Harnoncourt — Monteverdi: Operas (Diary 2015-08-04)
Harnoncourt / Ponnelle’s legendary Zurich Monteverdi cycle on DVD — and memories of getting addicted to its live performances at the Zurich Opera in the late 1970’s
Listening Diary
Vivaldi: Recorder Concerti (Diary 2015-06-21)
Listening diary post, covering recordings of recorder concerti by Antonio Vivaldi (including some related concerti for violin), played by Maurice Steger / Diego Fasolis / I Barocchisti (2 CDs, 2000 & 2014), Conrad Steinmann / Helmut Müller-Brühl / Cappella Clementina (1978), and by Giuliano Carmignola (violin) / Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca (1999) — 18 different concerti total, including 2 versions of “La Notte”, and 2 versions of “Il gardellino”.
Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Schnittke (Diary 2015-03-27)
Listening Diary — violin sonatas by Prokofiev, Shostakovich, & Schnittke, played by the late Lydia Mordkovich (1944 – 2014). Cross-checking Shostakovich’s op.134 against Gringolts/Vonsattel, and Faust/Melnikov
Rubinstein — Franck (Diary 2014-12-29)
Rubinstein’s Recorded “French” Solo Repertoire: César Franck — Prélude, choral et fugue
Rubinstein — Ravel (Diary 2014-12-27)
Rubinstein’s Recorded French Solo Repertoire: Maurice Ravel — Miroirs: No.5, “La vallée des cloches”; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Le Tombeau de Couperin: Forlane — all with comparisons to Walter Gieseking
Gallay: Horn Solos, Horn Quartets (Diary 2014-11-23)
Music by Jacques-François Gallay (1795 – 1864): solo works, played by Anneke Scott, natural horn; Horn Trios op.24 and Horn Quartet op.26, played by Les Chevaliers de Saint Hubert