Spinning Today (Classical version) [Archive] - Page 15

Barry

12-04-2018, 18:41

Slowly working my way through some recent charity shop vinyl finds:

Beethoven – ‘Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”, Choral Fantasy and Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61jL6MnN7IL._SY355_.jpg

Vienna Philharmoniker, cond. Claudio Abbado.
DGG 419 779-1 (1988)

Mahler – ‘Symphony No. 4’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71ZIw9968VL._SL1024_.jpg

Weiner Philharmoniker, cond. Lorin Maazel
RCA IM 39072 (1984)

Mahler – ‘Symphony No. 5’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Al3ulLFoL._SY355_.jpg

Chicargo Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sir Georg Solti
Decca 4140321-1 (1985)

Brahms – ‘Symphony No.4’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51pMlIX1eIL._SY355_.jpg

Berlin Philharmoniker, cond. Herbert von Karajan
DGG 427 497-1 (1989)

Brahms – ‘Symphony No.2’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51IllXu2MvL._SX355_.jpg

Berlin Philharmoniker, cond. Herbert von Karajan
DGG 2531 132 (1978)

Bruckner – ‘Symphony No.4 “Romantic”’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61XNLURnImL.jpg

Weiner Philharmoniker, cond. Bernard Haitink
Philips 412 735-1 (1986)

[B]Dvořák – ‘Symphony No.7’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41Zsdk6yh8L.jpg

Cleveland Orchestra, cond. Christoph von Dohnányi
Decca 417 564-1 (1987)

Dvořák – ‘Symphony No.8’

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51N04sOvfXL._SS500.jpg

Cleveland Orchestra, cond. Christoph van Dohnányi
Decca 414 422-1 (1986)

Sibelius – ‘Symphonies 3 & 6’

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61Gf57DG0wL._SS500.jpg

Philharmonia Orchestra, cond. Vladimir Ashkenazy
Decca 141 267-1 (1985)

Schumann – ‘Symphonies 3 & 4’

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51zzKot8mYL._SS500.jpg

The Cleveland Orchestra, cond. Christoph von Dohnányi
Decca 421 643-1 (1989)

Bach – ‘Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, Violin Concertos in A minor & E major’

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51s1EvMPmSL._SS500.jpg

English Chamber Orchestra, Anne Sophie Mutter and Salvatore Accardo
EMI ASD 1435201 (1983)

Mozart – ‘Piano Concertos No.15 (KV450) and No.16 (KV451)’

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51WgoFJGMUL._SS500.jpg

Mitsuko Uchida, piano. English Chamber Orchestra, cond. Jeffrey Tate
Philips 426 305-1 (1990)

Mozart – Piano Concertos No.22 (KV4820 and No.23 (KV488)’

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/516nQ4%2BGDkL._SS500.jpg

Mitsuko Uchida, piano. English Chamber Orchestra, cond. Jeffrey Tate
Philips 420 187-1 (1987)

Mozart – ‘Piano Concertos No.23 (K488) and No.27 (K595)’

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/514MoGV5rKL._SS500.jpg

Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano. Philharmonia Orchestra
Decca SXDL 7530 9 (1982)

Elgar – ‘Cello Concerto’

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51LqXu67VyL._SS500.jpg

Jacqueline Du Pre (cello). London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sir John Barbirolli
EMI ASD 655 (1965)

Rodrigo – ‘Concerto de Aranjuez’

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61lbSyNiqUL._SS500.jpg

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, cond. Göran Söllscher
DGG 429 232-1 (1988)

Sibelius – ‘Finlandia, Karelia, Valse Triste’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81qyDLI2DwL._SL1500_.jpg
Hallé Orchestra, cond. Sir John Barberolli
EMI 055 EM 29 02731 (1966)

Listz – ‘Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2’

https://img.discogs.com/Z3awMI9VXg8G0WcDFj1jwNtpGH4=/fit-in/600x604/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(90)/discogs-images/R-2505443-1288946949.jpeg.jpg

Krystian Zimerman (piano) Boston Symphony Orchestra, cond. Seiji Ozawa.
DGG 423 571-1 (1988)

jandl100

13-04-2018, 07:28

Woo, nice collection there, Barry.
Top marks (almost) all round) from me (apart from the Schumann, I can't abide Schumann symphonies).

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Really enjoying this set of Beethoven piano sonatas - Louis Lortie on Chandos.
Only the earlier sonatas so, far. Lovely combination of impetuosity, poetic touch with a ring of steel when required.

https://open.spotify.com/album/3exqrnwvtUAEVCwar8xIcs?si=mjVFw64CSXqRvr5JFfCmVA

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.music-bazaar.com%2Falbum-images%2Fvol31%2F1218%2F1218810%2F3087100-big%2FBeethoven-Complete-Piano-Sonatas-Louis-Lortie-cover.jpg&f=1

Barry

14-04-2018, 21:50

Woo, nice collection there, Barry.
Top marks (almost) all round from me (apart from the Schumann, I can't abide Schumann symphonies).

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Really enjoying this set of Beethoven piano sonatas - Louis Lortie on Chandos.
Only the earlier sonatas so, far. Lovely combination of impetuosity, poetic touch with a ring of steel when required.

https://open.spotify.com/album/3exqrnwvtUAEVCwar8xIcs?si=mjVFw64CSXqRvr5JFfCmVA

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.music-bazaar.com%2Falbum-images%2Fvol31%2F1218%2F1218810%2F3087100-big%2FBeethoven-Complete-Piano-Sonatas-Louis-Lortie-cover.jpg&f=1

Thanks Jerry.

I'm always prepared to take a punt on something I haven't heard before, especially if it is an inexpensive charity shop purchase. If I don't like it, then it hasn't cost me too much.

Similarly, I like to hear different conductor's/orchestra's intepretation of composers' works.

Barry

14-04-2018, 21:58

Some more charity shop vinyl finds:

Gershwin – ‘Rhapsody in Blue’, ‘An American in Paris’ and ‘Porgy and Bess – A Symphonic Portrait’

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

Louis Lorte (piano) Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, cond. Charles Dutoit.
Decca 425 111-1 (1989)

Rachmaninov – ‘Symphony No.2’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/515Co0w7x8L._SX355_.jpg

Concertgebouw Orchestra, cond. Vladimir Ashkenazy
Decca SXDL 7563 (1982)

Debussy – ‘Images’, ‘Nocturnes’

https://d27t0qkxhe4r68.cloudfront.net/t_300/28948309801.jpg?1488748608

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, cond. Charles Dutoit
Decca 425 502-1 (1990)

Ravel – ‘Bolero’, ‘La Valse’, Pavane pour une Infante défunte’ and ‘Daphnis et Chloé’

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51fnRvER3OL._SS500.jpg

Orchestre de Paris, cond. Daniel Barenboim
DGG 2532 041 (1982)

Vivaldi – ‘Le Quattro Staglioni’, ‘Concerto for Three Violins’ and ‘Concerto for Four Violins’

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51C9BnxovoL._SS500.jpg

Salvatore Accardo, I Solisti Delle Settimane Internaziionali Di Napoli
Philips 422 065-1 (1988)

Sibelius – ‘Symphony No.2’, ‘The Swan of Tuonela’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61FiZN7zk9L.jpg

Hallé Orchestra, cond. Sir John Barbirolli
EMI EMX 2006 (1967)

Delius – The Walk to the Paradise Garden’, ‘On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring’ and ‘Summer Nignt on the River’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71UTK3KYAqL._SY355_.jpg

Academy of St. Martin-in-the Fields, cond. Neville Marriner
(Decca) Argo ZRG 875 (1979)

jandl100

15-04-2018, 07:54

Another great selection, Barry!
Almost makes me wish I was still on the charity shop vinyl hunt! That was great fun - but the stuff only pissed me off once I'd get it home. :doh:
1 in 3 at best was in decent enough condition - too much time wasted on the other two thirds. Grrrr :steam:
Ah, the good old days. :lol:

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Really enjoyed the start of this set last night - kind of weirdo Baroque guy, he called one of his compositions Hypochondria. :) Jan Dismas Zelenka.
A unique soundworld imo.

https://open.spotify.com/album/0dQF6ur3jpKOF98PWx8LjM?si=BArVaq7lRGWo0ZupEnhbpg

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimg1.doubanio.com%2Flpic%2Fs29892 09.jpg&f=1

jandl100

15-04-2018, 18:42

Listening at the moment to the beautifully laidback Concerto Gregoriano for violin & orchestra by Respighi.

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.qobuz.com%2Fimages%2Fcovers %2F23%2F60%2F0886443736023_600.jpg&f=1

https://open.spotify.com/album/3bx7dFKeswhoeIFCebB99L?si=LRH3DtYcTFGLCEM1xWuq6A

jandl100

17-04-2018, 07:34

I played my choice for the Best Ever recording of the Schubert 9th symphony yesterday.
My little chubby arms were waving around like mad, excitedly conducting the virtual orchestra in front of me. :)
Superb sq, too.

Karajan.
Of all people.
No, not the adequate DG, but the stereo EMI.
Wow.:wowzer:

https://ssli.ebayimg.com/images/g/VFYAAOSwMNxXVYZQ/s-l640.jpg

https://open.qobuz.com/album/5099991873552

jandl100

20-04-2018, 17:49

montesquieu

20-04-2018, 18:21

There's an absolutely amazing sounding fortepiano on this album, it's quite dulcimer-like, beautiful - nice music, too!

The concertos are mainly by JC Bach.

https://open.spotify.com/album/4Ahu4hLMij6ap8Au8IXZpr?si=MpYYDl2BTP-bPNhEPG9Mtg
https://open.qobuz.com/album/0822252001426

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimages-na.ssl-images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F61LmflrYFLL._SS500.jpg&f=1

Will give this a listen but never been able to get pas Haebler on Phillips for JC Bach fortepiano concerti. (I have the scores a
lot of them work as solo pieces especially the slow movements. )

jandl100

20-04-2018, 18:27

It's a different soundworld altogether than Haebler's recordings.
Enjoy both! :)

jandl100

22-04-2018, 11:58

These violin concertos by Frantisek Benda are very good.
In the latter part of his longer life, a contemporary of Mozart.

