwc2nQ_10o=/fit-in/600x588/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(96)/discogs-images/R-6297217-1415855836-3128.jpeg.jpg

I can't say how endlessly enjoyable and fascinating I find Rhapsody in Blue (or Gershwin generally) -- I like this one for the Jazz-scaled orchestration and the almost frenetic energy. Bernstein (also on vinyl) also brilliant but I think the recording is too spacious - whereas his American in Paris on side two is just about perfect.

http://images.hhv.de/catalog/new_shop_298x298/00345/345732.jpg

m10

13-03-2016, 10:23

https://cdn.discogs.com/mgRW_Gz0HsMj_hxkmsKdLfIa1yk=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-126832-1160989081.jpeg.jpg

jandl100

14-03-2016, 06:45

The Haydn Andante con Variazoni (magnificent!) and Schubert D.784 piano sonata from this ...
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/046/MI0001046223.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/3EhdDjDlFIvl0WYEMC3lJQ
I'm appreciating Brendel more and more these days.

And there is something about Barenboim's Bruckner that just hits the spot for me.
The 9th from this set is wonderful, imo. Great sq, too.
I started out listening to Rattle's recent effort, but, meh .... tried the Barenboim and .... yeah! :^
https://artistxite.ie/imgcache/album/005/136/005136451_500.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5Yu1z3HckUOQyS7GU6bdNW

jandl100

15-03-2016, 06:56

http://sunrise-records.com.tw/image/cache/data/cover/bis/BISSACD1776-228x228.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/2OjPWo4oyMiAZbGxqBiNxw
Good piece of music, and excellent BIS recording - woo, the drums going crazy at the start of the finale are spectacular!

Which led me on to this ...
http://www.lawostore.no/assets/images/cpo777470_b75af5_rszd.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/7GnFlQdM0AcDNn6fwHTk7h
Interesting - the Piano Trio was especially enjoyable, but maybe by the final work, the Quartet, I'd had enough Suk!

And for the more adventurous souls among you ...
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/711/MI0003711281.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/4ej0JRwKD3G3PE6avUkgxI
:eek: ... don't say you weren't warned :eyebrows:

jandl100

15-03-2016, 08:12

listening to this at the moment ...
http://cdn.discogs.com/3YS1CnFYwldHNes8BlNJSoY0bPQ=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-7183951-1435606849-2095.jpeg.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/39QB2dTKr9CTv3QWRIM18D
A real spring in its step. What a joyous way to celebrate NH's life. :thumbsup:

Harnoncourt RIP :deceased:

daytona600

15-03-2016, 16:35

http://snvinyl.co.uk/WebRoot/Daily/Shops/eshop943300/53D3/EAB4/2317/DDC1/6293/0A0C/05ED/BC7C/ATAC_L209__98784__07222014100838-2385.jpg

cargar

15-03-2016, 19:09

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTUaGq0CK0KhbXKcPeAEF5mrwy_LIzHN jowjlO6XI0sgcwSRoY

Still my favourite rendition . VC was the Rach god.

jandl100

16-03-2016, 07:19

I like this recording of Songs of Travel very much
http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/images/g/2tQAAOSwrklVf3ZH/s-l225.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/7MLwZ4FcsZA3Ew7fTxK32R
Makes Terfel's wonderful account seem a bit histrionic and hammed up!

And this Wenlock Edge cycle is also a winner for me
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/images/2471/3141784_500_443.jpg?preset=article
https://open.spotify.com/album/5D7M1VJZOEhwOvbKW0Rl7i

And "Household Music" ? - never heard of it, but it's very good!
http://image2.archambault.ca/2/6/0/2/ACH002491128.0.320x320.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/387bDcAs0qJ8uCnzC4TJiD
... played by the Budapest Strings :eek:
And very nicely, too! And the Oboe Concerto and Tallis Fantasia are also winners. Little of the searing emotionalism of the great Brit performances of the Fantasia, but enjoyable in its own way.

And some Schubert to finish.
Paul Lewis giving a very powerful and emotional performance of the D.845 sonata :thumbsup:
http://assets3.classicfm.com/2012/39/paul-lewis-works-for-piano-vol-2-1348480912-old-article-0.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/2osHJDS9oH0eYvY1pdioGp

jandl100

17-03-2016, 06:04

An interesting recommendation from an American friend ...
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61w3-0zq04L.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/3OoMu3K9GQ2ajSnC3sHkzj
Poor guy died of TB aged 36, but wrote some good stuff before he expired.

and then some very pleasant easy-listening ...
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/159/MI0001159454.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/2pflqKce344roWZ9shdTiC

jandl100

17-03-2016, 17:30

Just listened to this, very powerful stuff :thumbsup:
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjAwWDYwMA==/z/pPAAAOSw-zxWnrFU/$_35.JPG
https://open.spotify.com/album/5n1NjF7mLgU9mjKE2JfKcJ

jandl100

18-03-2016, 06:35

Well, Herzogenberg is rather good. His piano trios yesterday, and now a thoroughly convincing and heartfelt Requiem ....
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71cOR9l9IIL._SY355_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0SOrDZvlVX26nFIWaxmUUQ

Followed by Dvorak's cello concerto
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515Js7P8yjL._SY355_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/08GutMqelt3VDkCgB4YedY
The sound quality is a bit on the forward and incisive side, but that suits this performance rather well.

jandl100

19-03-2016, 06:03

I never used to like Hindemith's music, although I felt that I should. :scratch:
But I recently read a review in Fanfare of some choral music and thought I'd check it out now I am Spotified.
Wowzer - just glorious! :eek:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41aXeBwikHL._SY355_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6OV2k96QDCePg6RMHmhvat
The bigger choral pieces - Apparebit & Mass - took my fancy rather than the smaller ones.

Which led me on to try this ...
http://media.mdt.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/8/5/8572165.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/01ixxvkobd9MCQMkuY4B3S
Hmm, yeah, not bad at all!

It's curious how one's musical tastes evolve over time.

m10

20-03-2016, 11:38

http://retro.recordsale.de/cdpix/g/giuseppeverdi-dietrichfischer-dieskau.renatasco-rigoletto(2).jpg

A friend found this in a charity shop and it's in such good condition (the records at least) you'd think it had never been played. Fischer-Dieskau's Rigoletto is as fascinating and as weird as expected.

dantheman91

20-03-2016, 20:41

Maria Callas - Diva! The Ultimate Collection
CD
1996 EMI

jandl100

22-03-2016, 07:09

The morning yesterday was spent in de-Scalfording mode. Emptying car, reconstituting the hifi, taking excess charity sale stuff to charity shop, donating the £take.
.... Getting hugs from the lovely charity shop manageress :kiss: .... hey, it's a difficult job but someone's got to do it. ;)

Then back home and time to relax and listen to a favourite recording ...

Ann Murray - Handel - it doesn't get better than this. :nono:
http://i.marktplaats.com/00/s/OTQ1WDkzOQ==/z/zDQAAOSwL7VWqPMq/$_84.JPG
https://open.spotify.com/album/4Uvsl6AtoiDQL50kyg4hBw

I must get round to watching / listening to Ann Murray's magnificently delightful Xerxes opera on DVD again.

And then off exploring again.
These are damn fine and will be re-investigated today ...
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71t8VHNTHCL._SX355_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0biGYcfMyLu5ItFqvYCxbk

jandl100

23-03-2016, 07:31

All on LP to help run in my new cartridge ....

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/$(KGrHqFHJBME9!!+M!r0BPYhEC(!Bg~~60_35.JPG
https://open.spotify.com/album/0vc4o3qLrCAc0P4Te970X2

And, fascinatingly, some choral works by Serge R ...
http://vinylrecordsuk.co.uk/images/Wimg/art_330/w33002_Full.jpg
Here's the Spring Cantata on Spot - https://open.spotify.com/album/5ovdRFYYhgqTwVVzIah7KW

m10

23-03-2016, 13:12

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/969/MI0000969738.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

m10

23-03-2016, 14:27

http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/imgs/s300x300/4770772.jpg
New to me, and a very promising start I must say. Sound is thrillingly expansive on SACD.

jandl100

24-03-2016, 06:45

This was immediately appealing and very enjoyable.
I'm not usually drawn to ballet suites, but these are just good orchestral music. :thumbsup:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71tE5fqeJEL._SY355_PJautoripBadge,BottomRight,4,-40_OU11__.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1nFuEaMTGQe56L9mhFhkiu

Blown away by the 1st work on this recording.
Cimbalom "concerto" in 7 movements. Loved it - and what a fascinating sound.
http://www.afolk.hu/bolt/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/lukacs-miklos-cimbalom-concertos.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/2xay5qlozJb5tQLpiYSC0N

And a couple of hours of Zelenka sonatas from this album
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/069/MI0001069713.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/0dQF6ur3jpKOF98PWx8LjM
Late evening bliss. :)

m10

24-03-2016, 12:11

http://cdn.discogs.com/CBP4B5u8eWV-dYbY5pIHE3FuNfc=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-4490217-1366383671-5174.jpeg.jpg

Vinyl

m10

24-03-2016, 16:23

http://cdn.discogs.com/Zt9Rrvna15ZbRRb91ST1FyDQa5M=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-2469408-1380823427-2454.jpeg.jpg

jandl100

25-03-2016, 07:33

^ Weird - we must have been listeng to the Tchaik concerto at about the same time, Malcolm! :)

More LPs! ...

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTU4NFgxNTcy/z/awsAAOxykmZTM9CR/$_35.JPG
I do like Zukerman's playing - one of the best, imo.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61E%2B1rvkIYL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
Gilels in superb form, Oistrakh being Oistrakh (I am not a fan!).

jandl100

26-03-2016, 06:51

This is very good, mostly, in a populist ClassicFM kind of way.
A Requiem by Robin Gibb, of Bee Gees fame, and his son RJ.
Really quite affecting. Although personally I can live without the later tracks with solo vocal :spew:. The orchestral and choral music is great, though. :thumbsup:
http://www.classicpopicons.com/images/titanic_requiem_robin_gibb.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/2ifK6cdKYh7Isy5uK4gc4S
Massively negative and patronising review by some pompous twat from the BBC on Amazon. :eyebrows:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Titanic-Requiem-Philharmonic-Orchestra-Composed/dp/B0070BG10U

That was a bit gooey. Good but gooey. So I needed to cleanse my musical pallette with .... Arne Nordheim .... avant-gardey type music, weird stuff but I quite liked it.
http://cdn.discogs.com/YDzAKPjuBUrLVGJyzqsBw2j7kqY=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-1622043-1286185107.jpeg.jpg

Which led me on to his violin concerto. I quite liked that, too.
http://www.peterherresthal.com/sitesculptor_images/cd_images/large/Nordheim%20CD.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/21Qm38SMSXLpmiNeecllgJ
https://open.spotify.com/album/3x9nyw6vm5TfUwaJVqcTER

And finally that led me on to that thorny old chestnut, the Berg Violin Concerto ..... This has not been well received at Jerry Towers in the past.
I thought I'd give it another go, this time with my fave violinist of the moment Pinchas Zukerman. Conducted by Pierre Boulez.
http://img.hmv.co.jp/image/jacket/400/36/6/9/752.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0VmWRE5EnQW4hD0vw20M2q
Hey, I quite liked it! :eek:

m10

26-03-2016, 12:56

^ Weird - we must have been listeng to the Tchaik concerto at about the same time, Malcolm.

I'm sort of addicted to Tchaikovsky at the moment. What with the Nutcracker, the first piano concerto, and Eugene Onegin all on the playlist at the moment. I'm off to see an all Tchaikovsky concert in Middlesbrough on the first.

As far as the violin concerto goes, I think I prefer Campoli / Argenta to Heifetz / Reiner. They are both excellent though, and I also like the Viktoria Mullova recording on Phillips.

The Heifetz Brahms is quite bracing and refreshing compared to the (infamously slow but still lovely) Nigel Kennedy that I have on LP. I need to find a knockout version of the Beethoven concerto, which up in till now has failed to engage me in the way that his piano concertos do. I did rather enjoy it live, though.

jandl100

26-03-2016, 13:20

My favourite beethoven vc is probably Ferras Karajan, wonderful sense of line. Same for the Brahms... And Sibelius!

m10

26-03-2016, 13:42

I'll check that out - Karajan is kind of my go-to for Beethoven symphonies, so I'm likely to enjoy that. I'm listening to the 1963 Pastoral symphony now. (I do rather like the late 50s Solti-Vienna-Culshaw third, fifth and seventh though - wish it was a complete cycle.)

The Mullova Tchaikovsky disc has a nice Sibelius, too. Ozawa conducts:
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/977/MI0000977699.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

m10

26-03-2016, 14:27

My favourite beethoven vc is probably Ferras Karajan, wonderful sense of line. Same for the Brahms... And Sibelius!

