Hi Larry,
It must be a memory that you cherish.
Attending a concert of such a great musician fuels the energy of the soul.
I always feel a glow in my body when I think of a performance that grabbed me in the past.
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Hi Larry,
It must be a memory that you cherish.
Attending a concert of such a great musician fuels the energy of the soul.
I always feel a glow in my body when I think of a performance that grabbed me in the past.
Tchaikovsky - String Quartet No. 1 - Souvenir de Florence
Novus Quartet
Lise Berthaud
Ophélie Gaillard
Qobuz 24/88.2
Energetic yet delicate, I do like their style of playing!
After an audacious first-record dedicated to Webern, Beethoven and Yun, the young musicians of the Novus Quartet interpret with passion two essential works of Tchaikovsky’s chamber music: the First Quartet and the Sextuor « Souvenir de Florence » – for this work, the musicians are joined by two guests, cellist Ophélie Gaillard and violist Lise Berthaud. These two works, which are like milestones in the career of the Russian composer (the first is written in 1871, the second in 1887), show Tchaikovsky’s inclination for popular melodies. Clarity and technique serving musical expression, the fiery strings of the Novus Quartet spread a warm sound that impresses by its homogeneity, intensely invites to melancholy in slow movements, and fully transcribed the exaltation of Tchaikovsky’s poetic universe. © Aparté
Novus Quartet
Lise Berthaud
Ophélie Gaillard
Qobuz 24/88.2
Energetic yet delicate, I do like their style of playing!
After an audacious first-record dedicated to Webern, Beethoven and Yun, the young musicians of the Novus Quartet interpret with passion two essential works of Tchaikovsky’s chamber music: the First Quartet and the Sextuor « Souvenir de Florence » – for this work, the musicians are joined by two guests, cellist Ophélie Gaillard and violist Lise Berthaud. These two works, which are like milestones in the career of the Russian composer (the first is written in 1871, the second in 1887), show Tchaikovsky’s inclination for popular melodies. Clarity and technique serving musical expression, the fiery strings of the Novus Quartet spread a warm sound that impresses by its homogeneity, intensely invites to melancholy in slow movements, and fully transcribed the exaltation of Tchaikovsky’s poetic universe. © Aparté
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La Folia Barockorchester, Vivaldi 4S.
This is quite nice, if your system is resolving enough to hear it: they don’t play in a studio, but in a castle (Palais im Grossen Garten in Dresden). Also, the entire ensemble plays instruments as they were built in the Barock period. Thus you can e.g. hear that the violins sound smoother than modern instruments, as they are playing gut strings instead of metal-wound nylon.
Stockfisch recording quality is always pristine.
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This is quite nice, if your system is resolving enough to hear it: they don’t play in a studio, but in a castle (Palais im Grossen Garten in Dresden). Also, the entire ensemble plays instruments as they were built in the Barock period. Thus you can e.g. hear that the violins sound smoother than modern instruments, as they are playing gut strings instead of metal-wound nylon.
Stockfisch recording quality is always pristine.
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Highly enjoying this:
Beethoven - Symphony No. 2
Schubert - Symphony No. 8 'Unvollendete'
Brahms - Symphony No. 3 - Poco allegretto
Intercontinental Ensemble TRAVELING LIGHT
trptk label
Qobuz 24/96
I was at an audition yesterday, and I heard the Studio Master of the Brahms piece.
Ben, the co-owner of the shop also is co-owner of the label.
Fantastic recording as usual from trptk!
I'll buy the 5.0 DXD mix when our system is ready for it.
Why I like this album especially.
You all know I adore the transparency of the Kuijken approach (less singers, less instruments), where one can appreciate better the melody lines in the work.
One might say the extreme example of this is the String Quartet which is orchestral music reduced to the bare minimum and as thus an art in itself.
Here we get a nonet with 9 great international musicians, with Belgian violinist Ernst Spyckerelle who did the arrangements.
Schubert's 8th will probably be my favourite version of all times, it is that good!
Heartily recommended.
The label has switched from Tidal to Qobuz, because the latter is so much better in sound quality said Ben, but as said, I will download the DXD Studio Master, because this 24/96 stream tastes good, but I want the full monty!
Beethoven - Symphony No. 2
Schubert - Symphony No. 8 'Unvollendete'
Brahms - Symphony No. 3 - Poco allegretto
Intercontinental Ensemble TRAVELING LIGHT
trptk label
Qobuz 24/96
I was at an audition yesterday, and I heard the Studio Master of the Brahms piece.
Ben, the co-owner of the shop also is co-owner of the label.
