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Post by Slinger on May 19, 2020 20:45:34 GMT
I wondered if that might be more to your taste, Jerry. I've got Gesualdo's 6 books of madrigals on that label and it's pretty good for what is, if I recall correctly, a 1965 recording.
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Post by jandl100 on May 19, 2020 21:00:35 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on May 20, 2020 13:08:53 GMT
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Post by MartinT on May 20, 2020 13:21:23 GMT
On a quick listen, that sounds wonderful. On my playlist for tonight.
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Post by Slinger on May 20, 2020 14:33:48 GMT
Rachel Podger - J.S. Bach Cello Suites (transcribed for violin)
I like Ms Podger's playing, but the violin can never carry off the gravitas, or the sheer beauty, (only my opinion, obviously) of the cello. It's an interesting album, and I'm enjoying it, and I wouldn't recommend against it, I just prefer cellos.
Even the "wrong" instrument can't disguise Bach's genius though.
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Post by Slinger on May 22, 2020 14:56:56 GMT
Antonín Dvořák - Symphonies 3 & 4 [Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken - Karel Mark Chichon]
Yet another NAXOS freebie.
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Post by jandl100 on May 22, 2020 15:49:22 GMT
Britten VC - Steinbacher open.qobuz.com/album/0827949062568"There are few clearer demonstrations of the high level of technical ability among violinists today than the profusion of good recordings of Benjamin Britten's Violin Concerto, Op. 15, which Jascha Heifetz said was unplayable, but which is confidently taken on here by Arabella Steinbacher, accompanied by the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under Vladimir Jurowski. It is indeed a fearsome virtuoso essay, one of the few Britten wrote. One factor recommending this version over others is the pairing with Paul Hindemith's Violin Concerto, not a work commonly heard in the 21st century. It makes sense here: both concertos were composed in 1939, and the Britten has the flavor of a work prepared for the extroverted American market. The Hindemith has, perhaps, a different, more melancholy flavor of exile. Sample Steinbacher's performance in the slashing second movement of the Britten, where her perfect control does suggest Heifetz. The two concertos also both refer to Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, both in their timpani strokes and in a more general relationship of soloist to orchestra; Jurowski's accompaniment is unusually sensitive and well-integrated with Steinbacher's lines. Pentatone's studio sound, rather eerily clear, is another major attraction. © TiVo"
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Post by jandl100 on May 22, 2020 16:08:25 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on May 22, 2020 16:29:19 GMT
I like Ms Podger's playing, but the violin can never carry off the gravitas, or the sheer beauty, (only my opinion, obviously) of the cello. It's an interesting album, and I'm enjoying it, and I wouldn't recommend against it, I just prefer cellos. Even the "wrong" instrument can't disguise Bach's genius though. Not for me, as excellent as she is... The much promoted pianist Víkingur Ólafsson has also been at it with 're-imagining' Bach and others; now guitarist Sean Shibe is front page of Gramophone - 'the pioneering young guitarist records Bach.' I'd prefer to hear the Lute Suites on a Lute but such a recording wouldn't be headline worthy enough for the PR guys no doubt.
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Post by jandl100 on May 22, 2020 16:57:40 GMT
yum
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Post by jandl100 on May 22, 2020 18:47:50 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on May 23, 2020 16:02:36 GMT
What do you think of her playing Jerry? Am aware of the name but never explored her work.
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Post by julesd68 on May 23, 2020 16:04:44 GMT
This is gorgeous.
Some very demanding playing, quite a tough'lockdown' performance! But the demands never get in the way of the music.
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Post by jandl100 on May 23, 2020 16:29:56 GMT
What do you think of her playing Jerry? Am aware of the name but never explored her work. I'm not usually much of a fan, I find her a bit stiff and unsmiling, but she seems well suited to the Britten. The VC is my favourite work by Britten and her's may well be the best I've heard.
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Post by julesd68 on May 24, 2020 11:36:16 GMT
Here's a nice video fresh to YT.
Yuja Wang and Gautier Capucon play Schumann, Brahms and Grieg.
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Post by jandl100 on May 24, 2020 16:06:02 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on May 26, 2020 0:36:03 GMT
A seriously heavyweight performance of Vieuxtemps 4 by the estimable Ms Hilary Hahn.
Great closeups that allow you to see her fabulous technique and agility on the fingerboard. Love all those delicate trills at the end of the 2nd and the high octane thrills at the start of the 3rd.
Don't miss the sublime double Bach encores.
A masterclass.
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Post by julesd68 on May 26, 2020 15:41:33 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on May 26, 2020 16:07:38 GMT
err, that seems to be Mozart violin concertos, Jules!
I'll try the Vieuxtemps later, although I've not been hugely won over by his music in the past.
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Post by julesd68 on May 26, 2020 16:29:29 GMT
You need to go to Violin Concerto No4 Jerry!
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