What I listened to today

Rach3 · Post by **Rach3** » Tue May 31, 2022 5:17 pm

Some Iranian classical music, free and improvisatory in a culture we often view as the opposite, may have influenced Scarlatti, a pity that while the World has gotten smaller in many respects , we have gotten more distant in many other respects:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a34srdnxpvs

maestrob · Post by **maestrob** » Wed Jun 01, 2022 11:00 am

Thanks, Sean. Those are excellent (I've heard them on Spotify), and I've been holding off for a box. I'm sincerely interested in Haydn, and we play through the excellent box of complete symphonies by Adam Fischer on a regular basis.

Seán · Post by **Seán** » Wed Jun 01, 2022 5:29 pm

maestrob wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 01, 2022 11:00 am
Thanks, Sean. Those are excellent (I've heard them on Spotify), and I've been holding off for a box. I'm sincerely interested in Haydn, and we play through the excellent box of complete symphonies by Adam Fischer on a regular basis.

I wouldn't leave it too long Brian as they may not be available for long. It's a great cycle. The Fischer cycle is excellent.

neilnw · Post by **neilnw** » Sun Jun 05, 2022 2:45 pm

Beethovn's Emperor Concerto (Serkin/Enescu, w/NYP.....1938, live)
Godowsky playing Chopin's 'Funeral March' Sonata......1928
Sibelius' Violin Concerto (Szeryng/Bour, w/Colonne Orch.....'50s, live)
Van Cliburn playing & conducting Prokofiev's Piano Concerto #3, live (YouTube)

neilnw · Post by **neilnw** » Sun Jun 05, 2022 6:50 pm

Ravel's Miriors, Richter live (on YouTube)

maestrob · Post by **maestrob** » Mon Jun 06, 2022 8:50 am

neilnw wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 05, 2022 6:50 pm
Ravel's Miriors, Richter live (on YouTube)

That's quite a find, Neil. Do you mean this one from Prague in 1965?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj5JxtVXMus

00:00. Ravel - Miroirs (1905) - 1. Noctuelles
04:46. Ravel - Miroirs (1905) - 2. Oiseaux tristes
08:21. Ravel - Miroirs (1905) - 3. Une barque sur l'océan
12:00. Ravel - Miroirs (1905) - 4. Alborada del gracioso
20:28. Ravel - Miroirs (1905) - 5. La Vallée des cloches

Rach3 · Post by **Rach3** » Wed Jun 08, 2022 10:39 am

James Ehnes plays live the gorgeous Walton Violin Concerto in London Feb.10,2022, with the Philharmonia under John Wilson, the concerto written for Heifetz I believe:

https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_concer ... id=2906140

neilnw · Post by **neilnw** » Wed Jun 08, 2022 4:00 pm

Bruno Walter conducting the San Francisco Symphony:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h5h2yNi0Ks

Rach3 · Post by **Rach3** » Tue Jun 14, 2022 8:42 am

Been listening last several days to the Bartok String Quartets, Emerson Quartet's 80's cd set on DGG.

I find that repeated hearings over several days help make these less complex, more attractive; on first hearings years ago they were nigh impenetrable for me.

No.3 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp7m1yZVHHI

maestrob · Post by **maestrob** » Wed Jun 15, 2022 7:52 am

Rach3 wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 14, 2022 8:42 am
Been listening last several days to the Bartok String Quartets, Emerson Quartet's 80's cd set on DGG.

I find that repeated hearings over several days help make these less complex, more attractive; on first hearings years ago they were nigh impenetrable for me.

No.3 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp7m1yZVHHI

I have that set, and agree with your listening preference. They certainly have grown on me over the years.

neilnw · Post by **neilnw** » Fri Jun 17, 2022 8:05 pm

Copland's The Cat and the MOUSE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okar6gdxlGI

Here's a piano roll of Copland himself doing it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcsMhuREKbw

You know, as a highschooler, a friend of mine in Longmont whom I got to see only once a year, worked up this piece for the IMMT piano auditions. We both had the same teacher, who drove me & her other students up there to do the pieces we studied (varying levels). Everyone was floored by this piece, which follows a very simple story--cat chases mouse, mouse escapes, cat chases mouse, so forth and so on, until the feline kills the rodent, and eats him! I was determined to do this piece, but instead our teacher recommended me a piece that seems to follow a similar story, Debussy's Feux d'artifice. It sort of reveals what would've come about if Debussy had written Cat and Mouse. I slaved over it for the following year, and when we went up there that year and I played it, my friend was knocked out. He agreed that it had basically the same plotline and wanted to work it up, too.

I really had no business playing this piece--didn't have the equipment for it--and I later coerced my teacher into letting me do Ravel's Alborada del gracioso, a piece I had even less business tackling. Ah, the follies of youth!