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fecsmedia.pl%2Fc%2Fbenda-violin-concertos-w-iext47715379.jpg&f=1

https://open.qobuz.com/album/0099925406424

jandl100

22-04-2018, 15:29

No, not as great as Bach's solo violin sonatas & partitas, but bloody good just the same!

http://direct.rhapsody.com/imageserver/images/Alb.31348749/500x500.jpg

https://open.qobuz.com/album/0099925140724

jandl100

23-04-2018, 06:50

Having sampled a few sets, I've been delving quite extensively into the Stamitz's recording of the Dvorak string quartets.
Dvorak was a master tunesmith, if ever there was one. Lovely stuff.

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F71reZJMtRwL._SX450_.jpg&f=1

https://open.spotify.com/album/14fOscGwJ59PmFYUJYmr7b?si=YhTsVZMNSjaag-__gzsWhg

Barry

23-04-2018, 21:02

A few more charity shop vinyl finds:

Haydn – ‘String Quartets Op. 33 Nos. 1 – 3’

https://i1.wp.com/revolutions33.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/DSC05790.jpg?fit=1920%2C1920&ssl=1

The Weller Quartet
Decca SXL 6182 (1965)

Vivaldi – ‘Concertos: Two Trumpets, Madrigalesco, Two Cellos, Two Flutes, Alla Rustica, Two Violins & Two Cellos

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91OUzKvwi5L._SY355_.jpg

The Academy of Ancient Music, dir. Christopher Hogwood
(Decca) L’Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 544 (1978)

Mozart –‘Piano Sonatas Nos. 16 (KV545), 11(KV111), 18(KV576) and 8(KV310)’

https://img.discogs.com/NVE_jdRVozERqkR19mkhJkR5Me4=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(90)/discogs-images/R-8250817-1457973852-7942.jpeg.jpg

Gabriel Tacchino, piano
EMI5N039-10572 (1978)

Beethoven – ‘Eroica’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A1cM6QjZEZL._SL1500_.jpg

Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, cond. Pierre Monteux
Philips 839 601 LY (Stereo)
(Marked “Sample Record – Not for Sale”)

This record has the thickest ‘gatefold’ sleeve I have ever encountered!

Mahler – Symphony No. 1 in D “Titan”

http://boxset.ru/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/boxset-front-small-1.jpg

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, cond. Leonard Slatkin
Telarc DG-10066 (1981)

I’m not a big fan of Mahler by any means, and have to confess I only bought this copy because of the recording label.

montesquieu

23-04-2018, 22:19

On a random trip to Amsterdam in the early 80s I heard Haitink conduct the Mahler No1 at the Concertgebow.
It was awesome.

The Mahler No1 is Mahler for non Mahler fans. Should be fun.

jandl100

24-04-2018, 06:13

Another great selection of music and recordimgs, Barry.
Your local charity shops are doing you well!
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The musical main course last night for me was Malcolm Arnold's 1st symphony.

My gosh, what a magnificent piece!
Blaring brass and pounding tympani - glorious! With many a softer interlude, too. And some great tunes.
Imo it's a great symphony.

I marginally prefer the Chandos (Hickox) over the Naxos (Penny). Both are good, the Chandos has the fuller sound.

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia2.jpc.de%2Fimage%2Fw600%2Ffr ont%2F0%2F0095115933527.jpg&f=1

montesquieu

24-04-2018, 07:50

Was at a concert on Saturday night in Farnham where the Farnham Sinfonia - rather accomplished if fairly recently forned chamber orchestra - played Malcolm Arnold’s two flute concerti and some orchestrated late piano pieces.

I was kind of dragged there by the wife under false pretences - it was bookended by Haydn and Mozart symphonies, and she neglected to tell me about the 20th century bit in the middle. But actually once there I enjoyed it.

jandl100

26-04-2018, 20:39

I have to admit that I had never even heard of Cesar Franck's Trios Concertants Nos. 1-4 before, but I came across them in a search of the Dynamic catalogue on Qobuz streaming service (which, unlike Tidal or Spotify, handily lets you search by record company catalogue).

Boldly romantic, with strong melodies.
This really is quite excellent music!

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.prs.to%2Ft_200%2F8007144600211.j pg&f=1

https://open.spotify.com/album/3JAcka6evHZWS7wr5L7dz4?si=v_HkEXASSseyzbFnbCmRag

jandl100

27-04-2018, 18:04

The perfect recording of Mozart Requiem?
There's no such thing of course.
So many to choose from, across a whole range of styles. Who can manage to listen to them all?
But this one with William Christie might just get my vote.
It gets mixed reviews on Amazon, but I think that's a good sign and indicates an individual approach to the music.

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcps-static.rovicorp.com%2F3%2FJPG_400%2FMI0000%2F962%2 FMI0000962397.jpg%3Fpartner%3Dallrovi.com&f=1

https://open.spotify.com/album/5xAa0OmX3aCk7u5FhW8MS0?si=pCcIp6wwSoCaHNakBFvgbQ

chris@panteg

29-04-2018, 08:22

Songs of the Auvergne
Netania Davrath
1959 recording absolutely lovely. On vinyl.

jandl100

29-04-2018, 09:40

^ Yep, superb recording of the Songs of the Auvergne. What a voice!
Thanks for the prompt, Chris, I'll have a listen later.
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Excellent late night light listening

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia3.jpc.de%2Fimage%2Fw600%2Fre ar%2F0%2F3487549903035.jpg&f=1

jandl100

30-04-2018, 08:22

Quite a Mozarty day yesterday.
Probably my favourite Mozart pianist - Jeno Jando

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcps-static.rovicorp.com%2F3%2FJPG_400%2FMI0001%2F081%2 FMI0001081584.jpg%3Fpartner%3Dallrovi.com&f=1https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcps-static.rovicorp.com%2F3%2FJPG_400%2FMI0000%2F996%2 FMI0000996421.jpg%3Fpartner%3Dallrovi.com&f=1
https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcps-static.rovicorp.com%2F3%2FJPG_400%2FMI0000%2F996%2 FMI0000996234.jpg%3Fpartner%3Dallrovi.com&f=1

jandl100

30-04-2018, 08:40

... and Elgar's 1st symphony with Slatkin.

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F61iYj%252B5%252BekL._SL5 00_SX300_.jpg&f=1

Andy Nogger

30-04-2018, 15:34

montesquieu

30-04-2018, 16:13

Always on the lookout for organ music that's a bit out of the ordinary, I found this on Spotify...

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/511UM6nxtEL._AC_US436_QL65_.jpg

The organ voices suit these works very well, I think.

I remember having a crack at these transcriptions many years ago. They were published in Debussy's lifetime and are very idiomatic for those wonderful French organs of the era - they sound like Debussy had actually written them for the instrument. Marvellous. I didn't realise they had been recorded.

jandl100

01-05-2018, 21:21

80 minutes of nothing much at all.
But strangely fascinating.

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcps-static.rovicorp.com%2F3%2FJPG_400%2FMI0000%2F428%2 FMI0000428026.jpg%3Fpartner%3Dallrovi.com&f=1

https://open.spotify.com/album/6sGfsHBpYJrWEzBDtjtpP5?si=VvpRzY8QRiewJM_AWM-sgA

jandl100

02-05-2018, 18:48

Whooshhh.

Chopin playing like this takes my breath away. Beautiful.

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.music-bazaar.com%2Falbum-images%2Fvol31%2F1220%2F1220315%2F3088604-big%2FChopin-Nocturnes-Moravec-cover.jpg&f=1

https://open.spotify.com/album/1qvsC1bJKQPc9n9A9B3bh1?si=3qAVgLIUQq-fCfiyIfUFcQ

yolakim

06-05-2018, 07:36

Giving Robert Ashley a listen and liking this one:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/510DGVWD2TL.jpg

Going to try Private Lives next (Matmos seem to like it).

jandl100

09-05-2018, 08:59

Contemporary Spanish composer Lorenzo Palomo.
3 concertos, in effect; violin, clarinet and double bass.
And very pleasant and interesting listening they make. :)

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/cc/fv/bu10qgor9fvcc_600.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/4t8eOObawLl43BKqK4ZaUe?si=RzjV_BZhRoOrRENsZl8G8w

jandl100

13-05-2018, 19:53

If you enjoy Rachmaninov's lush romanticism, then wrap your lug-holes around Andre Mathieu's 4th piano concerto.

