Dilettanteque Posted June 16, 2020 Posted June 16, 2020 Jordi Savall, Le Concert Des Nations - Le Concert Spirituel (in the time of Louis XV) 2
Dilettanteque Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 Andrew Manze & Richard Egarr - Corelli Violin Sonatas 2
Dilettanteque Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 (edited) Daniel Pioro - Bach: Partita for solo violin No. 2 Edited June 17, 2020 by Dilettanteque 3
Dilettanteque Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 Leif Ove Andsnes, Christian Tetzlaff, Tanja Tetzlaff - Schumann: Complete Piano Trios 3
Dilettanteque Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 Alisa Weilerstein, Trondheim Soloists - Schoenberg; Transfigured Night; Haydn Cello Concerti 3
Dilettanteque Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin - Telemann: Concertos for multiple instruments 2
Ittaku Posted June 18, 2020 Posted June 18, 2020 Added these to my collection and am slowly going through them: 1
att23 Posted June 18, 2020 Posted June 18, 2020 52 minutes ago, Ittaku said: Added these to my collection and am slowly going through them: Do let us know which ones you recommend after you have gone through time. 1
Ittaku Posted June 18, 2020 Posted June 18, 2020 1 minute ago, att23 said: Do let us know which ones you recommend after you have gone through time. I haven't even finished listening to all the Bach Secular Cantatas, having only heard one of the albums but I can already tell that if it's your cup of tea, it is a superb performance and sounds fantastic, and the eclassical purchase is an absolute steal. https://www.eclassical.com/orchestras/bach-collegium-japan/bach-the-complete-secular-cantatas.html Ignore the sample rates I've got on my screenshot above, as I upsample everything before playing it. 1
dwbasement Posted June 20, 2020 Posted June 20, 2020 Du pre recital. Lucky to find this sealed copy. 4
crtexcnndrm99 Posted June 20, 2020 Posted June 20, 2020 17 minutes ago, dwbasement said: Du pre recital. Lucky to find this sealed copy. Nice find. Ebay sellers are bonkers pricing these.. 1
dwbasement Posted June 20, 2020 Posted June 20, 2020 1 hour ago, crtexcnndrm99 said: Nice find. Ebay sellers are bonkers pricing these.. Yes, crazy price for a sealed copy. I bought this from every too awhile ago. It was an auction and I was lucky not many people were bidding either. 1
jazzdog@groovemasters Posted June 20, 2020 Posted June 20, 2020 I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone, Vivaldi– Concerto Per Quattro Violini RV 553 / Concerti & Sinfonie Per Violino, Archi E Cembalo RV 116 • 118 • 137 • 143 • 234. Erato – NUM 75109. France 1984. 1
Dilettanteque Posted June 21, 2020 Posted June 21, 2020 Emma Kirkby et al - Couperin & Lalande: Lecons de Tenebres (Lessons In Darkness) 1
Dilettanteque Posted June 21, 2020 Posted June 21, 2020 (edited) Ewa Izykowska, Andrey Boreyko, Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra - Gorecki: Symphony No. 3 I have always found Upshaw's version to be most beautiful, have listened to it so many times. Given the content I am finding this version captures a bit more vulnerability and a slightly more visceral emotional sense of the work . I think it is a nose in front (recognising each listener brings their own parallax error ) Edited June 21, 2020 by Dilettanteque 1
Dilettanteque Posted June 21, 2020 Posted June 21, 2020 (edited) Antonio Vivaldi/Max Richter - Four Seasons Recomposed Edited June 21, 2020 by Dilettanteque 2
Dilettanteque Posted June 24, 2020 Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) Kronos Quartet - Bryce Dessner: Aheym Edited June 24, 2020 by Dilettanteque 2
Dilettanteque Posted June 24, 2020 Posted June 24, 2020 John Wilson, Sinfonia Of London - Korngold: Symphony in F Sharp, etc. 4
Dilettanteque Posted June 24, 2020 Posted June 24, 2020 Wilhem Kempff - Schubert Piano Sonatas 14 - 16 2
att23 Posted June 25, 2020 Posted June 25, 2020 Prokofiev film scores - Alexander Nevsky and Lieutenant Kije, from Fresh series of Reference Recordings. 3
Dilettanteque Posted June 25, 2020 Posted June 25, 2020 Trevor Pinnock et al - Corelli: Trio Sonatas Always loved this disc....now I know why The Economist Trio sonatas are the ideal music for the lockdown Warm and uplifting, they are built for the spare room, not the concert hall Books & arts May 23rd 2020 edition May 23rd 2020 “A symphony must be like the world,” the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler wrote; “it must contain everything.” Today, however, the world seems remote. Everything might be too much to bear. So put aside those all-encompassing operas and immersive string quartets and instead choose the music built on a scale for life under lockdown: the trio sonata. People don’t write them any more—they haven’t for over 150 years. But in the second half of the 17th century, trio sonatas spread from Italy across northern Europe, still reeling from the Thirty Years War. They were partly a vehicle for the violin, the new musical phenomenon prized for its ability to sing like the human voice. The Italians, says Rachel Podger, a British violinist, “were extravagant in their style and not shy to show what they could do.” “Trio sonata” is a capacious term. Some were written for the church, others to play at home. Despite being called trios, there are usually four players—two upper lines, often violins but sometimes winds; a bass part, often a cello or a bass viol; and an instrument to fill in the harmony, a harpsichord, say, or a lute. But all rules are made to be broken. Johann Sebastian Bach’s trio sonatas comprise three strands of exquisite music written for the organ alone. Early exponents included the Venetians Dario Castello (1602-31) and Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-90). The form was picked up in Germany by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) and Bach’s sons, including Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-88) and Wilhelm Friedemann (1710-84), and in Britain by Henry Purcell (1659-95), George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) and William Boyce (1711-79). But the trio-sonata king was Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), a rock-star violinist like Antonio Vivaldi, whose perfectionism honed a powerful economy. “There’s never any hot air,” Ms Podger says of his compositions. “You know exactly what he means.” To his contemporaries, he was a giant. Roger North, an English writer, thought that “if musick can be immortall, Corelli’s consorts will be so.” Yet today his work ranks low in the pantheon, overshadowed by later sonatas and string quartets. In the 18th century fashion shifted from counterpoint to melody. The lower strings became subordinate to the top line. Keyboard players wanted more than to add blocks of harmony. Audiences grew. By the time Haydn established the string quartet, trio sonatas were in decline. Time to rediscover them. Their twisting counterpoint and sparkling clarity help clear the quarantine fug. Their dance rhythms and harpsichord beats are uplifting. Made for the spare room, not the concert hall, they are warm and life-affirming. Ms Podger compares the instruments in a trio sonata to contrasting but co-operative housemates. “You might agree, you might disagree.” The form “reflects the intimate nature of being at home and digging in the garden and cooking and conversing around the table.” It is music for now. 3
Dilettanteque Posted June 26, 2020 Posted June 26, 2020 (edited) Orpheus Chamber Orchestra - Albinoni: Adagio - Pachelbel: Canon Classical music equivalent of a "Greatest Hits of the 70s " compilation Edited June 26, 2020 by Dilettanteque 1
Dilettanteque Posted June 26, 2020 Posted June 26, 2020 All very serene but work challenges need a more visceral accompaniment... Emerson String Quartet - Shostakovich String Quartets Quite an appropriate image to match the character of the work day! 3
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