What Classical Music Are You Listening To Tonight?

[jimtranr]

Originally Posted by Kal Rubinson

Perhaps it was re-released in 2021 but it has been in my library since 2017 and the liner notes say that it was recorded in 2016.

Otherwise, d'accord!

Thanks for the catch, Kal. I'm correcting the post accordingly.

[bart]

Sebastian Ochsenkun - Heidelberger Tabulaturbuch
Dorothee Mields
Jan Kobow
Andreas Arend
via Qobuz




Ideal music on a quiet, sunny winter noon.

[bart]

Originally Posted by bart

Sainte-Colombe - Concerts à deux violes esgales - Volume I
Les Voix Humaines




On the tube system.

And again on the tube system...

[Antonmb]

Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol 6
Howard Shelley, piano
Hyperion (2022), 24/96 files

This is the final installment in Shelley’s survey of Mendelssohn’s piano music, and it’s as good as the previous releases, and worth the download price at Hyperion. Shelley is an excellent Mendelssohn interpreter, and Hyperion’s sound is quite good. Jed Distler reviewed vol. 3 on ClassicsToday.com and had this to say:
“Because Howard Shelley has turned out to be one of the most prolific and dependable pianists on disc, it’s all too easy to take him for granted, or not to notice or even care when a truly exceptional new CD appears. Yet the third installment of his ongoing complete Mendelssohn cycle continues to prove that both pianist and composer are an ideal match.

While Shelley’s straightforward, classically poised style befits Mendelssohn’s craftsmanship and melodic appeal, he is more than a mere literalist. He’ll infuse the composer’s symmetrical patterns with just the right dose of rhythmic goosing…

…Hyperion’s excellent sonics and intelligent annotations only add to this release’s appeal. If the remaining volumes match the first three in quality, Shelley’s Mendelssohn cycle will become the version of reference.”IMG_1512.jpg

[eljr]

Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

Arabella Steinbacher (violin), Festival Strings Lucerne, Daniel Dodds

Steinbacher avoids any attempt to extract the music’s expressive world beyond what it can deliver, instead allowing her playing’s state-of-the-art tonal loveliness – at once silky and likeably... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…
Release Date: 15th Oct 2021
Catalogue No: PTC5186952
Label: Pentatone
Length: 60 minutes

lovely album

[eljr]

Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

Arabella Steinbacher (violin), Festival Strings Lucerne, Daniel Dodds

Steinbacher avoids any attempt to extract the music’s expressive world beyond what it can deliver, instead allowing her playing’s state-of-the-art tonal loveliness – at once silky and likeably... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…
Release Date: 15th Oct 2021
Catalogue No: PTC5186952
Label: Pentatone
Length: 60 minutes

lovely album

[eljr]

Bach, Handel

Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon

A thoughtful assembly of music depicting affliction and repentance on the one hand and joy and desire on the other. The recording finds Sabine Devieilhe on sparkling form. Bach and Handel do... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…
Release Date: 5th Nov 2021
Catalogue No: 9029667786
Label: Erato
Length: 83 minutes

Presto Recordings of the Year
Finalist 2021
Recording of the Month
Gramophone Magazine
December 2021
Recording of the Month

Presto Editor's Choice
November 2021
Choral & Song Choice
BBC Music Magazine
January 2022
Choral & Song Choice

[eljr]

Philip Glass: Songs

Martin Achrainer (baritone), Maki Namekawa (piano)

Release Date: 14th Jan 2022
Catalogue No: OMM0160
Label: Orange Mountain

Well delivered. Glass is Glass.

[bart]

Originally Posted by Kal Rubinson

I got this because I have become a fan of Ries' music lately after I was introduced to his Horn Sonata in an earlier recording "Early Romantic Horn Sonatas" - Steinar Granmo Nilsen (natural horn), Kristin Fossheim (fortepiano), 2L-113-SABD. And while I like this new one, I prefer the earlier one for performance and, especially, sound (in multichannel).

I just streamed it via Qobuz 24/44.1.
While no multichannel, good sound, and indeed very beautiful pieces.
Thank you Kal!

In the early romantic period, struggling with the aftermath of absolutism's collapse, people had to find new solutions in all realms of communal life. Because old certainties vanished, another vision of society emerged, shaped by artists: poets, painters and musicians. They viewed a higher world order in nature, to be felt by the individual, and expressed in a synthesis of all arts. Especially in music, these ideas were embodied with a new freedom of stylistic decisions. The sonatas for natural horn and fortepiano by Franz Danzi, Ferdinand Ries und Nikolaus von Krufft are virtuosic compositions with stunning dialogues between the horn and piano parts. They explore the full range of timbres, flamboyantly surpassing classical structures in search of new modes of expression. The verve and profusion of colors in the performance of Steinar Granmo Nilsen and Kristin Fossheim incorporate the early romantic idea that music was the most royal of all arts.

[Kal Rubinson]

Originally Posted by bart

I just streamed it via Qobuz 24/44.1.
While no multichannel, good sound, and indeed very beautiful pieces.
Thank you Kal!

Well, if you like that, try this: