I’ve also double-checked the Sony album number, and you and I have the same release. I suggest you check your source.
Now enjoying this set of Nocturnes, which was uniquely sequenced and played a slower tempo than I think I have heard before. For some nocturnes, it works well, for others he loses the line. Sound is lovely.
I'm a fan of strange modern classical music, especially when it strays into electroacoustic territory. One of my current loves right now is Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej / musikFabrik / E-Mex-Ensemble / LutosAir Quintet / Lutosławski Quartet / Maciej Koczur / Szymon Bywalec / Johannes Schöllhorn / Christoph Maria Wagner / Marco Blaauw / Agata Zubel - Acousmatic Music (2021). Acousmatic compositions written by Marcin Stańczyk between 2016 and 2018 and released on CD in 2021. The whole concept is insanely fascinating to me. Just the fact that the inspiration for this kind of musique concrète could come from Pythagoras' teaching style is the last thing I would've ever expected in a listening experience! Unfortunately this kind of performance is meant to be experienced live, with the audience blindfolded, and the performers moving silently about the room so the listeners have no idea where sounds will come from, separating the sounds from the sound-makers, just as Pythagoras would sometimes stand behind a curtain to lecture so that his students would focus on what he was saying and not on him. Hence the word “acousmatic”, coming from the Greek word akousmatikoi, referring to the students who were limited to pure listening. I did my best. I lay down on my bed, put on my headphones, turned off the lights, hit play, and closed my eyes. Not gonna lie: there are some rather alarming (mildly terrifying?) moments herein.
I have not purchased any recordings of his except for his Naxos recordings of the Prokofiev Concertos. I did not know he was still recording.
This morning. From the 70s section of the Karajan box -as I continue my systematic listening of its contents.
The Rachmaninoff piano works performed by various pianists from the last ten years. Rachmaninoff Complete Piano Music Brilliant Classics, 2021 8 CDs Pianists: Zlata Chochieva, Lukas Geniusas, Alexander Gavrylyuk, Santiago Rodriguez, Nils Franke, Elsa Tomellini, Ingrid Thorson, Julian Thurber, David Gardiner. Included are the works for two pianos, including the Symphonic Dances.
Another from my charity shop finds. Unfortunately I can't recommend it. To me there's too much playing and too little feeling on top of which the sound quality leaves a lot to be desired. Just my opinion though and, as you will already know, I'm no expert by any stretch. Others may differ.
NP. One of the very first classical records I bought back in the early '70s. Obviously didn't make a great impression as it would be another twenty years or so before I returned to JSB who then became one of my favourites. I think virtually every classical record I bought back in those days, not that many I hasten to add, was on DG by HVK and the BPO.
On a second listen and it still seems rather bland to me. I'm going to research some alternative recordings. Edit. And I found the Abbado live recording from 2007 which, even streaming through my laptop speakers, sounds much more fun to me.
From a less than critical first listen, I didn't find any performances that made me question my favorites of works that I know. And also there are works there that I did not know. The first movement of the Symphonic Dances for two pianos made me listen more closely -performed by Ingrid Thorson & Julian Thurber.
Yeah, I never liked Karajan's Baroque or Classical period recordings. I think his style/approach is best suited to Beethoven's music, the romantic period and the periods that follow it.
Must admit I enjoy some of them, including his Four Seasons with Ms. Mutter and his 70s Mozart Requiem. At Christmas I will be enjoying his album of seasonal music with a Berlin Philharmonic chamber grouping I know I'm in the minority there, same with Klemperer in similar repertoire.
Now enjoying this CD, which collects all of Solomon's studio recordings of Chopin made from 1932 -1946.
I have sampled three of the Vivaldi series that is currently being issued by the Naive label. Since there are so many different musical groups being recorded, I don't see how one could recommend buying everything. I assume the various groups are using historically informed practices. The following recording was given a favorable review and I took a chance on it. I found the performances excellent. Very pleased to have bought this! If Julien Chauvin and Le Concert de la Loge are using historically informed practices then they have raised the bar extremely high. The next two recordings I have some degrees of difficulty with the performances. I found Sergio Azzolini bassoon playing excellent, but the L'Onda Armonica not always to my liking. The following recording was not to my liking. The sound of Boris Begelman's violin was not always pleasant. Of course the venue and the microphones could have contributed to my assessment. The performance of the Concerto Italiano led by Rinaldo Alessandrini was well done.