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Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 10:09 am
by Seán
fergus wrote:Aleg wrote:
It is a live recording so there is bound to be audience noise (maybe more so in recordings from eastern europe in the 50's, the instrument isn't top notch either but that's how it was then), but the performance is so captivating the noise doesn't distract. It is such a dramatic performance that it leaves on exhausted though.
But definitely a must have in your collection.
Cheers
Aleg
Yes Aleg I would definitely agree with you. It is indeed a wonderful performance.
Richter never disappoints.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 10:10 am
by Seán
I am listening to BAL on BBC Radio 3:
9.30am Building a Library
Misha Donat compares recordings of Haydn’s Symphony no. 101 and makes a recommendation
and am looking forward to:
10.15am
Simon Heighes joins Andrew live in the studio to discuss:
Allegro assai from Concerto for Flute in D major, Wq.13
Performers:Jan de Winne, Il Gardellino
Composers:Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Album Title:ACCENT : 24285
Concerto in B flat major Wq.164 for oboe and strings
Performers:Marcel Ponseele, Il Gardellino
Composers:Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)
Album Title:ACCENT : 24285
Sonata in B minor Wq.49`6 (Wurttemberg no.6) for keyboard
Performers:Mahan Esfahani
Composers:Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)
Album Title:Hyperion CDA 67995
Sonata in B minor Wq.49`6 (Wurttemberg no.6) for keyboard
Performers:Mahan Esfahani
Composers:Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)
Album Title:Hyperion CDA 67995
Sonata in C minor Wq.78 for violin and keyboard
Performers:Leila Schayegh, Jorg Halubek
Composers:Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)
Album Title:PAN CLASSICS : PC-10305
Clavier-Fantasie in F sharp minor Wq.80 for keyboard & violin [arr. from Free fantasy, Wq.67]
Performers:Leila Schayegh, Jorg Halubek
Composers:Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)
Album Title:PAN CLASSICS : PC-10305
Hamburg' Harpsichord Concerto No.4 in C minor - extract
Performers:Bob van Asperen, Melante Amsterdam
Composers:Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Album Title:WARNER : 2564-63492-7
Symphony in D major Wq.183`1
Performers:Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment, Gustav Leonhardt
Composers:Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)
Album Title:WARNER : 2564-63492-7
Concerto no. 3 in A major Wq.172 for cello and strings
Performers:Anner Bylsma, Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment, Gustav Leonhardt
Composers:Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)
Album Title:WARNER : 2564-63492-7
Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu - oratorio Wq.240 for soprano, ten, bas, chor. & orch
Performers:Hillevi Martinpelto, Peter Harvey, Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment, Philippe Herreweghe
Composers:Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)
Album Title:WARNER : 2564-63492-7
Magnificat in D major Wq.215
Performers:RIAS Chamber Choir, Berlin Academy of Ancient Music, Hans-Christoph Rademann
Composers:Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)
Album Title:HARMONIA MUNDI : HMC-902167
Symphony in D major Wq.183`1
Performers:Berlin Academy of Ancient Music, Hans-Christoph Rademann
Composers:Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)
Album Title:HARMONIA MUNDI : HMC-902167
11.20am New Releases
Concerto no. 2 in B flat major Op.19 for piano and orchestra
Performers:Leif Ove Andsnes, Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Composers:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Album Title:SONY CLASSICAL : 88883-705482
Concerto no. 3 in C minor Op.37 for piano and orchestra
Performers:Yevgeny Sudbin, Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska
Composers:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Album Title:BIS : SACD-1978
Concerto no. 3 in C minor Op.37 for piano and orchestra
Performers:Fazil Say, Frankfurt R S O, Gianandrea Noseda
Composers:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Album Title:NAIVE : V-5347
Sonata no. 32 in C minor Op.111 for piano
Performers:Fazil Say, Frankfurt R S O, Gianandrea Noseda
Composers:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Album Title:NAIVE : V-5347
Sonata quasi una fantasia in C sharp minor Op.27`2 (Moonlight) for piano (Piano sonata no.14)
Performers:Stephen Hough
Composers:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Album Title:HYPERION : CDA 67996
Concerto no. 4 in G major Op.58 for piano and orchestra
Performers:Leif Ove Andsnes, Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Composers:Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Album Title:SONY CLASSICAL : 88883-705482
11.40am Disc of the Week
Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Sussmayr
Performers:Dunedin Consort, Dunedin Players, John Butt
Composers:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Album Title:Linn : CKD-44
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 10:18 am
by Seán
Misha Donat compares recordings of Haydn’s Symphony no. 101 and makes a recommendation
Misha listened to his preferred performances as many as 35 times, now that's commitment.