Ooh, yeah - this is more like it...

m10

26-03-2016, 21:31

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/962/MI0000962383.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

jandl100

27-03-2016, 07:44

My favourite beethoven vc is probably Ferras Karajan, wonderful sense of line. Same for the Brahms... And Sibelius!

Ooh, yeah - this is more like it...

To what do you refer?

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Was instructed by an American friend to have a listen to this set ...
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTAyWDUwNQ==/z/GN8AAOSwxN5WXe5X/$_35.JPG
https://open.spotify.com/album/5NTCKkq2UgwuSjRvTcPQBJ
Very good. Thanks, Conrad. :thumbsup:
Quite varied, too, well worth listening to them all.

m10

27-03-2016, 09:11

To what do you refer

The Ferras/Karajan Beethoven - thanks for the tip.

jandl100

27-03-2016, 09:13

Aha, right. :)

try the Ferras HvK Sibelius, too. Stunning. :thumbsup:

m10

27-03-2016, 10:27

Will do :)

Right now I'm having a little Easter opera ---
https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51PrWmdmVSL._SS280.jpg

Might have a whirl with Parsifal later if I can get my hands on a libretto...

m10

27-03-2016, 17:50

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71uF6HgjCFL._SX355_.jpg

Maybe just the first act for now.

jandl100

28-03-2016, 07:13

Brahms double concerto on a LP purchased a couple of days ago.
http://lab.sekaimon.com/img/fetch/i/381411380240
Rostropovich and err, Oistrakh.
Oistrakh getting stuck in and playing with passion!? - :eek: Whodathunkit?
1964 stereo, so predates the famous EMI recording with Szell by 5 years.
Scrawny sound sadly, but excellent performance.

jandl100

29-03-2016, 07:09

http://www.ambergreen-classical.co.uk/ekmps/shops/padmagupta/images/scimone.kozeluh-concertante.stu-71305-1616-p.jpg
Another LP.
Kind of Mozart-lite. But none the worse for that.
Not on Spotify that I can find - but try this https://open.spotify.com/album/5GQkJua1Q2CCqRbKLW6iDE and this https://open.spotify.com/album/6gUhnyHl7uEVN2ZAVnIHxK

jandl100

30-03-2016, 06:39

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41SJRFHDN8L.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/7aL0QUWezrksBOVsLsG6Hg
These are OK, not sure I can get very excited about them.
#1 is pretty much pure post-Romantic. #2 has a bit more 20thC grit at times, a precursor to Bridge's pupil, Britten.

Which naturally led me on to ...
http://superstarshop.cz/img/cover/ea8/ea895781be71829327dd718683b7c160.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5dproxQPNgLxmjAEtvRYvg
I've been fond of this recording for decades. :)
Varied works, but it's a good 'concert programme'.

jandl100

31-03-2016, 06:04

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71Vsu4sVQiL._SX355_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/7nvR4Jm9QsnxbJT1f0Puqi
Not at all bad, but not great either. This was HvK's last recording. I think his earlier Bruckner 7s were better.
I may well re-investigate one ot two of them today.
Wonderful music.

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2011/Apr11/Henze_GuitarV2_8557345.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/62sMsNoGPWo50VV3yU5rLg
Weird but strangely compelling!

jandl100

01-04-2016, 06:30

Thought I'd try another HvK bruckner 7

http://musicbay.co.kr/data/goodsImages/GOODS1_1445493374
https://open.spotify.com/album/0E2R2uEylmCv5ZEIDFo78q
Better, much better than his final DG recording.

The 4th from this set ...
http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/838/1040838.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5BN7MzsVK9EpCFYfgJHkvh
Good, but I must try Saraste again sometime.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41RBC06VCQL.jpg
Ah bliss, some gorgeous music in this.

And finally the 8th from this
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2001/Apr01/vw89.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/56W0dTQtJAZWAW9wVXGh7e
It's increasingly baffling to me why this music isn't more highly rated. Magnificent!
-- perhaps it's a grower rather than a wower.
Great job, too, by Haitink and the EMI engineers.

jandl100

02-04-2016, 06:08

http://www.musicalcriticism.com/recordings/cd-gergiev-mahler2.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/2imgZkpWxj8SXRtVXOuYy9
Cataclysmic 1st mvt, totally emotionally draining, awesome sq. A lot of the rest sees Gergiev relapsing to more typical form, so I usually just play the 1st mvt!

A difficult act to follow, that Mahler, so off to the other extreme, a Mozart string trio. :eyebrows:
The music is just as awesome but in a very different way.
I tried Ma/Kremer/Maisky and the Grumiaux Trio but couldn't really settle.
This one seemed to suit my mood ...
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/113/MI0003113476.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/1WAbySTZlvWbbD1W0Xrbqh

jandl100

03-04-2016, 06:30

Bruckner 1st symphony from this set, conducted by Vaclav Neumann in the early 1960s I think. (Remarkably good sound for an East German recording from that time).
Who knew that Neumann did Bruckner? Not me. It's very good.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61UM1PTy1rL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/3p28EpIDx84nFdWXzmABYl
Rave reviews for the set on Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bruckner-Complete-Symphonies-Gewandhausorchester-Leipzig/dp/B00HE0F87O/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1459622558&sr=1-1&keywords=bruckner+rogner
Looking forward to hearing some of Rogner's 4-9. :)

This was a weird discovery, not sure how I came across it on Spotify!
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/042/MI0001042292.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/7lfE61Au771vfiHOKBPD8t
Interesting and quite entertaining, rather more challenging than I'd expected.
There is also a recording with a violin concerto that is now on my playlist.

And to end the evening with some musical perfection, K.515 from this set.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71E9gTKWJHL._SX355_PJautoripBadge,BottomRight,4,-40_OU11__.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1GIXh9GmX4vmL7YG9satsd
I tried a few others but finally settled with the Amadeus Quartet on DG, they just hit the spot for me.

m10

03-04-2016, 10:22

Wagner's Das Rheingold - Bayreuth Festival recording conducted by Pierre Boulez
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/cmsobjects/4f/4fc60fe0a013eaa174626a53e0d8c9eb.jpg
Ancient NTSC video is a little fuzzy but remarkably watchable - the production still striking and the sound essentially identical to the Philips CDs.

jandl100

04-04-2016, 06:10

^ Oooo, more opera from Malcolm. I can't be 'avin' with opera!
Maybe my in next incarnation. :)

________________

I fancied some light-hearted and bubbly "Sunday music", and somehow this came along. Just right. :)
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/098/MI0001098263.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/2aCErK3Svno7wYA3q791cW
I only meant to play one of the two wind quintets, as that seemed a sufficiency. But somehow the whole recording got played.
And I enjoyed it so much that I went straight on to this ...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RRkHGDgmL._SY300_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0MbVBF9L3TjoIZTPgrypDZ
Ooo - some minor key music here. Less bubbly, darker and more intense. Yum. Summat to get my musical gnashers into.

Which led on to ...
http://www.radioswissclassic.ch/common/images/booklets/web/200/000/014/14306.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5sIBPgKMNiL5WJ1ed4cCif
Which also hit the spot.

Then some symphonies
http://www.cdvpodarok.ru/cdimg_250/00/37/02/39_big.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/3MFmjrWlmKpkPN8GB7fx49
Yeah!

Phew - a Sunday filled to the brim with Reicha. Very nice. :)

jandl100

05-04-2016, 06:30

As well as revisiting some of yesterday's Reicha wind quintets and piano trios, I also came across this set of Shostakovich string quartets by the Borodin Qt.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kCeESXfFL._SY300_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1awGX8mpyY8gG1Qx12Jocb
It's a Soviet / Melodiya recording of the full set, so comes after the set of 1-13 available on Chandos. Apparently recorded 1978-1983 with 2 of the players different from the Chandos set (1967-71).
Regardless, this is astonishing music making.

Of modern recordings, I had been impressed by the Sorell and Danel Quartets among others. But swapping between these and this Borodin set I have to wonder why they bothered! There is a sheer searing intensity to the Borodin's playing that the others don't even begin to match.

It's a bit of a shame that the sound quality, while very clear and focused is a bit dry and bright at the top end.
Rave reviews on Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Shostakovich-Complete-Quartets-Borodin/dp/B000HXE5BK

m10

05-04-2016, 11:53

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51orT1pfXUL._SX300_.jpg

Having a lovely time at my desk with the HD 700s and Tchaikovsky's fourth symphony - that magical pizzicato third movement sounds to me like it fell out of one of the ballets. Heard the Royal Northern Sinfonia play this live last week (along with the Violin Concerto and the Polonaise from Eugene Onegin) in Middlesbrough and they were amazing. My Tchaikovsky kick continues...

jandl100

06-04-2016, 06:25

I've heard tales of rehearsals for that Tchaik pizzicato movement where the violinists ended the day with bloody fingers!

___

This was an interesting find, from a Fanfare review.
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/497/MI0003497064.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/13JoRbc4XYrpBG25PClFoG
A JS Bach precursor. An interesting mix of solo female vocal cantatas and violin 'sonatas'.
Great voice, beautiful recording. Yum. :)

Then Sibelius' Kullervo symphony.
There's quite a few on the market now. Tried my old favourite, Neeme Jarvi - gosh he scuttles along very fast! Vanska, Parvo Jarvi, Segerstam ... nah, didn't do much for me. Settled with Panula on Naxos - very good!

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71KOIeV0SRL._SX355_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/01Vs923XRoUZvPppB5Rijt

But Jorma Hynninen remains unsurpassed on the Neeme Jarvi recording for his astonishingly powerful rendition of the vocal at the end of the 3rd mvt where "our hero" discovers that he has just committed incest by seducing his long-lost and unrecognised sister. Spine tingling stuff! :eek:
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/021/MI0001021184.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/2Y1CBxEzB17HcGy8DoBDFa

And then, inappropriately loud for around midnight, my favourite performance of Ravel's left hand concerto.
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/955/MI0000955993.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/1kAMmLiQGn19olaacaG5Ea
A great recording, imo.

Eisener Bart

06-04-2016, 07:14

Piazzolla

2003

EWurtembergissche Philarmonie Reutilgen, Gabriel Castagna

Chandos CHSA 5006

http://f20.ifotki.info/org/f605a1764ee82f0241bae16ed47267152eafa3242586817.jp g (http://i-fotki.info/)

m10

06-04-2016, 16:12

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61INPgfzcAL._SY300_.jpg

Quite a nice surprise how this recording (1953 I think) handles the large forces. The swift tempi make the Dies Irae seem particularly savage. Listening on Spotify.

jandl100

07-04-2016, 06:08

http://img.2dehands.be/f/normal/260702587-dvorak-vaclav-neumann-symphony-no-7-8.jpg
Excellent performances by Neumann.
https://open.spotify.com/album/6fklA0VQpSIir9arXTGZcq

I fancied Schubert's 2nd piano trio, as one does.
Sampled quite a few before settling with this one.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41eMVjAJJLL._SY355_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5sbzSf03vGwunnnWFtXebQ

And to end the evening, some Bach WtC
Swapping happily from track to track between Feltsmann and Kuschnerova, and finally settling with the latter before heading bedwards.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QJSQM6EML.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/13r7b3rN66FZre0OR8kiHX

http://elenakuschnerova.com/cd-bach-wtc1.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5lKrGUn2ONMiH5wD5fWZdk

Wilfred of Ivanhoe

07-04-2016, 12:07

http://i65.tinypic.com/2cwvs5k.jpg

This Requiem is really great, good recording.

m10

07-04-2016, 14:49

Another Verdi Requiem - this time on blu-ray. Staggering recording - arguably with a dynamic range too wide for domestic playback (although I have a button to fix that) with either earth-shattering climaxes or vanishingly quiet pianissimos. Great performance though. Probably my favourite Verdi Requiem.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71Lw9-tYAqL._SY445_.jpg

jandl100

08-04-2016, 06:19

Thanks for the Verdi/Barenboim tip - I'll have a go with that.

___

These are interesting, played the album twice on the trot yesterday. :^
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5159pKUcnZL.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/7f2TRTaStTF6Sbnoc6Avyn
Playing it again this morning as I type this.

