What Classical Music Are You Listening To Tonight?

[Antonmb]

Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191
4 Lieder, Op. 82, B. 157
From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68, B. 133
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, “From the New World”
4 Romantic Pieces, Op.75, B.150
Ciganské melodie, Op.55, B. 104

Kian Soltani, cello
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim conducting
DG (2020), via Qobuz

The cello concerto is beautiful. Soltani and Barenboim deliver a well-paced performance that never lapses into the soggy sentimentality that some performances do. The rest of the selections are transcriptions for cello and cello ensemble of a variety of bits and pieces - not bad, entertaining but not as solid as the concerto.

[bart]

Marin Marais - Sainte Colombe - Robert de Visée - En Suite
Romina Lischka, viola da gamba
Sofie Vanden Eynde, theorbo
Qobuz 24/88.2




This album resides solidly in my Roon favourites.
I'm addicted to these works.

[PHC1]

Originally Posted by Antonmb

Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191
4 Lieder, Op. 82, B. 157
From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68, B. 133
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, “From the New World”
4 Romantic Pieces, Op.75, B.150
Ciganské melodie, Op.55, B. 104

Kian Soltani, cello
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim conducting
DG (2020), via Qobuz

The cello concerto is beautiful. Soltani and Barenboim deliver a well-paced performance that never lapses into the soggy sentimentality that some performances do. The rest of the selections are transcriptions for cello and cello ensemble of a variety of bits and pieces - not bad, entertaining but not as solid as the concerto.

Very nice, I enjoyed the Cello concerto and will listen to the rest at a later time. Thanks Tony

[eljr]

CPE Bach: Magnificat

Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto), Lothar Odinius (tenor) & Markus Eiche (bass)

RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Hans-Christoph Rademann


Release Date: 10th Feb 2014
Catalogue No: HMC902167
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 55 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week
10th February 2014
Editor's Choice
Gramophone Magazine
April 2014
Editor's Choice

Presto Recordings of the Year
Winner 2014
Winner - Baroque Vocal
Gramophone Awards
2014
Winner - Baroque Vocal

[PHC1]

Originally Posted by bart

Marin Marais - Sainte Colombe - Robert de Visée - En Suite
Romina Lischka, viola da gamba
Sofie Vanden Eynde, theorbo
Qobuz 24/88.2




This album resides solidly in my Roon favourites.
I'm addicted to these works.

The Bass Viol (viola de gamba) is a wonderful instrument. Marin Marais composed some interesting music in his time. Well, I guess he had to be great composer and a Bass Viol player since he was the regular violist for the King! Great find Bart.

[PHC1]

[jimtranr]

Live 2015 performance via a 24/96 download.

[PHC1]

PHC1 recommended listen.


I had a lot of fun with this album and immersing myself into Marin Marais for the evening. 3+ hours listening marathon, non-stop and with total pleasure.

I find Marin Marais compositions easy on the ear and not stirring too much drama in the soul. Classical music has that tendency of evoking powerful emotions and thoughts and it is not always agreeable or of the right emotions at the right time...



Not with this album.

It just flows smoothly, engages and stirs up only positive emotions and evokes positive thoughts while triggering happy memories. Bass Viol is a powerful instrument and an impactful messenger of the music created by a composer but seems to agree with my ears at all times of the day or evening and never stirs me the wrong way.


What emotions and thoughts were going through Marin Marais, in his head, in his heart, in his soul, what stirred them, he laid it out and forever encoded it into music, for all of us to enjoy some 300 years later and perhaps until the end of time... That is the beauty of classical music. The music is the bridge, at least for the duration of the album, the musical bridge connects the composer and listener so the two become one, to glimpse into that distant past and experience the sound that stirred the soul of a man that expressed his emotions though sound.

François Joubert-Caillet is today a key musician of the baroque scene, applauded for his « sovereign virtuosity », the « finesse of his playing ». He certainly left an impression on me.

[bart]

Originally Posted by PHC1

Serge, you leave us guessing which music you were listening to here.

[bart]

Originally Posted by PHC1

PHC1 recommended listen.


I had a lot of fun with this album and immersing myself into Marin Marais for the evening. 3+ hours listening marathon, non-stop and with total pleasure.

I find Marin Marais compositions easy on the ear and not stirring too much drama in the soul. Classical music has that tendency of evoking powerful emotions and thoughts and it is not always agreeable or of the right emotions at the right time...



Not with this album.

It just flows smoothly, engages and stirs up only positive emotions and evokes positive thoughts while triggering happy memories. Bass Viol is a powerful instrument and an impactful messenger of the music created by a composer but seems to agree with my ears at all times of the day or evening and never stirs me the wrong way.


What emotions and thoughts were going through Marin Marais, in his head, in his heart, in his soul, what stirred them, he laid it out and forever encoded it into music, for all of us to enjoy some 300 years later and perhaps until the end of time... That is the beauty of classical music. The music is the bridge, at least for the duration of the album, the musical bridge connects the composer and listener so the two become one, to glimpse into that distant past and experience the sound that stirred the soul of a man that expressed his emotions though sound.

François Joubert-Caillet is today a key musician of the baroque scene, applauded for his « sovereign virtuosity », the « finesse of his playing ». He certainly left an impression on me.

Serge, he's indeed very good.
I recently posted an album of his in this thread.
Viola da gamba... I need a dose almost every week.
Sainte-Colombe, Marais, Abel, Couperin, Telemann, and some others all wrote music that is very healing.