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  • Re: WAYLTL - August 2024

    From Owen Hartnett@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 5 19:14:42 2024
    Just happened to come upon this video of the remarkable Chelsea Guo on
    Youtube. She's most remarkable in that she is both an accomplished soprano *and* an accomplished pianist, who often accompanies her own singing (accompanies her own playing?).

    Ms. Guo seems to revel in the beauty of the music, which is abundant here.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoycVmmNrGg

    -Owen

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  • From Owen Hartnett@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 5 19:34:02 2024
    Greatest of all time index finger on a pianist:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amQ63EZfUMA

    -Owen

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  • From Graham@21:1/5 to Owen Hartnett on Mon Aug 5 15:40:18 2024
    On 2024-08-05 1:34 p.m., Owen Hartnett wrote:
    Greatest of all time index finger on a pianist:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amQ63EZfUMA

    -Owen
    I think the phrase "of all time" should be banned!!!!!

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  • From Owen Hartnett@21:1/5 to Graham on Tue Aug 6 02:56:03 2024
    On Aug 5, 2024 at 5:40:18 PM EDT, "Graham" <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:

    On 2024-08-05 1:34 p.m., Owen Hartnett wrote:
    Greatest of all time index finger on a pianist:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amQ63EZfUMA

    -Owen
    I think the phrase "of all time" should be banned!!!!!

    Banned for all time?

    -Owen

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  • From Todd M. McComb@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 1 19:49:23 2024
    Rather farther afield, there does seem to be some ongoing interest
    in Sorabji here. (My own interests have shifted more toward less
    traditionally minded composers, but Sorabji does have his moments....)

    And so I also want to mention the new _Vocal and Chamber Works_
    by "Wild Beautiful Orchestra" on Bis. It's an opportunity to hear
    something beyond piano solos. (And as I recall, his mother was an
    opera singer...?)

    It's also worth noting, perhaps, that I've once again wanted to
    highlight a new album on Bis (after Brahms String Quintets last
    month...). I have no idea if being owned by Apple played into these
    releases at all -- as they may have basically been booked already
    -- but so far, Apple's ownership doesn't appear to be bad. (I say
    that with an abundance of caution!)

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  • From Todd M. McComb@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 1 19:44:07 2024
    A new cycle of Brahms Symphonies from the Chamber Orchestra of
    Europe & Yannick Nezet-Seguin on DG....

    I'm not sure why this called out to me this week, but I enjoyed it
    at least one time through.... Some here might know I like the
    Gardiner Brahms, and this is also smaller forces. So I'm looking
    forward to hearing these again in other random moments. The latest
    in sound quality also doesn't hurt.

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  • From Todd M. McComb@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 31 23:23:41 2024
    Last of August, new Schubert 9 from Jan Willem de Vriend and
    Residentie Orkest The Hague.... Apparently this conductor got his
    reputation by specializing in 17th & 18th century music on modern
    instruments. I enjoy the result here.

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  • From Todd M. McComb@21:1/5 to Todd M. McComb on Sat Sep 28 23:52:32 2024
    In article <v8goi7$u5h$1@hope.eyrie.org>,
    Todd M. McComb <mccomb@medieval.org> wrote:
    A new cycle of Brahms Symphonies from the Chamber Orchestra of
    Europe & Yannick Nezet-Seguin on DG....

    Still enjoying this....

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  • From Todd M. McComb@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 18 23:37:20 2024
    A new recital of Brahms chamber music (Opp, 78, 40, 120/2) performed
    in period tunings, Vallotti & Kirnberger III:

    https://johnnyreinhard.bandcamp.com/album/johannes-brahms-clarinet-sonata-2-in-f-minor-violin-sonata-1-in-g-major-horn-trio-in-eb-minor-featuring-pianist-joshua-pierce-clarinetist-gilad-harel-violinist-dan-auerbach-and-natural-hornist-so

    Fault can always be found with different aspects of these performances,
    I'm sure, but I'm generally interested in other tunings, and these
    are pretty well executed.... It changes some of the colorings.
    (The remarks I was sent, but which don't appear to be included on
    the web page, note that the natural horn is a real bear in Vallotti
    temperament actually....) Some of the piano figures (e.g. opening
    Op. 120/2, and maybe even more so for the third movement...) can
    seem to be playing specifically off/with the tuning ambiguities.

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  • From Owen Hartnett@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 19 04:33:50 2024
    Not classical, but what I've been listening to:


    Always love good boogie woogie music, particularly with a skilled pianist, as has Asleep at the Wheel here, on Route 66:

    https://open.spotify.com/track/5xChIVtQe9Eztph0DBbxLe?si=eab9c82a27a446f0

    ...and Frankie Ford's got no shade on him, in a popular song way back, but mostly forgotten now:

    https://open.spotify.com/track/0GDUR28IO8jDVBYocH3FQF?si=b6a1ff3cc18f4356

    -Owen

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