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I very recently purchased and listened to ...

YoYo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble: Sing Me Home

Pretentious crap, IMHO. The selection of traditional and composer-credited pieces is seemingly haphazard; the arrangements mediocre and affected; the sound recording substandard. Furthermore some arrangements have combinations of musical style that disrespect the region of origin of the particular piece.

NOT recommended.

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Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto - Sérénade mélancolique - Valse - Scherzo Op. 34 - Souvenir d'un lieu cher
Russian National Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg
Julia Fischer, violin

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What a delight!
Fantastic music, fantastic performance, wonderful recording.
I have the original SACD (same recording).
Good to see that PentaTone reissues multi-channel SACDs. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

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I came across a reference to this recording in a equipment review online recently and decided to pick up a copy:

Shostakovich Symphony No. 15 - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitnik

Roughly $22 on Amazon. The reviewer was right, it is a stunningly good performance and recording. There was more than once I had one of those out-of-body-you-are-there moments while I listened to the disc.

(Sadly, I tried posting the images from Amazon's site, but since I have fewer than 10 posts so far, I was denied. Cue Nelson Muntz laugh here ...)
 

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Starting this newly acquired box set:

Rued Langgaard - The Symphonies
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Danish National Choir
, Thomas Dausgaard

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I had this set a long time on my wish list, after a recommendation in this thread, and having heard other works from him.
As it was seriously discounted now, I purchased it.


SACD 1: Symphony no. 1 "Klippepastoraler" ("Mountain Pastorale")

Composed in 1908-11, when Langgaard was still very young (born 1893).
Powerful yet romantic work.
Listening to it, I smile!
 
C.P.E. Bach - Tangere
Alexei Lubimov

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Lubimov plays a modern copy (by Chris Maene from Belgium) of a tangent piano made in 1794 by the Regenburg-based firm of Späth & Schmahl.

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The pieces sound very fresh and lively.
Light, but not cheap.
The playing is very subtle.
 
C.P.E. Bach - Tangere
Alexei Lubimov

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Lubimov plays a modern copy (by Chris Maene from Belgium) of a tangent piano made in 1794 by the Regenburg-based firm of Späth & Schmahl.

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The pieces sound very fresh and lively.
Light, but not cheap.
The playing is very subtle.

Interesting, have to check this out... and luckily it is even available in MQA.

Really delicate sound, little bit like a Cembalo or Spinette.

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Interesting, have to check this out... and luckily it is even available in MQA.

Really delicate sound, little bit like a Cembalo or Spinette.


Indeed, and he plays it with such a fine touch, fragile almost yet lively and cheerful.
 
Last night I listened to ...

Reinhold Glière: Symphony No. 3 in B minor, "Il'ya Muromets", Op. 42
~ JoAnn Falletta & Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

Il'ya Muromets was Rus mythic hero. I'll confess I'd never heard of Il'ya, Glière, or this composition before acquiring this CD, but I can recommend it. A lively and engaging piece throughout it longish length. The sound left little to be desired and the performance sounded great to me though I'm not a musician.

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Schubert - Die Schöne Müllerin
Christian Gerhaher
Gerold Huber

via Tidal

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Another recommendation in the excellent 'Stereo' magazine (Jan 18).
This might be the best Müllerin I've heard so far.
(I'll have to compare with Fischer-Dieskau one of these days).
Simply delicious.

The 5 poems of Wilhelm Müller, not used by Schubert in this Lieder cycle, are welcome intermezzos.
They do nog disturb at all.
Beautifully read by Gerhaher.

Stream it (good quality!) of buy the album, if you are a Schubert fan!
 
Schubert - Die Schöne Müllerin
Christian Gerhaher
Gerold Huber
via Tidal

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Another recommendation in the excellent 'Stereo' magazine (Jan 18).
This might be the best Müllerin I've heard so far.
(I'll have to compare with Fischer-Dieskau one of these days).
Simply delicious.

The 5 poems of Wilhelm Müller, not used by Schubert in this Lieder cycle, are welcome intermezzos.
They do nog disturb at all.
Beautifully read by Gerhaher.

Stream it (good quality!) of buy the album, if you are a Schubert fan!


Looking forward to your comparison, Fischer-Dieskau was an exceptional Lied- and Schubert interpret. Also Winterreise.


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Looking forward to your comparison, Fischer-Dieskau was an exceptional Lied- and Schubert interpret. Also Winterreise.


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Fischer-Dieskau has been my favorite for Schubert, esp. Die Schoene Muellerin. Interestingly,
in the original EMI one record vinyl release (EMI ASD481), the poems are not included. However,
when Angel released the song cycle on vinyl, it was on a two record (3 sided) set which included the two spoken poems - Prologue and Epilogue. The other three poems were not included. I bought the Angel set first (before EMI's were imported into the US), and thought the poems were just part of the standard performance.

We heard Ian Bostridge sing Die Winterreise a few months ago, when he was visiting Berkeley, CA. He is quite famous for his Winterreise and has lectured at Oxford and other places about it. Interesting to see him perform, since he is quite tall and lanky and moves about the piano during the performance. He performed it straight through with no interval in the performance.

Larry
 
Mike, if you like Krystian Zimmerman these Chopin Piano Concertos are great as well.

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Fischer-Dieskau has been my favorite for Schubert, esp. Die Schoene Muellerin. Interestingly,
in the original EMI one record vinyl release (EMI ASD481), the poems are not included. However,
when Angel released the song cycle on vinyl, it was on a two record (3 sided) set which included the two spoken poems - Prologue and Epilogue. The other three poems were not included. I bought the Angel set first (before EMI's were imported into the US), and thought the poems were just part of the standard performance.

We heard Ian Bostridge sing Die Winterreise a few months ago, when he was visiting Berkeley, CA. He is quite famous for his Winterreise and has lectured at Oxford and other places about it. Interesting to see him perform, since he is quite tall and lanky and moves about the piano during the performance. He performed it straight through with no interval in the performance.

Larry

Hi Larry, any recordings of Bostridge you are aware of? I would be interested.


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J.S. Bach - Sonatas For Violin & Harpsichord
Isabelle Faust - Kristian Bezuidenhout
via Qobuz 24/96

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First listen.
Seems utterly magnificent.
Great sound.
 
Händel - Arias
Franco Fagioli, countertenor
Il Pomo D'Oro, Zefira Valova
via Qobuz 24/96

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We saw this countertenor in a Händel opera in '16.
He moved me to tears.
This new album is wonderful, with powerful yet delicate singing, and a brilliantly supporting orchestra.
Very good recording.
 
Hi Larry, any recordings of Bostridge you are aware of? I would be interested.


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Here is a CD album with Bostridge singing all three of Schubert's song cycles - Winterreise, Schwanengesang and Die Schoene Muellerin.
https://www.amazon.com/Schubert-Son...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=NTTM4NBR2D7CS4QT5TX0

He also has a book on Die Winterreise:

https://www.amazon.com/Schuberts-Winter-Journey-Anatomy-Obsession/dp/030796163X

Here is the youtube lecture he gave at Oxford (from where he graduated) about Winterreise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuEapI4dEBQ


Larry
 
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