Here's Casadesus doing Feux d'artifice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LATZef1Vpps

maestrob · Post by **maestrob** » Sun Jun 19, 2022 8:46 am

neilnw wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 17, 2022 8:05 pm
Copland's The Cat and the MOUSE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okar6gdxlGI

Here's a piano roll of Copland himself doing it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcsMhuREKbw

You know, as a highschooler, a friend of mine in Longmont whom I got to see only once a year, worked up this piece for the IMMT piano auditions. We both had the same teacher, who drove me & her other students up there to do the pieces we studied (varying levels). Everyone was floored by this piece, which follows a very simple story--cat chases mouse, mouse escapes, cat chases mouse, so forth and so on, until the feline kills the rodent, and eats him! I was determined to do this piece, but instead our teacher recommended me a piece that seems to follow a similar story, Debussy's Feux d'artifice. It sort of reveals what would've come about if Debussy had written Cat and Mouse. I slaved over it for the following year, and when we went up there that year and I played it, my friend was knocked out. He agreed that it had basically the same plotline and wanted to work it up, too.

I really had no business playing this piece--didn't have the equipment for it--and I later coerced my teacher into letting me do Ravel's Alborada del gracioso, a piece I had even less business tackling. Ah, the follies of youth!

Here's Casadesus doing Feux d'artifice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LATZef1Vpps

Great story Neil, thanks. Whatever your limitations, I admire your willingness to tackle such repertoire.

I discovered at a very early age that I did not have the chops to become a working pianist when I taught myself the Schubert/Liszt "Serenade" and Mendelssohn's "Spinning Song." My mother had taught me music theory and how to read music (She could play Chopin quite brilliantly.), so I had ambitions myself. I won first prize in a school competition playing those two works, but in the process discovered that I simply did not have the quickness in my fingers to tackle more demanding repertoire, so decided at age 10/11 to sing and conduct and leave the dexterity problems to those who could manage them.

Rach3 · Post by **Rach3** » Tue Jun 21, 2022 8:09 pm

From 2022 Aldeburgh Festival, Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No.2, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, City of Birmingham Orchestra, Ludovic Morlot.

In the World today, “ I feel I am sitting on a volcano that could go off any second, and that’s how I play this concerto” , says Kopatchinskaja.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00188fh ( At about 1:18: 00 in )

Audibly barefoot, as she says she needs a stable platform to really play well.

neilnw · Post by **neilnw** » Thu Jun 23, 2022 8:58 pm

Ethel Leginska, who I believe was the first pianist to record all of Schubert's book 2 of the Impromptus (D.935):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLo_aWSKskg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIXwR1__eFY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIXwR1__eFY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRiwc2Iqrio

A musicianly artist well worth checking out.

jserraglio · Post by **jserraglio** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:45 am

Ashkenazy in his salad days. Chopin Etudes op. 10 & 25 Melodiya/Bruno LPs.

https://archive.org/details/lp_etudes-o ... -ashkenazy

maestrob · Post by **maestrob** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 6:23 am

jserraglio wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:45 am
Ashkenazy in his salad days. Chopin Etudes op. 10 & 25 Melodiya/Bruno LPs.

https://archive.org/details/lp_etudes-o ... -ashkenazy

Very interesting, Joe!

Of course I have his London/Decca CD of these, so I must check this out. Thanks!

jserraglio · Post by **jserraglio** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:10 am

Streamed it earlier today. Fabulous playing for a 22-year-old. The vinyl noise didn’t interfere with my enjoyment.

maestrob · Post by **maestrob** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 1:02 pm

jserraglio wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:10 am
Streamed it earlier today. Fabulous playing for a 22-year-old. The vinyl noise didn’t interfere with my enjoyment.

Quite agree. Just finished hearing, and I noticed some interesting differences from his Decca LP, most notably in the intriguing and very effective shaping of the "Aolian Harp" etude. Very well done. Thanks, Joe. A fascinating website that I have now bookmarked to revisit.

jserraglio · Post by **jserraglio** » Sat Jun 25, 2022 4:56 am

My annual hearing of Solti's Ring. Easy enough to stream all of it from LP.
Two distinct LP issues to choose from.
Full scans of the original LP booklets available for each one.
Minimum of surface noise. Actually, I hear none most of the time.

https://archive.org/details/lp_der-ring ... iker-georg

OR

https://archive.org/details/lp_der-ring ... -philharm/

neilnw · Post by **neilnw** » Sat Jun 25, 2022 9:56 am

Rosita Renard's 1949 Carnegie Hall recital:
https://archive.org/details/klvrositare ... resto.flac