Fantastic recording as usual from trptk!
I'll buy the 5.0 DXD mix when our system is ready for it.
Why I like this album especially.
You all know I adore the transparency of the Kuijken approach (less singers, less instruments), where one can appreciate better the melody lines in the work.
One might say the extreme example of this is the String Quartet which is orchestral music reduced to the bare minimum and as thus an art in itself.
Here we get a nonet with 9 great international musicians, with Belgian violinist Ernst Spyckerelle who did the arrangements.
Schubert's 8th will probably be my favourite version of all times, it is that good!
Heartily recommended.
The label has switched from Tidal to Qobuz, because the latter is so much better in sound quality said Ben, but as said, I will download the DXD Studio Master, because this 24/96 stream tastes good, but I want the full monty!
Rihm - Requiem-Strophen
Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
Qobuz 24/48
Very powerful work.
World premiere recording.
Wolfgang Rihm's Requiem-Strophen is a magnificent work. The composer, who was long contained with avant-garde circles, shows us here that he is also Brahms' direct heir - the formal parallels with Brahms' German Requiem are obvious in the lyrical tenderness of the most contemplative moments. Requiem-Strophen - created in 2017 by the same Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra who recorded it live here - combines Latin and German, mixing both the sacred biblical texts (the "Requiem" as well as passages from the Bible) with the secular poems ("stanzas") of Rilke, Michelangelo and Johannes Bobrowski. The orchestral writing, powerfully modern and yet in tune with all the music of the past, displays sounds that are disturbing at times, reassuring at others, but always fascinating. Undoubtedly Rihm's Requiem-Strophen joins the elite group of great Requiems in the history of music: Mozart, Britten, Brahms, Duruflé, Verdi, Penderecki, Berlioz and Fauré, to name of few of the best. © SM/Qobuz
Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
Qobuz 24/48
Very powerful work.
World premiere recording.
Wolfgang Rihm's Requiem-Strophen is a magnificent work. The composer, who was long contained with avant-garde circles, shows us here that he is also Brahms' direct heir - the formal parallels with Brahms' German Requiem are obvious in the lyrical tenderness of the most contemplative moments. Requiem-Strophen - created in 2017 by the same Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra who recorded it live here - combines Latin and German, mixing both the sacred biblical texts (the "Requiem" as well as passages from the Bible) with the secular poems ("stanzas") of Rilke, Michelangelo and Johannes Bobrowski. The orchestral writing, powerfully modern and yet in tune with all the music of the past, displays sounds that are disturbing at times, reassuring at others, but always fascinating. Undoubtedly Rihm's Requiem-Strophen joins the elite group of great Requiems in the history of music: Mozart, Britten, Brahms, Duruflé, Verdi, Penderecki, Berlioz and Fauré, to name of few of the best. © SM/Qobuz
Johann Gottfried Müthel - The 5 Keyboard Concertos
Marcin Świątkiewicz, harpsichord
Arte Dei Suonatori
Qobuz 24/96
A nice discovery.
Somewhere between baroque and classical.
This is a splendid ensemble, and the album is a true sonic delight.
Marcin Świątkiewicz, harpsichord
Arte Dei Suonatori
Qobuz 24/96
A nice discovery.
Somewhere between baroque and classical.
This is a splendid ensemble, and the album is a true sonic delight.
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Vaughan Williams & Elgar: The Lark Ascending; Tallis Fantasia...
Pinchas Zukerman & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Marvelous MQA Recording
Pinchas Zukerman & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Marvelous MQA Recording
J.S. Bach - Cello Suites
Rachel Podger, violin
Qobuz 24/192
Fantastically recorded, and very well played.
These are absolute masterpieces of course, and the beauty of the melodies still shines on the violin.
But I have to say, for now, I still prefer the cello.
Nils Monkemeyer also did a good job on the viola:
https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/5a/mm/geb38w15emm5a_600.jpg
Rachel Podger, violin
Qobuz 24/192
Fantastically recorded, and very well played.
These are absolute masterpieces of course, and the beauty of the melodies still shines on the violin.
But I have to say, for now, I still prefer the cello.
Nils Monkemeyer also did a good job on the viola:
https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/5a/mm/geb38w15emm5a_600.jpg
Last Saturday, we had a real treat. Jon Nakamatsu and his long time accompanist Chris Salocks played the Rachmaninoff second piano concerto at our home on our two grand pianos.
