mrbuzzardstubble Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 John Williams - Barrios : The Great Paraguayan. 2
att23 Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 (edited) Hilary Hahn - Bach Concertos with LA Chamber Orchestra. One of her very popular releases Edited January 17, 2020 by att23 3
att23 Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Chamber music from Beethoven - sonatas and variations for cello and piano. Played by Pieter Wispelwey (cello) and Dean Lazic (piano). 3
dwbasement Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Bach cello suites, not many female cellist have done it but there are a few have actually recorded more than once in the past. She is one of those. 2
jazzdog@groovemasters Posted January 18, 2020 Posted January 18, 2020 Vale Barry Tuckwell https://www.abc.net.au/classic/read-and-watch/news/vale-barry-tuckwell/11876484 1
att23 Posted January 18, 2020 Posted January 18, 2020 (edited) Chopin project. Many people know Alice Sara Ott (piano), Olafur Arnalds (piano/synthesizers), but I wanna mention there’s also lesser known musicians in the recording - Mari Samuelsen (violin), and also a string quintet in support. Edited January 18, 2020 by att23 1
hired goon Posted January 19, 2020 Posted January 19, 2020 Roberte Mamou - John Field: 15 Nocturnes -- yoinked this CD recently for $1 ... apparently the Irishman Mr Field wrote the first nocturnes (short romantic lyrical piano pieces) back in the early 1800s, but then along came Chopin with his nocturnes and ballades and mazurkas and whatnot and everyone kinda forgot the O.G. Nocturninator. To be fair, Chopin really did take Field's style much further, so these pieces are mainly of historical interest, but still not a bad listen. --Geoff 1
mrbuzzardstubble Posted January 20, 2020 Posted January 20, 2020 Rautavaara - Cantus Arcticus. Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra / Max Pommer. 1
hired goon Posted January 20, 2020 Posted January 20, 2020 Peitro Spada - John Field: Complete Piano Music -- I'd only just discovered the Irish composer John Field last week when I picked up a CD of nocturnes (see a few posts above) and today I stumble upon this 6xCD box of the complete piano works for $2. It looks like a budget set by a competent pianist, maybe not the best interpretations out there but one can't quibble with the quantity of music here. --Geoff
jazzdog@groovemasters Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 Viktoria Mullova, Bach, 6 Solo Sonatas & Partitas. Onyx Classics ONYX 4040. 2 × CD Europe 2009. Enjoying this rendition of the 6. See music web review: http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2009/June09/Bach_mullova_onyx4040.htm 1
Dilettanteque Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 9 hours ago, jazzdog@groovemasters said: Viktoria Mullova, Bach, 6 Solo Sonatas & Partitas. Onyx Classics ONYX 4040. 2 × CD Europe 2009. Enjoying this rendition of the 6. See music web review: http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2009/June09/Bach_mullova_onyx4040.htm With risk of behaving like a comparison nerd, how do you feel this sits amongst the vast universe of other options (or at least the most renowned)? [note to self: you are undoubtedly a comparison nerd]. I am always rewarded by returning to Mullova's interpretations, but I sense it is not seen as "up there" when people rattle off prominent versions, and not quite sure that is a "fair" reflection (whatever that is). I quite like the balance of her performance - intense, conveys strong emotion, doesn't wander into the sentimental (Perlman, Shaham?) and while strongly technical shuns the "coldness" which i feel at times with early Kremer and Tognetti (as examples). And recording quality is well regarded as attested by your link. 1
Dilettanteque Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 Andris Nelsons, Leipziger Gewandhausorchester - Bruckner: Symphonies 6 & 9 (with a sprinkling of Wagner) 2
att23 Posted January 22, 2020 Posted January 22, 2020 Dvorak Symphony 5 From the New World from Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 1961 recording conducted by Istvan Kertesz 1
Dilettanteque Posted January 22, 2020 Posted January 22, 2020 Martha Argerich - The Legendary 1965 Recording Some well regarded Chopin Sonata and Mazurka pieces. Some might say legendary. 4
Dilettanteque Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) Mstislav Rostropovich and LSO - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 Edited January 23, 2020 by Dilettanteque 2
