Tír Na HiFi

if you have to ask you've probably answered....

I'll try anything twice.... except Scriabin...

^^ I think it's probably strictly for the nerds, Simon... ;-)

and in that, I include Fergus of course, who spent most of last year working his way through a 15 CD boxset of Buxtehude's organ works... the man has the constitution of an ox...

seriously though, it is great when you land upon something a little esoteric to your liking, especially when the company concerned has gone to some trouble with the presentation; you feel you're not alone in the world. I hope you enjoy it.


Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor
Llyr Williams

This is a perfectly reasonable performance of this structurally complex little work, however I can feel the purchase of a recording of the very highest quality coming on... any suggestions, people?

jaybee wrote:if you have to ask you've probably answered....

I'll try anything twice.... except Scriabin...

I think that would be Messiaen for me... I'm still getting over the trauma...

I'd say Debussy, but I've tried and tried and tried....

jaybee wrote: I'll try anything twice.... except Scriabin...

But, but, his piano concerto is FAB!

On the nerd front, I think you're right, although I haven't managed a full Buxtehude traversal yet, so I've a lot of catching up to do!

Jared wrote:
yes, I was curious about the dating. With 1978, we're talking just a few years before the HIP movement got under way and I can imabine the Brandenburgs in particular will sound a bit dated in such a version.... a little like the Menuhin cycle I recently heard; probably quite well performed, but with a style 'of their time'. The interpretations of some of Bach's work in particular, seems to have benefitted from the HIP movement.

I think that there is absolutely no doubt about that Jared.

Diapason wrote:Finally beginning this Odyssey!

I will follow your comments on that set with interest Simon!

Jared wrote:^^ I think it's probably strictly for the nerds, Simon... ;-)

and in that, I include Fergus of course, who spent most of last year working his way through a 15 CD boxset of Buxtehude's organ works... the man has the constitution of an ox...

I am always up for a challenge!!!

Diapason wrote:

jaybee wrote: I'll try anything twice.... except Scriabin...

But, but, his piano concerto is FAB!

On the nerd front, I think you're right, although I haven't managed a full Buxtehude traversal yet, so I've a lot of catching up to do!

I got as far a Vella Flamma... first 3/4 minutes were lovely.... after that, not so much

Liszt: Via Crucis
Andrew Parrott
Taverner Consort

listened to this very interesting piece of music twice in the car today, on the way to a meeting. A fine recording to be fair, in a piece which is quite unlike Liszt, or frankly anything else I've heard! I'll reserve judgement until my Accentus version arrives in the post...