Jon, winner of the 1997 Van Cliburn competition, played our Boesendorfer 225 (which if you look very carefully at the lowest notes you can see four extra keys, a total of 92 keys), while Chris, who began accompanying Jon when Jon was nine years old, played the piano reduction of the orchestra part on our Yamaha S400E (the predecessor to the Yamaha CF4 for piano cognoscenti). We had 40 people attend our home concert. BTW, Chris is an audiophile friend.
Jon has had an international concertizing career since his Cliburn win and is an exclusive recording artist for Harmonia Mundi, having released 13 CD's on that label.
Totally amazing performance, to hear the artistry and incredible dynamic range (from the thundering fortissimos to the softest pianissimos) coming from a top flight professional pianist. Sitting 10 to 15 feet away from the piano makes one realize that no hifi system comes close to the real thing.
Larry
I really like Rachel Podger, we have most of her recordings on Channel Classics multichannel downloads (from the NativeDSD website).
For his violin teaching books for children, Shinichi Suzuki adapted several of the pieces from the Bach Cello Suite 3 to play on the violin, including the delightful Bourees. Apparently they are much easier to play on the violin than the cello. That should be the same for the viola. Many years ago I bought the three records that the famed violist Lillian Fuchs recorded on (American) Decca (in the 1950's in mono) of the cellos suites transcribed for viola. The viola transcription is easy since the viola strings are exactly one octave higher than the cello. The richness of the viola comes closer to the cello.
We are hearing Alisha Weilerstein playing a marathon concert of all six cello suites on May 1 in Berkeley. Then the following Sunday we hear Amos Yang, assistant principal cellist for the San Francisco Symphony play two of the cello suites. An embarrassment of riches.
Larry
For his violin teaching books for children, Shinichi Suzuki adapted several of the pieces from the Bach Cello Suite 3 to play on the violin, including the delightful Bourees. Apparently they are much easier to play on the violin than the cello. That should be the same for the viola. Many years ago I bought the three records that the famed violist Lillian Fuchs recorded on (American) Decca (in the 1950's in mono) of the cellos suites transcribed for viola. The viola transcription is easy since the viola strings are exactly one octave higher than the cello. The richness of the viola comes closer to the cello.
We are hearing Alisha Weilerstein playing a marathon concert of all six cello suites on May 1 in Berkeley. Then the following Sunday we hear Amos Yang, assistant principal cellist for the San Francisco Symphony play two of the cello suites. An embarrassment of riches.
Larry
J.S. Bach - Cello Suites
Rachel Podger, violin
Qobuz 24/192
Fantastically recorded, and very well played.
These are absolute masterpieces of course, and the beauty of the melodies still shines on the violin.
But I have to say, for now, I still prefer the cello.
Nils Monkemeyer also did a good job on the viola:
https://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/5a/mm/geb38w15emm5a_600.jpg
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Wow Larry!
Great!
Thank you for sharing.
We also heard the Rach 2 with 2 piano players last year.
Fantastic!
These concerts at one's own place are a terrific experience, isn't it?
We had Sigiswald Kuijken in our living room in '17, for my birthday.
He is a pioneer in the interpretation of Bach, and also in holding the baroque violin in another way, so that it sounds more open.
He played 2 cello concertos on the violoncello da spalla, which he reintroduced early 21st century.
He is convinced that this was the instrument that Bach had in mind to play the cello concertos.
As you indicate, it is far more easy to place your fingers on such an instrument, that on a large violoncello.
He demonstrated that beautifully.
He then went on with the Violin Partita 2, which has the magnificent Ciaconna.
I will cherish that day forever!
Thanks for your sharing. The Sigiswald Kuijken concert sound very special also. I have his famous recording of the Bach Sonatas and Partitas and also several of his recordings with his Le Petite Band. I didn't realize that he held the violin that way - saw a picture on the web. No chin rest and not against the neck. Also saw him with the violoncello da spalla which I had never seen before. Very interesting instrument. Looks like it has five strings. But a violinist or violist can much more easily switch over than changing the hand positions to play the cello or da gamba.
Having home concerts is really wonderful. We try to have one once a year. Before the two piano concert last week, they have all been chamber music, usually piano trios with members of the San Francisco Symphony whom we know. One big treat was back in 2012 when we had five musicians over to play the Schubert Trout Quintet.
Larry
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Listening to recently acquired Handel Organ Concertos Op. 4, Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr (Harmonia Mundi). Superb performances and SQ, easily one of the best SACDs I own.
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The soundtrack of the movie "Things To Come" by Arthur Bliss - London Symphony Orchestra - remastered and to my ears very intriguing.
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I hope somebody agrees with me "Things To Come" is classical and in that vein would you consider the theme of "Game Of Thrones" Classical too?