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimages-na.ssl-images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F41zSYPGgkDL._SS500.jpg&f=1

https://open.spotify.com/album/4abn3JgmlYtF2ZU0o7mnW1?si=W3iNRk2LSeKEcYEAaOUPXg

jandl100

14-05-2018, 14:04

The Brahms symphony cycle by Janowski and the Royal Liverpool Phil has come in for a bit of a critical pasting, but I think that he nails the tempi and after that everything just falls into place.
And the sound is extraordinarily good, imo.
I loves it. :)

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.musicweb-international.com%2Fclassrev%2F2006%2FAug06%2Fbrah ms_symphonies_cdrsb405.jpg&f=1

https://open.spotify.com/album/2RIRDo3F4o5mcabdWDwCed?si=9YL-XXvUSdq7uu-_By2RGw

jandl100

18-05-2018, 06:26

Quite exceptional (and individualistic) playing from Deyanova in this selection of Schubert piano sonatas.
Daringly slow (Richter-like speed) in the 1st mvt of D.894.
I guess this will be a Marmite-thing; I don't like Marmite but I do like this!

https://direct.rhapsody.com/imageserver/images/Alb.227695668/500x500.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/3WiNDb5cTVuoQnUdLfbnv7?si=bZo-gh-ZQY2r25QuYkZcrg

Barry

25-05-2018, 23:16

montesquieu

25-05-2018, 23:24

Jacques Loussier - 'Toccata Play Bach'

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41JxgV5lZkL.jpg

Is this classical or is it Jazz? Probably both and neither. And probably looked down upon by aficionados in both camps. So just to annoy both parties, I'll post this in the Jazz section as well. :D

Don’t know about annoying people ... I’m a fan but it’s more jazz than classical to me. I have pretty much all the stuff that Louissier and his band released in the 60s. I think the above repackaging though I know he did get back years later and re-record the old stuff with younger musicians. I also have a Debussy CD of his, I think from the 90s, that unfortunately isn’t nearly as successful as his Bach arrangements c

jandl100

26-05-2018, 05:16

It's jazz to my humble ears.
:spew:
Urgh, that left a nasty taste.
Here's how Bach on the piano can be played without ruining it imo.
https://open.spotify.com/album/43DBYHAO3JaZyEYSrRnt0O?si=EgDUqaWMS5SGUAEIT84Sjw
https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimages-na.ssl-images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51kJR5TbOML._SL500_AA280 _.jpg&f=1

jandl100

27-05-2018, 10:25

Bloch violin concerto

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61xQhmX0ueL._SS500.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/5p4Fp03rhJRlw6za6oFJ84?si=8cpyoV1NRlGLtQ5tNhjhlA

Barry

27-05-2018, 15:32

Some more charity shop vinyl finds:

Beethoven – ‘The Early String Quartets, Op. 18, 1 – 6’

Végh Quartet

(3 LPs) Telefunken (TELDEC) 6.35042 (1974)

Prokofiev – ‘Concerto in D flat Major for Piano and Orchestra. Op.10’ and ‘Symphony No.7’

Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Prague Symphony Orchestra, cond. Karel Ancěrl

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. N. P Ansernov (Symphony No.7)

Supraphon SUA 10264

Dvorak – ‘String Quartet F-dur Op.96 (“American”)’ and ’String Quartet As-dur Op.,105’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61QBUgKr4ML._SX425_.jpg

Prague String Quartet

Supraphon (DGG, Austria) 104 815

“Music of Great Bygone Ages” Volume 1: La Provence

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61K19b58icL._SX425_.jpg

Music from some composers of the 17th and 18th century: André Campa; Guillaume Poitevin; Pierre Gaultier de Marseille and Étienne-Joseph Floquet.

Ensemble Instrumental de Provence, dir. Clément Zaffini

Musique Royale (DGG, Austria) 199 015

Beethoven – ‘Piano Sonata No.29 in B-flat major, Op.106 “Hammerklavier”’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/8188z0y2NhL._SL1500_.jpg

Alfred Brendel

Decca Turnabout TV 34112DS (Vol.2) (1970)

Beethoven – ‘Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31, No2 “Tempest”’ and ’Piano Sonata No.21 in C major, Op.53 “Waldstein”’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61UzfdK13iL._SX385_.jpg

Alfred Brendel, piano

Decca Turnabout TV 34115DS (Vol.5) (1970)

Mozart – ‘Piano Concerto No.21 in C major, K467’ and ’Piano Concerto No.27 in B-flat major, K595

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41g49gqKO4L.jpg

English Chamber Orchestra, dir Daniel Barenboim (piano)

EMI ASD 2465 (1969)

[B]Mozart – ‘Symphonies No.39 in E-flat, K543 and No.40 in G minor, K550

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61MDLuTn90L._SX355_.jpg

The English Chamber Orchestra, cond. Daniel Barenboim

EMI ASD 2424 (1968)

Sibelius – ‘Symphony No.2 in D, Op.43’

Boston Symphony Orchestra, cond. Serge Koussevitzky

RCA GL85232 (DMM remastering of a 1950 recording) (1985)

Telemann –‘Four Concertos for trumpet and Strings’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/916eItm0lPL._SX522_.jpg

Orchestre de Chambre pro Arte de Munich, dir. Kurt Redel.

RCA Erato STU 70067

montesquieu

27-05-2018, 16:22

Those Vegh recordings are my favourite of the Beethoven quartets though I have them on French pressings (Valois) - the Op18s are great but the middle set of the three is my favourite esp Op 74 and 95.

Recorded in London in the early 70s I believe, listen in the slow passages for buses going past the studio!

If you got the Vegh for cheap you might be surprised at what they go for on Discogs.

The Provence recording is totally my kind of thing as well - great score :)

jandl100

29-05-2018, 17:27

^ Yep, very nice score there, Barry!

_____

Glenn Gould's interpretations of the Beethoven late piano sonatas are as interesting and unconventional as you'd expect!

https://open.spotify.com/album/3k8RjhKeg9KI6i5AKKLWrZ?si=DVDvmyPQRWKYD-R_AyOVJw

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmankabros.com%2Fblogs%2Femily%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F05%2Fbeethoven_last_thr ee_piano_sonatas_gould_cover.jpg&f=1

Marco

29-05-2018, 22:10

Rather enjoying this just now:

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/921/xkuaDr.jpg

If you haven't heard this album, Jerry, check it out. Superb violin playing, and an overall enthralling musical performance from a talented young musician, ably supported by a very capable orchestra :)

Marco.

jandl100

30-05-2018, 06:24

Yep, I've heard that, Marco. And yes, very enjoyable indeed!

I also have a DVD Video of her playing the Shosty.

____

Probably the unexpected highlight of yesterday's listening - Glenn Gould in Beethoven piano bagatelles. He really brings them to life in an interesting way.

https://open.spotify.com/album/6n3ZdDljKALZVH2N0WVw1S?si=jpFIXoSuQ0SasYGRidHbEA

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coversresource.com%2Fcovers%2F Glenn-Gould-Beethoven-Bagatelles-Op-33--126-Front-Cover-49866.jpg&f=1

Barry

01-06-2018, 13:57

Slowly wading my way through my latest vinly haul; this time I struck lucky at a car boot sale, where I stumbled upon a private seller selling LPs in excellent condition for £1 each.

I was only interested in classical music and snapped up the following:

Django Reihhardt and Stephan Grappelly with The Quintet of The Hot Club of France

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91EE35yDbBL._SX466_.jpg

Decca ACL 1158 (1964)
(OK so it's not 'classical', but it is a "classic".)

Vivaldi – ‘Concertos: Two Trumpets; Madrigalesco; Two Cellos; Two Flutes; Alla Rustica; Two violins & Two Cellos’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91OUzKvwi5L._SL1442_.jpg

The Academy of Ancient Music, dir. Christopher Hogwood

Florilegium, Editions de L’Oiseau-Lyre. Decca DSLO 544 (1978)

’Recital for Strings – Telemann: Viola Concert in G major; Gabrieli: Canzona Noni Toni; Vivaldi: Concerto in B minor, Op.3 No.10 for Four Violins; Handel: Concerto Grosso, Op.6 No.4

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51vRPrs8XyL._SY355_.jpg

The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, dir. Neville Marriner

Editions d’Oiseau-Lyre. Decca SOL 276 (1964)

Beethoven – ‘Violin Sonatas: No.9 in A, Op.47 “Kreutzer” and No.4 in A minor, Op.23

https://img.discogs.com/ZjgvVg94SNWlKIJSNlyzD1weBhQ=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(90)/discogs-images/R-4154785-1393367772-9655.jpeg.jpg

David Oistrakh, violin and Lev Oborin, piano

Philips Al 3419 (1962)

Khachaturian – ‘Masquerade, Gayaneh, and Morning Ode’ and Prokofiev – ‘Symphony No.1 “Classical”’

http://www.karel-ancerl.com/uploads/P1160380.jpg

Prague Symphony Orchestra, cond. Aram Khachaturian (‘Masquerade’ and Mourning Ode’) and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Zdenèk Chalabala (‘Gayaneh’) and Karel Ančerl (‘Symphony No.1’)

Supraphon SUA 10300 (1962)

Segovia – ‘Segovia on Stage: Purcell; Scarlatti; Handel; Bach; John Duarte and Gaspar Cassadó’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71t58KJkQEL._SX385_.jpg

Decca Brunswick AXA 4550 (1967)

’The Virtuoso Oboe, Volume 1 – Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F major, K370 and Oboe Concerto in C major, K314; Handel: Oboe Concerto No.8 in B flat major and Oboe Concerto No.9 in B flat major; Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in D major, Op.67 No.6’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71HmD5xLKwL._SY355_.jpg

André Lardot, oboe with The Boskovsky Quartet and the Chamber Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, cond. Felix Prohaska

Vangard VSL 11024 (1960)

Falla – ‘El Amor Brujo’ Granados – ‘Intermezzo From “Goyescas”’ Ravel – ‘Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte’ and ‘Alborada Del Gracioso’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31g67dKbCBL.jpg

The New Philharmonia Orchestra, cond. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Decca SXL 6387 (1967)

Beethoven – ‘Wellington’s Victory’ and ‘Marches’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71nIfndePaL._SX522_.jpg

Berlin Philharmonic, cond. Herbert Von Karajan

DGG 643 210 (1969)

Beethoven – ‘Violin Concerto in D major Op.61’ and ‘Coriolan Overture’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61QdLtMpf0L._SL1280_.jpg

Josef Suk, violin and the New Philharmonia Orchestra, cond Sir Adrian Boult

EMI ASD 2667 (1970)

Marco

06-06-2018, 09:13

This is rather lovely, if a little laid back:

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/924/bTXJ02.jpg

Don't know if you're familiar with it, Jerry? Introduction and a small taster here:

sAOOtqe7_70

Marco.

jandl100

06-06-2018, 12:19

This is rather lovely:

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/924/bTXJ02.jpg

Don't know if you're familiar with it, Jerry?

Marco.

