Classical Corner Classical Music Corner (thread #70)

Probably Russian politics-they all support Putin very publicly. Maybe he does not. Politics tends to get vitriolic, n'est ce pas?

 

"Maybe he does not" is the understatement of the century! I've rarely read such frothing at the mouth hatred as Gavrilov spewed toward Putin, and by supporting him, they are guilty by association. Who knows if their support is legit--it might just be a survival tactic. When I broached that possibility on Gavrilov's FB page, that's when he went after me. Oh well, we should probably steer clear of politics here!

 

I vespri sicilliani conducted by Muti from the EMI Verdi box of several years ago.

 

Fun fact...a few years ago I met her and asked her what she thought about audiophile formats, among other things. She commented that Telarc had wanted to do this album as a SACD but she declined because it involved cumbersome equipment (likely the DSD console) and her target audience was never audiophiles.

 

Today on Difficult Listening Hour*:



Making a needle drop for my friend. Got this when it came out, played HPSCHD a few times, the Johnston quartet quite a bit more. Forgot all about it 'til yesterday, the string quartet being a microtonal work in the romantic mode, with a few moments seeming like Late Beethoven from a different quadrant of the galaxy. HPSCHD is from a different quadrant of the galaxy, maybe a different galaxy. Various electronic blips and beeps, dense and rapid fire with bits and pieces of Baroque harpsichord bits mashed up and spat out. Good sound, but the clicks and pops on the Quartet side are gonna need some click repair.

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More on HPSCHD, in living color:



http://www.musicainformatica.org/resources/photostory-4-hpschd.php

 

That is interesting. Perhaps an all-DSD SACD might sound even better, but this RBCD certainly sounds great.

 

Now playing CD14 - All Prokofiev Program recorded during concert in Carnegie Hall from the following box for a first listen ...

 

Now playing the following CD from my Choral Music collection for a second listen ...

 

I started with D 850 from this new (to me) set--fantastic playing and sound.

 

I liked this CD, especially the singing & the quality of the chorus recording. Released in 1992. Recorded 10/90, Casino Zogernitz, Vienna.

 

This plays without problems, despite minor scratches, and sold for 89 cents. Two-guitar arrangements by Angel. Recorded in Mission San Luis Rey, California, 3/23-25/90. Producer: Elaine Martone. Engineers: Bruce Leek & Robert Woods. Nice.

 

Now listening to "Bach - Clavierfantasien" performed by Andreas on DHM.



From the Andreas Staier Edition box...

 

Currently listening to the Freiburger Barckorchester playing Antonio Bertali via Spotify.

 

Now listening to "Barroco Espanol - Literes/Duron" performed by Al Ayre Espanol with Martha Almajano (soprano) on DHM.




from the DHM 50 Years box...
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Now: C.P.E. Bach: Sinfonias, Wq 182/1-6 - Christopher Hogwood/Academy of Ancient Music - The Bach Recordings - 20 CDs, l'Oiseau-Lyre; disc 15

 

Now listening to "Bach - Concerti/Ciaccona/Partita" performed by Skip Sempe with Capriccio Stravagante on DHM.



From the 2d DHM 50-CD box...

 

Disc 2 of this. A lot of ballet music.

 

Now listening to "Muffat - Concertos & Suites" from the "Sigiswald Kuijken & La Petite Bande Edition" box set on DHM.

 

Now listening to CD 1, "Fontana - Sonatas" performed by Ensemble Sonnerie on Virgin Veritas.

Monica Hugget - violin
Bruce Dickey - cornetto
Sarah Cunningham - cello
Gary Cooper - harpsichord, organ, virginals

 

Continuing with CD 2, "Fontana - Sonatas/Turini - Sonatas, Sinfonia/Andrea Cima - Capriccios/Giovanni Paolo Cima - Sonatas" performed by Ensemble Sonnerie on Virgin Veritas.

Monica Hugget - violin
Bruce Dickey - cornetto
Sarah Cunningham - cello
Gary Cooper - harpsichord, organ, virginals

 

For those interested, Universal will release this 60CD-set in Europe in July (Amazon ASIN: B00VL4Q0A8):

COMPLETE RECORDINGS BY THE BEAUX ARTS TRIO

CD 1 -9 Haydn: Complete Piano Trios
CD 10 -14 Mozart: Complete Piano Trios
CD 15 Mozart: Piano Quartets
with Bruno Giuranna
CD 16 - 23 Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios
CD 24 Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Piano Trio No.4
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
CD 25 Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Choral Fantasia
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur
CD 26 -29 Schubert: Complete Piano Trios
CD 30 Schubert: Trout Quintet*; Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in G Minor, Op.17
*with Samuel Rhodes and Georg Maximilian Hörtnagel
CD 31 Hummel: Piano Trios
CD 32-35 Schumann: Complete Piano Trios, Piano Quintet* & Piano Quartet**
*with Dolf Bettelheim and Samuel Rhodes
**with Samuel Rhodes
CD 36 Mendelssohn: Piano Trios Nos.1 & 2; Schumann: Piano Trio No.2
CD 37 Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.2; Smetana: Piano Trio
CD 38 - 41 Brahms: Complete Piano Trios & Clarinet Trio*
*with George Pieterson
CD 42 Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 3
CD 43 Brahms: Piano Quartet No.2; Piano Trio No.4
with Walter Trampler
CD 44 Chopin: Piano Trio; Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio
CD 45 Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio
CD 46 Arensky: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2
CD 47 - 49 Dvořák: Complete Piano Trios
CD 50 Dvořák: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
with Walter Trampler
CD 51 Fauré: Piano Quartet No.1; Piano Trio in D Minor
CD 52 Fauré: Piano Quartet No.2; Saint-Saens: Piano Trio No.1
with Lawrence Dutton
CD 53 Turina: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2; Granados: Piano Trio
CD 54 Ravel: Piano Trio; Ives: Piano Trio; Shostakovich: Piano Trio No.2
CD 55 Ravel: Piano Trio; Chausson: Piano Trio
CD 56 Korngold: Piano Trio; Zemlinsky: Piano Trio
CD 57 Rachmaninov: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2
CD 58 Shostakovich: Piano Trio No.2; Piano Quintet
with Eugene Drucker and Lawrence Dutton
CD 59 Rorem: Spring Music; Baker: Roots II
CD 60 Early Recordings - Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor / Haydn: Piano Trio in G "Gipsy" / Fauré: Piano Trio in D minor, Op.120

 

Wow!

 

You can say that again...

I already have quite a few of their recordings, but it still looks tempting. As usual the pre-order prices on a few European Amazon sites are a bit high, but I'm sure they'll come down.

 

Now enjoying the best Op. 54 and Op. 57 (Appassionata) I have ever heard.

 

Tempting indeed.