New daily deal at eclassical!

[austinpop]

Today's Bassoon Concertos disc is excellent.

 

https://www.eclassical.com/sambeek-bram-van/mozart-weber-du-puy-bassoon-concertos.html

[masch]

If this isn't perfect playing in the right style, romantic that is, I don't know what would be. Highly recommended! 

It's neither a Christmas nor Daily deal but still at reduced price if I'm not mistaken.

 

 

eClassical - R. Schumann: String Quartets Nos. 1-3, Op. 41

 

[austinpop]

Today's Mozart 39, 40, & 41 is an excellent performance and recording  in a very crowded field:  https://www.eclassical.com/harmonia-mundi/mozart-symphonies-nos-39-40-41.html

 

BTW - people should also be checking out the Qobuz Fest Sale here: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/page/winter-qobuz-fest-2020

[austinpop]

Also, the download speed from the eclassical store this weekend is glacial. Hopefully they can fix it soon.

[bobfa]

2 hours ago, austinpop said:

Today's Mozart 39, 40, & 41 is an excellent performance and recording  in a very crowded field:  https://www.eclassical.com/harmonia-mundi/mozart-symphonies-nos-39-40-41.html

 

BTW - people should also be checking out the Qobuz Fest Sale here: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/page/winter-qobuz-fest-2020

Thanks for being our secret shopper!!  

[Bob Stern]

The Bach album by Olivier Latry, the titular organist of Notre-Dame de Paris, is the last recording made on the Cavaillé-Coll organ of Notre-Dame before the organ was damaged in the fire.  Therefore, some of you may want to buy it as a remembrance.  However, the Fanfare magazine reviewer said the performance was careful and dull.  

[firedog]

10 hours ago, Bob Stern said:

The Bach album by Olivier Latry, the titular organist of Notre-Dame de Paris, is the last recording made on the Cavaillé-Coll organ of Notre-Dame before the organ was damaged in the fire.  Therefore, some of you may want to buy it as a remembrance.  However, the Fanfare magazine reviewer said the performance was careful and dull.  

FWIW the allmusic reviewer called it exciting....

[Musicophile]

13 hours ago, Bob Stern said:

The Bach album by Olivier Latry, the titular organist of Notre-Dame de Paris, is the last recording made on the Cavaillé-Coll organ of Notre-Dame before the organ was damaged in the fire.  Therefore, some of you may want to buy it as a remembrance.  However, the Fanfare magazine reviewer said the performance was careful and dull.  

I somewhat like that album but it’s not a must have. 
 

Today I can  recommend the CPE Bach Magnificat. 

[charlesphoto]

On 12/13/2020 at 9:22 AM, austinpop said:

Also, the download speed from the eclassical store this weekend is glacial. Hopefully they can fix it soon.

That's an understatement. Just bought one of their daily deals (first time shopper) and it's been years since I've seen something download in .1mb increments. I doubt they'll be my go to for shopping. 

[bobfa]

20 minutes ago, charlesphoto said:

download in .1mb increments

This is not normal for them!  I found that you just download the individual tracks a lot faster than the zip.  Technology gets us in the end. Remember Dialup!!??!!

 

[danadam]

Seems to work fine for me:

[charlesphoto]

We have a download speed of 200mb/s plus, and currently getting 48kb/s download from eclassical. Glad I only bought one title. 

[austinpop]

Today's Beethoven 9th is a good bargain. But the download speed issue persists!

 

 

Sounds like it's a problem for US buyers?

[charlesphoto]

20 minutes ago, austinpop said:

Today's Beethoven 9th is a good bargain. But the download speed issue persists!

 

 

Sounds like it's a problem for US buyers?

I emailed them about my issue and they sent me a wetransfer of the album I purchased. Sounds like a local server issue, and  they plan on going 'cloud' soon to solve that. 

[austinpop]

The Isabelle Faust album today is excellent. Not so much a fan of the Schoenberg violin concerto, but love Verklarte Nacht.

[Bob Stern]

Every few years I try listening to Verklarte Nacht, but it strikes me as terribly depressing, and I turn it off almost immediately.  The only Schoenberg I've been able to enjoy is solo piano music—specifically, the Pöntinen recording on BIS and the op. 19 pieces on the Aspaas album with Beethoven's op. 111 and the Berg sonata.  (I also have a piece recorded by Glenn Gould, but can’t remember what I thought of it.)