Hmm,no, I've not come across that album before, Marco.
It's on Spotify and Qobuz and is playing now.
Full of folksy goodness! Nicely laidback listening. :violin:

https://open.spotify.com/album/4uL2oXNQCCfQQGfzxGuefE?si=Hd8ZHPgwQP-cgLVp33jqxg

Marco

06-06-2018, 13:31

Yup, the perfect thing to gently 'ease oneself' into the day:)

Marco.

jandl100

10-06-2018, 07:29

Really enjoying this Mendelssohn string quartet set last night. *What great music!

https://open.spotify.com/album/342R8GWmqAEYC1vlcwP3P6?si=4AzORyTzTuWfC839FKqYow

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.musicweb-international.com%2Fclassrev%2F2005%2FJune05%2FMen delssohn_quartets_Henschel_82876640092.jpg&f=1

Alanbeeb

10-06-2018, 17:03

jandl100

10-06-2018, 17:28

Gottfried von Einem's Piano Concerto, mid 1950s neo-classical, hints of Beethoven, Stravinsky & Prokofiev. Really enjoyed this recording:
https://d27t0qkxhe4r68.cloudfront.net/t_300/4011790764122.jpg?1486988126 (https://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/classical/products/7983638--einem-konzert-fur-klavier-und-orchester)

you can hear it here:
https://youtu.be/1Gn2SySrAa8

It's also on Qobuz and Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/6ejt3slNDMwxBdeJljVcZw?si=iniGin0-QvCjWj8JU-L9wA

Listening now and enjoying it. :thumbsup:
Echoes of Shostakovich for me as well. But yes, lots of Prokofiev!

jandl100

13-06-2018, 20:28

Three impressive and enjoyable modern cello concertos

https://open.spotify.com/album/3JCbqfBiXlTtYheDgZuZBB?si=QM0jPUioTcm3FUqOPI9how

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimages-na.ssl-images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51r9CRbT06L._SS500.jpg&f=1

jandl100

15-06-2018, 13:02

Ohhh, boy. :stalks:

Bach's Passacaglia & Fugue in c minor BWV582 - my favourite piece of music - as transcribed for orchestra and organ by Respighi.
Magnificent is an understatement.

It's sort of a high brow Saint Saens organ symphony.
The musical equivalent of Joan Bakewell back in the 70s and 80s - thinking man's crumpet. :D

https://open.spotify.com/album/6li0GZztyoc68bMw6xNjXc?si=6tYNk6WJTSOOdUAO85xqJw

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdiablusinmusica.files.wordpress.c om%2F2017%2F02%2Fbach-transcriptions-leonard-slatkin.jpg%3Fw%3D300%26h%3D300&f=1

jandl100

18-06-2018, 17:55

Exceptional playing

https://open.spotify.com/album/6MuGFZkl3Hr0Eo6SrGdEIr?si=qkMilAMeTemeGJBie3mxtw

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcps-static.rovicorp.com%2F3%2FJPG_400%2FMI0003%2F652%2 FMI0003652270.jpg%3Fpartner%3Dallrovi.com&f=1

Barry

19-06-2018, 11:26

A few more charity shop acquisitions:

Beethoven – ‘Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major’

http://feverspot.com/media/catalog/product/cache/5/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/3/0/305000200202a.jpg

Wilhelm Kempff (piano) Berlin Philharmonic, cond. Ferdinand Leitner

DGG 138 777 (1962)

Not sure I need another copy of the 5th piano concerto, but this is the version I have been wanting for some time now. Will need to compare it with that by Ashkenazy, Stephen Bishop, amongst others. Should be an entertaining exercise.

Chopin – ‘Etudes’ 12 Etudes Op.10 and 12 Etudes Op.25

https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/imgs/s300x300/4137942.jpg

Maurizio Pollini (piano)
DGG CD 413 794-2 (1972)

To be honest I found much of the études boring. Well played, but they didn’t hold my attention.

Vivaldi – ‘Le Quattro Sagioni’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61lxODypbpL.jpg

The Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood
L-Oiseau-Lyre 410 126-2 (1983)

I don’t really need yet another copy of the Four Seasons, but I couldn’t let this go as I’m a fan of performances using authentic instruments. I would place this as my third favourite after that by the Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble (on Bis) and Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (on Decca Argo)

Miloš – ‘The Guitar’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81-ZVWkOKEL._SY355_.jpg

Music by: Albéniz, Tárrega, Domeniconi, Theodorakis Llobet and Granados.
Miloš Karadaglić, guitar

DGG CD 477 9693 (2011)

Maybe not yet in the same league as Segovia, Julian Bream or John Williams, but Miloš Karadaglić looks like someone to watch. Very relaxing - and not too taxing. :)

jandl100

19-06-2018, 19:49

"This" I said to myself as track 3 got underway "is brilliant!"

https://open.spotify.com/album/5fzfjE25SzrPvntSPXRJPS?si=tuN0RHtbQeqRaDFTptoIQw

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimages-na.ssl-images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F61%252BhmHWJa7L._SS500.j pg&f=1

Barry

19-06-2018, 20:29

montesquieu

19-06-2018, 21:37

It's said that J. S. Bach walked 300 miles to hear Buxtehude play.

He did, and got fired from his first job for overstaying in Lubeck. Although you can hear the heavy influence of Buxtehude on Bach's early cantatas (BWV 106 Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste sounds more like Buxtehude than Bach) he probably wasn't just there for the music ... it was the custom back then that aspiring organists/kapelmeisters had to marry the daughter of their predecessor. Quite a few made the trip to audition, but legend has it the Buxtehude's daughter was particularly ugly so the post struggled to be filled ....

Anyway - really nice find Jerry, this is a great disk.

Can't say the same about the solo violin though, I'd rather have my fingernails pulled out that listen to a whole record of the solo partitas, whoever is playing.

Marco

19-06-2018, 22:21

Right now this, before bed:

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/924/v3tB9I.jpg

Rather lovely to wind to after a hectic day [not]:D

Marco.

Barry

21-06-2018, 16:30

A few more charity shop vinyl finds:

John Williams – ‘Plays Paganini’

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

Paganini: Caprice No.24
Paganini: Sonata in A major
Paganini: Terzetto For Violin, Cello & Guitar
Giuliani: Variations on a Theme by Handle

John Williams, guitar Alan Loveday, violin Amaryllis Fleming, cello

CBS 73745 (1978)

Mendelssohn - ’Symphony No.1 in C major’ and Schubert – ‘Symphony No.1 in D major’

https://img.discogs.com/nZnnxh72NkEc_LqEVRYxjxREwP4=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(40)/discogs-images/R-2154243-1267103105.jpeg.jpg

The Cleveland Orchestra, cond. Louis Lane
CBS 61134 (1968)

Vaughan Williams – ‘Fantasia on Greensleeves, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, English Folk Song Suite’

https://img.discogs.com/-lP8aHWEUnvN4VLuAmWjxkkfdOk=/fit-in/600x601/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(90)/discogs-images/R-3466477-1480968778-5126.jpeg.jpg

Vienna State Opera Orchestra, cond Sir Adrian Boult

The World Record Club T 391 (1965)

Beethoven –‘Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27, No.2 (“Moonlight”); Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 (“Pathetique”) and Sonata No.23 in F minor, Op.57 (“Appassionata”)

Joseph Cooper, piano

The World Record Club TP 22 (1959)

Barry

30-06-2018, 21:59

Lang Lang – ‘Dragon Songs’

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

I’m not at all sure about this modern re-working of a 1940’s propaganda composition: the “Yellow River piano Concerto”. Lang Lang’s so-called virtuosity wrings out any subtlety that might have originally existed. I’m with Frank Graves (commenting on Amazon):

This album may be important musicologically or culturally as documentation of trends in Chinese music, but the pieces are extremely trite and unsatisfying. The Yellow River Concerto is drenched in propagandistic tones of happiness and heroism, with no depth and excessive bombast throughout. It sounds like a bad satire on both Ferde Grofe and Liszt. Even the more attractive melodies are never developed with any thematic continuity, and the trite, obvious decorations of pounding chords or ecstatic runs in the piano or harp are intolerable after a few minutes. The dragon songs are little better. They sound like etudes written to give Chinese children a politically acceptable introduction to western music. Again, there is no depth, no poignancy. Even in Lang Lang's expressive hands, the piano does not prove to be a hospitable vehicle for the tonality of Chinese music. The most successful aspects of the album are the last three songs, in which he is accompanied by traditional instruments -- and they are far more compelling than he is. All in all, a must-skip album, unless you are doing doctoral research on Chinese piano compositions.

DGG 477 6229 (2006)

Erik Satie –‘Jack in the Box and Other Favourites’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/21SDKJZ0M4L.jpg

Do I need another ‘Best of Erik Satie’? I thought not until I found this – and have to say I found Angela Brownridge’s playing insightful and made me realise how much of a pioneer Satie was.

EMI Eminence CD-EMX 9507 (1985)

Delius – ‘Orchestral Works’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91ZFHYOAGML._SL1500_.jpg

[1] The Walk to the Paradise Garden

[2] Intermezzo and Serenade from ‘Hassan’

[3] A Song before Sunrise

[4] Intermezzo from ‘Fennimore and Gerda’

[5]On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

[6] Summer Night on the River

[7] Air and Dance

[8] La Calinda from ‘Koanga’

Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, cond. Neville Marriner

Decca London 4210390-2 (1979)

montesquieu

30-06-2018, 22:25

Just in from an interesting Monteverdi Vespers at Our Lady and St Philip's Cathedral, Arundel. I must say I do like the building, and it wasn't a bad performance, but it's the first time I've heard a concert there and it's really not the most brilliant acoustic - at least a 5-6 second reverberation time which while great for the more sonorous passages wasn't great for capturing Monteverdi's rhythmic nuances.

Anyway it encouraged me when I got home to look at my recordings, I have quite a few but my favourite remains my oldest one, Jurgen Jurgens / Hamburg Monteverdi Choir/ Concentus Musicus Wein on Das Alte Werk - I bought the vinyl when I was at school in the late 70s - it's a bit of a patchy recording, dating from 1967 and is the earliest 'original instruments' recording that I can bring to mind - the brass playing in particular is a bit variable as I think they were only just figuring out that it was possible to play these parts with trumpets and horns using only lip pressure. But the vocal performances are superb and I love the fact that they haven't just played Monteverdi's music but have put in original plainsong sections in between.

https://img.discogs.com/aMWQkF2yyuEoyl0Ld0RwhfSFGEk=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(90)/discogs-images/R-2307197-1444258186-9119.jpeg.jpg

The CD version looks quite different (I have this too):

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51tkKmriqmL._SX355_.jpg

Don't see it on Spotify though.

jandl100

01-07-2018, 07:49

Carl Vine.
Contemporary Australian composer.
Nothing scarily modern, just good music. :)

Excellent piano concerto and the choral symphony may be even better.

