What are you listening 2 now?

[Harry]

Edvard Grieg.
Violin Sonatas.
Franziska Pietsch, Violin- Detlev Eisinger, Piano.
Recording: December 4 - 6, 2014 Bibliothek Saal Polling.

Less Norwegian-melancholic than powerful, with a deliberately large and personal tone. Intimacy is a strange emotion for Pietsch, she is quite rational in tone, and less engaged in the micro details of these works. Thus it is a bit cold and distanced. That is not to say she does not master these violin sonatas, no, her technical skills are much on the foreground. But her insight in the Violin sonatas is viewed from far away, from one shore to another shore. Eisinger is the one that adds warmth to the interpretation, but all in all, I've heard it better performed, at least to my liking. Clear sound.

[Madiel]

Nielsen: Two fantasy pieces for oboe and piano (op.2)

I have two different recordings of this, with the same oboist in both but different pianists. So I tried listening to both. I didn't detect much difference but it's not as if I know the music intimately.

[vandermolen]

Can Atilla
Symphony 2, 'Gallipoli - the 57th Regiment'
Bilkent SO
Buruk Tüzün
Naxos

What a great symphony. Even the soprano doesn't ruin it for me. Emotional and haunting music with great emphasis on the cello parts.

Looks v interesting. What's the music like Danny?

[vandermolen]

Alan Rawsthorne: Symphonic Studies
LPO Pritchard (Lyrita CD)
The best performance, I think, of Rawsthorne's orchestral masterpiece.
I've just been watching that fine old film 'The Cruel Sea' on TV which is where I first came across Rawsthorne's music in my teenage years:

[Harry]

SAMUEL SCHEIDT (1587–1654)
COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS.
Christoph Lehmann plays on the Scherer Organ (1624) of St Stephan Tangermünde (Germany).
Recorded in 2010.
Pitch = A- 486 Hz at 15° C (c 7/8 Ton above normal)
Temperament: Meantone after Praetorius (¼ syntonic Comma)

An old fashioned musician. He takes it easy, expression not beyond or below what one would or could expect. It's different but not unpleasant. Tempi are moderate. Rather well recorded, even if your head is giving you pain, this works as a balm.

[Madiel]

Last Nielsen mention for the night.

Five Pieces for piano (op.3)



I ended up with 2 recordings of Nielsen's piano works at more or less the same time (Herman D. Koppel and John McCabe), with almost the same works appearing in both sets, but this is the first time I'm comparing them directly. Perhaps in these op.3 miniatures I prefer McCabe slightly and I especially like his take on the 2nd piece, but then I like Koppel a bit more in the 5th one...

One thing that's apparent is the tone of each piano is quite different, at least as recorded. The McCabe recording from 1973-4, as transferred and remastered in 2015, sounds somewhat warmer and mellower than the Koppel recording from 1981 which has just a touch of bright treble. It'll be interesting to keep comparing the two as I get to the more substantial piano works.

EDIT: Okay, I'm now streaming the op.4 and op.6 songs. And anything I can find from Snefrid (oh, I have a recording of a Suite). Then I'll be done.

[Harry]

Miklós Rózsa (1907 – 1995)
Orchestral Works, Volume 2.
See back cover for details.
Recording venue Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester; 16and 17 June 2009 and 16 June 2010,
(Cello Concerto only).


For some unfathomable reason volume one is not available, whilst I played it a few months ago without problems. Hopefully it is a temporary glitch. I noticed that volume 2 & 3 are filled under the R, volume 1 is in a French version, meaning it is filed under Oeuvres orchestral, and not under the composer's name. Qubuz makes a mess of it. And shortly after I wanted to try again if it would play, it disappeared from Qobuz. I hope that is not an ongoing cleanup initiated by Qobuz.
But a wonderful series anyway, high grade performances and superb performers. SOTA sound.

[Todd]

[DavidW]

It is not clear from the cover, but this is book 2.

[prémont]

SAMUEL SCHEIDT (1587–1654)
COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS.
Christoph Lehmann plays on the Scherer Organ (1624) of St Stephan Tangermünde (Germany).
Recorded in 2010.
Pitch = A- 486 Hz at 15° C (c 7/8 Ton above normal)
Temperament: Meantone after Praetorius (¼ syntonic Comma)

An old fashioned musician. He takes it easy, expression not beyond or below what one would or could expect. It's different but not unpleasant. Tempi are moderate. Rather well recorded, even if your head is giving you pain, this works as a balm.

It has been a while since I listened to this CD, but based on Lehmann's other recordings, which are primarily of North German baroque organ music, I get the impression that he aims for a sense of grandeur in everything he plays.

