Listenin' to Classical Music and Conversation

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by bluemooze, Feb 22, 2017.

  1. royzak2000

    royzak2000 Senior Member

    Location:
    London,England
    Daphne is late some thirty years after Electra, think more Four Last Songs that superb writing for the female voice. Some say it's not his greatest.
    For me it holds all those Strauss thing I love.
     
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  2. hvbias

    hvbias Midrange magic

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    Northeast
    Lots of Isabelle Faust fans here, I'm sampling this now:

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  3. Mirror Image

    Mirror Image 200 Years Of Anton Bruckner

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    United States
    I’m not a huge fan of Strauss’ music, but Four Last Songs may very well be the greatest piece he has written.
     
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  4. bluemooze

    bluemooze Senior Member Thread Starter

    Location:
    Frenchtown NJ USA
    Listening to "Metamorfosi Trecento - Transformations of Myth in the Ars Nova" performed by La Fonte Musica led by Michele Pasotti on Alpha.

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  5. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    CT, USA
    She is generally not my go-to violinist when it comes to baroque works. I have her recordings of Beethoven and Schumann ...
     
  6. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    CT, USA
    I bought this CD a number of years ago. It is another excellent recording by Monica Huggett who was the lead violinist of the AAM under Christopher Hogwood ...
     
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  7. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    CT, USA
    Now playing the following CD from my Corelli collection ...

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  8. StarThrower62

    StarThrower62 Forum Resident

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    Syracuse, NY
    I have the Sonnerie CD on loan from the library. I bought used copy of the Orchestral suites by Hogwood.
     
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  9. crispi

    crispi Vinyl Archaeologist

    Location:
    Berlin
    My favourite recording of those Bartók works. I like it more than the Steinbacher recording on Pentatone which is so revered.
     
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  10. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    CT, USA
    I remember the Hogwood Bach Orchestral Suites as I have them - unfortunately spread across 2 CD's ...

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  11. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    CT, USA
    You are not gonna to get me to buy this CD since Bartok music does not agree with me ... :tsk:
     
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  12. Bachtoven

    Bachtoven Forum Resident

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    US
    I really like this one:
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    also for No.1:

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    In addition to fantastic playing, the SACD audio is superb, too.
     
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  13. royzak2000

    royzak2000 Senior Member

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    London,England
    I don't know much about her early music recordings, more her Romantic and modern stuff Jolilvet ,Berg and Egk, but her Bach Sonatas and Petitas is about as good as it gets.
    Her Mozart Violin Concertos are very special.
     
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  14. royzak2000

    royzak2000 Senior Member

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    London,England
    It is so beautiful, man
     
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  15. crispi

    crispi Vinyl Archaeologist

    Location:
    Berlin
    Thanks for the recommendation. I'll check them out when I get the chance.
     
  16. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

    Location:
    CT, USA
    She kind of reminds me of Viktoria Mullova, who is generally more associated with classical works than baroque but nonetheless excels in baroque performance ...
     
  17. royzak2000

    royzak2000 Senior Member

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    London,England
    Got a thing for Mullova
     
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  18. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    CT, USA
    More baroque, now playing the following CD from my Biber collection ...

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  19. bluemooze

    bluemooze Senior Member Thread Starter

    Location:
    Frenchtown NJ USA
    Listening to "Isaac: Missa Virgo Prudentissima" performed by Ensemble Gilles Binchois on Evidence.

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  20. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    CT, USA
    :edthumbs: Dominique Vellard for early music is like Emma Kirkby for baroque soprano singing ...
     
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  21. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    CT, USA
    :agree:
     
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  22. bluemooze

    bluemooze Senior Member Thread Starter

    Location:
    Frenchtown NJ USA
    So many great CDs to enjoy. :)
     
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  23. hvbias

    hvbias Midrange magic

    Location:
    Northeast
    Yeah I'm going to pick up listening to the rest of it this evening on speakers, what I heard was excellent.

    Rest of my lunch time listening was Brahms- the first two Sonatas for Piano and Cello (Fournier, Backhaus) and Four Pieces For Piano Op. 119 (Rudolf Serkin). This is by far my favorite performance for Op. 119. The recordings of the Diabellis are also exceptional and in much better sound quality than the one he made on Columbia. For the Diabellis my two favorites are Igor Levit and either one of the Rudolf Serkin recordings, I need to compare the two Serkin recordings at some point. All three of these performances treat the pieces like the dance like pieces they are, with graceful accelerandos and tempi instead of playing them with a heavy hand, too many pianists play it more wrong than right.

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  24. coopmv

    coopmv Newton 1/30/2001 - 8/31/2011

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    CT, USA
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    This box by Paul van Nevel is great!

    Paul van Nevel and Peter Phillips are both great, though van Nevel is probably stronger in continental European early music while Phillips excels in early English early music ...
     
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  25. JuniorMaineGuide

    JuniorMaineGuide Forum Resident

    Location:
    Boulder, Colorado
    Chiming in with another Faust favorite:

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