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2001/Mar01/vine.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/3zTuacwWGnOv8XPz18WIcU?si=WSuJFk0FR-Sip1-jETUAkQ

Barry

01-07-2018, 13:24

jandl100

01-07-2018, 14:50

Ah, but not scarily modern.

jandl100

08-07-2018, 16:46

For adventurous oboe fans looking for pastures new ...

https://media1.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5060113441959.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/3TBLPdKCBJmDy44X548A10?si=GFmd57WCRpCuO5JFtQBAGA

Edward

11-07-2018, 22:00

For all your Shostakovich fans out there this album just released in a streaming service near you. Symphony numbers 4 and 11. But what this album has is Andris Nelsons conducting who has a profound sense of these works.

I dare you to listen to this album at one volume setting and be taken over by the mountains of scale. :)

https://i.imgur.com/7csLjqE.png

jandl100

13-07-2018, 07:41

Coo - my 10,000th AOS post.
Have to make it a musical one. :)

Here's a totally superb harpsichord recording of some of the masterpieces of classical music, the Bach keyboard partitas.
The sound quality is way up among the best I have ever heard - stunning clarity and presence.
One of those rare 10/10 recordings.

https://open.spotify.com/album/0avOpkQOebqEgaaKWhtrMm?si=WgrkW6CBQRmQNL_SHFFnvw

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7736%2F16 775977694_a6444ae3df_z.jpg&f=1

jandl100

22-07-2018, 08:35

Beautiful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39-ZB3R-H1Y

walpurgis

22-07-2018, 08:43

Very nice. Not heard that before.

jandl100

22-07-2018, 09:08

It is good, isn't it!

Try this symphony, also beautiful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_n34JV5aGA

And this 5 minute docu-vid about the recording of a cello and orchestra piece, with one of my conducting heroes, Ronald Corp.
It comes across as pretty damn amazing!
Sadly, the Dutton album is not available streamed, so I have ordered the disc!

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

jandl100

22-07-2018, 14:10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JpFfyX_ows

jandl100

28-07-2018, 07:15

Well ...
Who knew? Not me.

Mikhail Pletnev (famous Russkie pianist and latterly conductor) is also a very able composer!

Here is his rather good viola concerto.
Purely tonal to my ears, I'd expected some avantgardism, but no.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFa9W7shUM

jandl100

05-08-2018, 06:29

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in-SgtVs8PM

jandl100

13-08-2018, 08:02

Excellent performance of Bruckner's 9th symphony conducted by Currentzis with the 'missing' 4th movement substituted for some Ligeti. :eek: It works quite well!

https://www.swr.de/swr-classic/bruckners-9/-/id=17055312/did=22135020/nid=17055312/t2u2k3/index.html

jandl100

15-08-2018, 07:03

Quoting the person who posted this link on Facebook....
"So beautiful...
Rather than Shostakovich's usual brooding darkness and sardonic wit, these pieces are full with warm lyricism and Slavic charm."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9pGj3Fiog&feature=share

jandl100

16-08-2018, 08:49

This works surprisingly well.
Bach's D minor Toccata and Fugue played on the harp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPmKRtWta4E

I think my fingers would be a bloody, pulpy mess if I tried that. :D

jandl100

17-08-2018, 07:27

A new composer for me; Othmar Schoeck's violin concerto, sub-titled "Quasi una fantasia" - which seems to mean stream of consciousness meandering. But it turns out to be very pleasant and enjoyable stream of consciousness meandering!

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/66/32/0829410503266_600.jpg

Rather good. :)
I shall be investigating some of his other works now. ... cello concerto, violin sonatas ...

jandl100

18-08-2018, 06:06

Some excellent full concert videos on the Gothenberg Sympony Orchestra's website.
Shosty 10, Mahler 3 and quite a bit more.

https://www.gso.se/en/gsoplay/latest-videos/

Barry

21-08-2018, 21:09

Some more charity shop finds. This time they are all on CD.

Brahms – Piano Quintet Op. 34 and Dvořák – Piano Quintet, Op. 81

Arthur Rubenstein, piano Guarneri Quartet

RCA 09026-63067-2 (1977)

Dvořák – Piano Quintet in A major Op.80, Terzetto for two Violins and Viola, Op.74, Drobnosti for Two Violins and Viola, Op.75a and Gavotte for Three Violins, B.164

The Chilingiran Quartet

Chandos CHAN 9173 (1993)

J.S. Bach – Trio Sonata in G major BWV1038 W.F. Bach – Trio Sonata in A minor J.C. Bach – Trio Sonata in C major J.S. Bach – Trio Sonata in C minor BWV1079 J.C. Bach – Sonata (à 3) in C major and Telemann – Quartet (Trio Sonata) in E major

Isaac Stern, violin

Sony SMK 64 509 (1995)

Schubert – Arpeggione Sonata D821 Beethoven – Notturno Op.42 and Schumann – Märchenbuilder Op.113

Simon Rowland-Jones (viola) and Niel Immelman (piano)

Meridian CDE 84204 (1990)

Georges Enesco – Octet in C major Op.7 Richard Strauss – Sextet from “Capricco” Op.85 Dmitri Shostakovich – Two Pieces for String Octet Op.11

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble

Chandos CHAN 9131 (1993)

Walton – Viola Concerto

Arun Menon, viola Ealing Symphony Orchestra, cond. John Gibbons

Recorded at St Barnabas’s Church, London 20.03.04. (Private recording)

Bruch – Violin Concerto No.1 in G major, Op.26 J.S Bach – Partita No.3 in E, BWV 1006 P.I. Tchaikovsky – Souvenir d’un lieu cher Manuel de Falla – Siete Canciones Populares Españoles Niccolò Paganini _ 24 Caprices, Op.1

Tasmin Little (Bruch, Tchaikovsky), Yehudi Menuhin (Bach) and Nathan Milstein (Falla, Paganini) violin

BBC National Orchestra of Wales cond. David Atherton

BBC Music BBCMM363 (2013)

Tchaikovsky – Romeo & Juliet, Capriccio Italien, Francesca da Rimini

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Vladimir Ashkenazy

Decca 424 715-2 (1989)

Corelli – 12 Concerti Grossi, Op.6

Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, cond. Neville Marriner

Decca 443 862-2 (1995)

jandl100

26-08-2018, 12:49

A rainy Felicien David morning.

I discovered his piano trios yester-eve, played them again this morning followed by his 3rd symphony.

"Endlessly lyrical" would be my 2 word review. I prefer the trios but the symphony is very listenable, too, if a little more 'obvious'.

https://open.spotify.com/album/1YgDfipCrIPP8zZPMxFkPm?si=FLP1-KVGQaqZwWdGV0TVgA

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51eLeIgO4TL._SY355_.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0oj_NCy6os

jandl100

26-08-2018, 14:51

An enjoyable discovery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPn0g-Fe598

jandl100

27-08-2018, 19:40

Fascinating early instruments!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O71wjSoystA

Barry

27-08-2018, 22:43

Now that I like! Do they have anything on record?

jandl100

28-08-2018, 06:12

Now that I like! Do they have anything on record?

Just checked on Spotify and Cantar de la Torre have 18 albums there!
I, too, shall be investigating.

The visuals of the instruments in play were a lot of the fun, though, in the YT vid.

jandl100

28-08-2018, 07:32

Chinese classical concerto.
Fascinating!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Y-yV9JqRo

jandl100

29-08-2018, 11:23

A wonderful Requiem by Jo Haydn's younger brother.

Live concert in Salzburg 2004, conducted by Ivor Bolton.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUKFK2ezoCQ

jandl100

30-08-2018, 06:38

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCTEx3w2_jU

jandl100

02-09-2018, 20:12

Superb Shosty 10th symphony

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKXQzs6Y5BY

struth

06-09-2018, 15:13

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jandl100

07-09-2018, 10:53

Whoosh!!
They really go for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be7uEyyNIT4

struth

07-09-2018, 11:01

https://petersplanets.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/holst-the-planets-rattle-berliner-philharmoniker-2006.jpg

jandl100

07-09-2018, 14:05

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/02/35/5060113443502_600.jpg

Landloper

08-09-2018, 17:20

24144

Schoenberg: Das Klavierwerk. Florent Boffard, pianist. Released by Mirare, 2013.

I usually listen to Pollini's 1975 recording for Polydor, but I ordered this on a whim and have been playing it a lot recently. The CD is accompanied by a DVD in which Florent Boffard sets out Schoenberg's development and offers some analysis of his piano pieces.

struth

13-09-2018, 12:50

This from my local library

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struth

13-09-2018, 13:13

This Warsaw Concerto is lovely too

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180913/515586c3a97bfd3c2b3ce639492f8e7d.png

struth

15-09-2018, 11:43

Terezin. Theresienstadt

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struth

16-09-2018, 12:46

Alexandre Tharaud

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jandl100

17-09-2018, 08:28

struth

17-09-2018, 10:22

^ Hey, that's a two minute wonder, Grant.
I think it's only just been released, so I guess the whole album will be appearing soon.

________________

Perfect music, perfectly performed.
Naxos Supreme! This whole series of Mozart string quartets is wonderful.

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/28/44/0730099554428_600.jpg

Yup, a taster i think..was quite good..

