What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Florestan]

Very interesting. I think some information on the fascinating Cantemir might be of interest.

[Harry]

Luigi Boccherini.
Milanes Sonatas for Cello and Bass.
CD IV.
Francesco Ferrarini, Cello basso.

As such this is very nice music, well played and recorded, it is however a pity that Puxeddu is a musician that thinks in terms of slow, slower, slowest. I crave for more speed, and a livelier kind of bowing, more accentuations, highlighting more details of the scoring, but alas his authentic Cello sounds very well, but the performances are putting you to sleep in no time. In many ways a missed chance, but it may come in handy if sleep doesn't come. I am not regretting buying it, but I will look out for better performances.

[Drasko]

A disc of Alois Hába's chamber music (select nonets and string quartets)

Wow! Two CDs in a row that I'd love to hear . I heard Honegger's Monopartita is a great piece but never got the chance to hear it. And how is Haba's music in general, another thing I haven't managed to hear so far.
Where you found these two? Physical CDs or downloads from somewhere?

[Harry]

From this fine box with Jordi Savall, the first disc.
A amazing journey through history, all the influences in music.
I am traveling with great pleasure.

[Harry]

From this box CD XII.

"Au Concert Spiritual"

Jean-Joseph Cassanea de Mondonville.
Dominus Regnavit.

Jean-Philippe Rameau.
In Convertendo.

Les Arts Florissants, William Christie.

This disc is very enjoyable, well sung, played, well recorded. It is a joy to hear Sophie Daneman, and Maryseult Wieczoreck together.

[karlhenning]

Happy new year, Harry!

[Opus106]

Will have to mention that my mom started singing along to a couple of these pieces. 

So the pieces were originally songs?

[Harry]

Happy new year, Harry!

Thank you Karl, and the same wishes for you and your family.

[Brahmsian]

First listen...

Faure

13 Noctures

Stephane Lemelin, piano
CBC Records (Musica Viva)

[karlhenning]

This Boulez reissue of Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum & Couleurs de la cité céleste is magnificent; to listen to this recording is to feel at once and all over again the power of Messiaen's inimitable genius.

And now, on my mp3 player, and quite by chance (it was next in the queue):

Messiaen
Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Ralph Manno, cl
Michaela Paetsch Neftel, vn
Guido Schiefen, vc
Liese Klahn, pf

[Orpheus]

Revisited Lawrence Foster's superb recording of Enescu's 3rd and was reminded anew of how fine the work is.  Good stuff.

Where I can buy this great item at a reasonably price?

Orpheus 

[CD]

Eduard Tubin - Symphonies 4 and 7



The fourth, "Lyrical" is sounding really promising so far. Very Sibelian.

[MN Dave]

Elgar

[Conor71]

Mendelssohn: Trumpet Overture, Op. 101

[Opus106]

Magic Flute, anyone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/1RiEQ69Iah0

[CD]

More explorin'

[SonicMan46]

Luigi Boccherini.
Milanes Sonatas for Cello and Bass.
CD IV.
Francesco Ferrarini, Cello basso.

Harry - I agree; own that set also - needs a fire let under him, I guess! 

[Keemun]

Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring
Pierre Boulez
Cleveland Orchestra

[listener]

Hamelin plays Ives 'Concord' Sonata
Friedrich plays Bach  Trost organ at Altenburg Schloßkirche

[Brian]

So the pieces were originally songs?

Nope, originally instrumentals as recorded on the "Istanbul" CD, but in the 20th century a few of them were adapted as the main tunes of Turkish pop songs. One Armenian folk song even became a love song ("Katibim") which rumor has it was written about my two-greats-grandfather, and which has been recorded in a hilariously Americanized version by Eartha Kitt.