What Classical Music Are You Listening To Tonight?

[eljr]

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & American in Paris

Leonard Bernstein (piano)

New York Philharmonic Orchestra & Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Release Date: 6th Dec 2010
Catalogue No: 88697700432
Label: Sony
Series: Originals
Length: 75 minutes

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[bart]

Schubert - F.X. Mozart - Hummel - Mendelssohn - Trockene Blumen: Flute Music
Barthold Kuijken, transverse flute
Luc Devos, piano
via Qobuz




This got a 5 de Diapason.
Playing gently into the practice.

[bart]

Originally Posted by eljr

Some lute music from a formerly unknown composer, Ferdinand Fischer, masterfully recorded by Northstar.



Hubert Hoffmann
Ferdinand Fischer: From Heaven on Earth - Lute Music from Kremsmunster Abbey

Type
SACD
Label
Challenge Classics
UPC
0608917274028
Catalog number
CC 72740
Release date
04 November 2016

Originally Posted by Antonmb

Ferdinand Fischer: From Heaven on Earth - Lute Music from Kremsmunster Abbey Hubert Hoffmann, lute
Northstar Recording (2016), via Qobuz

Stumbled across this on the Positive Feedback site. Very pleasant.

This is glorious music.
It is so calm, and yet so invigorating.
I'm deeply moved by the beauty of these pieces.
Bert van der Wolf recorded it excellently.

[bart]

Originally Posted by bart

Dussaut & Covatti - Mélodies
Adriana González, soprano
Iñaki Encina Oyón, piano
Qobuz 24/96




Nice discovery.
We enjoyed this quite a bit.

The history of art, and particularly that of music, is populated by injustices and "little masters" whose talent found little recognition for lack of performers and media coverage. This is an album that will please curious music lovers, who want something more than re-hashing the works of the same composers over and over again.
Like Robert and Clara in the 19th century, here we have Robert and Helen in the following century. Winner of the Grand Prix de Rome in 1924, Robert Dussaut was a pure product of the Paris Conservatoire, where he studied with masters such as Widor, D'Indy and Henri Büsser. Later becoming a teacher himself, he was also a violinist in the Opera Orchestra. An artist with a keen analytical mind, Dussaut was also an acoustician, author of several technical works on the musical phenomenon. He left behind a catalogue of melodies, five operas, and chamber and symphonic music. Hélène Covatti, his wife, was born in Athens before coming to study in Paris where she was congratulated by Arthur Honegger. In particular, she composed two cycles of melodies that were performed on French radio shortly before the war.
This recording is the result of the wisdom of pianist and conductor Iñaki Encina Oyón, a former pupil of Thérèse Dussaut, the daughter of the forgotten couple. Enthused by the harmonic and musical quality of the two composers' melodies, he was able to persuade young Guatemalan singer Adriana González to make this complete recording. The tutelary shadows of Massenet, Fauré or Ravel sometimes sneak into these refined and often melancholic pages. © François Hudry/Qobuz

The first time we listened to this, it was meh.
The second time we started to really like it.
Now, the third time, we love it!

[eljr]

Originally Posted by bart

This is glorious music.
It is so calm, and yet so invigorating.
I'm deeply moved by the beauty of these pieces.
Bert van der Wolf recorded it excellently.

Bart, you, like me, tend to appreciate everything!
Much respect.

[bart]

Originally Posted by eljr

Bart, you, like me, tend to appreciate everything!
Much respect.

Ed, thank you.
I don't like everything though.
Deutsche Schlager music for example will not enchant me...

There is so much outstanding music out there, all within reach nowadays through the streaming services.
Wonderful times for music lovers.

[Kal Rubinson]

After months/years, I rediscovered this truly delightful recording.

[eljr]

Mahler: Symphony No. 7

Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä

Release Date: 3rd Jul 2020
Catalogue No: BIS2386
Label: BIS
Length: 77 minutes
Record of the Week
Record Review
27th June 2020
Record of the Week
Editor's Choice
Gramophone Magazine
September 2020
Editor's Choice

[Kal Rubinson]

Originally Posted by eljr

Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
Release Date: 3rd Jul 2020
Catalogue No: BIS2386
Label: BIS
Length: 77 minutes
Record of the Week
Record Review
27th June 2020
Record of the Week
Editor's Choice
Gramophone Magazine
September 2020
Editor's Choice

A lot depends on how you like your Mahler.