What are you listening to? (Vol VII)

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I only have "The Power Out". Are the other albums recommended?

Denis

Johann sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Die Kunst der Fuge

Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin

8 violins (4 as 1st and 4 as 2nd)
4 violas
3 cellos
double bass
oboe
bassoon
trombone
harpsichord
organ

Recordings from Teldex Studio Berlin 2009

harmonia mundi CD ® 2001

Only just got around to playing this for my 1st hearing...

as i run the bubble-bath : )

My second hearing, and i'm enjoying this more so than the first time, not sure why but i think the under-stated here and over-stated there style of play is growing on me : )

Debs

EJ,

First, the easy part: I find the cover of the disc to be in bad taste.

I listened to the recording only twice and then switched to Sudbin's Scarlatti. They are playing different sonatas so it is not that easy to compare, but I thought that both pianists play them very well. I am leaning a little bit towards Sudbin with his little more thoughtful style. I definitely prefer the warmer tone of the piano on the BIS recording. 

We will have to wait for the expert opinion of Doug.

Haim

This one just arrived by mail. I haven't heard it in years and never on decent equipment.

A question, though. On my CD5i / Nait5i / SBL combination, the record is a bit of a mess. The percussion is muddled and boomy, the treble tinny and detached. Is this a mastering issue, a failure of my entry-level system to keep up, or...something else?

Haim,

I don't know which cover I like better? 

I will have to think long and hard on this question and get back to you tomorrow.  I mean, these are hard ones to analyze.  I bet Debs couldn't even find a golfer in these ones let alone any symbolic clues....

Doug

Cheers

Flettster

Gavin Bryars

After the Requiem

Cheers

Flettster

...after handing the chipper back to the caddy, Alexandre Tharaud looks up in sheer admiration of his pitch hovering majestically and lofty as it soars towards the 18 green.

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

side 1... "Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum"

side 2... Colours of the Celestial City

Groupe Instrumental A Percussion de Strasbourg
Orchestre du Domaine Musical
Conducted by Pierre Boulez
Yvonne Loriod piano


side 1... The orchestra comprises three ensembles: woodwind, brass, and metallic percussion...

Woodwind: 2 piccolos, 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 1 cor anglais, 1 E flat clarinet, 3 clarinets, 1 bass-clarinet, 3 bassoons, 1 contra-bassoon.
Brass: 1 trumpet in D, 3 trumpets, 6 horn in F, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 1 bass-saxhorn in B flat.
Metallic Percusion: 3 sets of tuned cow bells, tubular bells, 6 gongs, 3 tam-tams.

side 2... Instumentation: 3 clarinets, 1 trumpet in D, 3 trumpets, 2 horns in F, 3 trombones, 1 bass-trombone, piano solo, xylophone, xylorimba, marimba, tuned cow bells, tubular bells, 4 gongs, 2 tam-tams.

CBS (mono) LP (p) 1966

~<>~

...i like the way the iron brass pitch hovers majestically and lofty : )

Debs 

Pletnev plays these very imaginatively and performs some technical feats that remain astounding every time I hear them. At the time, Virgin preferred a rather thin, cool piano sound which does sound slightly undernourished by today's standards (and is not representative of his live sound). It equally affects Pletnev's other recordings for Virgin and other otherwise excellent recordings of the time, such as Alexeev's unique take on the Rachmaninov Preludes.

Cheers,

EJ

Cheers,

EJ

Yes, absolutely brilliant. I saw your post and followed it up with a press of the "add to basket" & "pay now" on Amazon!!

Arrived in the post on Friday. I can't stop playing it!

From last night and on Vinyl:-

Teodoro Anzellutti playing Scarlatti's sonatas in a wonderful arrangement for accordion.

....................again! I love it