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[Septentrio]

 

[Andolink]

Johann Paul VON WESTHOFF (1656-1705)
Sonatas for violin and basso continuo, 1694
Les plaisirs du Parnasse: David Plantier, violin; Maya Amrein, cello; Shiruko Noiri, archlute; Andrea Marchiol, harpsichord
rec. April 2004, Church of Frasnes-le-Château, France

 

[Andolink]

Patricia Alessandrini (b. 1970): works for ensemble with electronics
Riot Ensemble
Recorded at Phipps Hall, University of Huddersfield on December 1-5, 2019 and October 22-23, 2022

 

[Andolink]

J. S. Bach: Cantatas

• Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
• Masaaki Suzuki
• Recorded: 6, 10 September 2002

 

[Haskil]

Easily a rating - -

Nicolas CLÉRAMBAULT (1676-1749): Chamber Music from the Brossard Collection
The Bach Players - - Nicolette Moonen (violin), Oliver Webber (violin), Reiko Ichise (viola da gamba), Silas Wollston (harpsichord)
rec. 2018, St. Michael’s Church, Highgate, London, England

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I lived not far from this Parisian house in the 3rd arrondissement which is on rue de Poitou !

 

[Haskil]

The new recording by Adam Laloum, one of the great pianists of our time. And a very good recording

Schubert: Piano Sonata, D. 959 - Moments musicaux D. 780, Adam Laloum - Qobuz

Écoutez en illimité ou téléchargez Schubert: Piano Sonata, D. 959 - Moments musicaux D. 780 de Adam Laloum en qualité Hi-Res sur Qobuz. Abonnement à partir de 12,49€/mois.

www.qobuz.com

 

[JIW]

Johann Sebastian Bach - Die Motetten (The Motets).

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart. Bach-Collegium Stuttgart. Helmuth Rilling.

Qobuz: https://open.qobuz.com/album/f8al6wbwbw0pa

 

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Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Symphony no.4 in C minor, op.43 (1935-36) [64:59]
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko
rec. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 9-10 February 2013.
NAXOS 8.573188 [64:59]

 

[Andolink]

Arnulf Herrmann - Ensemblestücke

Nina Janßen (clarinet) & Hermann Kretzschmar & Jürgen Kruse (keyboards)
Ensemble Modern, Franck Ollu & Johannes Kalitzke

 

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Pierre Boulez : Structures for two pianos - Book 2
Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Forent Boffard, pianos

 

[Robin L]

Pierre Boulez : Structures for two pianos - Book 2
Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Forent Boffard, pianos

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"Welcome to difficult listening hour." - Laurie Anderson

 

[Andolink]

Listening to this, this evening was nothing short of cathartic. An amazing piece performed with utmost care for every nuance and detail.

MORTON FELDMAN -
FOR JOHN CAGE

PAUL ZUKOFSKY, violin
MARIANNE SCHROEDER, piano

 

[Haskil]

Pierre Boulez : Structures for two pianos - Book 2
Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Forent Boffard, pianos

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Structures for two pianos is one of Boulez's most difficult and, let's say it, arid works... They don't leave much room for the performers to do anything other than realize it, put it in place... If he there is a "poetic, sensitive statement in this work" then there is in the poetry of exactitude and in the emotion which can arise from the perfection of the forms and the application of the concept of the series of twelve sounds invented by Schoenberg to the other parameters of the music (duration, pitches, intensity, attacks) which will lead to complete serialism... Between us, even an admirer of Boulez, including myself, can still be a little stuck in the face of the two books of structures. .. and prefer by far, very far, the Piano Notations, some of which have been orchestrated: it's magnificent. These are twelve pieces for piano, each of twelve measures and using the dodecaphony in an inspired way. But you definitely know all that!
Pi-hsien Chen recorded them with Boulez's three piano sonatas... on Hat Hut Records... and also many other piano works from the 20th century. Including the Klavierstücke of Stockhausen, Messiaen, Höller, etc. and also... Bach's Goldberg Variations which are also a "mathematical" work that appeals to objectivists and subjectivists!!!

 

[dualazmak]

Seiji OZAWA, rest in peace... I posted the same here today.

 

[jmtocali]

One of the best recordings of these works and my favorite recording by maestro Ozawa.

 

[Andolink]

Structures for two pianos is one of Boulez's most difficult and, let's say it, arid works.

Difficult for the performers - certainly. But in the hands of Aimard and Boffard (in contrast to the Kontarsky brothers, for example), I'm drawn in to the amazing serial labyrinths. This music is not as dense and forbidding as it may, at first, seem.

In fact I prefer Structures II to the main item -Explosante Fixe - on the the disc.

Notations sounds, to me rather tentative, as if Boulez was wasn't yet sure of the ground he was treading.

 

[Rednaxela]

 

[LeShog]

Turangalila Symphony by Olivier Messiaen Ondine Finnish Radio & Symphony Orchestra

At first this music strikes you as something odd, peculiar. It seems a little wonky, but still it goes on; then you understand it: listening to this music is like listening at two people talking in a foreign language you never heard before. It doesn’t follow tonal rules so you feel lost, it goes strange places to return after a bit like it was nothing, you feel disoriented, you don’t understand, but at the same time everything makes so much sense and in a way or another you return at your starting point, even if you felt lost in the transition at the end you find yourself home. And, like learning a new language, it’s so stimulating!

 

[Jaxjax]

Does anyone know much about Telefunken in regard to the history of their recorded classical music?. I have always wanted some of the early stuff on vinyl, but no way can afford the prices they go for. There is a series that always goes top crazy $ & I suspect well recorded. Anyone have any of it on cd .? The labels are usually black & all German. This is a much later version I have

 

[Robin L]

Ebay had a copy for $15 (+ shipping and tax), so I had to pull the trigger. Will report back when it arrives in a couple of weeks. If the transfer work is anything like the other Warner Classics issues of this era it will be great.