#morninglistening to #Schubert & #Mendelssohn #StringQuartets w/@minettiquartett ♡ on @HaensslerMusic
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2C17pvh
#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #felixmendelssohn #felixmendelssohnbartholdy #FranzSchubert #minettiquartett #chambermusic #stringquartet #deathAndTheMaiden
https://www.instagram.com/p/BnGHiiaHzMq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1orvgztwo3j3l
...What we’ve got here, from the venerable Russian record company Melodiya, is very easily the most horrifying recording of Bach’s Partitas ever to have been made. Or so might suggest – quite understandably – any number of Bach-adoring champions of these works. I totally understand… only: I love it.
What happened?…
#morninglistening to #Korngold & #Britten #ViolinConcertos on @warnerclassics w/@vildefrang, @jamesgaffigan & #FrankfurtRSO
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2PgXB1Y
Heard too many good things about this recording; finally had to see if it is the new (Korn)Gold-standard for the #violinconcerto
Inclusion in @surprisedbeauty discography will commence.
#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #concertos #surprisedbybeauty #classicalcdcollection #americanclassicalmusic #EnglishClassicalMusic #20thcenturyclassical #20thCenturyMusic #noFilter #BenjaminBritten #erichwolfgangkorngold
https://www.instagram.com/p/BnDY3ADHuEJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18bglix32la6z
#morninglistening to #Brahms on @dgclassics w/@DBarenboim & @staatskapellw_B
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2ogE7Pu
The #Symphonies, the second time around for both, orchestra (prev. Suitner) & conductor (prev. Chicago) in promising readings that I hope will pick up where that combo’s Schumann & Beethoven left off.
#classicalmusic #orchestralmusic #Symphony
#classicalmusiccollection #GermanClassicalMusic #germanromanticism #classicalcdcollection
#JohannesBrahms #DanielBarenboim
https://www.instagram.com/p/BnA6kIzns-E/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8ptd9ugtu724
#morninglistening to #Debussy on @harmoniamundi / @pias_usa w/@herascasado & @philharmonia: #lemartyredesaintsebastien
Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/73AajOf
+ #LaMer. Martyre is one of the most gorgeous, most entrancing, most substantial among rare #ClaudeDebussy’s works.
Excellent supplements for the Debussy centenary boxes from DG & Warner!
#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection
#classicalcdcollection #vocalmusic #frenchmusic #FrenchClassicalMusic #orchestralmusic #oratorio #ClaudeDebussy #PabloHerasCasado #HarmoniaMundi
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm9NpZ7HXyH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=e7kwoeal0cka
#morninglistening to @PhilharmoniaBar in the #WorldPremiereRecording of a #Rameau #Operaballet
Very spirited, very live recording from @UCBerkeley
#LaTempleDeLaGloire 1745 version. Libretto: #Voltaire
@philharmoniabaroqueorchestra
#baroquemusic
#frenchmusic #liverecording
#classicalmusic #opera #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #historicalinstruments
Over-the-top morality play.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm8KD9eH8eM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ycjz0l9zko82
#morninglistening to #Gounod #Mélodies w/#TassisChristoyannis & #JeffCohen on @AparteMusic (w/@BruZane’s help.)
Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/6uyOI0z
All the way up there as a French composer of #ArtSongs
#classicalcdcollection #classicalmusic #liedmelodieartsong #classicalmusiccollection #pianomusic #solokeyboard #CharlesGounod #repertoireexplorer
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm5iEgKH8pj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vzlej7xys6hk
#morninglistening to #RichardWagner w/#GeorgSolti & @Vienna_Phil, remastered on @Deccaclassics
Amazon http://a-fwd.to/gSIQ9UP
#Parsifal in a deluxe reissue incl. #blurayaudio.
With a fine cast headed by #RenéKollo, #GottlobFrick, #FischerDieskau, #ChristsLudwig et al. Superb notes.