And then piano trio #1 from this.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61h678zG5wL.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/7k7JnroZBxc2bm87n1IDUH
Some of Mendelssohn's finest, imo.

jandl100

09-04-2016, 06:01

I'd never heard of this composer.
http://images.discsale.ru/cdimg/00/71/70/14.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0Az71KLuFA0b82BjHuPExO
A mixed selection of chamber music - it's very good, quite acerbic and dramatic and beautiful by turns.

jandl100

10-04-2016, 07:06

Glorious performance of RVW's 6th symphony by Handley ... I'm trying to figure out why I didn't used to like Handley's RVW!
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51mlRtsAzAL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1aZzxsAQHJUfB0GQE9Vb9h
--- well, glorious apart from the 'nuclear wasteland' finale. Most conductors seem to take this at 10 minutes something, which seems too fast to me.
Rozhdestvensky takes 14 minutes - and it pays rich rewards, imo. Shame it's a live recording with the usual Russian coughing. :(
https://open.spotify.com/album/4zSuEKSuqmzcm9wj4texqj

Followed by the 5th from that Rozhdestvensky set. The RVW 5th is one of my fave symphonies.
Wonderful stuff from the Russkies. :thumbsup:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cPKS-mj7L._SY300_.jpg

jandl100

11-04-2016, 06:16

Another tip from a Fanfare review. As pointed out in that review, an amazing conflation of influences, from Respighi, Elgar, Glazunov to Prokofiev, until you realise that this guy's music preceded them all! :D
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81ttLLfyrCL._SX355_PJautoripBadge,BottomRight,4,-40_OU11__.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/2Q9Rwpir0tbDd0taFHAG8I

Loved this - Vask's cello concerto :thumbsup:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NaOCT-1lL._SY355_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/3BaUKJ4yIwocTHsJZsYLSA

jandl100

12-04-2016, 05:45

Quite a few early / middle sonatas from this set, it's really rather good

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71mgMSX8AcL._SY355_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6PyoYpBnC1bQDF4W6HdKoW

This violin concerto is magical, in a late 20C kind of way
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jnxgHTq5L._SY355_PJautoripBadge,BottomRight,4,-40_OU11__.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/05WLsUhxkgn2LNvXB8NrT7

jandl100

13-04-2016, 06:35

Symphonies 7, 2 then 3 from this set.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zA0jnpOlL._SY355_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0QZJtFxLUk7d51MeApmlmN
Very good!

daytona600

13-04-2016, 10:27

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O3tWfALggM

Vinyl

jandl100

14-04-2016, 05:49

Symphonies 2 & 4 from this set.
I come back to these symphonies every now and then and they continue to slowly grow on me. Definitely a long term project!
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/Jan04/melartin.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6NQmFNRUhLXrqpqsQ99yec

I love a bit of sax.
http://it.tunes.zone/poster/artistalbum/full/23/83/16/0/238316-veigar-margeirsson-raetur-improvisational-saxophone-concerto-ep.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5pAiRro8VydiA1xAqufbl5
I really enjoyed this - it's not the mild pootling of most 'classical' sax concertos. :thumbsup:

jandl100

15-04-2016, 06:13

Minimalist string quartets
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/Dec02/bryars.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/12epeeWWz0OOW7WZZuVjnZ
Nothing much happens, really. But somehow that doesn't seem to matter. Quite an absorbing listen.

Then some more excitable minimalism
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/079/MI0001079270.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/5xE7mkPZfZa8eu5A1DxzhG
Great fun, but I wish this performance was 25% slower. Sadly, there are no recorded alternatives.
One of the very few operas I like. But it is hardly a conventional opera!

jandl100

16-04-2016, 05:19

I've been a long-time admirer of de Meij's Lord of the Rings orchestral suite.
It's a major work, well crafted and evocative.
http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Music/v4/74/35/70/743570e9-043f-507d-ec3f-e0496479a33d/cover170x170.jpeg
https://open.spotify.com/album/4SyS3eoc51Sm0YaRSOk8Dx

The 3rd from this set
http://www.supraphon.com/!img_katalog/110382_2_xl.gif
https://open.spotify.com/album/4uSvZfdet4hGDx7q25WDFR
Martinu's is a very distinctive sound world - I like it although I don't like Marmite.

jandl100

17-04-2016, 06:08

A fine way to relax after a busy day
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/450/MI0003450948.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/0LaG3dE5HGpewYl8GLCK8M

Awesomely beautiful ...
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/510/MI0003510825.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/288sdS0v20INn6IXSWDrqz

cargar

18-04-2016, 16:27

Awesomely beautiful ...
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/510/MI0003510825.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/288sdS0v20INn6IXSWDrqz

Many thanks for that Jerry, it indeed is beautiful. another great find .:thumbsup:

jandl100

19-04-2016, 06:14

Thanks Gary :)

try this one ...

Ah, the wistfully sad gentle melancholy of Alla Pavlova's 2nd symphony
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51XD6GA6V6L.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0VgqWLJX0tQwUhMFh2YfDj
Could be the soundtrack to a great film!

jandl100

20-04-2016, 06:17

Oh my goodness.
This is a bit special - particularly the Dona Nobis Pacem. :eek:
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/152/MI0001152456.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/1wiIcMbLqHLs2jfcLMzQ5Z

And then, this grows on me. A lot. This is the first of a dozen or so listens to the piece where it actually has me enthralled. I'm a bit of a slow starter at times. :)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512BQ6XYMYL._SX355_.jpg

jandl100

22-04-2016, 05:59

I got on to this guy via a Fanfare review of an ensemble recording that he conducts.
It's a fine Goldberg, loads of repeats - full up playing time of 79m :thumbsup:
Excellent sq, too.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516WSCRjTnL._SY355_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/239I5IswlMRYDiYL9GbTDF

jandl100

24-04-2016, 06:00

These were pleasantly enjoyable listening ...
http://c.shld.net/rpx/i/s/pi/mp/14181/prod_2990635902?src=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.aent-m.com%2FGraphics%2FItems%2FsdImages%2Fa%2F500%2F3% 2F0%2F3%2F5%2F1105303.jpg&d=0a549e5d96de2b5622f39cc711ab53bab9e7edb7&?hei=64&wid=64&qlt=50
https://open.spotify.com/album/2wlZkDd7wRol0nooRpIPKG

Which led me on to these, perhaps even more enjoyable ... 2 CDs' worth, and I played the lot!
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81B9yJoNrdL._SX355_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/4tdLNrp0sKFScoPqg5gZ5U

The performers there led me on to these early string quartets. Also good.
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0002/884/MI0002884598.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/5M6kNm5tsdxJNjQaQoXm3O

jandl100

24-04-2016, 16:31

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/166/MI0001166744.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/30oKCr0Lke6boOyJTvmnSP

Wonderfully rhythmic, tuneful as well, in its way. Mesmerising!

m10

24-04-2016, 22:28

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kN63xQx%2BL._SX355_.jpg
Picked this up (had to wait what seemed like an age for it to arrive from the USA). Thrillingly spacious 1967 recording and Tebaldi in fabulous form heads a brilliant cast.

m10

25-04-2016, 15:36

On a proper opera kick right now...
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41A0Z16FPSL._SX300_.jpg

jandl100

26-04-2016, 06:06

As recommended "elsewhere", this is a wonderful recording.
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2014/Jul14/Elgar_sy1_BIS1939.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6cVMWjVCoa4Fju8iQWKQrj

I was up way late last night, it was 1.23 in the morning and I was sitting here listening to this ...
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/191/MI0001191516.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/1YbbgrFf6gwjSnY08DDkyr

Perfect. :)

jandl100

26-04-2016, 13:42

On LP ...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/614Xz1ovMJL._SL500_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/7gNY65yJbHIGz7kQBzk0YG
Played the first LP of the set of 3.
I'd not come across this piece before - delightful music.

And now playing
http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/61wAAOSwSHZWgGtZ/s-l300.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/4CX3Fk2TdzEuOSSHpaEfBq
Not something I've played for years, but it's nice to hear it again.

jandl100

26-04-2016, 17:32

Mmmm, not quite totally satisfactory for me, but bloody good.
http://de.tunes.zone/poster/artistalbum/full/29/50/73/0/295073-benjamin-grosvenor-gershwin-rhapsody-in-blue-saint-sens-piano-concerto-no-2-ravel-piano-concerto-in-g.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/3hFTO4FkWbD6SD0ekUY5f1
I prefer a more Bachian character to the 1st mvt of the Saint Saens 2nd PC - but the pianistic brilliance of the finale is rather impressive!

The Ravel PC is interestingly done, lovely delicate precision in the slow mvt, well worth a listen.
A very exciting take on Rhapsody in Blue done with the lighter and more free-wheeling jazz band orchestration :thumbsup: Wonderful playing by pianist and band soloists alike. ... the acceptable face of jazz ;).

Grosvenor looks like a sulky kid in the photo, that was 4 years ago. He's done a couple of other Decca albums that I will definitely investigate.

jandl100

27-04-2016, 13:47

This is good. :thumbsup:
Who the hell is Fritz Brun? :scratch:
http://www.guildmusic.com/shop/media/images/produkte/GMCD7372.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0p3p8OMkd4hjdrXUpTaZSC

jandl100

29-04-2016, 06:55

I picked up a whole load of classical LPs from my local Cancer Research charity shop yesterday that I'll be selling here on their behalf.

You won't see this one on the lists though! - I'm buying it. :) -- 1st dibs is the perk I get for my charity efforts. ;)

http://www.popsike.com/pix/20141215/221636729475.jpg

I can't find this release on Spotify, but this isn't too far off ... http://www.popsike.com/pix/20141215/221636729475.jpg
And the Arnold concerto is in this set https://open.spotify.com/album/2y4PycpCJeRtj6LCOJkxRs
And a different recording of the Benjamin concerto here https://open.spotify.com/album/72k7WJl11JrQajdEk764K0

The Villa Lobos, Arnold and Benjamin concertos are all well worth a listen, very fine music. :thumbsup:

jandl100

29-04-2016, 07:28

More Brun - this is even better. Great stuff.

http://www.guildmusic.com/shop/media/images/produkte/GMCD7416.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1EVUcYGsk47fMX1FrIS2Nl

jandl100

30-04-2016, 06:18

jandl100

01-05-2016, 07:58

And a return to these fascinating recordings

Mainly for a great performance of the oboe concerto ...
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61RLdUYT5bL._SX355_PJautoripBadge,BottomRight,4,-40_OU11__.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/387bDcAs0qJ8uCnzC4TJiD

And some fascinatingly rare works. The cello / orchestra piece is especially yummy.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81rmYUc8WXL._SY355_PJautoripBadge,BottomRight,4,-40_OU11__.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/2GDe0CpGF0sAPtVNOV5GIC

m10

01-05-2016, 13:32

Came across this set on Spotify.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81uNfrhpJ6L._SY355_.jpg

49h 30m of music! :eek:

Slowly exploring it.
Bach violin concertos and Haydn Creation (Schopfung) so far. All excellent. :)
Interesting fortepiano continuo in the Creation.

There's even some opera for Malcolm. ;)

https://open.spotify.com/album/6YWF4OGrmyj8peVWXTERFp

I'll check that out - I recall their recordings were well reviewed 'back in the day' although I've never heard any. (I am in non-operatic mode this weekend with Rachmaninov concerti, Beethoven symphonies, Suzanne Vega and... Jo Stafford!)

jandl100

01-05-2016, 15:38

Colour me impressed.
Manze as conductor?
These are magnificent performances (and recordings).

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91-H2pJeJgL._SY355_.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/0CkyJyQ0DfzRy0EdofBUzo

daytona600

01-05-2016, 21:08

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkswD3Xhl9o

45rpm vinyl

jandl100

02-05-2016, 07:35

3rd symphony from this set blew me away.
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2006/Jun06/brahms_symphonies_cdrsb405.jpg

The Royal Liverpool PO is a world class orchestra - who knew?
https://open.spotify.com/album/2RIRDo3F4o5mcabdWDwCed

Which led me on to more Janowski ...

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/417/MI0003417467.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
Fantastic!
https://open.spotify.com/album/0FK9zaz3xtxeKhmEoRYjUn

cargar

02-05-2016, 18:58

lots for me to catch up on :thumbsup:

jandl100

03-05-2016, 06:20

Welcome back, Gary. :)

Ahhh, such sublime beauty.
My favourite 4 Last Songs of them all.
Felicity Lott. What a Dame! :)
http://www.cdvpodarok.ru/cdimg_250/00/03/32/81_big.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1msmhEymy8sQ3UsEv9dn6h

jandl100

03-05-2016, 18:29

Komitas piano music - there's a haunting beauty to it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytcl2CMC3d0

jandl100

05-05-2016, 06:29

New cartridge arrived yesterday, so a lot of LPs were spun. :)

The 6th from this LP.
Very powerful and emotive performance.
Takes the 'nuclear wasteland' finale rather too fast for me, but most do apart from Rozhdestvensky.
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/960/MI0000960283.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/136/MI0001136103.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
Fascinating, and very busy, works both.

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAyNFg5ODE=/$(KGrHqR,!qwF!96VtpG)BQbB6HPh3g~~60_35.JPG
Still the best?

jandl100

06-05-2016, 06:04

2 Art of Fugues on the trot yesterday eve. :eek:

Both with viol consorts - even in his own day Bach harked back to a previous era, and a viol consort has just the right sort of lucid precision accompanied by lushly vibrant tonal colours that suits the music amazingly well imo.

http://www.fretwork.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Art-of-Fugue.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0P5tFIBL8VDtQoP65dNLr7

then

https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/entertainment/music/2013/05/20/les_voix_humaines_magical_take_on_bachs_the_art_of _the_fugue_album_review/jane_monheit.jpg.size.xxlarge.promo.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/12RIlnDnWYp3cNeEMfv2cm

About two and a half hours, and not a moment too long. :)

jandl100

07-05-2016, 06:15

And Schubert's Trout quintet again.
This time with fortepiano and authentic instruments.
It works well the way Schubert expected it to sound. Surprise! :D
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/191/MI0001191844.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/59dfkRZ5TjMKRFbww7XRUv

jandl100

08-05-2016, 06:55

Long, tiring day yesterday, so just needed something to kick back to and have wash over me.
Paging Maestro Grumiaux and the 12 fantasias for solo violin ! ...

