What Classical Music Are You Listening To Tonight?

[bart]

Mendelssohn - IN TIME - Violin Concerto & Octet
Anima Eterna Brugge, Jakob Lehmann
Chouchane Siranossian, violin
Qobuz 24/88.2




Our beloved Concertgebouw Orchestra (the one from Bruges, where we are members) had to do it with young (assistent and guest) conductors last year.
Van Immerseel had a liver transplant, but he's alive and kicking again now.
Nevertheless, he is looking for the survival of his fantastic orchestra into the next decades, this with fresh blood.
This album is the first recording with new talent leading Anima Eterna.
We attended a concert earlier this year (Beethoven's 9th), and we rest assured: there is a future for this orchestra!

This was recording of the month in "Stereoplay".

Chouchane Siranossian is a rising star of the baroque and classical violin, Jakob Lehmann a virtuoso violinist and orchestral director who frequently conducts Anima Eterna. Together, they embody what the Bruges orchestra and its founder, Jos van Immerseel, have decided to call the ‘Next Generation Anima Eterna’... Today they are presenting Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in its original version. “We wanted to take a look into Mendelssohn’s workshop. He struggled with his self-diagnosed ‘revision disease’ and always strove to work hard on himself and his creations” says Jakob Lehmann. Chouchane Siranossian keeps on : “It was a fascinating experience for me to discover historical research and its implementation on period instruments in collaboration with Anima Eterna Brugge. In my interpretation, I used exclusively the fingerings, bowings and other performance markings of Ferdinand David and Joseph Joachim, both of whom rehearsed the work with the composer.”
This recording is rounded off with the Octet, also in its original version, which is longer and has many alterations in instrumentation, harmony and articulation... © Alpha Classics

[bart]

Purcell - Songs & Dances
Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch
Tim Mead, countertenor
Qobuz 24/96




Nice and well played and sung collection of intimate songs and uplifting dances.
Alpha sound, thus good.

[Antonmb]

Listening again to this recording. It’s really very good.

Originally Posted by Antonmb

Chopin: Cello Sonata; Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata
Steven Isserlis, cello; Dénes Várjon, piano
Hyperion (2018), 24/96 files

An excellent recording.

[Antonmb]

Originally Posted by bart

Mozart / Beethoven - Quintets for Piano and Winds

Ensemble Dialoghi

Qobuz 24/96









I was a bit hesitant, watching the cover.

But "Stereoplay", one of the leading German magazines, encouraged me to listen to it.

And it is fantastic!

What a good recording!

The playing is equally top notch.

Well, the cover certainly is interesting

[Antonmb]

Deep Light: Clarinet Masterpieces
Works for clarinet & piano by Weber, Finzi, Williams, Schumann
Cristo Barrios, clarinet
Andrew West, piano
lbs Classical (2018), 24/88 files

Very well played and a very nice recording and selection of pieces.

[Kal Rubinson]

Originally Posted by Antonmb

Deep Light: Clarinet Masterpieces
Works for clarinet & piano by Weber, Finzi, Williams, Schumann
Cristo Barrios, clarinet
Andrew West, piano
lbs Classical (2018), 24/88 files

Is that "lbs = pounds" or "ibs = irritable bowel syndrome" or ........................

[Antonmb]

Originally Posted by Kal Rubinson

Is that "lbs = pounds" or "ibs = irritable bowel syndrome" or ........................

Ibs as in Iberia something...although it could be pounds, it looks like they produce some pretty weighty material.

[cma29]

Just got a shipment from Presto Classical with some new gems...

Marin Marais: Pièces de viole
La Rêveuse, Benjamin Perrot, Florence Bolton



A delightful recording of 18th century French viol music played by four instrumentalists including two viols, harpsichord and baroque guitar. The music is wonderful and the playing is extremely alert and improvisatory in spirit. The icing on the cake is the vividly dense recording that puts the listener in the room with the players. I like this one.

[eljr]

new release for the holiday's.... I know it's early but how do I not spin new music?

[Antonmb]

Originally Posted by eljr

new release for the holiday's.... I know it's early but how do I not spin new music?

Nope, never too early