#opera #germanromanticism #Wagner #classicalmusic #tristan #Culshaw #Solti #classicalmusiccollection #viennaphilharmonic #classicalcdcollection #vocalmusic
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm04p1Lgbde/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=eiw014tse2zq
...What about the “pick-and-choose assemblage of bleeding chunks disrespectful to Haydn” angle? Oh, please. Every lamely performed Haydn symphony to open a concert – as a warmup, not quite taken seriously[1] – is a greater offense to the master than this amiable, well-intentioned in-concert sampler…
#morninglistening #Mozart’s #LaClemenzaDiTito w/@ChambOrchEurope & @NezetSeguin & @JoyceDiDonato & @TaraErraught @RolandoVillazon & @MarinaRebeka etc. on @dgclassics
Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/7Det7fE
#classicalmusic #Opera #classicalmusiccollection #recordcollecting #classicalcdcollection
#WolfgangAmadeusMozart
#rolandovillazon’s #BadenBaden Mozart continues w/splendid perf. from #yannicknezetseguin & the orchestra, backed up by a great supporting cast but one glaring weakness that can’t be overheard.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BmyOkxwHlqd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1q8v6s3spipj9
#morninglistening to #LouisCouperin w/#ChristopheRousset on @PIAS_USA / @harmoniamundi
Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/7xRsbG3
A little bit of #Couperin on a @instrumentariumparis #Couchet #harpsichord
#EarlyMusic #baroquemusic #classicalmusic #frenchmusic #FrenchClassicalMusic #solokeyboard #frenchbaroque #clavecin #harpsichordmusic #HarmoniaMundi #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #Stradivari instrument collection at the #museedelamusique (#muséedelamusique)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmv6IoDnIWl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14bncl72okpnq
#morninglistening to #Sibelius #symphonies 2 (&5) w/@KarajanMusic & @Philharmonia
Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/2U7IskI
His stereo recordings from 1960 w/the #Philharmonia, produced by #WalterLegge for #EMI (@warnerclassicsus) on a #ToshibaEMI re-release.
#classicalmusic #classicalcdcollection
#classicalmusiccollection #20thcenturyclassical #orchestralmusic #JeanSibelius #finnishmusic #symphony #Karajan #HerbertVonKarajan
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmttj5gn8_u/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=wmuq1etw3p0g
#morninglistening to #LvB #pianoconcertos w/#LeonFleisher, #GeorgeSzell & @CleveOrchestra:
Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/6BGoNNJ
THE classic American #Beethoven #pianoconcerto cycle with the #clevelandorchestra!
#classicalmusic
#classicalmusiccollection #sonyclassical #orchestralmusic #germanromanticism #Ludwigvan #Szell #ludwigvanbeethoven #classicalcdcollection
https://www.instagram.com/p/BmsWkSvnoes/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=987foncja9ub
#morninglistening to #Clerambault #cantatas w/@lesartsflo w/#WilliamChristie on @harmoniamundi / @piasclassicsusa
Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/6ukbZM9
In a VERY gorgeous re-issues series ON #harmoniaMundi
#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #EarlyMusic #baroquemusic #choralmusic #historicalinstruments #historicallyinformedperformance #HIP #frenchmusic #LesArtsFlorissants #LouisNicolasClerambault #Clérambault
https://www.instagram.com/p/BmnRJn-Hmio/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1n4nweoc0280j
...Finally, we get to Manfred Honeck’s Bruckner Fourth. Honeck features regularly among the ‘Year’s Best’ recordings I highlight: With his Shostakovich Fifth in 2017, his Richard Strauss potpourri in 2016) and this Bruckner Fourth very nearly made it into the “Best Classical Recordings of 2015” list. Honeck seems to like to come up with a concept along which he conducts music – to make, in a way, a tone poem out of every symphony he tackles. One might question whether that is necessarily appropriate or the composer’s intention in any given case, but the results are wildly imaginative and rewarding readings that stand out from the slew of perfectly fine but indistinct interpretations.…
#morninglistening to #Beethoven #StringQuartets w/@cuartetocasals on @harmoniamundi / @pias_usa: v.1 of their cycle-in-progress
Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/16TIutF
!Viva Beethoven!