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2007/Dec07/Telemann_Grumiaux_4428291.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5ZasePKBFKoKDz8vnFXvmu

jandl100

09-05-2016, 06:44

Wonderful performance of Mendelssohn Scottish (3rd) symphony
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/780/MI0003780172.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/5PnrR5P5iYLmg10Y2GXzeI
Very seriously impressed by this - top conducting by de Vriend and superb playing by the orchestra.
Wonderfully light on its feet and impetuous.
They've recorded a full Beethoven cycle as well, I shall definitely be investigating that.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/516T9z5WcQL.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/2nRriBrwjOuX6Mbw1sMys7
I'd quite liked the Lilburn symphonies recording on Naxos, but this one raised the game considerably, especially for syms 1 & 2.

and then to wind down, some very interesting sonorities here ...
https://artistxite.ie/imgcache/album/001/862/001862242_190.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/2YudYL9aDKM4tvdoQedPeN

jandl100

10-05-2016, 05:46

The 2nd concerto from this recent album. Really good performance & sound. :thumbsup:

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/131/MI0001131481.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/7tJzNnuMJF3F3xbdIjjYAm

Then the mighty 8th

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71GpZXJZ7%2BL._SY355_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5tN8ebvUo9IW4YxqIipc0p

jandl100

10-05-2016, 11:20

Shee-it :eek: what totally phenomenal pianism :stalks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w65QgjWHNDA

jandl100

11-05-2016, 06:26

Fantastic performance and recording, by far my favourite of this work
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61sRJww%2ByQL._SY300_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1yOv59RHBroxD9ygcvS1GR

Maybe Previn's later efforts are underrated.
https://img2.artistxite.co.uk/imgcache/album/001/640/001640652_500.jpg
I really enjoyed this - started with the Tallis Fantasia. The relaxed style of the older-Previn really hit the spot. So I tried the 5th symphony and really enjoyed that, too. Not much in the way of sharp edges to this music, so the elder statesman approach works well. :)
The fantastic sound quality doesn't hurt, either.
https://open.spotify.com/album/27UCN5Z6u0L5fUWWkyxhXB

jandl100

11-05-2016, 07:02

There's something about Bach's organ music played magisterially on a modern concert grand piano that sends shivers down my spine.
Artur Pizarro does that well.
http://redmp3.su/cover/1888152-460x460/johann-sebastian-bach-prelude-fugue-transcribed-by-franz-liszt.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/2ewYBIhms06IYhlGkKMe7J

jandl100

12-05-2016, 05:43

More later-Previn.
Fantastic recording - just listen to the opening "2001" sequence :eek:
But the rest is good, too.
http://i43.tower.com/images/mm106081651/richard-strauss-also-sprach-zarathustra-previn-vienna-po-classics-r-cd-cover-art.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/3aTvlm9faDEC4PDHs9nyTe

Beautiful rendition of Mozart's great c-minor mass.
Hmm - could well be Desert Island contender for me.
I had preceded this with JEGardiner's effort - technically perfect as usual, but no soul.
http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/466/1136466.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5sdXjqKTCt0EktUSV4rmfP

jandl100

13-05-2016, 07:13

I'm coming in from left field with these.
Not even sure they count as classical ... hmm, probably not? This classical lover likes them, though. :)
I'm fairly sure that I first heard of this guy from an article/review in Gramophone several decades ago, so that must be alright then.

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/985/MI0000985321.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/1g7k5KWgqXNQCp4iMZYy9J

http://c3.cduniverse.ws/resized/250x500/music/987/1028987.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1KLjOwfhMDCUn39AJAB9Uj

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/390/MI0001390241.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/55eluNoz4XYIYc17wBhWG0

And to round off the evening I spent quite a while Spotifying to find a recording of the Bach B-minor mass that I felt like listening to.
That Satoh stuff was a hard act to follow, even for Bach.
Must have sampled a dozen or so of the usual and not so usual suspects and finally ended up very happily with this obscure live recording ....
http://redmp3.su/cover/3003241-460x460/bach-mass-in-b-minor-bwv-232.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5MnZTbe7yhZNqr4uEGweLp

----

Lovely 5 minute violin/piano Satoh piece on this album
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51UwEuu23iL._SY355_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6nN0Ctjq2JO41exGhB0rhr

In fact the whole album seems very interesting, not the usual violin encore stuff at all.

jandl100

14-05-2016, 05:55

Post-Bach solo violin works, Yum!
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/056/MI0001056853.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/4HIgllAqxboRMihagcb2Gz

jandl100

16-05-2016, 06:01

I had a tussle with Shosty's 6th recently trying to find one that did the biz, and Wigglesworth's effort on BIS ranked very high in my estimation.
Currently, listening to his 10th. .... :eek: :thumbsup:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/417B7EZVXXL._AC_UL320_SR318,320_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/3v6wE2X8dgmqldxSiX1xQK

jandl100

17-05-2016, 06:18

I came across this album on a Spotify search for Gilels -- what a musical treasure trove Spotify is. :)
Recorded 1947, but it doesn't sound like it. Lightweight slightly hollow piano tone, otherwise fine.
Excellent music with immediate appeal.
https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51A4CZOE%2BfL._SS280.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6j4mDGDGI5jqnfEO9zXC2d

Which naturally led me on to this ...
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2015/Nov/Alyabyev_chamber_8553338.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/3yw9NdutRkiqCXABVmERer
Also good. :thumbsup:

Then onto a masterful performance of Bloch's violin concerto
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51BS4U02E9L.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/4fz3NR9BQea9bFGZiZKsGJ

Landloper

17-05-2016, 08:14

Hillier/Theatre of Voices - Stockhuasen Stimmung

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Takahashi - Scelsi Piano Works, vol 3.

16961

jandl100

18-05-2016, 06:21

^^ interesting choices, John. I shall investigate those.
A fellow Gloucestershire lad as well. :)

____

Stunning performance of the Barber violin concerto.
Stunningly beautiful piece of music.
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/955/MI0000955252.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/3EjbqY9SNTxTuSYfJEFP1O

Landloper

18-05-2016, 07:19

Hello Jerry - the Stimmung I play rarely as I'm not entirely convinced. I do enjoy most of it but there are times during the performance one has to chuckle.

'A fellow Gloucestershire lad as well.'

Yes and perhaps an [honorary] fellow Cambrian too. I spent some time as a leading horse riders on the high plateau of the Black Mountains of Powys, which used at least to be counted as part of the Cambrian range. Too old and heavy for such work now. Harsh in winter but an unforgettable experience.

'This is the hand of the Black Mountains, the shape first learned. Your thumb is Crib y Gath. Your first finger is Curum and Hateral. Your second finger is Ffawyddog, with Tal y Cefn and Bal Mawr at its knuckles. Your third finger is Gadair Fawr. Your outside finger is Allt Mawr, from Llysiau to Cerrig Calch and its nail is Crug Hywel. On the high plateau of the back of your hand are Twyn y Llech and Twmpa, Rhos Dirion, Waun Fach and Y Das. You hold their shapes and their names.' [Williams, People of the Black Mountains.]

This morning's spinner ~

16968

An amazing historical document - what I love about these performances is the sense of intimacy offered by the sound-stage of earlier recordings. Voices to the fore - perfect for headphone listening. Herz and Muck conducting parts of Wagner's Parsifal 1913-1928.

jandl100

19-05-2016, 05:54

Wow - yep, it can get very bleak on the tops of the Black Mountains. The wife and I have spent many a day up there, in all seasons.

___

Another Wow-Album. :)
Listening in the car to ClassicFM and a choral track by Galina Grigorjeva was played. Modern Baltic composer. Very nice, so I Spotified her when I got home.
Not much available, sadly. But on this compilation album there is about 20 minutes of her work.
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/091/MI0001091310.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/09URM7Ru1goKzGgeTuLMgn
Very beautiful.
In fact the whole album is fab. :)

jandl100

19-05-2016, 07:08

I've been listening to a fair amount of Adrian Boult's recordings of late, especially his Vaughan Williams (more on that in a later post, but let's just say that I'm a fan).

Listening as I type to his Beethoven's 5th on Vanguard probably from the 1960s.
It's a long way off being as excitingly taut and dramatic as, say, Kleiber. But there's a beautifully nuanced ebb & flow to it that is endearingly impressive.
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/105/MI0001105487.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/3X2WuTkS48lG9lAcaqNIda

Landloper

19-05-2016, 12:51

⌃⌃ Concur with Kleiber's Beethoven 5 & 7, Jerry. I had Boult's Vaughan-Williams EMI The Nine Symphonies set on vinyl, but I foolishly recorded it on to CDRs some years ago to save space ⌃⌃

This year I resolved to address an ignorance of/prejudice against Mahler and while i can't say he's at the top of my personal likes I have made some headway with his stuff.

Homework - (1) World Records vinyl pressing of a live recording of Bruno Walter conducting the VPO in Mahler's 9th Symphony made in Vienna January 1938 ~

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First play. Not sure what to make of this 9th - it seems somewhat shapeless compared to the Klemperer/New Phiharmonia Orchestra CD I have.

(2) CD of Frank Shipway conducting the RPO in Mahler's 5th Symphony [1997 I think] ~

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A compelling account supported by a decent recording and an absurdly low price on Amazon.

School's out!

DG 4 LP vinyl pressing of Ritter Von Liszt Lieder

16980

jandl100

20-05-2016, 06:41

I really enjoyed Boult's Beethoven 5th ^.

And the 6th last night was just as fine.
Decent sq, too. Not audiophile standard, but no harshness, natural stereo spread and you can hear what is going on. :^
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81BFSNX2HhL._SL1074_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/3t3fB4qhzTaFk0iw1FIwvd

And then this early mass by Corrette. Beautiful and quirkily distinctive.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61y8m3MSuxL._SY355_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/4GdGPlXbz6Evy0tCQXhK5U

Marco

20-05-2016, 07:14

Hey, you guys are from the same neck of the woods, so why not have a little get together? :cool:

Marco.

jandl100

20-05-2016, 07:54

Hey, you guys are from the same neck of the woods, so why not have a little get together? :cool:

Marco.

:lol: you cheeky sod, Marco.

I have to confess that I was thinking of dropping John a PM. :)

Marco

20-05-2016, 09:14

Lol... Just growing the AoS community, mate! Always good to get to know folks in your local area, and I'm sure that John would love your system (and awesome collection of classical music) :cool:

If it happens, just be sure to report it on the forum ;)

Marco.

Landloper

20-05-2016, 10:15

Lazar Berman in the groove

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jandl100

21-05-2016, 06:40

It's that de Vriend conductor chappie again.
Bloody good!
http://redmp3.su/cover/783113-460x460/bach-christmas-oratorio-weihnachtsoratorium.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5iydtiQn6PZ48GmXpcIyhN

jandl100

22-05-2016, 08:14

I don't think I've come across this composer before.
Very listenable. Lively, well orchestrated.
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2014/Apr14/Andriessen_sy1_7777212.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/3qCBZmFyWQpdzO9GXjz1UN

jandl100

22-05-2016, 12:59

Back to the mainstream for a magnificent Tchaikovskian wallow :D

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/614U6ncOoWL._SY300_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0vCxHOTF6v1efuZc958RYj

Marco

22-05-2016, 16:21

Right now, this, which is bloody good:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/tPqtWV.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/potPqtWVj)

:cool:

Marco.

jandl100

24-05-2016, 05:39

Shostakovich as piano soloist in his own piano concertos. :eek:
Excellent mono sound - Cluytens conducting.
Streuth! - what a fabulous pianist our Dmitri was.
He takes them a fair bit faster than we are generally used to these days.
http://i.prs.to/t_200/825646154999.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1KcCGOFtkt3vzKwOYTmgTs

jandl100

24-05-2016, 16:24

Awesome performance of Saint Saens' 2nd piano concerto by Shura Cherkassky with .... wait for it .... the Sofia Phil, as recorded live by Bulgarian Radio. :)

https://open.spotify.com/album/5SaIeznKQFJFi8ytoQC2Ef
Also on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuYQOabkdfA

jandl100

25-05-2016, 06:41

More Andriessen - very enjoyable. :thumbsup:
Big orchestral - confident and bold.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XxPXRjHML._SX355_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/3rxjzjUEJcZwUJvz3TiT4H

Landloper

25-05-2016, 12:57

1] Sena Jurinac at the top of her game with Schumann's Frauenliebe & Leben and Liederkreis, Op.39~

17024

2] Dominique My and Ensemble Modern with Rihm's Jagden und Formen ~

17025

A somewhat inferior performance to a recording I made of the piece broadcast by Radio 3's 'Here and Now' from the Ultraschall Festival in Berlin some years ago.

jandl100

26-05-2016, 19:45

Hmm. I'm a bit baffled by the recent turn of events.
I usually find "historic" mono recordings unlistenable.
But last night I was having a desperate time finding a Brahms 4th that hit the spot.
I tried a lot of the usual suspects .... Wand, Karajan, Kleiber, Jochum, Janowski, Bohm, Chailly, Abbado, Klemperer. Klemperer came close, but no, not quite there.
Then in desperation I thought Furtwangler. Cor, no, he don't half maul it about. Gruesome sound, too.
OK - why not, give it a go ..... Toscanini. ..... Bingo! :yay:
Fantastic - and the mono sound is tolerable - the performance is so mind boggling I soon forgot about the sq.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bNsnsygPL._SY300_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1rs4KbFIE8TGsdc9Xb6ddC

So I am now exploring more of Toscanini's output. Beethoven so far - the 5th then the 6th. :thumbsup:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CLwozbfYL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1ADFcXPXB0JTwz4FTPhAPr

Toscanini - whodathunkit? Not me. :scratch:

jandl100

28-05-2016, 05:50

Yesterday eve's listening dominated by YouTube for some reason.

