What Classical Music Are You Listening To Tonight?

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Bach: Gamba Sonatas
Daniel Müller-Schott, Angela Hewitt
Orfeo (2007), via Qobuz

Excellent recording of J.S. Bach’s gamba sonatas, rounded out with C.P.E.’s sonata wq137.

[Formerly YB-2]

Martha Argerich, "Chopin: The Legendary 1965 Recording". Very well done. Have been enjoying some very nice work from the lady pianists. Their technique is different than the men, but every bit as good and, in many cases, more enjoyable as a solo instrument.

[bart]

Originally Posted by bart

Edvard Grieg - Lyrical Pieces
Alessandro Deljavan, piano
Qobuz 24/88.2




Nearly 3 hours of delightful piano works.
I'm going to listen to this again.

Ideal while doing some work.

[bart]

Originally Posted by bart

Georg Friedrich Händel - Trio Sonatas Op. 2
Al Ayre Español, Eduardo López Banzo
Qobuz 24/88.2




Wow, what a delight!
Sonically.
But also the performances.
Top notch.

Simply outstanding.

[bart]

Originally Posted by bart

Antonio Caldara - Trio Sonatas
Qobuz 24/96




When I saw that John had posted a Caldara album, with Beyer, I had to listen!
We saw Beyer last month live in Bruges, and she was splendid in the Brandenburg Concertos.
This is a nice album!

Amandine Beyer, violin
Leila Schayegh, violin
Jonathan Pesek, violoncello
Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, harpsichord & organ
Matthias Spaeter, liuto attiorbato

Very nicely done.
I notice that I play this quite often.

[PHC1]

Originally Posted by bart

Simply outstanding.

Listening now. Very nice indeed. Thanks Bart.

[eljr]

Vivaldi in Venice
INTERPRETI VENEZIANI CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Manufacturer : Chasing the Dragon
Original Release Date : 2019
Date First Available : February 2, 2019
Label : Chasing the Dragon
ASIN : B07NBPSG41
Number of discs : 1

[bart]

Originally Posted by bart

Korngold - Violin Concerto - String Sextet
Sinfonia of London Chamber Ensemble
RTÉ Concert Orchestra, John Wilson
Andrew Haverton, violin
Qobuz 24/48




I knew the Violin Concerto quite well.
But the Sextet was new to me.
It's quite good.

Korngold began work on his Violin Concerto in 1937, following his father’s suggestion that the main theme from his score for the Errol Flynn epic Another Dawn would make a good basis for a concerto. The work remained dormant while Korngold was exiled to Hollywood after the Anschluss. He resumed work on it in 1945, and fully revised it. Premiered by Jascha Heifetz in 1947, the Concerto is widely performed and recorded, and is certainly Korngold’s best-known concert work.
Widely considered the greatest composer-prodigy since Mozart, Korngold composed the String Sextet in 1914, when he was only seventeen years old. It shows his fully developed style and assured idiomatic writing for the ensemble. Andrew Haveron leads the Sinfonia of London Chamber Ensemble in the Sextet, and is joined by John Wilson and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in the Violin Concerto. © Chandos Records

When you consider that the String Sextet was composed when Korngold was 17, you can only be amazed...

[bart]

Earlier today, while cooking and dining, we listened to this again:

Originally Posted by bart

Franz Schubert - Sonatas & Impromptus
András Schiff, fortepiano
via Qobuz




I've heard these pieces probably 200-300 times. And I do not exaggerate.
I have many good versions of them.
Does this album add something?
Yes it does.
The playing is thoughtful, refined and energetic at the same time.

The fortepiano works very well here.
The fact that it's well recorded certainly helps.

[eljr]

Biber: Baroque Splendor - Missa Salisburgensis

Recorded in Cardona (Catalunya) January 14-16, 2015 except for La Battalia à 10, recorded on February 11th, 2002

Hanna Bayodi-Hirt, Marianne Beate Kielland, Pascal Bertin, David Sagastume, Nicholas Mulroy, Lluis Vilamajó, Daniele Carnovich, Antonio Abete

La Capella Reial de Catalunya & Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall

Release Date: 28th Aug 2015
Catalogue No: AVSA9912
Label: Alia Vox
Length: 71 minutes