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Post by MartinT on Oct 8, 2021 5:32:47 GMT
Oh dear - technology fail. We've all been there!
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 8, 2021 22:28:50 GMT
Oh my, that was quite superb. I have never heard Shostakovich's 2nd played better. Wang has the magic, alright, especially in the second movement. She sounds totally connected with his sound-world. Bravo! Well I got to listen tonight and it was certainly worth persevering with. The sound quality was pants though - don't know if that was the source or my tablet destroying any semblance of high fidelity! Yuja was absolutely on fire and obviously loved the occasion. How she makes light of those fiendishly rapid passages is almost superhuman. And wonderful poise in the second movement. Most amusing was the commentator who said at the end of it - 'They just tossed it off ...' and then in the background you can hear someone saying 'Holy Shit!' |
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Post by MartinT on Oct 8, 2021 22:49:38 GMT
The sound quality kept varying, as if they were having trouble with the mics.
I did giggle when they said that at the end, too!
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 9, 2021 16:36:51 GMT
What recordings of this do you have Martin?
I have Denis Matsuev and Valentina Igoshina ...
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Post by MartinT on Oct 9, 2021 18:37:15 GMT
I had Maxim Shostakovich and someone else on LP. Now I have the library of Qobuz  |
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 11, 2021 14:01:20 GMT
This Martha Argerich and Mischa Maisky recital I linked to earlier is just sublime.
The intimate setting suits it perfectly and the intensely earthy cello tone is a thing of wonder.
There are some short interviews with Argerich - her daughter Annie Dutoit asks the questions. My schoolboy French only let me understand bits of it, as the subs are in Polish or Italian! A key theme I did understand was her desire to be rooted in the present and not looking back all the time ...
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Post by julesd68 on Dec 13, 2021 11:57:02 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Dec 15, 2021 0:55:41 GMT
L'Arpegiatta at the Barbican were a mix of the sublime and ridiculous.
The ridiculous first. We had audio as the company took to the stage but literally on the first downbeat we lost sound completely! It took a good five minutes before any sound was restored and then it was very low quality for some time. Frustrating much.
The Barbican's web player is horrendous. Fine if you are watching a live stream but hopeless at rewinding or forwarding - you just stick your finger on the timeline and hope for the best. Getting past the intro fluff proved challenging.
The sublime was the immortal music of the Monteverdi Vespers and the performance. This outfit is blessed with such depth of talent in every department. The glorious period instruments speak to you in such a rich and sumptuous manner that you forget they are in the brutalist Barbican as they transport you to the heady world of Renaissance Venice. The voices complement each other perfectly and all strive for such a keen harmony. So many joyous and moving moments to enjoy. Some of the rigorous and demanding technical prowess they need to display in this work is most impressive too. I was utterly transfixed and my interest never waned over the 90 minutes of much needed escape in these difficult times. The generous reception they all received at the end was so richly deserved.
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Post by julesd68 on Dec 17, 2021 20:09:36 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Dec 22, 2021 11:51:15 GMT
OMG - if you have any interest in Baroque music please watch this!! An absolutely stunning performance of Lully's Grand Motets performed in the chapel at Versailles. Sumptuous and gorgeous music performed on a wide range of period instruments. www.arte.tv/en/videos/098485-004-A/three-motets-by-lully/ |
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Post by julesd68 on Dec 29, 2021 15:40:14 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on May 5, 2022 13:55:01 GMT
This looks like a lovely programme from the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, streaming live tonight and available for 72 hours. Ticket works out around £16 and can be booked here - australiandigitalconcerthall.com/#/item/90102Zelenka - Hypocondrie à 7 Concertanti in A Major ZWV187 (arr. string orchestra)
Handel - Concerto Grosso in C minor Op. 6 No. 8, HWV326 GP
Telemann - Suite for Violin and Orchestra in A Major TWV 55:A8
CPE Bach - Sinfonia in A Major Wq182/4
Sutherland - Concerto for String Orchestra
JS Bach - Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor BWV1041 |
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 1, 2022 22:50:36 GMT
I'm not sure what else you could want from a performance of the Schumann PC. Beatrice Rana continues to impress me greatly, particularly with her incredibly delicate, deft and tender phrasing in the most intimate moments of the work. Outstanding. A very natural, understated talent with shades of the young Argerich? The audience knew they had seen something special and I'm glad she was welcomed back for an encore - her Liszt gave me goosebumps. I also have to pay tribute to the keen support from the the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Yannick Nézet-Séguin - they just seem to have perfectly captured that air of restrained nobility and there are numerous fine individual performances from the woodwind - wonderful! www.arte.tv/en/videos/110074-000-A/beatrice-rana-and-yannick-nezet-seguin/ |
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