Superb renderings all - Sokolov's Schubert a little dreamy, his op110 Beethoven sonata eye poppingly dramatic and Arthur Rubinstein's Saint Saens concerto jaw droppingly amazing - just watch the elderly Rubinstein tickle the ivories in an astonishing display of virtuosity. :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVCvJZtzkqQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G4imOejWm0&list=RDYtcl2CMC3d0&index=2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQE1FP7m55M&list=RDYtcl2CMC3d0&index=6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVCvJZtzkqQ

jandl100

28-05-2016, 05:57

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQE1FP7m55M&list=RDYtcl2CMC3d0&index=6

jandl100

29-05-2016, 06:29

For reasons outside the scope of AOS, conductor Christopher Seaman came under the spotlight chez Jerry.

I went back to his Barber VC, mentioned previously, to start with - excellent orchestral support - full of Barberian life and energy.

Then this RVW2 - another good'un.
http://is1.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music/v4/72/53/a0/7253a00e-ca6c-c1aa-458b-11d1c6957984/source/260x260bb.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/3Exv3AvuRRWhRZVCDyPT5i

And this Rach PC3 is excellent as well. Defo one of the better ones I have heard. :thumbsup:
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/990/MI0000990685.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/5NfVHbeUazXT1ez67EFLtM

jandl100

29-05-2016, 08:54

Pleasantly soulful for a restful Sunday morning ... :violin: :)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/614BeKTFh9L._SL500_AA300_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/7vGbxhXpbgnSELH4nA5W8Y

Landloper

29-05-2016, 09:51

Jerry, I no longer use Spotify but reading your posts makes me think I may have been a bit hasty!

jandl100

29-05-2016, 09:57

Jerry, I no longer use Spotify but reading your posts makes me think I may have been a bit hasty!

I'm a total convert to live streaming.
I had Tidal Hirez and Spotify Premium subs in parallel for 4 months recently - I found (to my surprise) that I used Spotify pretty much exclusively so I just let the Tidal sub expire.

So it's Spotify Premium as my main music source. :thumbsup:

Excellent sound quality, imho - and such a fantastic way to explore new music and new recordings. And all for a a few £ a month. Amazing.

Landloper

29-05-2016, 10:00

Testament's remastered issue of the 1955 [first] stereo recording of Wagner's Ring Cycle at Bayreuth conducted by Joseph Keilberth ~

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A great reading that I'd love to have on vinyl, sadly the cost of the records means I have to make do with the CD box set instead.

This morning 'Siegfried'

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RichB

29-05-2016, 10:30

I'm a total convert to live streaming.
I had Tidal Hirez and Spotify Premium subs in parallel for 4 months recently - I found (to my surprise) that I used Spotify pretty much exclusively so I just let the Tidal sub expire.

So it's Spotify Premium as my main music source. :thumbsup:

Excellent sound quality, imho - and such a fantastic way to explore new music and new recordings. And all for a a few £ a month. Amazing.

Very similar experience here Jerry. When not Spotify Premium I stream my uploaded files from Google music to the Chromecast. Essentially my whole library of everything I've ever ripped or downloaded. Having said this I recently got the CD player out of the cupboard so my main system is all digital sources.

This does approx 90% of the listening. If I'm having a serious listen the vinyl comes out. Usually on rainy Sunday afternoons.

Marco

29-05-2016, 11:49

Right now this, which is fantastic (25p from a local record shop):

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/tjzLa2.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pntjzLa2j)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/d2A8i0.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pod2A8i0j) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/tJI5pp.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmtJI5ppj)

:cool:

Marco.

jandl100

29-05-2016, 12:22

Cor ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4YqWXmF9Dg

Marco

29-05-2016, 12:24

Has that sparked off a Brahms sesh now? :eyebrows:

Marco.

jandl100

30-05-2016, 07:30

3 of the best from Bloch. :thumbsup:

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/135/MI0001135301.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/6lpOfHyt3WRi4nsM87l2Vy

jandl100

30-05-2016, 10:45

This is very good, and I didn't think I liked Schnittke.

http://www.phoenixedition.com/images/18.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/57oLA2RM4uvYx9iwE3IJZI

What started me off re-exploring his music was this -- some film music "The story of the unknown actor", not at all what I was expecting from Schnittke! - pure romanticism
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/110/MI0001110802.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/2t0mcngtpUBiNJRz92kpe8

Landloper

30-05-2016, 10:45

jandl100

30-05-2016, 10:53

'Spotify' was great for comparing versions of the same work, but I found the general wealth of material distressing. I spent a great deal of time listening to bits of this and to bits of that. In my case 'huge choice' + 'lack of self discipline' led only to self-defeating dissipation.

:confused:

Ah yes, I can understand that. You need to maintain focus or it all goes skewiff quite easily and you end up listening to nothing much in particular.
But I've got the hang of it now.

One of the wonderful things I do with Spotify is choose a particular recording of a work to settle down with ....
I start off playing one and if that doesn't hit the spot I start a different recording at the point the first one had got to. And so on, until I find one that suits. Often enough, it can be done pretty close to seamlessly with Spotify.

Landloper

30-05-2016, 10:54

Olivier Latry's recording of Messiaen's Complete Organ Works

17051

While the sound of this DG recording is excellent I'm an admirer of Jennifer Bate's earlier cycle on Regis and I am still undecided if I like Latry's version at all.

:scratch:

Landloper

30-05-2016, 10:57

''One of the wonderful things I do with Spotify is choose a particular recording of a work to settle down with ....
I start off playing one and if that doesn't hit the spot I start a different recording at the point the first one had got to. And so on, until I find one that suits. Often enough, it can be done pretty close to seamlessly with Spotify.''

10/4 on that, Jerry.

jandl100

30-05-2016, 17:23

I don't usually get on with viola concertos, but this one by a 20thC Romanian composer (1929-1993) maintains interest throughout.
The symphony is interesting, too.
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTAxWDQ5OA==/z/dRoAAOSwGYVXCWgn/$_35.JPG
https://open.spotify.com/album/2e7FeHrG5mo8Zynb1jRZUa

Landloper

31-05-2016, 06:20

New project for me - Scriabin's Complete Solo Piano Works played by Maria Lettberg

17053

An 8 CD box as a first serious attempt to get the measure of Scriabin's piano compositions.

17054

Mahler homework

jandl100

31-05-2016, 08:03

^ Mahler isn't homework for me, but Barbirolli certainly is!
I must try harder.
____

This is mighty appealing to me. It may not be for others!
Beautiful, ancient music.
Lovely sq, too.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51c9O5kFQiL.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/3j45EyjPrcT4zrd7b82wqX

jandl100

01-06-2016, 05:29

More Schnittke.
I found the 1st concerto quite listenable, but the 2nd I think I would classify under "weird noises" rather than music, although (disturbingly) it is starting to grow on me. :eek:
https://img.discogs.com/NqZBozmGgjqlgt8-5mAp99Ama_8=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(40)/discogs-images/R-5218884-1389645957-9539.jpeg.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/3F0A0Nk1cYIc0YfFwoRxWi

And then Op 109 from this set, this is masterly playing, imo.
I like "late Brendel" - but I'm not very keen on his earlier recordings.
https://img.discogs.com/pdoIoerNIFHaiOeTdph4EXph4PI=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(40)/discogs-images/R-4249267-1359681959-9753.jpeg.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5QfwjJKPEu0XNZQjtLShap

Landloper

01-06-2016, 19:21

17103

Ritter von Liszt ~ 12 Études d'exécution transcendante played by Alice Sara Ott.

jandl100

01-06-2016, 20:35

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unw1yMImEvY

jandl100

02-06-2016, 04:27

Perfect music pretty damn near perfectly played ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir1IQ0LKcqI

Landloper

02-06-2016, 05:39

Perfect music pretty damn near perfectly played ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir1IQ0LKcqI

+!

Landloper

02-06-2016, 05:46

Works for Double Bass by Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988)

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Landloper

02-06-2016, 10:09

I thought I'd try Goodall's Ring Cycle in English and began with the Chandos CD set of Siegfried - an appalling, brightly lit CD that was painful to listen to, put me off for a while. I recently saw the whole EMI cycle on vinyl for sale on e-bay, a massy box comprising 20 LPs, and decided to buy...

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Starting off this morning with Siegfried again, I'm not wholly convinced - it is so very peculiar to hear Wagner in English - but I will do my best to try to enter Goodall's world and see what happens over time.

jandl100

02-06-2016, 22:15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHmkl7GM_es

jandl100

03-06-2016, 09:30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz26IpXtIT4

jandl100

04-06-2016, 19:35

A "re-imagining" of Gorecki's famous 3rd symphony

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HkkQlupXb4o/hqdefault.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0SnAsW09FjjOYZ2oHYliyL

From the Amazon description ...

Product Description
Colin Stetson is an American saxophonist and multireedist who has collaborated with an number of influential indie rock acts such as Arcade Fire, Bon Iver and Bell Orchestre. This new release 'SORROW', led by Stetson, is a reimagining of Henryk Górecki's most famous piece, performed by a 12-piece band including Arcade Fire's Sarah Neufeld, Saltland's Rebecca Foon, Greg Fox of Liturgy, Megan Stetson and more and recorded in 2015 in Brooklyn, New York. "We all have those moments when we experience a piece of music that transforms us, and this was one of those moments for me," says Stetson. "Over the years, I went on to listen to this record countless times, always determined to absorb every instance of it, to know it throughout and fully. And this dedication to a thorough knowledge of the piece eventually gave way to a need to perform it." "The concept was simple, and true to the original score. I haven't changed existing notation, but rather have worked with altering instrumentation, utilizing a group consisting heavily of woodwinds, synthesizers, and electric guitars... The arrangement draws heavily from the world of black metal, early electronic music, and from my own body of solo saxophone music. The result is an intact rendition of Henryk Górecki's 3rd Symphony, though one which has been filtered through the lens of my particular musical aesthetic and experience."

jandl100

06-06-2016, 07:50

Ronksley

06-06-2016, 14:26

Back to Saint Saens' 2nd piano concerto - again! It's fast becoming my favourite.
This one a superb performance by Dubravka Tomsic with Anton Nanut doing his usual superb conducting. :)

It's probably sexist to say this, but Tomsic plays like a man here. Immensely powerful and bold playing where required.

http://deepmp3.ru/images/1015560-300x300/saint-saens-piano-concerto-no-2-in-g-minor-op-22.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1zotz9ER68NUGqp1yDqUaB

Jerry

You have tempted me to try Spotify keep seeing the interesting stuff you post on here and they have a 99p offer on so gave it a go
Was a bit unsure whether it would work with Linux and if I had enough bandwidth to stream to get it sounding ok
So far its sounding good and working fine
took a while to work out how to play your links from this thread
Not sure if I can afford the full price subscription but I think I will get my moneys worth for three months at 99p

jandl100

06-06-2016, 17:13

Ronksley

06-06-2016, 18:36

^ Thanks for the encouragement, David.

It's no exaggeration to say that Spotify has revolutionised the way I listen to music.
Such a vast catalogue just a few clicks away. And the search engine facilities are quirky enough to throw up all sorts of interesting surprises, which is a great way to explore new music and new performances.

As for the expense, it is saving me £hundreds a year!
I used to budget (and spend) £50 a month on new CDs - often enough used ones from Amazon, so I got quite a lot, but still £50/month.

