Peter Friedman Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 Mozart String Quartet K.421 Schubert - Symphony No.3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 No 1 of the Brahms. No 6. Sounds like Beethoven in the last movement! And a nice variation on Pachelbel's greatest hit in the third. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 2 hours ago, Peter Friedman said: Schubert - Symphony No.3 Excellent .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 (edited) Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No.2 in B flat major Op.14 "To October" —  WDR Sinfonieorchester & Rundfunkchor  – Rudolf Barshai (Brilliant Classics)  Edited October 10, 2016 by alankin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 1 hour ago, alankin said: Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No.2 in B flat major Op.14 "To October" —  WDR Sinfonieorchester & Rundfunkchor  – Rudolf Barshai (Brilliant Classics)  !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 Now playing: C.P.E. Bach – Sinfonia in C major, Wq. 182/3 (H659) – Harpsichord Concerto in C minor, Wq. 43/4 (H474) — Andreas Staier (harpsichord) – Sinfonia in A major, Wq. 182/4 (H660) – Oboe Concerto in E flat major, Wq. 165 (H468) — Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe) – Hamburg Symphony in B minor, Wq. 182/5 (H661) Freiburger Barockorchester – Thomas Hengelbrock (deutsche harmonia mundi)  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OliverM Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Those Webern and Boulez pieces are new to me, fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 1 hour ago, OliverM said: Those Webern and Boulez pieces are new to me, fantastic! A remarkable recording .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No.3 in E flat major Op.20 "First of May" — WDR Sinfonieorchester & Rundfunkchor  – Rudolf Barshai (Brilliant Classics)  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Op.5o/3, Op.50/4, Op.50/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 (edited) I frequently read about Bush - a devoted communist who got into regular hot water with the establishment (and who RVW made a stand for in 1941) - but have heard little of his music. Had this a few years and it's never made much of an impact - quite conventional music. However, enjoyed it more yesterday. David Matthews is a great favourite - prolific composer who very much ploughs his own furrow regardless of classical music fashion. He declares Beethoven as his prime inspiration in the quartets but you hear much 20thC music in them - Bartok, Britten, Tippett etc. Tonal, accessible but knotty and challenging. Listened to this twice.  Watched this for a second time yesterday. Absolutely delightful staging from Paris - bright bold colours, imaginative representations of the animal characters. Elena Tsallagova is utterly bewitching as the vixen.  My favourite Janacek opera - more earworm melodies than you can shake a conductor's baton at. And a wonderful running commentary on the foibles and vanities of humans running through the tale. Edited October 12, 2016 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mikeweil Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 3 hours ago, soulpope said: The best Satie, IMHO. I just had the best Frescobaldi (IMHO): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 2 hours ago, mikeweil said: The best Satie, IMHO. I tend to agree .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 Piano Trios No.37, 40, &Â Â Â 41 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 (edited) Very nice - played on the copy of a Henri Hemsch harpsichord, an appropriate choice. These sonatas were published inFlorence in 1783. Edited October 12, 2016 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 This will keep me busy for a while .... Simone Stella plays three historic Italian organs and a copy of an early Ruckers harpsichord. A major achievement, considering he recorded all this in only two years. Except for the manuscript recently auctioned at Sotheby's he covered all known sources. From what I have listened to so far, very well done. It will not replace Bob van Asperen's excellent recording on the Aeolus label but stand alongside - the latter used a wider variety of instruments and is the crowning work of van Asperen's career. Whoever loves Froberger's music will get both, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 1 hour ago, mikeweil said: This will keep me busy for a while .... Simone Stella plays three historic Italian organs and a copy of an early Ruckers harpsichord. A major achievement, considering he recorded all this in only two years. Except for the manuscript recently auctioned at Sotheby's he covered all known sources. From what I have listened to so far, very well done. It will not replace Bob van Asperen's excellent recording on the Aeolus label but stand alongside - the latter used a wider variety of instruments and is the crowning work of van Asperen's career. Whoever loves Froberger's music will get both, anyway. Bob van Asperen`s Froberger Edition on Aeolus is - at least the one`s I`ve heard - terrific .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 (edited) Yes, it is unsurpassed. Stella plays very, very well, but van Asperen is a notch better, and the sound of his instruments is perfectly captured. I completed my set recently when Aeolus offered the older volumes at bargain price because the series was completed. (Right now they offer only a complete package at reduced price: https://www.aeolus-music.com/Alle-Tontraeger/Bundles/AE80004-Complete-Froberger-edition) Stella has a few more variants; but van Asperen recorded the rarely heard liturgical piece, too. Stella is a excellent choice for fans with a limited budget. Edited October 17, 2016 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 No 2 off the Matthews. 12-15 off the 'adyn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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