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Mozart Flute Quartets (2017, PentaTone)
Ulf-Dieter Schaaff, Philipp Beckert, Andreas Willwohl, Georg Boge



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Max Richter seems to be on repeat for me a lot these days.

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Backwards from Winter Douglas Knehans (2020, aBlaze Records)
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J.S. Bach Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009



great commentary (People don't emphasize the dance aspect of his work enough, imo.)

one of my faves. thanks

Absolutely, Bach's music is immensely danceable. Lovely piece of music btw. What is the thing after the credits? I recognise a bit of one of the cello suites in there but is it improvisation?

Yeah, I think it's an improvised coda of sorts. Not bad, though.

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1996 Ryuichi Sakamoto (1996, Milan)

A kind of greatest hits assemblage from Sakamoto, with spare string arrangements featuring the famed film composer on piano.

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Sonata in D Minor for bassoon solo, C.P.E. Bach

Apparently Bach arranged this piece from the Flute Sonata in A minor by Mordechai Rechtman. The performance was a part of this musician/student's dissertation. He's got a great tone!

Bösendorfer Klavier performing Haydn, Beethoven and Smetena live.

The discography featuring The Orchestra of St. Luke's isn't extensive but this J.S. Bach lp, featuring soprano, Battle, and violinist, Perlman, is excellent. I'm about to watch their live virtual program titled, Musical Revolutionaries, in five mins.

Piston: Chamber Music: Quintet for flute & strings / String Sextet / Piano Quartet / Piano Quintet by Naxos American Classics (2006-08-01)

This Walter Piston record deserves to be listened to and anyone who likes the classic American sound associated with Aaron Copland, and frankly you should, owes it to themselves to check this great recording out.

Sounds great so far. Thanks.


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Kewl


Deborah Richards
Koechlin: Piano Works

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Interesting French composer.

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I just watched Chefs Table BBQ this morning and was reminded of this gem. I broke out the guitar and tried playing along a bit. lol Nope. Put the guitar down, dude.

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Beethoven: The Piano Concertos (1997, Philips)

Pianist, Alfred Brendel, had recorded the cycle before but (from what I hear) James Levine and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra were a better fit, though many claim they did not come up to Brendel's level of passion or artistry in these live recordings of all five piano concertos from June, 1983. Critics also balk at the less-than-optimal sound quality in the Chicago music hall. The 2000 remastered edition is the one to go for though the '97 release is fine. It's the one I own and yes, there's a just a slight touch of distortion at the upper registers but almost negligible considering the talent on display. Highly recommended. Here's the first movement from Concerto No. 1 in C Major:

Brendel again. This time live at Avery Fischer Hall circa, '96 with Kurt Mazur and the New York Philharmonic performing Piano Concerto No. 5 in E♭ Major. Video & sound are less than stellar but at least we have a record. Bravo to the poster.

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Wilhelm Kempff Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in D Minor (Pathétique) (1996, DG)

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American Classics - Roger Sessions

Johannes Brahms Chamber pieces:


Quintet for Strings in G major, op. 111
Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
Adagio
Un poco allegretto
Vivace, ma non troppo presto
Ida Kavafian, Pinchas Zukerman, Paul Neubauer, Cynthia Phelps, Gary Hoffman


Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano, op. 91
Gestillte Sehnsucht
Geistliches Wiegenlied
Jessye Norman, Pinchas Zukerman, David Golub

Intermission & Interviews

Piano Quintet in F major, op. 34
Allegro non troppo
Andante, un poco adagio
Scherzo: Allegro
Pinchas Zukerman, Ida Kavafian, Paul Neubauer, Gary Hoffman, David Golub

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Kremer Plays Schnittke - Concerto grosso No. 1 / Quasi una sonata / Moz-Art a'la Haydn / A Paganini

Thanks.