I was very impressed by the excerpts I heard of the recordings by the Orchestra of the 18th Century led by Franz Bruggen and the performances by Les Musicians de Louvre under the direction of Marc Minkowski. Misha described Minkowski as a conductor of extremes, I have to say that his is a lovely performance. Minkowski got the nod for a performance on period instruments but the recommendation goes to the symphony from one of my favourite box sets:
Claudio Abbado and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
Next week it's Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 3:26 pm
by Jose Echenique
fergus wrote:
Even after just one listen I can see why Pepe highly recommends this 2 CD set; it is beautiful music from the late Baroque period beautifully played and sung.
I´m glad you bought it Fergus, it IS a magnificent masterpiece. We still have too few Fux recordings. Fux was Imperial Court Composer, at a time when the courts of Central Europe were literally bursting with geniuses. Just to give you an idea, Antonio Caldara no less was assistant to Fux in Vienna, and Conti was the Court lutenist.
I just love La Deposizione della Croce, and fortunately the recording does it full justice, with the wonderful voices of Isokoski and Röschmann in their absolute prime, and countertenor Derek Lee Ragin was also in his best years.
I guarantee the more you listen to it, the more you are going to love it.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 9:17 pm
by Seán
An evening with Schubert started with:
Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet in A major D667 "Trout"
Jos van Immerseel &
L'Archibudelli
Franz Schubert
String Quintet in C major D667 "Trout"
Vera Beths & Lisa Rautenberg, violins;
Steven Dann, viola;
Anner Bylsma & Kenneth Slowik, cellos
This is a very interesting and lovely recording.
Franz Schubert
String Quintet in C major D667 "Trout"
Belcea Quartet & Valentin Erben, cello
A lovely performance by the Belcea, the playing in the Adagio is particularly beautiful I feel. This is probably my favourite recording of Schubert's String Quintet.
Franz Schubert
String Quartet No, 14 in D minor D810 "Death and the Maiden"
Quartetto Italiano
I have almost two thousand cds of classical music in my collection and this performance of Schubert's evocative masterpiece stands out for me as one of my favourites. it is an extraordinary performance of this wonderful work, the playing by each musician in the Andante is sublime. I never tire of listening to it.
Do you have a favourite recording of no. 14?
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 12:37 am
by Seán
fergus wrote:Jose Echenique wrote:What I love about the Archibudelli recording is that it does capture the home music making feeling that Schubert´s chamber compositions inherently have. I don´t mean to say that their performances are amateurish of course, they are superbly played, but they do have that "friends gathering" feeling that Schubert loved so much. The gentler period woodwinds and brass are naturally more ideal for home use than modern instruments meant for large modern concert halls.
I think this is a performance that Schubert would have recognized.
That is such a true comment on the chamber music of this very congenial composer Pepe; one that I had not thought of before but which I must have instinctively felt as I agree so readily with you.
Having listened to iSchubert's Octet twice today I think I know what you mean Pepe: there is a lovely warm, coherent, togetherness with this group, and it makes for a hugely enjoyable performance.
This is a fabulous Schubert box set, I am mighty pleased with it.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 1:04 am
by Jose Echenique
Period instruments are still of utmost importance in early XIX Century music, especially in chamber music since this music was still meant for private consumption. Modern instruments, have all been designed to fill large modern concert halls, with period instruments the original dimensions of the music is restored.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 12:06 pm
by fergus
Schubert's music is never far from my TT or CDP and I have just finished listening to this 12 LP box set....
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 3:24 pm
by Jose Echenique
[quote="fergus"]Schubert's music is never far from my TT or CDP and I have just finished listening to this 12 LP box set....
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Historic recordings Fergus.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 3:26 pm
by Seán
I have the 21 cd box set and I must say that the DFD and Moore recordings of Schubert's Lieder are wonderful.