Listening Diary
My comprehensive reviews are a lot of work — if I were to do a full review of all music that I listen to, I would need need to give up sleeping, work, eating, etc — and I would still need to reduce the number of CDs / pieces that I listen to. So, I decided to add a new category of blog posts which I call “Listening Diary”, capturing CDs / music that I listen to without doing a full comparison between different recordings, but still worth a couple remarks in my blog — though typically not covering “casual listening” (e.g., stuff that I listen to only once in the review period). I expect to have at least a short set of remarks on the recordings mentioned here. In this posting I want to give a short, chronological table of these listening diary posts (yellow indicating the most recent entries).
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Interactive Table of Listening Diary Posts
Last update: 2021-04-18| Date | Composer: Work(s) (Artists) | Last Update |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-02 | Lyadov: Complete works for Piano (Marco Rapetti, Olga Solovieva) | 2021-03-02 |
| 2017-12-29 | Ysaÿe: Sonatas for Solo Violjn, op.27 (Shumsky/Zimmermann/Zehetmair/Baráti) | 2017-12-29 |
| 2017-07-26 | Ries and Brüll: Piano Works (Oehler) | 2017-07-26 |
| 2017-05-05 | Crusell: Clarinet Concerto No.1 in E♭ op.1, No.2 in F minor op.5, No.3 in B♭ major op.11 (Johnson, Fröst) | 2017-05-05 |
| 2016-05-03 | Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129 (Queyras, Piatigorsky, Rostropovich) | 2016-05-24 |
| 2016-05-01 | Schumann: Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 1 (Faust, Tetzlaff) | 2016-05-01 |
| 2015-10-31 | Schubert: 4 Impromptus, op.90, D.899 (Rubinstein, Schiff) | 2015-10-31 |
| 2015-10-26 | Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Variations opp.82, 83 (von Alpenheim) | 2015-10-26 |
| 2015-10-17 | Brahms: Violin Sonata No.2 A major, op.100 (Szeryng/Rubinstein, Kavakos/Wang, Faust/Melnikov) | 2015-10-17 |
| 2015-10-03 | R. Strauss: Violin Sonata E♭ major, op.18 (Haifetz/Sánder, Spivakov/Bezrodnyi, Frang/Lifits) | 2017-09-17 |
| 2015-08-31 | Prokofiev, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Paganini, Popper: Cello & Piano (Christoph Croisé & Oxana Shevchenko) | 2015-09-24 |
| 2015-08-04 | Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Harnoncourt/Ponnelle, DVD) | 2015-08-04 |
| 2015-08-04 | Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (Harnoncourt/Ponnelle, DVD) | 2015-08-04 |
| 2015-08-04 | Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria (Harnoncourt/Ponnelle, DVD) | 2015-08-04 |
| 2015-06-21 | Vivaldi: Concerti (Steger/Fasolis, Steinmann/Müller-Brühl, Carmignola) | 2015-06-21 |
| 2015-03-27 | Prokofiev: Sonatas for solo violin op.115 / Sonata for two violins op.56 (Mordkovitch/Young) | 2021-04-18 |
| 2015-03-27 | Shostakovich: Violin sonata op.134 (Mordkovitch/Benson, Gringolts/Vonsattel, Faust/Melnikov) | 2021-04-18 |
