Album of the Evening

[JanRSmit]

Thanks 😉

[AnotherSpin]

6 hours ago, Musicophile said:

My impression exactly.

 

Too bad that in the early 80s the HIP influences hadn’t impacted the mainstream yet.

 

And unfortunately the only new recent recordings are Currentzis (over the top) and Nézet-Séguin (a bit meh).

 

I wonder if I should start a kickstarter campaign for the perfect Figaro. Given all the nonsense that gets funded, at least this would be a worthy goal.

 

I liked Levine's a lot. Didn't listen for years though.

[AnotherSpin]

4 hours ago, Bob Stern said:

 

My preferences are the opposite of yours.  I love old-fashioned romanticism.  I especially lament the HIP influence on mid to late Romantic music like Schumann and Brahms.

 

For example, I love the Brahms violin sonatas in the flowing style of the Khachatryan siblings.

 

Prefer HIP almost everywhere now.

[Musicophile]

An underrated classic:

[semente]

Dorham Live

 

[Melvin]

An afternoon selection ..

 

 

[Melvin]

The Beatles - Abbey Road (Super Deluxe Edition) 

 

 

via Amazon Music HD

 

[sphinxsix]

Enjoying some light, sunny baroque piano on a cold, cloudy day. My favorite performance.

16-44

 

 

 

[semente]

[semente]

It's turned into a Myung-Whun Chung night.

 

[semente]

[firedog]

New album with compositions that are sort of a Jazz, Classical, World mix. Like it a lot. 

[austinpop]

I love Brahms, but seem to have ignored his piano concertos. This one is lovely. Alpha Records is really starting to grow on me, with their excellent SQ.

 

[Bob Stern]

I consider Brahms 2nd piano concerto Brahms' greatest piece and the greatest piano concerto ever written.

 

My benchmarks from the analog era are Serkin/Szell in the 2nd and Fleisher/Szell in the 1st.  Even if you prefer more modern sound, it would be worthwhile listing to those.

[Musicophile]

+1 from me on the Brahms piano concertos. Beyond the different classic iterations with Fleisher, Curzon, Gilels, and  Richter, among the more recent versions I can recommend Zimerman/Rattle for no. 1 and Freire/Chailly for both.  
 

Going back to an older classic today. It has aged pretty well, maybe with the exception of the early DG Digital SQ (but even that is bearable, if a bit sharp). 

 

 

[semente]

For Brahms' PCs I suggest:

 

 

[orresearch]

[christopher3393]

Anamorfosi: Allegri & Monteverdi:

Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre

 

 

Includes Allegri's Miserere.

 

Booklet:  https://www.chandos.net/chanimages/Booklets/AJ0438.pdf

 

Streaming: https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/allegri-monteverdi-anamorfosi-le-poeme-harmonique-vincent-dumestre/b734dadq95h2b

 

 

[graham]

Impex records reissue on vinyl

Excellent sound

[firedog]

 

Another "fusion" album. Very well done. Reminds me a bit of the John Handy - Ali Akbar Khan collaborations in the 70's. 

[mkrzych]

On 10/5/2019 at 8:02 AM, austinpop said:

 

A really lovely performance and recording of the familiar Schubert Octet, and the unfamiliar (to me) Berwald Septet.

 

Indeed, just listening it over Qobuz streaming and it's fantastic!

[Musicophile]

A surprisingly good Magnificat by an ensemble I had never heard of before, with very good singers. 
 

Just released on Qobuz. 
 

 

[Hugo9000]

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor

Souvenirs de Venise

Graham Johnson, piano

with Felicity Lott, Ann Murray, Richard Jackson, Hugo D'Alton

 

 

Anthony Rolfe Johnson is wonderful on this charming and lovely recital album.  Beautiful tone and phrasing, as always.  I wish he'd recorded albums of songs by R. Strauss, Rachmaninov, and more Hahn.  I will always treasure his Handel recordings, which is how I first became acquainted with his marvelous artistry.

 

(Helios is Hyperion's budget reissue line, and as far as I know they still aren't on any streaming platforms, so if anyone is interested, you can hear brief samples on Presto Classical and buy the CD or a download if you prefer.)

[WAM]

Los Lobos this evening:

 

 

[Melvin]

Haven't listened to this in a long time.