#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #Ludwigvan #ludwigvanbeethoven #ChamberMusic #HarmoniaMundi
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmh-nD6nVfJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14zidpnqc6nea
#morninglistening to #Debussy on @harmoniamundi / @pias_usa
Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/n0NeLnC
w/@stepdegout, #sophiekarthäuser, #EugeneAsti & #AlainPlanès
Excellent supplements for the Debussy centenary boxes from DG & Warner!
This one with #Mélodies
#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection
#classicalcdcollection #vocalmusic #frenchmusic #FrenchClassicalMusic #liedmelodieartsong #ClaudeDebussy #HarmoniaMundi
https://www.instagram.com/p/BmfoIq1gp4d/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=h1v9tx03olo6
#morninglistening to #Buxtehude #organmusic w/#RenéSaorgin on @harmoniamundi / @pias_usa:
Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/5B038ar
#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #organworks #solokeyboard #EarlyMusic #baroquemusic #noFilter #danishmusic #originalinstruments @harmoniamundi_inter
organs from: #Alkmaar, #Altenbruch, #Zwolle, #Arlesheim, #silbermannorgel #schnitgerorgel
https://www.instagram.com/p/BmdK–YAG8e/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lnxx7d7vawxm
#morninglistening to #Mozart #PianoQuartets on @dgclassics w/@dbarenboim & friends & family
Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/7wceLAy
#PianoQuartet KV493 & #K478 (rec. live @ Boulez Saal)
#classicalmusic #classicalcdcollection
#classicalmusiccollection #chambermusic #WienerKlassik #WolfgangAmadeusMozart #nepotism #DeutscheGrammophon
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmb_SjZgcnw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xi4oeo58gnko
#morninglistening to the #Bach #cantata #BWV13 (out of liturgical order)
Amazon: https://a-fwd.to/4I45gPl
VIL.42 w/@MSuzukiBCJ & @bach_collegiumE on #BISrecords
#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection
#classicalcdcollection #cantatas #EarlyMusic #baroquemusic #JohannSebastianBach #bachcollegiumjapan #MasaakiSuzuki #SACD
#morninglistening to the #Bach #cantataoftheday for 11th Sunday after Trinity: #BWV113, 179 & 199*
Amazon: https://a-fwd.to/4I45gPl
w/@MSuzukiBCJ & @bach_collegiumE on #BISrecords
“Mein Herze schwimmt in Blut”
#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection
#classicalcdcollection #cantata #EarlyMusic #baroquemusic #JohannSebastianBach #BWV179 #BWV199 #bachcollegiumjapan #MasaakiSuzuki
#morninglistening to #Gounod #pianoworks (!) w/@RobertoProsseda on @deccaclassics (w/@BruZane’s help.)
Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/1aiVU1R
whodda known! Minor gems from a composer we really only know for one, maybe two operas.
#classicalcdcollection #classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #pianomusic #solokeyboard #CharlesGounod #repertoireexplorer #AveMaria
#morninglistening to #Mendelssohn #overtures w/@asmforchestra on @capricciorec
Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/6CSjvwi
#classicalcdcollection #classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #overtures #orchestralmusic #GermanClassicalMusic #felixmendelssohn #felixmendelssohnbartholdy #NevilleMarriner #AcademyOfStMartinInTheFields #capricciorecords
...But the interspersed pieces represent a real bonus: Isang Yun’s Königliches Thema for solo violin on Bach’s “Thema Regium” from his Musical Offering is a fascinating set of variations that takes you, hardly noticeable, on an East/West journey without borders or boom barriers. I had last come across Alfred Schnittke’s Suite in the Old Style for violin and piano when reviewing his film music for “Adventures of a Dentist” and I fall in love with the work every time. Perfectly indicative of Schnittke’s polystylism with its many baroque and classical quotes, Handel and Bach are its subjects. It also reminds of Grieg’s Holberg Suite, but with that ‘melting-sideways’ edge of Schnittke’s. Fullana performs it here with pianist David Fung. The last work ‘between movements’ is by Salvador Brotons, a friend of the performer’s, who does in Variations on a Baroque Theme (a helpfully obscure theme by Mallorcan composer Antoni Lliteres) exactly what you would expect, given the title and its inclusion on this recital. Very charming stuff…
#morninglistening to #Brahms, #Scriabin , #LudwigVan et al. w/#AnatolUgorsky on @dgclassics
Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/7bBloLj
Indulgent, brilliant, exacerbating, enchanting…
Complete recordings on DG.