[Harry]

It has been a while since I listened to this CD, but based on Lehmann's other recordings, which are primarily of North German baroque organ music, I get the impression that he aims for a sense of grandeur in everything he plays.

Yes in this you are dead right, he is aiming for that. But I am not that interested that I will seek out more recordings of him, although on paper it is an promising series. All 11 volumes have different organists, but just a few are on Qobuz, mostly with music or organs of which I already have superior interpretations.

[Harry]

Vincent d'Indy.
Orchestral Works.
Volume 1.
Fourth rerun.
See back cover or details.
Recorded: October 2007, Haskolabio, Iceland.

Easily one of my favourite series on Chandos. Reference recording, stunning sound. On this recording all genius comes together in an easy and flowing way. It awes me still greatly, and the wow factor is always present, predominantly so.

[foxandpeng]

Looks v interesting. What's the music like Danny?

Just up your street, I think! Romanticism into modernity, haunting cello and violin sections, mournful reflections, stormy angst... I really like it.

[Harry]

Mieczyslaw Karlowicz.
Orchestral Works.
See back cover for details.
Recorded: 2003. No PDF file attached.

Undervalued I would say about this composer who ranks high in my estimation. The whole series consisting of three CD's on Chandos, superior in sound and interpretation compared to the Naxos discs.
Re-listen to the first disc I still pose the theorem, that he is a superior composer in his own right. And this is exactly what one hears in all the works which are recorded on the first volume. A shame that it was not followed up, but rather discontinued as so often happens when the sale figures are not adding. I gladly stand alone in this, for if only one recognizes this composers worth the task is accomplished, right

[pi2000]

Mozart :Sinfonia Concertante Dumay- Hagen

[Mandryka]

SAMUEL SCHEIDT (1587–1654)
COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS.
Christoph Lehmann plays on the Scherer Organ (1624) of St Stephan Tangermünde (Germany).
Recorded in 2010.
Pitch = A- 486 Hz at 15° C (c 7/8 Ton above normal)
Temperament: Meantone after Praetorius (¼ syntonic Comma)

An old fashioned musician. He takes it easy, expression not beyond or below what one would or could expect. It's different but not unpleasant. Tempi are moderate. Rather well recorded, even if your head is giving you pain, this works as a balm.

I like it very much, I think there's a sort of tenderness and refinement about Lehmann's way of playing. Noble music. The organ sounds excellent. Thanks for prompting me to get it out and play it.

[VonStupp]

Granados: Song of the Stars, Salve Regina, Romanza, Escenas Religiosa
Pablo Casals: Nigra Sum, Rosarium Beatae Virginis Mariae, Recordare
Enric Morera: El Rossinyol, Ave Maria
Manuel Blancafort: Canto d'amor
Manuel Oltra: Eco, Preludio

Erica Keisewetter, violin
Douglas Riva, piano & Mark Kruczek, organ
Voices of Ascension - Dennis Keene

An odd mix of choral and chamber music. The 16-minute Song of the Stars from Granados is a coming together of virtuosic piano solo, pipe organ, and choir, and is the standout piece.

Pablo Casals' motet Nigra Sum is a masterpiece; too bad they didn't include his O Vos Omnes as well.

[prémont]

Yes in this you are dead right, he is aiming for that. But I am not that interested that I will seek out more recordings of him, although on paper it is an promising series. All 11 volumes have different organists, but just a few are om Qobuz, mostly with music or organs of which I already have superior interpretations.

This, however, is outstanding:

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Christoph-Lehmann/dp/B003H1K0KO/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1SCVYG818LJOJ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.2mt0qGJ_O9-hv4dltyRfZ-NYheFC5uqapv537dBdmlNTmloBz5UwNru5PCR_cnHx.fXTXmpGr0xWKuCmSV_ExxwtcGAArtF4JshEN2cAX7lM&dib_tag=se&keywords=christoph+lehmann&qid=1723562256&s=music&sprefix=christoph+lehmann%2Cpopular%2C73&sr=1-2

Another with a similar programming on Motette is OOP.

[DavidW]

[Harry]

This, however, is outstanding:

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Christoph-Lehmann/dp/B003H1K0KO/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1SCVYG818LJOJ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.2mt0qGJ_O9-hv4dltyRfZ-NYheFC5uqapv537dBdmlNTmloBz5UwNru5PCR_cnHx.fXTXmpGr0xWKuCmSV_ExxwtcGAArtF4JshEN2cAX7lM&dib_tag=se&keywords=christoph+lehmann&qid=1723562256&s=music&sprefix=christoph+lehmann%2Cpopular%2C73&sr=1-2

Another with a similar programming on Motette is OOP.

Thank you Poul, it was actually the second CD Qobuz had in their collection, so I bookmarked it. Thanks for the thumbs up!