I now spend £10 a month on Spotify and barely any on CDs.
Win !! :yay:

Everyone has their own way of budgeting for the hobby, but Spotify works for me.

Looking at whats available £10 a month is really a bargain
Have to watch the pennies have been off work ill for nearly four years
Been trying to collect the Bernsteins DG Mahler with the Erte covers on CD never got the 9th far too expensive
the LPs are stupid money
Love those Erte pictures

https://d3rt1990lpmkn.cloudfront.net/640/f75f38222b3eaf1bf9a346f73ae4f73a8c73c867
https://open.spotify.com/album/1TmFpcJ2UGI55Mh0yqpdJl

jandl100

06-06-2016, 18:55

Ronksley

06-06-2016, 19:46

Ah, sorry to hear about your health issues, David.

Just been looking at prices for the Bernstein Mahler 9th on Amazon and eBay -- crazy !! CDs start at over £20 used, and the LPs seem to sell for £100s. :scratch:

Do you know about www.camelcamelcamel.com ?
You can set a watch for a particular CD on Amazon and it will send you an email if something comes up at or below your target price.
The site is a bit fiddly to use, but you get the hang of it!

Not seen camelcamelcamel before I have to stop looking at such sites get too tempted to spend
I dont have that collecting urge any more but cant resists a bargain so have bought loads from amazon or ebay for a quid or two and charity shops
yeah silly prices I didnt get the 7th either
the whole lot reissued can be got with some songs in a box for reasonable amounts so why they go for so much I dont know :scratch:

jandl100

08-06-2016, 07:12

I like this.
I suspect that if it had the name Beethoven at the top of the manuscript with an early opus number then these pieces, and this composer, would be far more solidly based in the standard repertoire.
The violin sonata is a particular standout for me.
Good sq, in a reverberent kind of way.
http://cdn2.bigcommerce.com/n-pktq5q/r8n80s1m/products/2275/images/7953/51C0UfwUOdL__42379.1413286947.500.500.jpg?c=2
https://open.spotify.com/album/1ASr5F8xxwOc9xRrCXJjQh

jandl100

09-06-2016, 06:57

Yesterday, twice. Kind of intriguing variety of interesting modern music.
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/963/MI0000963665.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
CD - can't find it on Spotify.

Ronksley

10-06-2016, 09:38

Really enjoyed some of this earlier
https://i.scdn.co/image/8194fa861db552f83aa4718c78d026cca7b86d65
https://open.spotify.com/album/4IqppUmXqpEmCjwHmCMT55

Never imagined Walter had conducted a english version

Enjoyed the start of Jurowski Brahms third yesterday will try and listen to it all without drifting off to sleep
https://www.lpo.org.uk/recordings-and-gifts/index.php?option=com_tessitura_bridge&task=thumbnail&width=650&height=400&path=/images/merchandise/CD0075pack.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/3u1a9uZCQvhwtuYv22IkIr

Landloper

11-06-2016, 12:42

Berman ~ Liszt ~ Annés de Pelerinage

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Ronksley

12-06-2016, 07:07

This set starts off with a stonkin Eroica

http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/imgs/s300x300/4770002.jpg

http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/gb/cat/4770002

https://open.spotify.com/album/6SIzONkZom1Hoy1UGx3YIk

Listening to this in the wee small hours

https://img.discogs.com/GsqiBLHsuL5ngjnCf5xOyLV7SdA=/fit-in/600x619/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(90)/discogs-images/R-1481227-1222928536.jpeg.jpg

Not the sleeve of the version I was litening to

On Cd sounds wondefull on the Bedroom system love those old Harmonia Mundi recordings

http://www.harmoniamundi.com/#!/albums/1246

The Countertenor Alfred Deller and co

Henry Purcell - Alfred Deller, Wieland Kuijken, William Christie, Roderick Skeaping ‎– Music For A While / O Solitude (https://www.discogs.com/Henry-Purcell-Alfred-Deller-Wieland-Kuijken-William-Christie-Roderick-Skeaping-Music-For-A-While-O-S/release/1836255)

jandl100

12-06-2016, 07:21

Stunning recording and wonderful music.
https://img.discogs.com/X2jV4iJeUqKfSWEA_TnYpAMTVng=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(40)/discogs-images/R-2780420-1300719926.jpeg.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/4Q6IRMv9SpFY7OYYOg3gv4

From disliking his playing, Paul Lewis has now become one of my favourite pianists.
Listening to this at the moment ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1ix1OcCnYs

jandl100

12-06-2016, 08:51

Wonderful playing of a fantastic piece of music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKjwFeVe6-k

jandl100

12-06-2016, 11:36

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vulKECq4r60

jandl100

12-06-2016, 14:43

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWX_mohRkQ4

jandl100

12-06-2016, 20:39

exquisite music, beautifully performed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjRt-o0XwZ4

BTH K10A

12-06-2016, 21:01

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/Classical%20Records/IMG_0332_zpshgehpsvb.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/Classical%20Records/IMG_0332_zpshgehpsvb.jpg.html)

jandl100

13-06-2016, 15:18

Doing a search on Spotify of Beethoven piano sonatas I came across a full set by Maria Grinberg on the Melodiya label.
I'd never heard of her, but Melodiya issuing a full set - from the land where jaw droppingly wonderful pianists are 3 a penny? Must be something of interest.
Well, from the first few notes of Op 110 it was obvious that I was in the presence of a master pianist. Just stunningly right.

She had a hard life - her husband and her father arrested by the Stalinist authorities and murdered as "enemies of the people", losing her conservatory post she occasionally played tympani for an amateur choreography group ... sheesh ... but somehow after a while she regained roles as solo pianist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Grinberg
This sonata set recorded around 1970. The sonatas I have heard so far (110 & 111) are just wonderful.
Good sq, too.

http://img.hmv.co.jp/image/jacket/400/12/3/2/702.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/77wLkfKUvkeHnjTyVcgI6e

jandl100

14-06-2016, 19:02

Something of a legendary recording, this. And very impressive it is.
https://img.discogs.com/PYybPXDAVjGBWmcQChkAqI5Rx5c=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(40)/discogs-images/R-7087750-1433430211-1044.jpeg.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/46p8QYsyCcWOZ9UxweXe6U

Beautiful; works for solo violin
http://musical-toronto.musicaltorontopu.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/angel.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6uaQ6aUqWuQijFMzbeJPlW

Symphonies 7 & 9 from this set.
http://media.mdt.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/L/S/LSO0730.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5r2sXgEfvJ9w3nI07OppSR

I liked these a lot. I shall have to revisit Gergiev's efforts.

jandl100

16-06-2016, 05:42

Top notch performances - blazing brass in Job, and the violin soloist in the Lark is superbly controlled.

http://www.classical.net/music/recs/images/n/nxs53955.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/108fT3VfdLmE7YDHMllYZa

jandl100

17-06-2016, 08:25

jandl100

19-06-2016, 06:16

More than a bit blown away by this Bruckner 4 ...
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/175/MI0001175156.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
The pacing is just spot on, for me. And of course the Berlin Phil are magnificent.
https://open.spotify.com/album/5fFj9hl7j9RwaNgeHef7CX

And so on to Muti's Brahms 2, another good'un.
http://res.cloudinary.com/lightspeed-retail/image/upload/c_pad,h_256,q_75,w_256/nndofjjubdxkwmzjxjfh.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/7C15lKnCJpyVomWj9WedPu

And then Brendel in Schubert's D.664 piano sonata. Clearly articulated perfection. Certainly not the only way to play this music, but it works!
http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/361499143823-0-1/s-l1000.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6m1U6LPoxUm7W4ykwHdvn0

Ronksley

19-06-2016, 09:24

I picked up a whole pile of classical LPs yesterday to sell on behalf of charity.
So of course I'm checkin' 'em out. :)

This one will not be coming up for sale :nono: it's staying with me. ;)
The orchestral suite seems rather more interesting than the symphony at first listen.
http://eil.com/images/main/Arensky+Symphony+No+1++Suite+No+1+534750.jpg
I do love these old Melodiya recordings.

And another one that's staying.
http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/IH8AAOxygj5SjSxp/s-l300.jpg
I've not heard Collins' Sibelius before, and it is very impressive. Listened to the 3rd yesterday.
A very old mono LP - maybe 60+ years old. It looks a bit cloudy and blemished but amazingly it plays near perfectly.
The whole Collins symphony cycle is available on Spotify, but I can't resist keeping this LP!

And this LP will be up for sale.
I got really excited when I first saw it - Nimbus 45rpm LP. :eek: But I'm not convinced the music is for me.
https://img.discogs.com/6ZkH05lFwswbf2ldoPpmpbVSnao=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(40)/discogs-images/R-2296375-1275318284.jpeg.jpg
Fab sq, though!

Never heard of Konstantin Ivanov before
This set of Myaskovsky symphonies starts with Ivanov conducting The USSR State Symphony Orchestra in Myakovskys 16th

https://open.spotify.com/album/2hOJpk506b4Zr3HAC7DxCl

http://melody.su/upload/iblock/2b9/2b9ba135d4821546c73348b9076b31a5.jpg

http://melody.su/en/catalog/classic/28078/

Hope you like this one Jerry when you have twenty odd minutes sit down crank it up and enjoy

http://open.spotify.com/track/7agtXnVYFAhxBqpsHuT6BR

WOW

jandl100

20-06-2016, 06:30

Thanks, David - yeah, I've got the full set of Myaskovsky's symphonies with Svetlanov - many gems lurk therein! :)

I've never liked Panufnik's music.
But I turned on the car radio a few days ago and was bowled over by the last few minutes of a great piece of music - turned out to be Panufnik's Sinfonia Sacra.
Great piece!

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51z4O9X2-mL._SY355_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/2OdFBVdP6foTrEiphv0eGW

Nino Rota is well known for his film music, but I was muchly impressed by his cello concertos and, especially, his 1st and 2nd symphonies. A definite nobility to the symphonies.
http://i.prs.to/t_200/095115154625.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/2sOeqdb5B1QTMOAXrPuwEd

The cello seems to suit his style as well.
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTAwWDQ5Nw==/z/e9oAAOSwhcJWHdFD/$_35.JPG
https://open.spotify.com/album/6F2BS7zI4OsMj5BHSvh6gH

jandl100

21-06-2016, 06:45

Fancied some serious chill-out music, so what better than Gabrieli's sonorous tones echoing into the distance?

London Brass / Philip Pickett -
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51YQNlMwYYL._SX425_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/3SjED0R1YMdnDoTxnVIEWU

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTAwWDUwMA==/z/XHUAAOSweW5Vf6kz/$_35.JPG
https://open.spotify.com/album/0h5BRYaVMW4Ujf3EaPnqg1

jandl100

22-06-2016, 06:20

The 6th from this set.
Possibly the nearest I have heard to a perfect Pastoral.
Remarkable sq, too.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/418PXEF56RL.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1zGo5qlH31ovHFfanJIB8g

jandl100

23-06-2016, 05:21

A classic recording and still sounding good ...
Probably frowned on by the HIP crowd, but I think there is room for many and varied approaches to great music.
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2003/Jun03/Faure_Requiem_668942.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6dQ1LTRiGeNCQK8avL1ApV

Not really come across the Borodin symphonies before. Very enjoyable, listened twice and I shall come back for more!
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTAzWDUwNQ==/z/sVEAAOSwhRxXKWh4/$_35.JPG
https://open.spotify.com/album/4GHl94MHlHw7VzhekDKSez

jandl100

24-06-2016, 08:39

Interesting performance of the Scottish symphony by Fey. Very energetic and sprightly, and he has a way of bringing out the brass lines which are usually rather buried in the mix; makes it very exciting and surprising at times.
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0002/846/MI0002846263.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/6wrGjOcwHsSlPAUt8v1QTE

Then a cold set in with a vengeance and the world is now a muffled place to be for a while. :(

jandl100

25-06-2016, 06:28

Excellent performance of the sonata ...
http://www.aide-shop.com/jupgrade/images/stories/virtuemart/product/schubert_edem_new_3367.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/7rwBIb8tv31SomkJHD3yOx
Quite slowly paced in the 1st mvt, which I like, although not in Richter's class for tempo!

Spot on performance of the D. 664 sonata (#13) by this Russian player. Absolutely beautiful.
http://cdn.naxos.com/SharedFiles/images/cds/others/8.572459.gif
https://open.spotify.com/album/2kdYChNx8uFrkMxNbFFALB
The early sonata is pretty good, but Schubert was just a lad then.
The Wanderer fantasy is a piece I hate. Loathsome and crass ( coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive). Tub thumping at its worst. Maybe it's just me. :)

Landloper

25-06-2016, 09:02

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Alban Berg Quartet - Great CD - especially the Lutoslawski.

daytona600

25-06-2016, 19:02

http://snvinyl.co.uk/WebRoot/Daily/Shops/eshop943300/565D/DDCF/0AFB/3CCF/AA0C/0A0C/05BD/80EE/CL43036_250.jpg

Vinyl

jandl100

26-06-2016, 17:27

Fancied some Chopin Nocturnes last night - went on a bit of a Spotify sampling spree to find the set to settle down with.
Ended up very happy with Leonskaja - she has the flow, makes others seem disjointed and point-making.