Quasi Una Sonata is an orchestral re-orchestration of the original piano and violin arrangement which (imo) improves with repeated listens. The polystylism movement is not one I'm familiar with but can appreciate with someone as committed as Kremer. :)

J.S. Bach: Partita No.1 in Bb major, BWV 825

Watching and Listening to this one - the best doc on Beethoven I've ever seen: Phil Grabsky's In Search of Beethoven. It's the best in his In Search of... series of major classical composers, imo. Never stays on YouTube long. Enjoy it (free) while you can.

https://angartwork.akamaized.net/web...46835&size=296 (2019, Ablaze)

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True Stories & Rational Numbers Chris P. Thompson (2020, Bandcamp)

Perfect minimalist piano music for my current mood. Spotify edition

Listening to the disc. Not crazy about the lack of movement breakdowns on the Spotify edition. But it's a nice sampling of this relatively obscure composer.

JOHNSTON,BEN
Ruminations: Settings of Rumi & Billie Holiday

I just cannot seem to develop an appreciation for spoken word or almost any type of language based vocals in contemporary classical music. There’s an exception here or there but almost always it just annoys me. I’m like STFU!

You've been listening to the wrong people. :D

Or it could be that you just don't like the approach of contemporary classical singers. And it's funny you should mention the subject as I was just musing to myself about the need for singers of the English language to embellish their delivery with rolling Rs and unduly elongated vowels. Something about the "art song" must lend itself to this kind of thing. To wit, Ian Bostridge singing the second movement aria from early 20th century composer Gerald Finzi's Dies Natalis (1938):

Rhapsody (Recitativo Stromentato)


Will you see the infancy of this sublime and celestial greatness?
I was a stranger, which at my entrance into the world
Was saluted and surrounded with innumerable joys
My knowledge was divine. I was entertained like an angel
With the works of God in their splendour and glory
Heaven and Earth did sing my Creator's praises
And could not make more melody to Adam than to me
Certainly Adam in Paradise had not more sweet and curious
Apprehensions of the world than I
All appeared new, and strange at first
Inexpressibly rare and delightful and beautiful
All things were spotless and pure and glorious



The corn was orient and immortal wheat
Which never should be reaped nor was ever sown
I thought it had stood from everlasting to everlasting
The green trees, when I saw them first, transported and ravished me
Their sweetness and unusual beauty made my heart to leap
And almost mad with ecstasy, they were such strange and wonderful things

O what venerable creatures did the aged seem!
Immortal cherubims! and the young men glittering and sparkling angels
And maids strange seraphic pieces of life and beauty!
I knew not that they were born or should die
But all things abided eternally
I knew not that there were sins or complaints or laws
I dreamed not of poverties, contentions or vices
All tears and quarrels were hidden from mine eyes
I saw all in the peace of Eden
Everything was at rest, free and immortal

Gerald Finzi, lyrics by Thomas Traherne

None of that artful approach is in this rendition of Kurt Weil's Alabama Song from the OPERA, The Rise & Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1930) -

I don’t think I’m likely to develop an appreciation for that stuff.

I like for example St Luke Passion (Penderecki) but it’s in Latin so I’m distracted by whatever the **** they’re saying. And there’s Lejaren Hiller as a rare example of a composer who can pull it off but only in a very surreal context.

Pull off? What, liturgy? Arvo Pärt is among the best of contemporary choral music composers whose work is almost exclusively sung in latin -



Contemporary classical vocal music comes in a myriad forms with as many composers. Just have to explore.

Love this composer

Not in Hiller’s case. He does it successfully in an electroacoustic context imo

Ah. Need to listen to more of his stuff. Is this your upload?



Avalanche, Nightmare Music, Suite for Two Pianos, Computer Music for Tape

No but I have that on vinyl.

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Francisco Geminiani ‎Concerti Grossi, Op.7 Café Zimmermann (2018, Alpha) Spotify Edition

I'm marveling at how much better the Café Zimmermann recording of this Geminiani piece sounds compared to the St. Martin In The Fields disc. I prefer the playing on the Iona Brown led ensemble but the audio sounds almost muted compared to the more recent Zimmermann.

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Hammerklavier Live Beth Levin, piano (2020, Gramola Records)

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Earlier this year I really got into Franz Schmidt's 4 symphonies.

And lately I've been listening to the symphonies of Ralph Vaughn Williams.

Have to admit - I've never heard of Franz Schmidt. I'll check him out.

Been listening to my usual copious amounts of C.P.E. Bach. Here's a nice performance of his Oboe Sonata in G minor, Wq.135

Hurwitz just posted this survey of Williams cycles today.