Rach3 · Post by **Rach3** » Sat Jun 25, 2022 10:03 am

neilnw wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 23, 2022 8:58 pm
Ethel Leginska, who I believe was the first pianist to record all of Schubert's book 2 of the Impromptus (D.935):

Thanks.Heard # 4 ; delightful.

neilnw · Post by **neilnw** » Sat Jun 25, 2022 2:36 pm

Ernst von Dohnanyi, in his prime before age and the war had blunted his fingers....I wish I could show you the link I had last night for a full program of his playing on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tH01exfN8A

jserraglio · Post by **jserraglio** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 7:18 am

https://archive.org/details/lp_an-intro ... e+Gold.mp3

jserraglio · Post by **jserraglio** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 2:29 pm

https://archive.org/details/cd_dialogue ... bleau.flac

neilnw · Post by **neilnw** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 1:45 pm

Brahms' Double Concerto (Stern/Rose/Walter/NYP)

maestrob · Post by **maestrob** » Tue Jun 28, 2022 5:44 am

jserraglio wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 26, 2022 7:18 am

https://archive.org/details/lp_an-intro ... e+Gold.mp3

Joe, this is one of the treasures in my collection, both on LP and CD.

jserraglio · Post by **jserraglio** » Tue Jun 28, 2022 9:40 am

https://archive.org/details/lp_symphony ... estoso.mp3

neilnw · Post by **neilnw** » Tue Jun 28, 2022 10:57 pm

Tchaikovsky's "Little Russian" (Jansons)
Berlioz' Waverly and Francs-Juges overtures (Beecham)

neilnw · Post by **neilnw** » Tue Jun 28, 2022 11:01 pm

Stravinsky, conducting Tchaikovsky's "Little Russian":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw6wxHvYoRI

This was three years before his stroke; and I've looked askance at any conducted recording by him made after that.

maestrob · Post by **maestrob** » Wed Jun 29, 2022 7:44 am

neilnw wrote: ↑
Tue Jun 28, 2022 11:01 pm
Stravinsky, conducting Tchaikovsky's "Little Russian":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw6wxHvYoRI

This was three years before his stroke; and I've looked askance at any conducted recording by him made after that.

Thanks, Neil. I've not heard this and will definitely check it out soon. Today is opera day, but tomorrow looks promising.

As for Stravinsky's later recordings, I admire them, of course, knowing that Robert Craft had much to do with the preparation. Certainly they were released with Stravinsky's OK, and he did conduct them in the studio.

neilnw · Post by **neilnw** » Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:04 am

Some modern music, for a change:
https://www.discogs.com/release/1350750 ... For-The-In

jserraglio · Post by **jserraglio** » Wed Jun 29, 2022 3:05 pm

https://archive.org/details/scan-1-stitch-2-11

Ricordanza · Post by **Ricordanza** » Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:13 am

jserraglio wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 29, 2022 3:05 pm

https://archive.org/details/scan-1-stitch-2-11

I recognize that cover! I have that LP, but haven't listened to it in years. Maybe I'll give it a spin in the next few days.

jserraglio · Post by **jserraglio** » Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:16 am

Ricordanza wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:13 am
I have that LP, but haven't listened to it in years. Maybe I'll give it a spin in the next few days.

Or you can just follow the link and stream it @190kbps.

I downloaded the 24/96 flacs, downsampled them to normal 16/44 wav format and burned them to cdr. I am a Francescatti fan but didn’t have this recording.

Ricordanza · Post by **Ricordanza** » Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:30 am

jserraglio wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:16 am
I downloaded the 24/96 flacs, downsampled them to normal 16/44 wav format and burned them to cdr.

Thanks, but I have no idea what any of this means, nor any idea how to do this if I knew what was being described.

I think I'll just enjoy the music and Zino's artistry while the record is on my turntable.

jserraglio · Post by **jserraglio** » Thu Jun 30, 2022 7:32 am

Ricordanza wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:30 am
I think I'll just enjoy the music and Zino's artistry while the record is on my turntable.

If I had the LP, I'd do the same. I still prefer vinyl and have kept most of my good sounding classical stuff and all operas for their librettos. Gave away or threw away the rest.

maestrob · Post by **maestrob** » Thu Jun 30, 2022 7:51 am

jserraglio wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:16 am

Ricordanza wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:13 am
I have that LP, but haven't listened to it in years. Maybe I'll give it a spin in the next few days.
Or you can just follow the link and stream it @190kbps.

I downloaded the 24/96 flacs, downsampled them to normal 16/44 wav format and burned them to cdr. I am a Francescatti fan but didn’t have this recording.

All this from the man who doesn't use a cellphone.

I believe this is in the Francescatti box, which I haven't yet opened....

jserraglio · Post by **jserraglio** » Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:01 am

maestrob wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 7:51 am
All this from the man who doesn't use a cellphone.