 

Since you like Schoenberg more than I do, you might try the violin concerto by Hilary Hahn with Salonen conducting.  It's widely considered the most approachable recording of it for people who are put off by Schoenberg.

[AnotherSpin]

1 hour ago, Bob Stern said:

Every few years I try listening to Verklarte Nacht, but it strikes me as terribly depressing, and I turn it off almost immediately.  The only Schoenberg I've been able to enjoy is solo piano music—specifically, the Pöntinen recording on BIS and the op. 19 pieces on the Aspaas album with Beethoven's op. 111 and the Berg sonata.  (I also have a piece recorded by Glenn Gould, but can’t remember what I thought of it.)

 

Since you like Schoenberg more than I do, you might try the violin concerto by Hilary Hahn with Salonen conducting.  It's widely considered the most approachable recording of it for people who are put off by Schoenberg.

 

I've shunned Schoenberg's music for decades, and very rarely listened to anything other than the Verklärte Nacht, certainly a very popular piece that I don't find depressing at all. And then just recently I started listening again to some of Schoenberg's other recordings and was struck by the otherworldly beauty of this music. Within a few days I listened to many of his works with considerable pleasure. One might probably need a special magic pill to get into the world of his music.

[Musicophile]

On 12/22/2020 at 10:28 AM, AnotherSpin said:

 

I've shunned Schoenberg's music for decades, and very rarely listened to anything other than the Verklärte Nacht, certainly a very popular piece that I don't find depressing at all. And then just recently I started listening again to some of Schoenberg's other recordings and was struck by the otherworldly beauty of this music. Within a few days I listened to many of his works with considerable pleasure. One might probably need a special magic pill to get into the world of his music.

Could you share this pill with me? To this day I’m even struggling with Berg, let alone Schönberg.

[Musicophile]

Today I’d suggest checking out Vänskä’s Mahler 7

[Kal Rubinson]

1 hour ago, Musicophile said:

Today I’d suggest checking out Vänskä’s Mahler 7

It's OK but it's just Vänskä’s Mahler.  😐

[AnotherSpin]

4 hours ago, Musicophile said:

Could you share this pill with me? To this day I’m even struggling with Berg, let alone Schönberg.

 

Which one you want, red or blue? 🙃

[austinpop]

4 hours ago, Kal Rubinson said:

It's OK but it's just Vänskä’s Mahler.  😐

 

We can be such snobs when we have such a plethora to choose from! 

 

I do like Vänskä’s 7th. While it's not my all-time greatest, it's certainly one of the best recorded. Quite a value at under $10.

[Musicophile]

1 hour ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

Which one you want, red or blue? 🙃

Which one is which again? Not a fan of the Matrix. 

[AnotherSpin]

2 hours ago, Musicophile said:

Which one is which again? Not a fan of the Matrix. 

 

If I remember correctly, red was for seeing reality, blue was for prolonging of illusion. The question remains, is music a reality, or an illusion?

 

Meanwhile, I listened again to Schoenberg's Violin Concerto with Isabelle Faust. To my perception, a very involved performance. Again, I don't find Schoenberg difficult at all, probably due to many years of listening to avant-garde music, from Cecil Taylor and Anthony Braxton in jazz to Tristan Murail and Gérard Grisey in the "serious" tradition. On the other hand, I know the cases where classical music lovers never accepted Mahler's innovations or Bruckner's language. Everything is relative. 

[Musicophile]

2 hours ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

If I remember correctly, red was for seeing reality, blue was for prolonging of illusion. The question remains, is music a reality, or an illusion?

 

Meanwhile, I listened again to Schoenberg's Violin Concerto with Isabelle Faust. To my perception, a very involved performance. Again, I don't find Schoenberg difficult at all, probably due to many years of listening to avant-garde music, from Cecil Taylor and Anthony Braxton in jazz to Tristan Murail and Gérard Grisey in the "serious" tradition. On the other hand, I know the cases where classical music lovers never accepted Mahler's innovations or Bruckner's language. Everything is relative. 

I’d definitely need a blue pill then. Or maybe I should start with a couple of drams of a good single malt.