| 2015-03-27 | Schnittke: Praeludium in Memoriam D. Shostakovich (Mordkovitch/Young) | 2021-04-18 |
| 2014-12-29 | Franck: Prélude, Choral & Fugue (Rubinstein) | 2014-12-29 |
| 2014-12-27 | Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, excerpts from Miroirs, Le tombeau de Couperin (Rubinstein, Gieseking) | 2014-12-27 |
| 2014-11-23 | Gallay: Concerts cachés, for Horn solo (Scott) | 2014-11-23 |
| 2014-11-23 | Gallay: Chamber music for natural horn ensemble (Les Chevaliers de Saint Hubert) | 2014-11-23 |
| 2014-08-24 | Byrd: Quadran Paven & Galliard; “Have with yow to Walsingame” (Moroney) | 2014-08-24 |
| 2014-08-24 | Bull: Keyboard works (Cok) | 2014-08-24 |
| 2014-08-19 | Prokofiev: Violin sonatas opp.80 & 94bis, 5 Melodies op.35bis (Ibragimova/Osborne) | 2014-08-19 |
| 2014-08-13 | Schubert: Lieder, incl. “Der Hirt auf dem Felsen” (Ferrier/Walter, Wunderlich/Giesen, Price/Sawallisch, Haefliger/Dähler) | 2014-08-13 |
| 2014-08-07 | Carreño: Ballad op.15, Piano pieces (Oehler) | 2014-08-07 |
| 2014-07-26 | Grieg: Ballad op.24, Lyric Pieces (Rubinstein) | 2014-07-26 |
| 2014-07-09 | Villa-Lobos: A Prole do Bebê, Suíte floral (Rubinstein) | 2014-07-09 |
| 2014-06-29 | Albéniz: Piano pieces / encores (Rubinstein, de Larrocha) | 2018-01-05 |
| 2014-06-29 | Granados: Piano pieces / encores (Rubinstein) | 2014-06-29 |
| 2014-06-29 | de Falla: Piano pieces / encores (Rubinstein) | 2014-06-29 |
| 2014-05-28 | Bartók: Violin concerto No.1 (Faust/Harding) | 2014-05-28 |
| 2014-05-28 | Bartók: Violin concerto No.2 (Faust/Harding, Kopatchinskaja/Eötvös) | 2014-05-28 |
| 2014-05-28 | Stravinsky: Violin concerto in D (Kopatchinskaja/Jurowski) | 2014-05-28 |
| 2014-05-28 | Prokofiev: Violin concerto No.2, op.63 (Kopatchinskaja/Jurowski) | 2014-05-28 |
| 2014-05-28 | Eötvös: Violin concerto “Seven” (Kopatchinskaja/Eötvös) | 2014-05-28 |
| 2014-05-28 | Ligeti: Violin concerto (Kopatchinskaja/Eötvös) | 2014-05-28 |
| 2014-05-11 | Mozart: Rondo a minor, K.511 (Rubinstein, Gieseking, Brautigam, Bezuidenhout) | 2015-06-09 |
| 2014-05-11 | Rachmaninoff: Prélude from “Morceaux de fantaisie” op.3 (Rubinstein) | 2014-05-11 |
| 2014-05-11 | Szymanowski: Mazurkas (Rubinstein) | 2014-05-11 |
| 2014-05-09 | Haydn: Andante con Variazioni F minor (Rubinstein, Buchbinder, Schornsheim, Staier) | 2014-05-09 |
| 2014-05-09 | Mendelssohn: Lied ohne Worte op.67/4, “Spinnerlied” (Rubinstein) | 2014-05-09 |
| 2014-05-07 | Rubinstein, Anton: Piano pieces (Rubinstein) | 2014-05-07 |
| 2014-05-07 | Scriabin: Piano pieces (Rubinstein) | 2014-05-07 |
| 2014-05-07 | Stravinsky: Trois Mouvements de Pétrouchka (Rubinstein, Pollini) | 2014-05-07 |
| 2014-05-07 | Mompou: Piano pieces (Rubinstein) | 2014-05-07 |
| 2014-05-07 | Gershwin: Piano pieces (Rubinstein) | 2014-05-07 |
| 2014-05-01 | Tchaikovsky: The Seasons op.37a (Ashkenazy) | 2014-05-01 |