On Juneteenth I was the subject of a family intervention and ended up with an iPhone SE 3. Believe it or not, I taught 3 different digital graphics courses for over a decade. Only bought two computers ever — one for my wife and the other I gave away to my son. I still use school computers.

maestrob · Post by **maestrob** » Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:05 am

jserraglio wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:01 am

maestrob wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 7:51 am
All this from the man who doesn't use a cellphone.
On Juneteenth I was the subject of a family intervention and ended up with an iPhone SE 3. Believe it or not, I taught 3 different digital graphics courses for over a decade. Only bought two computers ever — one for my wife and the other I gave away to my son. I still use school computers.

Actually, you're not far behind me. I finally caved in to the 21st century about a year ago and bought an android 5G phone, but I still won't do banking on it like the younger crowd. It just doesn't feel safe, and I have no idea how to install a VPN anyway.

In time, perhaps...

jserraglio · Post by **jserraglio** » Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:08 am

The free Opera mobile and desktop browsers both have a built in in VPN toggle switch next to the address bar. Nothing to install. Switch it on or off at will. Instant privacy.

Rach3 · Post by **Rach3** » Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:57 am

The great colorist Steven Osborne , live in Perth,Scotland recently:

Debussy: 2 arabesques, Ballade
Debussy: La plus que lente, Pièce pour le vêtement du blessé, Élégie, Les soirs illuminés par l’ardeur du charbon
Debussy: Études 1-6
Debussy: Pour le piano

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0017dv1

neilnw · Post by **neilnw** » Thu Jun 30, 2022 9:37 pm

Victor Herbert's Cello Concerto (Ma/Masur)
Beethoven's Piano Sonata #6 (Schnabel)
Bizet's Symphony in C (Alain)

maestrob · Post by **maestrob** » Fri Jul 01, 2022 7:13 am

jserraglio wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:08 am
The free Opera mobile and desktop browsers both have a built in in VPN toggle switch next to the address bar. Nothing to install. Switch it on or off at will. Instant privacy.

That's all a bit over my head, unfortunately. I'll be checking in with some younger relatives soon and we'll see what happens.

jserraglio · Post by **jserraglio** » Fri Jul 01, 2022 7:18 am

maestrob wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 01, 2022 7:13 am

jserraglio wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:08 am
The free Opera mobile and desktop browsers both have a built in in VPN toggle switch next to the address bar. Nothing to install. Switch it on or off at will. Instant privacy.
That's all a bit over my head, unfortunately. I'll be checking in with some younger relatives soon and we'll see what happens.

The Opera browser is old. I've been using it for 30 years.

Rach3 · Post by **Rach3** » Fri Jul 01, 2022 7:31 pm

Andras Schiff plays Beethoven Op.109 and 110 in Saanen, August,2020 and Schubert D.894 in Saanen, August 2021, live videos. Op.111 there as well , but I did not hear it. 3 of my fav piano sonatas. Schiff’s Schubert here not to be missed.

https://www.gstaaddigitalfestival.ch/vi ... beethoven/ (Op.109)
https://www.gstaaddigitalfestival.ch/vi ... en-teil-2/ (Op.110 )
https://www.gstaaddigitalfestival.ch/vi ... s-rezital/ ( D.894 )

Rach3 · Post by **Rach3** » Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:39 am

Cyprien Katsaris plays Beethoven/Liszt Sym.No.9 :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja7ZkvP8Nrk

Katsaris adds some of own ideas to the Liszt. I have Sherbakov’s Naxos recording of the original, but Katsaris’ is quite an “ improvement." 65 minutes, audio only.

jserraglio · Post by **jserraglio** » Sat Jul 02, 2022 3:15 pm

https://archive.org/details/lp_missa-pr ... +Kyrie.mp3

sublime old Telefunken Das Alte Werk LP. when I see them I grab them.

Rach3 · Post by **Rach3** » Sat Jul 02, 2022 7:32 pm

Rach3 wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 14, 2020 5:58 pm
Glenn Gould playing the 3 piano sonatas of Paul Hindemith, 1992 Sony cd. Wonderful music wonderfully played, a mystery to me why not more popular.One of Gould’s best IMHO.

Again today; better each time. A different recording of all 3:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIo7c1FOEwg

Gould in the amazing 3rd Sonata: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0zA4WQNT8s

jserraglio · Post by **jserraglio** » Sun Jul 03, 2022 6:35 am

https://archive.org/details/lp_giulio-c ... +Teil).mp3

Handel was a genius. This opera is stunning.

jserraglio · Post by **jserraglio** » Mon Jul 04, 2022 6:24 am

Ekaterina Novitskaya
Sergei Prokofiev
Visions Fugitives; Sarcasms; Sonata No. 5
Melodiya /Angel (SR-40164)

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