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/003/MI0001003197.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/3Ja7LrUEADfJfYE6nzPfNb

Today seems to be a Faure day ...
https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61Lt7kTb5pL._AC_UL320_SR318,320_.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6Aj2GIJNBYSOkefR2qTtVD

http://www.wikimp3.org/covers/337-3379-3379575-292/jean-marc-luisada-faure-6-nocturnes-violin-sonata-2004.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1rVoztYRh03S2jYMS75Wkw

jandl100

29-06-2016, 07:20

This is the first time I've positively enjoyed a Stenhammar symphony!
Previous listens, to other recordings, have felt a bit meh. But this one captured my interest.
Maybe it was my mood, maybe it really is a bit special.
I shall try more Stenhammar. :)
http://www.amoeba.com/sized-images/max/500/500/uploads/buystuff_items/7330709010370.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1shuc5siykn82lTGMBgXYX

jandl100

29-06-2016, 07:21

This is interesting. Kind of weird, in a modern music way, but still approachable.
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2012/May12/Schwantner_percussion_8559678.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6eivwGEFvfQVmp9Eig2Nhx

Hugely impressed by Andrew Litton here, both as pianist and conductor. Great performances of the concerto and symphony. The slow mvt of the concerto is just stunningly beautiful with Litton.
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2000/june00/shostakovich5.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/57GgCmN3MmcSrkwPQfcna2

jandl100

30-06-2016, 07:01

I've owned this CD for over 20 years - I must have played it a dozen times in all.
It's a slow grower!
Some really excellent sections where Furtwangler hits the groove, and then he meanders along for a while and then you get another good bit.

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/July02/Furtwangler_Symphony2.jpg
I don't think it is on Spotify.

I really enjoyed the 2nd trio on this album.
There's a jauntiness that shows the players are enjoying themselves with this wonderful music and makes it fun as well as sublime. Other performers seem over-serious and staid - that doesn't work for me.
http://www.fineav.com/Proimg/ac/1098/ac109820_1.gif
https://open.spotify.com/album/0JB6QfJauQivsCAp6HfKMo

jandl100

01-07-2016, 05:42

Coo - I really liked two of these symphonies!
6 & 5 - not quite so keen on 19 although it is impressive.
Both earlier works are choral/vocal to an extent - and the pure simplicity of the vocal line, beautiful in itself, is in fascinating contrast to the often bold and majestic orchestral music.
Yum.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/616%2B4k3qTpL.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/6dsW82NIJyjMAuN2jS66zl

jandl100

01-07-2016, 07:37

This should blow away the cobwebs. :)
An acceptable face of modern classical music as far as I am concerned.
http://johnpickard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/chamber-music.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5vb58r93CF4KmD2N2jdCZ7

jandl100

02-07-2016, 05:27

Who the hell is Edward Gregson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gregson)? :scratch:
Well, everyone else probably regards him as a household name, but not me.
He's still alive, maybe that's his problem.
What I do know is that he wrote a stonker of a violin concerto!
Just kinda blown away by the vibrancy and sheer power of this.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/OlGztkyWxFRyDlEFNMtjc4Ll-rQ5yo0kMz-2w4T6hAgVtLulIAFirZh400HvlKp2AxdFULhv=w300
https://open.spotify.com/album/2zKbTBff0xT7bi6ZF5tkTq

jandl100

04-07-2016, 05:43

Who the hell is Edward Gregson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gregson)? :?
Well, everyone else probably regards him as a household name, but not me.
He's still alive, maybe that's his problem.
What I do know is that he wrote a stonker of a violin concerto!
Just kinda blown away by the vibrancy and sheer power of this.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/OlGztkyWxFRyDlEFNMtjc4Ll-rQ5yo0kMz-2w4T6hAgVtLulIAFirZh400HvlKp2AxdFULhv=w300
https://open.spotify.com/album/2zKbTBff0xT7bi6ZF5tkTq

... and the clarinet concerto is even better.
An astonishing work.
Big scale orchestral at times, but somehow the solo clarinet wins!
Lovely slow movement.
I'm baffled why clarinetists haven't taken this major work into their repertoire. It's not as if they are spoiled for choice!

jandl100

05-07-2016, 06:16

Every year or so, the urge comes upon me.
Vivaldi Four Seasons!
This year I much enjoyed this performance.
http://lossless-galaxy.ru/uploads/posts/2010-08/1283245289_the-four-seasons.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/0qSIuFxX8isoOQ8inNt5HX

I enjoyed this, too, and will return to it.
Nothing to scare the horses, but still good.
http://thumbs1.picclick.com/d/l400/pict/131772825856_/Cyril-Scott-Symphony-No-1-Cello-Concerto-used.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/1D9ahmfAqDMpxi6TWQF9Rz

jandl100

07-07-2016, 05:24

And a return to this.
Music by Mozart's son. Often criticised for not being as good as his dad, but then nor was anyone else so the criticism hardly seems fair.
Very good indeed.
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0000/989/MI0000989568.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/08EwyX0mhNTsOc6yP6jzwF

And this is perhaps even better. Yummy!
https://i.scdn.co/image/a292156161995ceee6643c8faba7a0a45a033686
https://open.spotify.com/album/3abMhQCI45TmXQHdqozoWr

It must be hard for a composer having one of the greatest musical geniuses ever as your father!

jandl100

11-07-2016, 06:41

Some organ symphonies yesterday - majestic!

Jongen's took me 3 listens to start to get into it. Quite enjoy it now, and will certainly return to it.

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0000/972/MI0000972695.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/25NpDVmTwaQxZuFhhB5MfS

And of course, I couldn't avoid letting the album continue on to the famous Saint Saens effort. :)

Andriessen's is a good'un, too ...
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/009/MI0001009756.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/29pLh50MkuaxZA3aJcEBGX

And Dupre's two works are magnificent ...
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/cUrTyWdFd8KzilCpjaHQTQtbJP380LV1fLpyxWRfAVT2YC6Efq X0ivVrbZVwnaz0LQGnaxJVfg=w300
https://open.spotify.com/album/43TzXF7ID2963RADeWiqMq

struth

11-07-2016, 15:16

Erich Kunzel. Cincinati Pops Orchestra. William Tell and Other Overtures..Telarc cd.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160711/70e4293ed0ab591b81687eb39aef0277.jpg

daytona600

11-07-2016, 16:02

http://snvinyl.co.uk/WebRoot/Daily/Shops/eshop943300/53C4/34C3/ADF0/B7C1/F3C0/0A0C/05E7/0FB3/b22558_844528d4740845daad0275eaac225788.jpg

Vinyl

m10

13-07-2016, 10:09

http://deccasound.com/media/albums/02894782826_wallets_cd%2013.jpg

I know this isn't everyone's tasse de thé, but I think it's glorious.

m10

13-07-2016, 15:21

http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/782645c77607a0b49ee3af683c7e9291/1280361.jpg

An old favourite of mine...

jandl100

14-07-2016, 05:42

Searching around for a Bach B Minor Mass that hit the spot, I settled on this.

Well paced, good soloists, lovely lucid sound quality - and a performance with soul not mere technical proficiency.

The only drawback on the Spotify playback, sadly a significant one, is that the tracks have no gaps between them so each section starts immediately the previous has finished.*

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61N9ZVV3B6L.gif

https://open.spotify.com/album/4xZ1tRyDzo6LRn5j5j7QM4

m10

14-07-2016, 11:53

http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/imgs/s300x300/4257232.jpg

m10

14-07-2016, 13:54

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/042/MI0001042582.jpg

jandl100

15-07-2016, 06:21

Another tragically sad day for France. :(

And entirely coincidentally, yesterday was a French composer Honegger revival day chez Jerry.

Symphonies.
Curiously overlooked, but fantastic music.

My favourite is the 3rd, but 2, 4 & 5 also rate very highly.

Overall the Naxos 3rd might be my first choice. *Stunning sq, that probably helps.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51GqAXZqOhL.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/4DL87F7Ae1LWgL7W9kw27v

But this is very good, too ...

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61oi88FSPYL._SS500_SS280.jpg
https://open.spotify.com/album/5CD16YKK1kAqM4kvk9Qx8P

Landloper

15-07-2016, 13:38

Stockhausen Tierkreis/Zodiac

17495

jandl100

16-07-2016, 05:22

Stockhausen Lite?
- Hmm, OK - I'll give that a try!
_______

Lucid and transparent textures in this recording of Mozart Piano Quartets on authentic instruments. *Nice and lively, too, where appropriate - great playing.

http://tutaudio.su/alb-mus/6529227-460x460/mozart-3-piano-quartets-k478-k493-k452.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/3B3n2YgL4feXAFmftBC7G5

m10

16-07-2016, 12:05

Just had a lovely time with the Carlos Kleiber Brahms fourth, on Blu-ray Disc in surround.

Now playing the surround SACD of West Side Story (the 'infamous' DG recording, which is my favourite)

jandl100

16-07-2016, 18:59

This must be the musical discovery of the month for me, maybe the year.

Robin Milford - 1903-1959.

You love Vaughan Williams music? - get your ears wrapped around this.
Some absolutely gorgeous music here.

Rather a sad life, though - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Milford

http://www.robertplane.com/word/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/robin-milford1.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/0bzCYMuaNEhKEe5qSbTf0y

jandl100

19-07-2016, 05:59

William Busch - an Englishman 1901-1945.

I enjoyed the cello concerto, quite striking - I've not gotten around to the piano concerto yet.

http://i.prs.to/t_200/5020926032027.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/1IN00FJRFfmN9dEQ15Nk2X

daytona600

20-07-2016, 18:07

http://snvinyl.co.uk/WebRoot/Daily/Shops/eshop943300/5744/D465/FEA4/FCB7/BEEC/5BD8/5ABE/5188/dglpi43015.jpg

Vinyl

jandl100

21-07-2016, 07:09

Saint Saens' symphonies aren't only about the famous 3rd.
These are good, too, as is the piano/orchestra work 'Africa'
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/020/MI0001020556.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/6UpRI2kW034KV1IoXp6BuT

jandl100

22-07-2016, 05:00

Strongly recommended by Fanfare magazine, and I can hear why.
Personally I find these works a bit over-rich and cloying. OK for me limited to one per listening session, I tend to rebel when a 2nd one starts!
Beautiful purity of line by these performers, and scrumptious sq.

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0003/619/MI0003619058.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
https://open.spotify.com/album/2arBD5PN1JKUv8jGWRtaEC

Landloper

22-07-2016, 16:24

17567

A resident of this country from 1936 until his death in 1951.

jandl100

25-07-2016, 07:17

This was in heavy rotation yesterday - I can't stop playing it!
(Do things rotate on Spotify? :scratch:)

Webern. Me. Jeez, what are things coming to?

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/Feb02/webern_naxos.gif

https://open.spotify.com/album/73iUeuE1qaVtguL0kLVtEr

Landloper

26-07-2016, 15:39

Nice one, Jerry ~ here's some more.

17598

Beste Grüße!

jandl100

27-07-2016, 05:33

Arvo Part's 3rd symphony.
Written after the years-long sabbatical from composing when he gave up on the standard European avant-garde approach (thankfully :)) and started on his tintinnabula style of simpler (or simplistic, depending on your viewpoint :)) more minimalist music that has won him far wider appeal.
The 3rd shows hints of that style, but it does not dominate by any means.
It just provides a far more melodic and approachable work as far as I am concerned. In fact I think it is an excellent piece.

On this BIS recording you get to hear his earlier, avantgarde style, as well as the post-sabbatical 3rd symphony.
See what you think!

http://www.classicalarchives.com/images/coverart/9/7/7/2/7318590004340_300.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/3XGq3d7BTy1ZbMs0Vzc5wc

mad-moon

27-07-2016, 08:57

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSlv_n-gBmk

jandl100

28-07-2016, 05:44

Mozart's perfect 25th symphony damn near perfectly performed by Josef Krips. Great sq, too. Recorded in the 1960s, I think. Shows the modern 'authentic instrument' brigade how it should be done in terms of nuanced delicacy and rhythmic lightness of touch.

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0003/007/MI0003007909.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

https://open.spotify.com/album/7wvF78MxzsQvKriafXBPNd

Telemann's set of solo flute fantasias (about an hour long) are, for me, much more approachable when transcribed for oboe.
Excellent music, endlessly fascinating.
The Britten solo oboe suite is one of my favourite works by the composer.

http://www.supraphon.com/!img_katalog/SU4121_2_xl.gif

https://open.spotify.com/album/6yuopZwabMbSb38ROWl5rZ

jandl100

29-07-2016, 07:29

Another great find. :) It's not an exaggeration to say that Spotify has transformed my musical listening and enjoyment, such a fantastic and easy way to explore new music.
The YOA Orchestra of the Americas, conducted Carlos Miguel Prieto. Musicians aged 18-30. They are superb in this Shostakovich 6th symphony!

