Album of the Evening

[graham]

Yet another excellent Tone Poet reissue

[jiminlogansquare]

[MarkusBarkus]

...for Pee Wee. Take funk to heaven. RIP.

[jiminlogansquare]

[orresearch]

[EuroChamp]

Alessandro Deljavan

Mozart: Klavierkonzert F-Dur KV459, Beethoven Sinfonie Nr.1 C-Dur op.21

16/44.1

Qobuz

2021

 

 

[semente]

Today's "Daily Deal" at https://www.eclassical.com/composers/mendelssohn-hensel-fanny/fanny-mendelssohn-piano-music.html

 

[WAM]

Now listening to this gorgeous download...

 

[sphinxsix]

Among my favorite albums with John Zorn's compositions (they say there are more than 3 000 of them, what a brilliant workoholic!) (16-44)

 

 

Also going to give the first listen to this later (24-96)

 

 

[jiminlogansquare]

Not sure I ever before heard a chamber reduction of Till Eulenspiegel, and not sure this rendition fully satisfies, but it is an audacious and entertaining effort filled with virtuoso performances. The Françaix pieces are totally on point, no questions here, and I love Francaix. Poulenc is Poulenc. A very good album.

 

[graham]

[cjf]

[cjf]

[Jud]

Their first new album in 20 years, pretty much in the electric folk/alternative wheelhouse, and I love it.

 

 

[AudioDoctor]

On 9/28/2021 at 6:32 PM, jiminlogansquare said:

 

Next time you post an album like this, warn a brother about those drums coming in out of nowhere... I have a subwoofer and FELT them. They scared the crap out of for the 2 seconds or so it took me to figure out what was going on.

[Jud]

6 hours ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

Next time you post an album like this, warn a brother about those drums coming in out of nowhere... I have a subwoofer and FELT them. They scared the crap out of for the 2 seconds or so it took me to figure out what was going on.

 

It *is* the Ensemble les Surprises, after all.

[AudioDoctor]

4 minutes ago, Jud said:

 

It *is* the Ensemble les Surprises, after all.

 

ha, I didn't notice that!  I was very surprised.

[firedog]

2 hours ago, Jud said:

Their first new album in 20 years, pretty much in the electric folk/alternative wheelhouse, and I love it.

 

 

Weren't familiar to me. Very nice.

[accwai]

Two O'Clock Jump
Harry James

 

[lamode]

^ Funny, I was also listening to Harry James last night

 

[AnotherSpin]

On 9/26/2021 at 2:11 AM, austinpop said:

 

I did, and did not find the Berlin Phil version (from 2002) as engaging. I'm sorry I have no musical training, so cannot get into technicalities, but I did feel the CSO's playing was more heartfelt, and — dare I say it — more virtuosic. And I mean no disrespect — I am a huge fan of the BP. Finally, the SQ of the CSO version, despite being from 1984, is just stunningly good, and better than the BP version.

 

Of course, this is just my personal opinion, and YMMV!

 

Additionally I would suggest to try 7th with Zender, Gielen, Kondrashin. And Neumann, for whom I have a soft spot, I guess it was his versions of several Mahler symphonies which I heard first back in 80s, including 7th. BTW, did you listen to 7th with MTT and London SO?

[flkin]

On 9/28/2021 at 4:49 AM, orresearch said:

Excellent, personal album! Music like the name all slow and beautifully played with his family. It seems that the Argerich, Janine and Rachlin tracks don’t appear in the streaming versions. Only as bonus tracks in the CD
 

 

[austinpop]

4 hours ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

Additionally I would suggest to try 7th with Zender, Gielen, Kondrashin. And Neumann, for whom I have a soft spot, I guess it was his versions of several Mahler symphonies which I heard first back in 80s, including 7th. BTW, did you listen to 7th with MTT and London SO?

 

Thanks for the recommendations. If at all possible, please send me Qobuz links so I know which ones you're recommending.

[AnotherSpin]

1 hour ago, austinpop said:

 

Thanks for the recommendations. If at all possible, please send me Qobuz links so I know which ones you're recommending.

 

With pleasure:

 

https://open.qobuz.com/album/0040888303022

https://open.qobuz.com/album/0761203947829

https://open.qobuz.com/album/d85c3opbgva6b

https://open.qobuz.com/album/s8rkefcfqtamc

 

The Kondrashin recording with Сoncertgebouw I had in mind is not available on Qobuz, unfortunately.

[austinpop]

15 minutes ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

With pleasure:

 

https://open.qobuz.com/album/0040888303022

https://open.qobuz.com/album/0761203947829

https://open.qobuz.com/album/d85c3opbgva6b

https://open.qobuz.com/album/s8rkefcfqtamc

 

The Kondrashin recording with Сoncertgebouw I had in mind is not available on Qobuz, unfortunately.

Thank you so much! I look forward to listening to these soon.