Got this on ..Gershwin plays Gershwin...the piano rolls

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Died very young of an undiagnosed til too late brain tumour

struth

17-09-2018, 16:37

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Tchaikovsky

struth

17-09-2018, 16:41

And my fav version

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struth

18-09-2018, 10:40

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180918/0febeca509a868429c3e90f90c48ffed.png

Imo, the best one... has 2 versions of r in b

Barry

20-09-2018, 14:37

Furtwängler – Wagner excerpts and overtures

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91zaaYRK6dL._SL1401_.jpg

Picked this up in a charity shop the other day – and it has proved to be a fascinating listen. Not so much for Furtwängler’s reading (and his almost glacial slow pacing) but for the impressive and unexpected dynamics displayed on this issue.

Given that these live recordings were variously made between 1937 and 1945, I started to wonder how they were made. Most likely an electric ‘direct to disc’ method: the background noise has a high modulation rate indicative of 78rpm, and at times the strings sound shrill, ‘screech’ or ‘gurgle’. But the preservation of dynamics and the general fidelity to the live performances (at Bayreuth, Berlin or Covent Garden) are remarkable. I’m not sure how much restoration work had been done on the original recordings, but given the budget label, I doubt if it was that extensive.

Pilz Acanta 43 121 (1987)

Barry

20-09-2018, 14:38

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Imo, the best one... has 2 versions of r in b

Picked up a vinyl copy of that one the other day. :)

struth

21-09-2018, 10:08

Some crazy music now to awaken the monster in me

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Wagner..

struth

21-09-2018, 16:41

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180921/54a2d16024ed4cc611dfca70d6141d2f.png

Another Rhapsody in bleu

struth

22-09-2018, 13:40

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180922/68cf3b779f87c60dc5c9f9423a337477.jpeg

Tchaikovsky. Symphony no 5

Barry

22-09-2018, 19:00

Beethoven - 'Septet Op. 20' and Webern - 'Clarinet Quintet Op.34

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61LixO35SvL._SL1000_.jpg

The Academy of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble. On authentic instruments.
L'Oiseau-Lyre 433 044-2 (1994)

New to me - I rather like both of the pieces. Another successful charity shop find. :)

struth

24-09-2018, 15:06

Grieg

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180924/e4dbec444b0457d2961cd91c8dcbf057.png

struth

25-09-2018, 09:13

https://imageshack.com/a/img921/3338/Erogu7.png

jandl100

26-09-2018, 08:52

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bdNUsZKi6Q

struth

26-09-2018, 09:49

Slowly getting my classical collection ripped.

This is lovely stuff from Ola Gjeilo

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180926/ced01fc8dab0064fc8f255ae17e7d4d4.png

jandl100

26-09-2018, 11:36

Thanks Grant - never heard of this before.
A nice way to chill out. :thumbsup:

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/93/86/0002894788693_600.jpg

struth

26-09-2018, 12:09

Glad you liked it.. its very different...

Now just ripped this

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Good this too, although the first, te deum, is very operatic in style.. think its the berlin philharmonic.

struth

27-09-2018, 08:04

The latest rip...

Boccherini

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180927/7816c3b56f10b5eaf2a74aa3cc4da494.png

I like this, and some of it was, i think used in a film

struth

27-09-2018, 09:49

Another of mine..had to take the cover pic myself as i cant find it anywhere.
Think its a spanish DG version.
Very good tho

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180927/60494975f4db62d2e05c88e478055d7a.png

Dont think the listing is right either lol . Might have to put it onto discogs sometime

Here is the back listing..

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180927/b3303593f87de617f7a41c7bca7a0408.jpeg

Any ideas to whos who listing wise.. is concierto de camara the artist or is it amadeus quartet

jandl100

27-09-2018, 10:49

It's the Amadeus Quartet playing.

struth

27-09-2018, 11:06

yup .ta jerry....ive deciphered some of it it the other bit is the label..spanish version of dg.. the ediclone bit is i think the label designer. its the original quartet too.. all dead i think. quite a nice recording. putting it into discogs.

amazing its not on there or google

struth

27-09-2018, 12:04

Not listened to this for while either... verdi

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struth

27-09-2018, 12:42

Seem to be on a classical tour at moment

Vaughan Williams

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struth

27-09-2018, 16:31

Semi Classical in a Russian sense lol

Red Army Choir

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Always a big fan of them.

struth

28-09-2018, 09:53

Great intro to the classics this cd. Had it for many years. Also just a good listen and to guess the advert lol

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struth

28-09-2018, 15:04

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Rimsky Korsakov

struth

29-09-2018, 12:26

Not too many to rip now... the latest is

.. the best of mozart on naxos...got a few naxos recordings and they are all pretty good

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struth

29-09-2018, 13:39

Lovely album this from Helene Grimaud...

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180929/f4d57579000cbd257c46461d8f9f2e37.png

struth

30-09-2018, 10:20

Three Tenors

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180930/a50ffbbb95d79e6f9bc3574d6a3f2976.png

struth

01-10-2018, 12:21

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181001/64c1a69462ffcc7a35d373da5d5e1580.png

Eugene Onegin/Tchaikovsky

struth

01-10-2018, 15:10

Yo Yo Ma/ Cello Concerto in A Minor

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181001/dcbff8d485d29b8defece8baae9f4347.png

very good this

struth

02-10-2018, 08:04

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181002/77d45f99ae5312fd148d0e174450a208.png

Elgar

jandl100

02-10-2018, 18:28

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/4a/at/butjnzksxat4a_600.jpg

jandl100

02-10-2018, 19:57

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/27/10/0730099421027_600.jpg

struth

03-10-2018, 11:15

Bach, Organ favourites..

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Very good sound off of this cd.

jandl100

03-10-2018, 11:19

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/25/92/0095115839225_600.jpg

struth

03-10-2018, 15:57

Handel

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Oooh, i need a pee now. Ner

Lawrence001

03-10-2018, 22:33

Handel

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Oooh, i need a pee now. NerI remember getting this for Christmas when I was 16. Great performance, they slightly mixed up the suites compared to the usual ordering IIRC.

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struth

04-10-2018, 07:45

I remember getting this for Christmas when I was 16. Great performance, they slightly mixed up the suites compared to the usual ordering IIRC.

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Yup, i enjoyed it. I wouldnt notice the running order but great spot. Picked it up cheap from an amazon seller

struth

05-10-2018, 18:01

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181005/12405913a341a3b1ed53675fc63a616f.png

jandl100

05-10-2018, 18:18

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/20/07/0608917200720_600.jpg

yolakim

06-10-2018, 16:06

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51M1DX-3aCL._AC_US436_QL65_.jpg

Howells on a rainy Saturday afternoon.

yolakim

06-10-2018, 16:22

Followed by:
https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41JJPA7CMDL._AC_US300_QL65_.jpg

struth

07-10-2018, 08:43

Boccherini

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181007/57416fb3b64e87056f4bae3a9a17f7eb.png

struth

08-10-2018, 08:00

Orff

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181008/dc6b8174efbaee8cfa78dd77d5b48c70.png

struth

10-10-2018, 08:34

Bach/Hilary Hahn
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AJSki2fly

10-10-2018, 09:49

Fancied a bit of Mozart after rocking it out for a few days, very civilised.

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AJSki2fly

10-10-2018, 10:40

....and onto some Mahler, Symphony No. 6 in A Minor, this is a lovely recording and is in VG condition, another great charity shop buy.

https://img.discogs.com/Nn9I8xf4-cVQxph2AXGaNtxTs0I=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(90)/discogs-images/R-6028440-1409211914-4833.jpeg.jpg

struth

11-10-2018, 09:49

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Bach Trios.

just a single track by way... quite nice tho

jandl100

11-10-2018, 17:08

https://idagio-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/albums/00028946836323/main.jpg?auto=format&dpr=1&crop=faces&fit=crop&w=720&h=720

jandl100

19-10-2018, 13:56

Just happened on this with a Qobuz recording company search and am enjoying it a lot.
Thoughtful and approachable.

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/07/18/7393787171807_600.jpg

Lawrence001

20-10-2018, 06:50

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Bach Trios.

just a single track by way... quite nice thoI've never heard of any Bach trio sonatas, except possibly organ works, must do some research as baroque trio sonatas are probably my favourite form of music.

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montesquieu

20-10-2018, 10:34

I've never heard of any Bach trio sonatas, except possibly organ works, must do some research as baroque trio sonatas are probably my favourite form of music.

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Bach repurposed the trio sonatas in all sorts of ways with the same music popping up in all sorts of places arranged for different instrumental combinations (including random 'sinfonia' movements in occasional cantatas), and performers have subsequently done the same with their own arrangements.

If you like the above you should like this - some wonderful transcriptions for viola da gamba:

https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1080/MI0001/175/MI0001175180.jpg

https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/bach-da-gamba-mr0002696690

struth

20-10-2018, 10:39

Full version now available

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See if it eases my stonker of a headache

jandl100

20-10-2018, 19:58

wonderful concert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ios-NT0fNI

Lawrence001

20-10-2018, 22:13

wonderful concert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ios-NT0fNII love stuff by Hesperion XX/Jordi Savall with Montserrat Figueras. I think they're married?

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Lawrence001

20-10-2018, 22:17

Bach repurposed the trio sonatas in all sorts of ways with the same music popping up in all sorts of places arranged for different instrumental combinations (including random 'sinfonia' movements in occasional cantatas), and performers have subsequently done the same with their own arrangements.

If you like the above you should like this - some wonderful transcriptions for viola da gamba:

https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1080/MI0001/175/MI0001175180.jpg

https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/bach-da-gamba-mr0002696690Just looked it up, BWV 530 is an organ sonata, I guess "trio" refers to 2 manuals and the pedals? Are the arrangements you refer to Tom all of organ works?

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montesquieu

20-10-2018, 22:25

In strict terms a trio sonata was for two melody parts and continuo, which comprised a 'bass' instrument - most likely a viola da gamba or cello in the period ... Bach himself often took the gamba part in chamber music - plus a keyboard part that was intended as an improvised an accompaniment using figured bass (a kind of shorthand that showed what harmony was intended at key points of the bass part )- so trio sonatas are often performed by four performers. But with organ you can have two melody parts plus bass (no 'accompaniment') performed by a single person - but it's fiendishly difficult to play three actual melodies at once and indeed the trio sonatas for organ were written (as indeed quite a lot of the organ works were) for his eldest son Wilhelm Friedemann who was quite the virtuoso thanks to his dad pushing him very hard.