| 2014-05-01 | Prokofiev: Visions fugitives op.22 (Rubinstein) | 2014-05-01 |
| 2014-04-30 | Chabrier: Piano pieces (Rubinstein) | 2014-04-30 |
| 2014-04-30 | Fauré: Piano pieces (Rubinstein) | 2014-04-30 |
| 2014-04-30 | Milhaud: Piano pieces (Rubinstein) | 2014-04-30 |
| 2014-04-30 | Poulenc: Piano pieces (Rubinstein) | 2014-04-30 |
| 2014-04-28 | Busoni: Transcription of the Chaconne from Bach’s Violin Partita, BWV 1004 (Rubinstein) | 2014-04-28 |
| 2014-04-17 | Smetana: Má Vlast (Harnoncourt) | 2014-04-17 |
| 2014-04-17 | Dvořák: Symphonic Poems, opp.107 – 110 (Harnoncourt) | 2014-06-13 |
| 2014-04-13 | Arthur Rubinstein — The Complete Album Collection | 2014-04-13 |
| 2014-04-13 | Busoni: Transcription of Bach’s Toccata, Adagio & Fugue, BWV 564 (Rubinstein) | 2014-04-13 |
| 2014-04-08 | Mozart: Rondo for piano & orchestra in A, K.386 (Haskil, Ashkenazy, Bezuidenhout) | 2014-11-11 |
| 2014-04-05 | Mozart: Variations K.360 (Oistrakh/Badura-Skoda, Müllejans/Bezuidenhout) | 2014-04-05 |
| 2014-04-05 | Mozart: Adagio & Fugue K.546 (Hagen, Chiaroscuro) | 2014-04-05 |
| 2014-03-26 | Handel: Sonatas for wind instruments (Brüggen/Hayes, Schneider, Steger) | 2014-03-26 |
| 2014-02-07 | Corelli: Sonatas (Steger/Kitaya, Holloway/Mortensen, Montanari/Dantone) | 2015-05-22 |
| 2014-02-07 | Telemann: Recorder music (Steger/Kitaya) | 2014-02-07 |
| 2014-01-31 | Music for Recorder (Steger/Kitaya, Icarus Ensemble) | 2014-11-21 |
| 2013-12-21 | Music for Traverso or Recorder (Svendsen, Kuijken, Laurin/London Baroque) | 2014-01-16 |
| 2013-12-04 | Berg: Violin Concerto “Dem Andenken eines Engels” (Faust/Abbado) | 2013-12-04 |
| 2013-11-21 | Schubert: Compositions for Violin & Piano (Ibragimova/Tiberghien, Shiokawa/Schiff, Wispelwey/Giacometti) | 2017-06-28 |
| 2013-11-09 | Beethoven: Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus op.43 (Klemperer, Dausgaard, Zinman) | 2013-11-09 |
| 2013-10-27 | Vivaldi: 12 Concerti op.9, “La Cetra” (Podger) | 2013-10-27 |
| 2013-10-27 | Górecki: Symphony Nr.3, op.36 (Simonov, Zinman) | 2013-10-27 |
| 2013-09-30 | Beethoven: Sonata for horn and piano, op.17 (Scott/Cok) | 2014-08-22 |
| 2013-09-30 | Krufft: Sonata for horn and piano (Scott/Cok) | 2014-08-22 |
| 2013-09-30 | Leidesdorf: Sonata for horn and piano (Scott/Cok) | 2014-08-22 |
| 2013-09-30 | Scriabin: Piano sonata No.3, op.23 (Ashkenazy, Glemser, Hamelin) | 2014-08-22 |
| 2013-06-28 | Godowsky: 54 Studies on Chopin’s Etudes (Grante, Hamelin) | 2013-06-28 |
| 2013-03-31 | Bach: Partita B minor, BWV 831 (Gieseking, Gould, Rousset, Staier) | 2013-03-31 |
| 2013-03-31 | Bach: Italian Concerto BWV 971 (Gieseking, Landowska, Leonhardt, Staier, Rousset, Koopman) | 2013-03-31 |
| 2013-03-21 | Beethoven: Allegretto B minor WoO 61 (Mustonen, Brautigam) | 2013-03-21 |
| 2013-03-21 | Beethoven: Variations WoO 77 (Mustonen, Brautigam) | 2013-03-21 |
| 2013-03-21 | Beethoven: 6 Ecossaises WoO 83 (Mustonen, Brendel) | 2013-03-21 |