It's a live recording, in the best and worst senses. Fantastic electricity and sense of excitement and involvement. Great sq, but the audience cough and shuffle their way through the performance quite audibly at times.
I can hardly wait to hear more recordings by these musicians, but I have to listen to this Shosty 6 just one more time. :)

https://s.mxmcdn.net/images-storage/albums/0/7/0/0/9/9/28990070_350_350.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/0dJv7MbK7QjeV6zGfpoiIS

jandl100

30-07-2016, 18:40

After a tiring day, this is perfect music to chill out to ...

https://covers.believedigital.com/600/4039956916017.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/5MaPRR7khaoRBgPGXWKPod

jandl100

02-08-2016, 16:00

This is decidedly yummy, the mood of the pieces varies from lushly romantic to quite astringent ...

http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Pic-NonVocal-BIG/Perenyi-M-T03-2a[Hungaroton-CD].jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/4Z2p4nbUZpZPbEeCEd1QLV

jandl100

03-08-2016, 07:10

One of the nominations for this year's Gramophone awards.
It is rather good.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51vRkVFafmL._SX300_.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/5RvFKjuNW9doYha0HvCXbS

A difficult piece to follow, that.
Something completely different is required.
This hit the spot.
The first (20 minute) piece is dedicated to Frank Zappa.
It's a percussion piece and the sq is extremely impressive!

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/029/MI0001029243.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

https://open.spotify.com/album/0lLvQPrh1EB6yffm6Ffela

jandl100

03-08-2016, 10:13

20thC avant garde classical music for those that don't really like it ...
Aka the acceptable face of modern atonal classical music.

Great stuff! :)

http://rymimg.com/lk/f/a/5822e80d939cced64700e5ee651802b9/2885256.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/0yLfWKLs8DW5dCDdz1ly0q

jandl100

04-08-2016, 14:32

A superb recording of Barber's Knoxville soprano and orchestra work.
No over-projecting operatic soprano here, Linda Hohenfeld's voice is pure simplicity itself, just right for the work imo. Beautifully recorded, too,

And the other works, new to me, seem good, too.

http://www.daedalusbooks.com/Products/ProductImg/57212.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/4OeG2JQu8FYnLgY9r3sXlk

jandl100

05-08-2016, 06:16

I'd be the first person to admit that I don't really 'get' Elgar's symphonies.
I don't get the way the themes are constructed, I don't get the way the music develops, I don't get the way it comes together as a coherent musical whole as to my ears they don't.
But they have a great reputation and I do enjoy many of the various bits of which the music is constructed.
(I have the same problem with the violin concerto, don't even get me started on the big choral works).

Every now and then I come back to the symphonies and try again with new or old recordings. I figure that maybe if I just persevered I can become a True Elgarian. So many people enjoy them greatly, I hate to think that I am missing out.

I may have finally struck paydirt in the 1st symphony.
One of the truly great world class orchestras has recorded the 1st symphony, and lord be praised I am really enjoying it!
What do you mean the Thuringen Philharmonie Suhl isn't a great world class orchestra?
Surely Stephen Somary is a household name conductor?
No?

Ah well, I really enjoyed this, and am doing so again at this very moment. :)

It's probably brash and way too 'obvious' and lacking in Elgarian nobilmente for the true connasewer but it at last, finally, is allowing me to enjoy the music as a whole rather than as a series of disconnected bits.

I would be very interested in the thoughts of True Elgarian Believers here, if any.

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2005/Apr05/Elgar1_claves.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/1BdY3HMGFsh5pteiVBErOU

daytona600

05-08-2016, 15:54

http://snvinyl.co.uk/WebRoot/Daily/Shops/eshop943300/5783/739F/475D/5AF0/2C69/0A0C/05BD/2B23/b22558_2211d2e651304f2f9a55f9a73abe4951-mv2.jpg

Vinyl

jandl100

07-08-2016, 07:40

Michael Colina.
Who he?
Modern composer of these 2 excellent concertos - one for violin, one for guitar.
With thanks to Fanfare magazine for their reviews -- another good but obscure composer.

http://payload307.cargocollective.com/1/16/543400/8459468/Three-Cabinets-of-Wonder-CD-1.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/35Zs0vWyoYpJx5GOzMtSRS

... which led me on to another very fine set of works by Colina.

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDY3WDUwMA==/z/-3MAAOSwbYZXYd4Y/$_35.JPG

https://open.spotify.com/album/0MW0fx02tZtfFBAr2JtEEE

jandl100

09-08-2016, 06:32

Alan Hovhaness.
Beautiful music, not for every day - but every few months I have another dose.

In ecstasy over these two yesterday ... mystically beautiful, soaring fanfares ...

For some reason I have a feeling that Grant and Brian would both enjoy this music. :)

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51cU-%2BEVY9L._SL500_AA280_.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/6lC70AgbnDcFRVNqYzzO4L

http://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/0636943933626_p0_v1_s272x272.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/3ATAaUMOQhGIkBPux3mQ0D

Landloper

09-08-2016, 13:48

17720

This selection never quite soars as high as it should. Shame.

jandl100

11-08-2016, 08:04

A haunting 22 minutes of slowly evolving minimalism

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/606/MI0003606516.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

https://open.spotify.com/album/4M4Vy96q4Fxtc9W3tWa51a

Landloper

16-08-2016, 22:38

Wagner ~ Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Furtwängler, Bayreuth Choir and Orchestra, 1943

17802

Missing some passages, one or two singers past their best, live, mono, yet none of that seems to matter much in this incandescent reading.

jandl100

17-08-2016, 06:26

A very pleasant programme of orchestral music by JC Bach (one of JS Bach's sons) - some lovely oboe concertos.

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/064/MI0001064706.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

https://open.spotify.com/album/1VYDgolClBt7sFmO2sVVlR

And this led on to some more by JCB.
A very powerful recital of harpsichord music, I was most impressed by this.

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0002/977/MI0002977560.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

https://open.spotify.com/album/0mcTOqBWPNVlNVUoBAC026

jandl100

19-08-2016, 06:00

Wow - I love this. I came across it doing a Spotify search on recordings by the RPO.
A superbly recorded Brahms symphony cycle from 2010 - I'd never heard of it.
Traditional 'Old fashioned approach' - in these days of authentic performance I guess it could be classified as naughty but nice. --it makes me think of Jochum's excellent EMI cycle in up to date sound.

I started with the 2nd symphony and just fell head over heels in love with it. Then the 3rd, now listening to the 4th.
The performances tend to go for architectural grandeur rather than febrile excitement.

Interesting review here http://www.allmusic.com/album/brahms-symphonies-no-1-4-mw0002486719

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0003/494/MI0003494558.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

https://open.spotify.com/album/4dTAtGDYHCTfDdveE2Hr7P

jandl100

20-08-2016, 05:45

Another great find from a Spotify search ...*

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_FRoBidDKtFmMUxGQj6I_VEAo4__eZU-LDm7g0gqVUluhsvUurViFNOPXd1OW0neUQrBVKUcoQ=w300

https://open.spotify.com/album/6fKBmFVkzNUtvaI48zrj56

Swedish woman composer Carin Malmlof-Forssling. *Distinctive sounding, I enjoyed it quite a lot.

And then another, rather more conventional Romantic. *I like the symphony especially, although the concerto is also*good*...

http://www.musicbase.eu/covers/197-1976-1976240-292/gavle-symphony-orchestra-goran-w-nilson-christian-bergqvist-josef-otto-af-sillen-violin-concerto-in-e-minor-2006.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/7hFDUnGZiIgk3DpS2k6wVu

jandl100

22-08-2016, 06:45

Czerny - piano concerto. Wow! Loved it. Kind of reminded me of Hummel.

- the Viotti grew on me as well.

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/David-Boldrini-CZERNY-VIOTTI-PIANO-CONCERTOS-/00/s/MTIwMFgxMjAw/z/RvMAAOSwiYFXIrVX/$_35.JPG

https://open.spotify.com/album/42Kiqt7qDly0m2Rh2FRaxR

Marco

22-08-2016, 22:46

Went into Probe, in Liverpool, today and obtained the following on minty vinyl:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/f8CHuy.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pof8CHuyj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/923/docCAs.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pndocCAsj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/924/Qzt3MT.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/poQzt3MTj)

And the following on CD:

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/CyPWgQ.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/poCyPWgQj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/61PHTv.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pl61PHTvj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/923/JNTR5j.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pnJNTR5jj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/oeo5ZP.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pooeo5ZPj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/NmEthA.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pmNmEthAj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/a5956T.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/poa5956Tj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/cFuk6f.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/plcFuk6fj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/b9GQ44.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/pnb9GQ44j)

All for £16!

Anything half-decent in that lot, Jerry? :)

Marco.

jandl100

23-08-2016, 05:26

Went into Probe, in Liverpool, today and obtained the following .....

All for £16!

Anything half-decent in that lot, Jerry? :)

Marco.

Wow. :eek: Fantastic selection.

Well worth being "probed" for. :lol:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/b2/35/ef/b235effc5748e8db9c7c5abab848fa5f.jpg

Marco

23-08-2016, 08:12

Ha - you can't beat a good Probing!:D

Marco.

struth

23-08-2016, 08:44

Probe-ably

jandl100

24-08-2016, 05:46

As previously noted, I am a big fan of violinist Elmar Oliveira, so I thought I'd sample*his Brahms sonatas with a new amp that has just arrived -- and couldn't stop listening all the way through. *Lovely performances to my ear. (Nice amp, too).

http://direct-ns.rhap.com/imageserver/v2/albums/Alb.20699911/images/500x500.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/0VcN0XuWzEMawBlhomGGoj

jandl100

25-08-2016, 05:43

I really enjoyed the beauty and sense of easy flow of these Bach solo violin concertos ...

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41n1twW0sUL.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/4Dy15U5VKEB4kWNKTFoEv8

jandl100

26-08-2016, 08:48

A very fine performance of Bach's solo violin Partita #2 by Alina Abrigomova

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paBW46iYqOg

And here she is again in another good'un, Mozart's string quintet K515

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU-LiPWusrI#t=304.850201

daytona600

26-08-2016, 10:11

http://snvinyl.co.uk/WebRoot/Daily/Shops/eshop943300/565D/DEDC/D4D3/E66F/56DF/0A0C/05BE/8D26/CL43032_250_1.jpg

Vinyl

jandl100

27-08-2016, 06:34

I didn't used to like Frank Martin's music, but I seem to have been cured of that affliction.
I came across this album including the violin concerto, and I liked it!

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/020/MI0001020557.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

https://open.spotify.com/album/7nKkriFGWXtq9kHJRpyRwq

Which led me on to his cello concerto. and I enjoyed that, too. :)

http://www.musicbase.eu/covers/19-195-195317-292/malmo-symphony-orchestra-kathryn-stott-christian-poltera-tuomas-ollila-hannikainen-martin-cello-concerto-ballade-for-cello-and-piano-8-preludes-2008.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/04gynp2MlNhS0ssf9iJOOX

jandl100

30-08-2016, 08:50

A very fine performance (& recording) of Bartok's MSPC, one of the few works by him that I positively enjoy ...

http://cdn.head-fi.org/6/64/350x700px-LL-6449cdbc_01-1.jpeg

https://open.spotify.com/album/4rv8KBt3G7qjOnsCXoeN12

jandl100

01-09-2016, 07:43

A stunningly beautiful album featuring a dulcimer and vocals. Thanks to Tom 'montesqueu' for playing this album at a bake-off quite a few years ago. It's been one of my favourites ever since.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51E1N5V3stL.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/5cmtpdzMx96PrX4b375fQc

And that led on to ...

http://i.prs.to/t_200/8436009801232.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/0j7bmBexyedwfwOlpjmp8x

... not as sublime as the first album, but still excellent.

jandl100

03-09-2016, 21:33

Bax's symphonies - it's a long, slow haul, but I am gradually getting in to them.

Really quite enjoyed #1 and #3 this evening - one key thing is to play them LOUD :D

http://arnoldbax.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/BaxHandley.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/3GwHFmwxA32bMpBQG65VCy

jandl100

05-09-2016, 06:10

Some quite striking, and very well recorded works for solo violin as well as string quartet.

http://henleyedition.com/content/images/2014/Jun/berger.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/0WKbQrOGTe32O0OTtlTHWo

jandl100

06-09-2016, 15:01

Bach cello suites.

I try Ma, and Starker and Rostropovich and Fournier and the rest.
And I always come back to Onczay as my favourite. Gloriously serene and flowing.
Beautiful sq, too.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41wDVI%2BtCoL.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/6NuyOURp5XyNEMIqGNlp1n