These basic blocks were organised in all sorts of ways for example some works that are effectively trio sonatas contain the second melody part on the harpsichord and a written out accompaniment that includes bass - where the gamba part is effectively optional and can be omitted. So you can have a trio sonata with one, two, three or even four players involved. (Perhaps all with the same basic musical content).

That CD contains all sorts of arrangements some by Bach some by others of Bach's music, all in the spirt of the sort of thing that Bach would have done with it.

jandl100

21-10-2018, 19:26

An interesting mix of contemporary and baroque solo violin pieces

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/jb/5t/a4t4738b95tjb_600.jpg

jandl100

23-10-2018, 13:11

I'm really starting to get seriously into Bax's symphonies.
Very different sound world, but somehow the sheer scale of the music, its rhythmic insistence and its cycling of soft/loud sequences reminds me of Bruckner, one of my favourite composers.

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/26/93/5014682849326_600.jpg

jandl100

25-10-2018, 17:22

This is a stunning recording

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/5a/cr/vs82r7cfucr5a_600.jpg

montesquieu

25-10-2018, 18:42

This is a stunning recording

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/5a/cr/vs82r7cfucr5a_600.jpg

Awesome recording Jerry, not just because of the unusual instrumentation either, this is a quality performance. Nice one!

struth

26-10-2018, 15:18

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Got this on too..very good music...a lute harpsichord..interesting instrument.

jandl100

26-10-2018, 15:21

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/42/71/0190374667142_600.jpg

AJSki2fly

27-10-2018, 14:37

Listening with Meridian 508 CD couple to Caiman SEG

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jandl100

29-10-2018, 17:09

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/92/45/0002894494592_600.jpg

struth

30-10-2018, 15:17

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Bach

AJSki2fly

30-10-2018, 16:16

Just caught up on B&W downloads

A great piece this, and it sounds great on the new digital setup

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jandl100

30-10-2018, 21:00

Rather good, this.

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/22/33/3614979073322_600.jpg

struth

31-10-2018, 09:24

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AJSki2fly

03-11-2018, 17:25

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181103/bbb1a902afc212d057af3023a064f4ec.jpg

A bit of light classical

AJSki2fly

08-11-2018, 17:19

Paganini

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struth

11-11-2018, 14:36

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Helene Grimaud

jandl100

12-11-2018, 06:35

Bit of a pleasant discovery.
Very tuneful and listenable indeed, in a ripely romantic manner.

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/42/02/5060113440242_600.jpg

jandl100

12-11-2018, 17:31

A fine set of Mozart piano sonatas - lively and lucid.

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/12/70/9003643987012_600.jpg

jandl100

18-11-2018, 22:30

struth

19-11-2018, 10:55

Khachaturian

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Barry

21-11-2018, 18:28

Antonio Vivaldi – ‘Concerti’

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Concentus musicus Wien, Harnoncourt; Concerto Amsterdam, Jaap Schröder
Played using original instruments.

Telefunken ‘Das Alte Werke’ 6.35416 (1968) 6 LP set

Do I need yet another copy of the 'Four Seasons'? No not really, but then I'm a big fan of the use of original instruments - and this version inter alia is a refreshing and interesting reading. No, it doesn't surplant the Drottingholm Consort's version in my opinion, but is a welcome addition nonetheless.

The rest of the concerti are thoroughly enjoyable as well.

Barry

21-11-2018, 18:32

My goodness, it's too easy to take the old masters like Klemperer for granted.
Playing Beethoven 1st symphony - and it is utterly superb in its rhythmic lucidity, precision and tonal weight.
Marvellous.
Great sq, too, from the "EMI Golden Age".

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/52/92/0724356679252_600.jpg

Having rediscovered Furtwangler, I'm now revisiting Klemperer's reading of the Beethoven symphonies. I used to think of Klemperer as 'stolid' and 'plodding', but I'm now changing my view.

jandl100

25-11-2018, 15:16

I do like a bit of fuguing.

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/pa/pt/q0alwg914ptpa_600.jpg

jandl100

25-11-2018, 16:56

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/22/98/0002894399822_600.jpg

jandl100

26-11-2018, 11:14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjv4ESS2LqY

struth

27-11-2018, 10:03

A bit of Bach this morning

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181127/a4b645cd3c167c104dd6b6be58896f9d.jpg

Murray Perahia

jandl100

29-11-2018, 08:01

Superb live recording of Beethoven's violin concerto starts at 20 minutes into this concert video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYZcHqKd2Ng

jandl100

29-11-2018, 08:03

And the same violinist, Soyoung Yoon, in the best Sibelius VC I have ever heard.

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/68/33/5902547003368_600.jpg

jandl100

02-12-2018, 07:03

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2F6RswMYpw

jandl100

02-12-2018, 07:56

One of the few works by Benjy Britten that I really like ---- probably because to me it sounds amazingly like Shostakovich! :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDTIae06t6Y

jandl100

02-12-2018, 16:58

Yum !! :drool:

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/64/33/0886446043364_600.jpg

jandl100

03-12-2018, 16:16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEd11oDGV9g

jandl100

04-12-2018, 11:51

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8p9PUEpibA

jandl100

05-12-2018, 15:49

fun music

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/75/76/0190374077675_600.jpg

Barry

05-12-2018, 22:56

Some charity shop CDs:

Dvořák – ‘Symphony No.5 in F major’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/910U2Eqt-oL._SL1422_.jpg

Scottish National Orchestra, cond. Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAND 8552 (1987)

Dvořák – ‘Symphony No.6 in D major’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61YNtMz7A8L.jpg

London Symphony Orchestra, cond. István Kertész

Decca 417 598-2 (1987)

Bruckner – ‘Symphony No.4 in E flat major “Romantic”’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/510%2BU-vF6ML.jpg

Wiener Philharmoniker, cond. Karl Böhm

Decca ‘Legends’ 466 374-2 (1999)

Beethoven – ‘Symphony No.7 in A major’ (1955 stereo recording)

https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/21DC1288YXL._AC_US218_.jpg

Philharmonia Orchestra, cond. Otto Klemperer

EMI CDM 7 69183 2 (1988)

Grieg – ‘Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16’ and Schumann – ‘Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54’

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41xrQmec2sL.jpg

Stephen Bishop Kovacevich (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sir Colin Davis.

Philips 412 925-2 (Recorded 1971/1972)

jandl100

06-12-2018, 07:52

Celibidache and Bruckner 5
Wow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgXBp-oEIR0

jandl100

10-12-2018, 07:34

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/70/33/0747313333370_600.jpg

jandl100

10-12-2018, 19:13

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/69/52/7318591025269_600.jpg

AJSki2fly

14-12-2018, 13:28

Newly acquired, really great musically and audibly

E.T. Soundtrack by John Williams

https://img.discogs.com/2shDWBrQrO0tpkxksVzAlODYJKw=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(90)/discogs-images/R-4059514-1402938311-6620.jpeg.jpg

jandl100

14-12-2018, 13:35

wonderful, obscure 20thC music

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/79/13/5060113441379_600.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/2Gg79cwcrd7iHtHH93mxTo?si=siJW6wBZQd6YjhpzmQ3M5A

Lawrence001

15-12-2018, 08:23

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/69/52/7318591025269_600.jpgOne of my favourite CDs, no. 12 is La Folia I think? I grew up with tapes of this performance off radio 3 in my teenage years.

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jandl100

16-12-2018, 07:24

https://66.media.tumblr.com/af5cf8de14b4826cc4cfedef967cf0dd/tumblr_p126ik0Iu31wfizu5o1_400.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGURD1Lzq0c

jandl100

16-12-2018, 08:54

Astonishing performance of Bach's toccata and fugue in d minor ! :stalks:

https://www.facebook.com/j.s.bachh/videos/280047949271966/

jandl100

18-12-2018, 14:31

This is a stunning Elgar 1

https://e-cdns-images.dzcdn.net/images/cover/c8f95b41123731015b0da3ed078b7f8c/500x500-000000-80-0-0.jpg

jandl100

18-12-2018, 17:25

Captivated by this at the moment .... slow and intense, some of the fugues are astonishingly powerful and moving played like this ....

https://open.spotify.com/album/5NAxg3eWDOncVqscODRThy?si=BI0JBsmYR7W1Xiu9ZF0Q-A

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music/96/7d/e3/mzi.lectnyix.jpg/1200x630bb.jpg

jandl100

19-12-2018, 08:47

this is a high voltage recording!

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/ib/vh/s07qkwvw6vhib_600.jpg

AJSki2fly

20-12-2018, 12:01

Light Classical picked up in local charity shop, is actually quite good, although some might disagree.

https://img.discogs.com/pvWYSXfY-QXGhB2_bckrFyt6k-8=/fit-in/600x597/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(90)/discogs-images/R-2017338-1265495627.jpeg.jpg

AJSki2fly

20-12-2018, 13:01

Ooh I'm pleased with this a mint copy and it is a great dynamic recording and only £1 from charity shop.

Haydn, Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields*, Neville Marriner* ‎– Haydn Symphonies - No. 82 "The Bear" - No. 83 "The Hen"

https://img.discogs.com/vvunK8rwAExC_NV180KjYaxraa8=/fit-in/600x603/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(90)/discogs-images/R-7491686-1442585282-2420.jpeg.jpg

struth

23-12-2018, 11:41

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181223/d29e8caedec11b24b7cddb4539a8fafd.jpg

Helene Grimaud.... beautiful album

jandl100

23-12-2018, 12:18

Thanks for the heads-up, Grant - Silvestrov bagatelles are new to me, listening now to the whole lot, very atmospheric!

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/78/61/0002894766178_600.jpg

struth

23-12-2018, 12:32

ive a couple of his on tidal in my tidal collection. Ukrainian

jandl100

23-12-2018, 15:13

Oh
.....my
...........gosh.

