Album of the Evening

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I'm at a loss for reply.  Suffice to say my unawareness of this conductor's past was as complete as my inability to turn a blind eye to it.

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Seguing, hopefully, away from abuses of the Catholic church and depraved Russian conductors...  Bruckner's 7th Symphony

 

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19 hours ago, Klavier said:

A new composer to me and I like him a lot! Obviously modern, but not completely sado-modernistic.  His style is hard to describe--mixes gorgeous melodies with explosive clusters. This entire recording is available on YouTube for those of you who are curious.

(Don't let the "with tape" aspect of the first piece scare you--it lasts only 2-3 minutes near the end and imparts a literally other worldly effect.)

 

I listened to about the first 20 minutes of the title song, saved the other worldly section.  It was listenable and mirrored your bolded reflection.  Plan to give this a more critical listen, thank you.

 

14 hours ago, accwai said:

Now album of the evening:

 

Antonio Bazzini - Vol. 1

Luigi Alberto Bianchi, Aldo Orvieto

 

 

Ah Dynamic, have never quite managed to put a finger on what inert quality in their recordings makes them appealing to me.  With that fresh in mind, my favorite Bottesini.  Which normally only comes out on deep Winter nights.

 

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I find when my listening trends towards Paolo Pandolfo that Cafe Zimmermann fits the mood as well.

 

    

 

My second submission of today formed out of enjoyably witnessing a reviewer try throwing a haymaker at a conductor for mounting a haymaker instead of the podium.  An idea that increasingly took me as quite hilarious as his complaint directed towards the interpretation focusing solely on the perspective of a machine operator oblivious to all but his preternatural sense for precise operation of all the parts within his control.   Rather than catering to an audience expecting a raucous symphony of whirring knife edged blades and tines leaving an air born maelstrom in it's wake too exciting to ignore.  Little does anyone else suspect through their complacency the horrors that would erupt if it touched on rock or metal.  

 

Found myself drawn towards spending a few hours slowing down and listening to a year play out in the countryside.     

 

 

 

     

 

 

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One more of equally high quality off the same label with Bruno Cocset playing cello.  Volume II of Barrière and his Boccherini are worthy of mention as well.  

 

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On 6/18/2017 at 2:47 AM, Bob Stern said:

Robert von Bahr outdid himself in his summary of today's half-price special:

 

"Diego Blanco ... was incredibly popular, including with my then wife, with whom he made a number of albums and one daughter."

This tongue in cheek e-classical deal of the day lead in penned by RvB came to mind when I ran across the name Gunilla von Bahr last night.  Of particular interest here is both versions of the Rautavaara works commissioned for her (original for 4 types of flute and revised modern edition forgoing bass flute).  

 

    

 

Here is RvB presenting a copy of the disc to Rautavaara shortly before his passing (and a short article on the history of BIS it was included in).

 

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Lovely addition to Sunday Brunch.

 

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I know many avoid albums with the variety found here.  The playing and sound is top notch.  It also has the added double draw, for me, of works by Bottesini & Turina.     

 

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Right up there with the Vanska Mahler for delivering on expectations of breath taking performance.  I've always wondered if Bell enjoys his stops up here or if it's just another faceless city.  Both he and Yo-Yo Ma give faceless turns on this recording.  As does the other soloist, composer Edgar Meyer.

 

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13 hours ago, sphinxsix said:

Just fantastic!

 

 

Absolutely it is.  Membran doesn't have anything else this good I've heard.

 

Funny how the sex of most sought after recording/performing violinists has shifted in the last 50 years or more.  A Westernized nit to pick for sure.  This was quite good enough to distract that thought until posting here.  Very unique playlist arrangement in this live recording.

 

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As an aside, I've been educating myself on the lesser known instruments that show up in rare and well conceived performances.  This one highlighted the delightfully named 'oboe d'amore'.  With the HIP movement in full bloom I certainly hope these less common currently produced instruments see more use when called for explicitly.  

 

Boult, LSO, and the almost unknown Holst works all shine on this disc.

 

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Interesting old sound which concluded about the time I started finding some ken.  

 

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@AnotherSpin  You are much closer to France than I.  Yet the inherent silken crudeness and highly developed style on display is considerably more apparent to me as a skillful modernized portrayal of the musical narrative.  Perhaps renting the rights to a period painting with multiple nudes instead would've relieved the tension you feel built up in their choice of cover art?