soulpope Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Another listen to: No. 3 of the latter, once again with a helping hand from Robert Simpson. I've 'known' the piece since the late 70s (an Ole Schmidt LP if I recall correctly - that should get me connoisseur points!!!) but Simpson's analysis doesn't half increase your enjoyment (when I understand it!). Some great bits when his personal irritations at contemporary orthodoxies boil over. On the opening tune of the fourth movement: "The simplicity of the main tune is of a kind not cared for greatly by those intelligentsia who, in these times of desperate circumspection, cannot see how a man can express deep feelings without being psychologically in need of attention."  And there's more!!!! I'd assumed the book was written in the 50s/60s but it says 1986. Suspect he got annoyed at Minimalism too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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alankin Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Martha Argerich and Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2009 – Chamber Music - CD 2 (EMI Classics) Béla Bartók – Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 Sz 76 — Renaud Capuçon (violin), Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) Franz Liszt – Reminiscences of Mozart's "Don Juan" for 2 Pianos S.656 — Mauricio Vallina (piano), Martha Argerich (piano) Mikhail Glinka – Sextet for Piano and Strings in E flat major — Mark Drobinsky (cello), Géza Hosszu-Legocky (violin), Polina Leschenko (piano), Alissa Margulis (violin), Lida Chen (viola), Enrico Fagone (double bass) Sergei Rachmaninov – 2 Pieces for Piano 6 Hands: Romance & Waltz — Anton Gerzenberg (piano), Daniel Gerzenberg (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano) Sergei Rachmaninov – Russian Rhapsody for 2 Pianos in E minor — Alexander Mogilevsky (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 (edited) Serenade for Strings and Symph 4 Edited October 18, 2016 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balladeer Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 Richie Beirach, Gregor Hübner, George Mraz - Round about Federico Mompou (ACT) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 Beethoven String Quartet Op.18/1 - Quatuor Mosaiques Beethoven String Trio arrangement of Symphony No.2 - Canadian Trio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 Never sounded better to me .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 Thereof Symphonies 40 + 41 .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 (edited) No. 5 and The Tempest. Guess what I'll be listening to later! Says on the notes that the scherzo of No. 2 was partly inspired by The Who and the Velvet Underground. You can tell by the picture on the cover that he war a right lad in't 60s. First heard the Weill songs in the old (sorry, classic!) Lotte Lenya recordings - hard to get beyond Lenya's voice but I think Lemper gets the feel just right. And there are lots of songs across the two volumes I've not heard on the Lenya LPs I have. Edited October 19, 2016 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 IMHO, one of the most interesting Bach harpsichord recordings in the last ten years. Here's video (he plays a different harpsichord on the CD, a great sounding German model). Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JSngry Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 Released by the New Voice Singles label, which has the interesting concept of releasing new works as a single disc, with no other material included. This provides not only a lower price point, but the rather nifty ability to listen to a work in its entirety without it being preceded or followed by another work, which is a first world problem indeed, but still, nice. This work runs just a tad over 25 minutes, so it would have been two sides of an LP. It's a good piece, a 9/11 thing, and played very well. I'm finding value in at least a few consecutive replays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 Another New Voice Singles release, and another piece that is very enjoyable to listen to on its own for the 21-ish minutes it occupies. Oh! Apparently "New Voice Singles" is a nameplate that the Chiara Quartet uses to release some of their their own work. Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 Those who have expressed concern about "precious" performances of Mozart Piano Concertos need not worry about this one. Moravec, as well as The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Josef Vlach, show passion, intensity and a firm hand with the keyboard and baton. This , in my view, an outstanding recording of Piano Concerto No.25, K.503. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 Hector Berlioz – Grande Ouverture de Benvenuto Cellini Op.23 – Les Troyens à Carthage: Prélude – Symphonie fantastique Op.14 Vincent d'Indy – Istar - Symphonic Variations Op.42 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra – Pierre Monteux (RCA Victor / Sony Classical)   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 2 hours ago, Peter Friedman said: Those who have expressed concern about "precious" performances of Mozart Piano Concertos need not worry about this one. Moravec, as well as The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Josef Vlach, show passion, intensity and a firm hand with the keyboard and baton. This , in my view, an outstanding recording of Piano Concerto No.25, K.503. Ivan Moravec plays superbly .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 On 10/17/2016 at 2:07 AM, soulpope said: Terrific and I am now waiting for the delivery of the Weissenberg box of RCA recordings. I was amazed  to discover the Morton Gould RCA box. I know and admire much of this set. It was in my mail today when I returned from Canada.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Romeo and Juliet and Symph 6 off first; SQ1 and Sextet off second. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 (edited) Now playing, CD 41 from the Symphony Edition: Carl Nielsen – Symphony No.2 Op.16 "The Four Temperaments" – Symphony No.4 Op.29 "The Inextinguishable" New York Philharmonic – Leonard Bernstein (Sony Classics)  The four temperaments are choleric, phlegmatic, melancholic, and sanguine.  I'll avoid a temptation to state which temperament I think fits which Presidential candidate. Edited October 20, 2016 by alankin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Haydn - String Quartet Op. 50/6 "The Frog" - The Schneider Quartet Schubert - String Quartet D.112 - Takacs Quartet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverM Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 16 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said: Terrific and I am now waiting for the delivery of the Weissenberg box of RCA recordings. I was amazed  to discover the Morton Gould RCA box. I know and admire much of this set. It was in my mail today when I returned from Canada. Very interesting, thanks for pointing this out!  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 (edited) Sq 2 + 3 from t'first. Edited October 21, 2016 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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