#classicalcdcollection #classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #pianomusic #solokeyboard #Beethoven #olympics #ludwigvanbeethoven #DeutscheGrammophon
#morninglistening to #Beethoven #StringQuartets w/@VerusQuartet on @fontecNews: v.2 of their cycle-in-progress
Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/X70cRUn (for now a Japan-only release)
Wanted more #beethovenstringquartets from them after hearing them at the #ARDinternationalMusicCompetition: here it is!
#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #Ludwigvan #ludwigvanbeethoven #ChamberMusic #VerusQuartet #Viljandi
#morninglistening to #Rautavaara #ChamberMusic on @OndineRecords
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2KzTAmI
@surprisedbeauty music and subject of a recent @ClassicsToday review.
#20thcenturyclassical #21stcenturyclassical #FinnishClassicalMusic #contemporarymusic #einojuhanirautavaara
#morninglistening to #Messiaen w/#HansOlaEricsson on #BISRecords
Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/GTI5TPi
in the complete #organMusic.
#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #Organ works, #20thCenturyMusic #oliviermessiaen #FrenchClassicalMusic
...The String Quartets of Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks (*1946) are manifold works of considerable, eerie beauty and will be loved by those who appreciate Janáček’s and Shostakovich’s quartets and modern music like Krzysztof Penderecki’s or Kaija Saariaho’s. This disc combines quartets 1, 3 and 4, written in 1977, 95, and 99. Not all is quietly serene beauty (“Meditation” from Quartet No.4; “Melodia” from #1), with occasional, tastefully applied glissandos, or driven like a Bartók String Quartet (“Toccata” from Quartet No.4 or “Sonata” from Quartet No.1) when planes of music are treated with vigorous strokes…
#morninglistening to #Mendelssohn’s #DeutscheLiturgie & other #ChurchMusic
w/#KammerchorStuttgart & #FriederBernius
wonderful #ChoralMusic that warms the heart.
#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #felixmendelssohn #felixmendelssohnbartholdy
#JauchzetDemHerrn
#morninglistening to #Forqueray #ChamberMusic on @PIAS_USA / @harmoniamundiu
Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/5H8QQmP
A little bit of #antoineforqueray
and #jeanbaptisteforqueray
go a long, long way. Here’s a 4CD set w/#MichèleDévérité et al.
#EarlyMusic #baroquemusic #ViolinSonatas #classicalmusic #frenchmusic #FrenchClassicalMusic #solokeyboard #frenchbaroque #clavecin #harpsichordmusic #HarmoniaMundi #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection
#morninglistening to #webern’s #Sommerwind et al w/@StaatskapelleDD & #sinopoli on @warnerclassicsus
Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/1KUPRph
#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection #classicalcdcollection #20thcenturyclassical #SurprisedByBeauty #AntonWebern #GiuseppeSinopoli #lateRomanticism #WarnerClassics
#morninglistening to #DenesVarjon on @ECMRecords in #Schumann, #Ravel & #Bartok: #DeLaNuit
Amazon: http://a-fwd.to/aUUcWV4
#classicalmusic #classicalmusiccollection
#classicalcdcollection #ECMRecords #solokeyboard
#pianomusic #germanromanticism #20thcenturyclassical #Bartók #BelaBartok #BélaBartók #RobertSchumann #MauriceRavel