jazzdog@groovemasters Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 On 22/01/2020 at 7:05 AM, Dilettanteque said: With risk of behaving like a comparison nerd, how do you feel this sits amongst the vast universe of other options (or at least the most renowned)? [note to self: you are undoubtedly a comparison nerd]. I am always rewarded by returning to Mullova's interpretations, but I sense it is not seen as "up there" when people rattle off prominent versions, and not quite sure that is a "fair" reflection (whatever that is). I quite like the balance of her performance - intense, conveys strong emotion, doesn't wander into the sentimental (Perlman, Shaham?) and while strongly technical shuns the "coldness" which i feel at times with early Kremer and Tognetti (as examples). And recording quality is well regarded as attested by your link. OK, with the caveat that I have no musical expertise, just a love of Bach & in particular his solo works, for recordings in the modern era (post original instruments revival), Mullova is not going to knock Rachel Podger of her perch. But yes, this recording deserves to be right up some where near the top, or uppermost branches of the performance tree. I agree with your comments that she avoids the drippy sentimentality common to some of the 1960s recordings. Don't ask me to give an example, remember the caveat! And she definitely avoids the clinical approach of early Tognetti (caveat, I am missing one of the discs of his recording of the 6 (a hazard of quick bulk purchase decisions in the circular economy you alluded to in our last conversation) so cannot do an A/B comparison). I thinks as the reviewer said her choice of reprod. period bow with the the 1750's period violin, with gut strings & 'tuned down' serves her craft well. A check of the discogs price & stats, indicate people value the recording https://www.discogs.com/Bach-Viktoria-Mullova-6-Solo-Sonatas-Partitas/release/5718655 Others with more more musical gravitas and more comprehensive music collections than I, such as @dwbasement might like to weigh in on this topic! Regards, Gary. 1
jazzdog@groovemasters Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) Before: Pieter Wispelwey & Florilegium, Vivaldi - 6 Cello Sonatas. Channel Classics CCS 6294 Netherlands 1994. Now: Jacqueline Du Pré, Ernest Lush, William Pleeth Brahms*, Couperin*, Handel*, – Her Early BBC Recordings, Volume 2. EMI CDM 7 63166 2, CD, Album, Compilation, Reissue, Mono USA & Canada 1989. Edited January 24, 2020 by jazzdog@groovemasters 2
dwbasement Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 11 minutes ago, jazzdog@groovemasters said: OK, with the caveat that I have no musical expertise, just a love of Bach & in particular his solo works, for recordings in the modern era (post original instruments revival), Mullova is not going to knock Rachel Podger of her perch. But yes, this recording deserves to be right up some where near the top, or uppermost branches of the performance tree. I agree with your comments that she avoids the drippy sentimentality common to some of the 1960s recordings. Don't ask me to give an example, remember the caveat! And she definitely avoids the clinical approach of early Tognetti (caveat, I am missing one of the discs of his recording of the 6 (a hazard of quick bulk purchase decisions in the circular economy you alluded to in our last conversation) so cannot do an A/B comparison). I thinks as the reviewer said her choice of reprod. period bow with the the 1750's period violin, with gut strings & 'tuned down' serves her craft well. A check of the discogs price & stats, indicate people value the recording https://www.discogs.com/Bach-Viktoria-Mullova-6-Solo-Sonatas-Partitas/release/5718655 Others with more more musical gravitas and more comprehensive music collections than I, such as @dwbasement might like to weigh in on this topic! Regards, Gary. Bach.... I love his solo works too not very familiar with the violin though, I love the cello suites more than any other classical pieces, if I were to only pick one work to listen to forever out of the entire classical world, Bach’s cello suites is it. Unfortunately the sonatas- Partitas never interest me to listen to all the different recordings, I do like it though. I am no music expert, no musical background or deep knowledge, just love good music that inspire me. I would hear the violin solo the same way as I hear the cello solo, ie. every interpretation has its own style and very personal, it is belong to that particular artist that so unique that it is all subjective, I love every recording of the cello suites that I collected but of course I have my favourite but I appreciate all the artists’ interpretation at the same time. Dennis 2
jazzdog@groovemasters Posted January 25, 2020 Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) Before: Angela Hewitt, Bach Transcriptions By Myra Hess, Wilhelm Kempff, Harriet Cohen, Lord Berners, Herbert Howells, William Walton John Ireland, Mary Howe, Eugen D'Albert, Harold Bauer – Bach Arrangements. Hyperion CDA67309 UK 2001. Now: Csaba Onczay, J. S. Bach - Cello Suites Vol. 2. Naxos 8.550678 Germany 1994. Edited January 25, 2020 by jazzdog@groovemasters 2
jazzdog@groovemasters Posted January 26, 2020 Posted January 26, 2020 Pinchas Zukerman, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Mozart – Violin Concerti Nos. 3 & 5. CBS Maestro MYK 42612 CD, Europe. 1
Dilettanteque Posted January 27, 2020 Posted January 27, 2020 Nathan Milstein - Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin 3
Dilettanteque Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 Dawn Upshaw, David Zinman & London Sinfonietta - Gorecki: Symphony No. 3 In recognition of yesterday's anniversary in Poland. 2
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