Peter Friedman Posted August 13, 2016 Report Posted August 13, 2016 String Quartets K.428 and K.458 Quote
alankin Posted August 13, 2016 Report Posted August 13, 2016 Sergei Prokofiev – Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in F minor Op.80 – Five Melodies for Violin and Piano Op.35bis – Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in D major Op.94bis Gidon Kremer (violin), Martha Argerich (piano) (Deutsche Grammophon) Quote
Peter Friedman Posted August 13, 2016 Report Posted August 13, 2016 Spohr - String Quartet Op. 29/1 Dvorak - String Quintet Op.97 Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted August 14, 2016 Report Posted August 14, 2016 (edited) Op 67 of latter Edited August 14, 2016 by A Lark Ascending Quote
soulpope Posted August 14, 2016 Report Posted August 14, 2016 14 hours ago, Peter Friedman said: !!! Quote
king ubu Posted August 14, 2016 Report Posted August 14, 2016 lately: I was indeed crazy enough to complete my Spányi/CPE Bach holdings in the recent BIS sale @prestoclassical's ... enjoying it an awful lot! Other than that, the Prohaska got two spins so far, it's good, of course, but fails to really grab me by the guts. The Enescu on the other hand is moody and beautiful. Not familiar with the music elsewhere (that is except for the third - there is no second actually, Enescu seems to have said it was in his head, too bad he didn't write it down in time - sonata by Lipati), but I think this is a splendid set, really! Even more splendid is the Gál - great stuff there, full of twists and jagged surprises, but full of melody just as well. Not familiar with his music yet otherwise, gotta check out more, that's for sure (and in light of 51 discs of Spányi/CPE Bach, I really wish there were several dozen more discs to complete Gál's piano music!) The Schubert by Orkis is wonderful - he plays a Graf fortepiano on disc one (Impromptus D 899 & D 935) and a copy after a Nannette Streicher piano on disc two - and it's disc two that I find even better, with the folksy piano pieces D 946 and the Moments Musicaux (D 780) as well as D 899/1 played from the original pencil draft, and the original version of D 946/1 to end things. Played like this, Schubert's pieces sound intimate, almost as played in your living room, really. A totally different experience (and maybe one that fits with some of the other stuff depicted above, and the mood that listening to it brought me to). The Weingartner concerto seems to come after Brahms, and his arrangement/completion of the Schubert symphony that follows is probably a bit too full-bodied for Schubert, but both are nice pieces (and actually remind me that I should revisit Weingartner's Brahms symphonies cycle). Albéniz by de Larrocha is probably about as good as it gets ... thanks to soulpope for insisting (I already have the EMI Icon box of her's, but just bought a few of her later Decca recordings of Spanish repertoire). Quote
alankin Posted August 14, 2016 Report Posted August 14, 2016 Jacques Boyvin – Premier livre d'orgue: Suite du premier ton Jean Adam Guilain – Pièces d'orgue pour le Magnificat sur les huit tons differens de l'Eglise: Suite du deuxième ton Johann Philipp Krieger – Passacaglia for Organ in D minor Johann Kaspar Kerll – Canzona for Organ in E minor Carl Luython – Fuga suavissima for Organ Johann Jacob Froberger – Libro secondo di toccate: Toccata No.5 in D minor "Da sonarsi alla Levatione", Capriccio No.2 in A minor, Libro secondo di toccate: Canzona No.6 in A minor FbWV 306 Lambert Chaumont – Suite du deuxième ton for Organ Abraham Van Kerckhoven – Fantasia for Organ in D minor, Fantasia for Organ in F major — Gustav Leonhardt (organ) – Organ Music in France and Southern Netherlands (Vivarte / Sony Classical), CD 41 from the Vivarte box Quote
Peter Friedman Posted August 14, 2016 Report Posted August 14, 2016 Ries - Piano Concerto Op.151 Franck - Violin Sonata Quote
Balladeer Posted August 14, 2016 Report Posted August 14, 2016 F. Gerard Errante - The Lyric Clarinet: Treasured works from the vocal repertoire for clarinet and piano (Ravello) Like Errante´s fullbodied, expressive tone Quote
soulpope Posted August 14, 2016 Report Posted August 14, 2016 1 hour ago, Balladeer said: F. Gerard Errante - The Lyric Clarinet: Treasured works from the vocal repertoire for clarinet and piano (Ravello) Like Errante´s fullbodied, expressive tone Looks interesting .... wonder about the "Deutsche Lieder" part .... Quote
alankin Posted August 14, 2016 Report Posted August 14, 2016 Mauro Giuliani – Concerto for Guitar and Strings No.1 in A Op.30 Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for Guitar in D major, Concerto for Guitar in A major — John Williams (guitar, conductor), Colin Tilney (harpsichord) – English Chamber Orchestra (Columbia / Sony Classical) Quote
king ubu Posted August 14, 2016 Report Posted August 14, 2016 CD 1 of Vol. 1 (4 Vols, each three discs) - enjoying this box quite some! Quote
soulpope Posted August 14, 2016 Report Posted August 14, 2016 1 hour ago, king ubu said: CD 1 of Vol. 1 (4 Vols, each three discs) - enjoying this box quite some! Truly superb Schubert .... as this one .... : Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted August 15, 2016 Report Posted August 15, 2016 A second listen. I've never given the Brahms chamber music enough attention despite having several of the Hyperion discs. Intend to try and get to know it a bit better over the next few months. Seems ideal for autumn. Quote
soulpope Posted August 15, 2016 Report Posted August 15, 2016 1 hour ago, A Lark Ascending said: A second listen. I've never given the Brahms chamber music enough attention despite having several of the Hyperion discs. Intend to try and get to know it a bit better over the next few months. Seems ideal for autumn. Believe this is one of the worth hearing renditions of the Brahms Q's .... you may be right this being music suited better for the darker seasons though .... Quote
soulpope Posted August 15, 2016 Report Posted August 15, 2016 (One) of the veritable alternatives .... Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted August 15, 2016 Report Posted August 15, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, soulpope said: (One) of the veritable alternatives .... I'm sure. But, as we've discussed before, I'm more for getting to know the scenery than comparing bus drivers (one of those smiley faces)! One version suits me fine. Planning to give it another listen in a little while with the help of: Short, non-specialist, accounts of the music that point out the basic structures, drawing attention to a few details en route. Kids stuff, I imagine, for those with a musical background but it's helped me over the last few years to increase my enjoyment of an area of music (chamber music) I never really took to initially. In the meantime: Another early 20thC composer working out a Wagner fixation. Very enjoyable. Edited August 15, 2016 by A Lark Ascending Quote
soulpope Posted August 15, 2016 Report Posted August 15, 2016 1 hour ago, A Lark Ascending said: Another early 20thC composer working out a Wagner fixation. Very enjoyable. Excellent .... Quote
soulpope Posted August 15, 2016 Report Posted August 15, 2016 1 hour ago, A Lark Ascending said: I'm sure. But, as we've discussed before, I'm more for getting to know the scenery than comparing bus drivers (one of those smiley faces)! One version suits me fine. Planning to give it another listen in a little while with the help of: Short, non-specialist, accounts of the music that point out the basic structures, drawing attention to a few details en route. Kids stuff, I imagine, for those with a musical background but it's helped me over the last few years to increase my enjoyment of an area of music (chamber music) I never really took to initially. Well, ideally some of these bus drivers choose different routes still to reach the same destination .... which makes the journey interesting .... Quote
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