A Norman Lebrecht reccie.

Anyone who knows their JSB WtC [and is suitably broadminded] surely cannot fail to be entranced by these wacky, weird and wonderful electronica re-imaginings.

Whoosh!! - a real workout for your woofers at times.

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/vb/xu/i1m06ycazxuvb_600.jpg

jandl100

24-12-2018, 19:46

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/89/87/0825646328789_600.jpg

Barry

24-12-2018, 21:01

jandl100

25-12-2018, 06:27

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/41/58/0191018605841_600.jpg

jandl100

25-12-2018, 07:56

Tragically, the Tai Murray Proms performance of The lark ascending has gone from YouTube, but this one is amazing, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mof12M4B-1g

struth

25-12-2018, 09:53

The Gershwin Piano Rolls...superb through new cans surprisingly

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181225/3005f6f5f2f86ba0df216f4cbe306610.jpg

That geezer could fair play the joanna

jandl100

25-12-2018, 09:55

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/21/76/0635212037621_600.jpg

AJSki2fly

25-12-2018, 10:32

Christmas present #1

Marc Streitenfeld ‎– Prometheus (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

I was dubious about it as there were several reports of it being a noisy pressing but I have say I have just popped it out of the sleeve, put it on the TT and a quick wipe with the Project brush and on, and it's pretty quiet so far. Musically its excellent, huge dynamics and high and lows

https://img.discogs.com/LH1_cdXjsZbJIdJpmXqe-UTzo9s=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(90)/discogs-images/R-8448308-1461798714-8706.jpeg.jpg

jandl100

25-12-2018, 16:44

For me this may be perfect Xmas music.

About to sit down to our Xmas fodder, and it will be on repeat. :)

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/27/61/3597492076127_600.jpg

jandl100

26-12-2018, 03:10

2.30am with Rowlie on my lap and Zelenka on my headphones

https://i.imgur.com/6T1R821.jpg

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/4b/pc/j8usx85s2pc4b_600.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Uyoo-otWtHo/UqIBRlBDWbI/AAAAAAAArVw/Xdc6RpA-cuQ/s1600/Happy+Boxing+Day+-+26+de+diciembre.png

struth

26-12-2018, 03:16

Lol

jandl100

26-12-2018, 10:44

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRGMPCXS_yM&feature=share

jandl100

26-12-2018, 11:36

As a concession to Xmas ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpaNo4mWRBE

Lawrence001

26-12-2018, 21:53

Was listening to his Archiv recording of that just the other day :)

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Barry

26-12-2018, 22:55

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/41/58/0191018605841_600.jpg

I have several versions of the Bach Cello Suites. That looks interesting - how well do the suites transcribe to the lyra?

jandl100

27-12-2018, 04:50

.... a very different soundworld. Much lighter and nimbler, with a rather unusual tone! But played with affection.
Well worth a listen if you like the music.

https://open.spotify.com/album/4ViUjaP4IhP36kwYcOcPj6?si=nalg0e0XSsqNvLjao6Ct4Q

AJSki2fly

28-12-2018, 16:05

Been cleaning some classical records

Richard Strauss – Michel Schwalbé, Berliner Philharmoniker · Herbert von Karajan ‎– Also Sprach Zarathustra

https://img.discogs.com/VHntq483QUR5y1rPXyswUbVfMRs=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(90)/discogs-images/R-1547242-1445881935-1163.jpeg.jpg

AJSki2fly

28-12-2018, 16:09

A beautiful piece and recording.

Géza Anda, Mozart* ‎– Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 21
Label:
Deutsche Grammophon ‎– 138 783, Deutsche Grammophon ‎– SPLM 138783

https://img.discogs.com/UwE9Q07sNBmv2QRUR-eB6QkHru4=/fit-in/600x597/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(90)/discogs-images/R-3903557-1513784123-4043.jpeg.jpg

AJSki2fly

29-12-2018, 13:45

An oldie but goodie,

Antonio Vivaldi; Félix Ayo - Les Quatre Saisons I Musici

https://img.discogs.com/0DcUG0Kq9vweR8QmI2mOuvIXZVE=/fit-in/600x598/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(90)/discogs-images/R-7226768-1493552681-9540.jpeg.jpg

AJSki2fly

29-12-2018, 16:16

Early Classical, very regal

Tomaso Albinoni, I Musici, Evert van Tright, Roberto Michelucci ‎– Albinoni

https://img.discogs.com/2Y8StW-h8MWg_GEF2bGAaRQgcuU=/fit-in/600x596/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(90)/discogs-images/R-10271205-1494446839-4514.jpeg.jpg

jandl100

29-12-2018, 21:06

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/19/02/5425004150219_600.jpg

struth

29-12-2018, 21:08

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/19/02/5425004150219_600.jpgThat looks interesting

AJSki2fly

30-12-2018, 12:35

Ludwig Van Beethoven, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm ‎– Symphonie Nr.5 (vinyl)

https://img.discogs.com/m8BDM8NPDRsQjourCwEHVeIG95k=/fit-in/600x594/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(90)/discogs-images/R-2491734-1511828118-1323.jpeg.jpg

AJSki2fly

01-01-2019, 14:37

A rather relaxing record, another good £1 find

Bach*, Yepes* ‎– Guitar
Label:
Contour Red Label ‎– CC 7515
Format:
Vinyl, LP

https://img.discogs.com/Dw_aTZ6ZXMdXA6ZnXy1-qXOW36Q=/fit-in/600x593/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(90)/discogs-images/R-1319350-1209321454.jpeg.jpg

jandl100

01-01-2019, 18:56

^ I remember buying that LP in Woolworths for £1.99 when it first came out!

An endless source of fascination atm ....

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/25/30/0794881983025_600.jpg

AJSki2fly

02-01-2019, 14:31

Another £1 charity shop find in NM+ condition

J.S. Bach*, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra ‎– The Brandenburg Concertos
Label:
His Master's Voice ‎– ASD 327, His Master's Voice ‎– ASD 328, His Master's Voice ‎– ASD. 327, His Master's Voice ‎– ASD. 328
Format:
2 × Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Stereo

https://img.discogs.com/gbyW63EpJDdY0LKIL10BHrOCuS0=/fit-in/426x428/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(90)/discogs-images/R-4150545-1356964759-7081.jpeg.jpg

AJSki2fly

02-01-2019, 17:19

Gustav Mahler - Rafael Kubelik - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra* ‎– Symphonie No.5 In C Sharp Minor
Label:
Deutsche Grammophon ‎– 2726 064
Series:
Deutsche Grammophon Privilege – 2726 064
Format:
2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue

A great version of this piece, beautifully recorded IMO

https://img.discogs.com/X5hBQ3sTE0lKrw0OsPj7Hu7u8P4=/fit-in/598x599/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(90)/discogs-images/R-3054694-1313588395.jpeg.jpg

struth

03-01-2019, 12:36

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190103/27bcbafb5cf50301a682b0722e2b27db.jpg

Hauntingly beautiful background level music this. Just tinkling away, is very soothing
Especially debussy

struth

04-01-2019, 11:34

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190104/989635b514760f13163fee4a4e9b6390.jpg

jandl100

06-01-2019, 11:53

https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/49543294_1038054679721073_7378071382879371264_n.jp g?_nc_cat=111&_nc_ht=scontent-lht6-1.xx&oh=f09c5276f287521963b8e4ca353cf032&oe=5CD3A733

jandl100

06-01-2019, 11:57

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/aa/3r/ngnbixkdy3raa_600.jpg

https://open.spotify.com/album/6FAM1n2SSYDL75OGWraNzp?si=aztUZRk3SeOqfQ1rwZGxXA

jandl100

09-01-2019, 11:39

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/52/24/0191018142452_600.jpg

montesquieu

09-01-2019, 18:55

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/52/24/0191018142452_600.jpg

I see it's sponsored by Lufthansa ... Lufthansa used to do some great things in the early music space, for example, for many years they sponsored a baroque concert series in London (sadly now stopped which is a real shame though the concert series has started up again as the London Festival of Baroque Music)

In summer 2011 as part of the festival we were lucky enough to hear Gustav Leonhardt play what turned out to be his last ever UK concert, at a church in Pimlico. He died just a few months later in January 2012. What struck me most was that as encores he played some 'easy' Bach pieces from the Anna Magdalena Notebook that I would guess half the audience must have learned as children, beforehand talking about how characteristic in various ways these pieces were of the master and what a wonderful gateway. He was 'only' 83 at the time but looked almost unchanged from the recordings he made in his 50s back in the 1970s and didn't look frail in any sense. His death was a shock and a huge loss.

Will look up the Handel :)

jandl100

09-01-2019, 21:18

Delightfully laidback Bach performances.
Just right for the end of a tiring day.
Very non-HIP.

https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/67/26/0191018142667_600.jpg

AJSki2fly

10-01-2019, 11:40

I have been auditioning a pair of speaker at home and thought a bit of Organ music would give them a good work out, plus I like some now and then.

This is a cracking boxed 6 LP set of recordings, which I was very fortunate to pick for £2 in a charity shop. If you see a good one don't hesitate.

J. S. Bach*, Peter Hurford ‎– The Organ Works (Volume 1 and Volume 3)(even though is says Volume 1 on box
Label:Argo (2) ‎– D120D 3
Format:3 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:UK

LP 1
Tracklist
A1 Fantasia In G Major BWV 572
A2 Wer Nur Den Lieben Gott Lasst Walten BWV 690
A3 Wer Nur Den Lieben Gott Lasst Walten BWV 691
A4 Ach Gott Und Herr BWV 692
A5 Ach Gott Und Herr BWV 693
A6 Wo Soll Ich Fliehen Hin? BWV 694
A7 Christ Lag In Todesbanden BWV 695

https://img.discogs.com/emSfE2gvGuwGHvF7v06zlkWlvQA=/fit-in/600x587/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():qualit y(90)/discogs-images/R-7983583-1490799789-1275.jpeg.jpg