| 2013-03-15 | Bach: 4 Duetti BWV 802-805 (Koopman, Rousset) | 2013-03-15 |
| 2013-03-15 | Bach: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue BWV 903 (Landowska, Staier, Rousset, Koopman) | 2013-03-15 |
| 2013-03-10 | Senfl: Songs (Huber/Näf/Staempfli/Piguet, Denys/La Caccia) | 2013-03-10 |
| 2013-03-09 | Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Curtis/Lemieux/Gauvin) | 2013-03-09 |
| 2013-02-17 | Schubert: Vocal duets, trios, quartets (Ameling/Baker/Schreier/Fischer-Dieskau) | 2013-02-17 |
| 2013-02-17 | Berlioz: Requiem op.5 (Ozawa) | 2013-02-17 |
| 2013-01-26 | Beethoven: Variations “A la Viganò” WoO 68 (Pletnev, Brautigam, Mustonen) | 2013-01-26 |
| 2013-01-26 | Mendelssohn: Organ sonatas op.65 (Gurtner, Schättin) | 2013-01-26 |
| 2013-01-18 | Duphly: Pièces de Clavecin (Rousset) | 2013-01-18 |
| 2013-01-18 | Weiss: Lute Sonatas (Imamura) | 2013-01-18 |
| 2012-12-31 | Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, lecture series at Wigmore Hall (Schiff) | 2012-12-31 |
| 2012-12-31 | Beethoven: Piano Sonata op.13 (Gulda, Gilels, van Immerseel, Brautigam) | 2015-08-20 |
| 2012-12-31 | Beethoven: Piano Sonata op.27/2 (Badura-Skoda, Barenboim, Backhaus, Schnabel Gulda, Pletnev, Gilels, van Immerseel, Brautigam) | 2015-08-20 |
| 2012-11-25 | Górecki: Miserere op.44, Amen op.35 (Nelson) | 2012-11-25 |
| 2012-11-25 | Pärt: Adam’s Lament (Kaljuste) | 2012-11-25 |
| 2012-11-22 | Chopin: Etudes op.25 (Ashkenazy, Pollini, Sokolov) | 2014-03-26 |
| 2012-11-22 | Chopin: Préludes op.28 (Argerich, Askenase, Barenboim, Pollini, Sokolov) | 2014-03-26 |
| 2012-11-22 | Chopin: Sonata op.39 (Argerich, Askenase, Avdeeva, Pollini, Sokolov) | 2014-03-26 |
| 2012-11-16 | Debussy: Images, Etudes (Aimard) | 2012-11-16 |
| 2012-11-16 | Debussy: Préludes (Aimard, Gulda) | 2012-11-16 |
| 2012-11-01 | Beethoven: Lieder (Wunderlich/Giesen) | 2012-11-01 |
| 2012-11-01 | Schumann: Dichterliebe op.48, Liederkreis op.39, other Lieder (Wunderlich/Giesen, Fischer-Dieskau/Moore, Bostridge/Drake, Goerne/Schneider, Terfel/Martineau) | 2012-11-01 |
| 2012-11-01 | Schumann: Piano Quintet op.44, Piano Quartet op.47 (Melnikov/Jerusalem Quartet, Levine/LaSalle Quartet) | 2012-11-01 |
| 2012-11-01 | Webern: Bagatellen op.9, 5 Stücke op.5 (Hagen Quartett) | 2012-11-01 |
| 2012-10-02 | Bach & other composers: Organ works (Scholze, Meinhold, Scheidegger, Koopman) | 2012-10-02 |
| 2012-09-29 | Scarlatti, Domenico: Keyboard Sonatas (Belder, Staier, Dantone) | 2012-09-29 |
| 2012-08-31 | Scarlatti, Domenico: Keyboard Sonatas (Belder, Staier) | 2012-08-31 |
| 2012-08-31 | Schubert: Mass A♭ major, Mass E♭ major (Harnoncourt) | 2012-08-31 |
| 2012-07-30 | Tignor: Together Into This Unknowable Night (Brooklyn Rider) | 2012-07-30 |
| 2012-07-30 | Schumann: Novelletten op.21 Nr.2, 4, 8 (Richter) | 2012-07-30 |
| 2012-07-30 | Franck: Cello (Violin) Sonata in A (Isserlis/Hough, Spivakov/Bezrodnyi, Perlman/Argerich) | 2012-07-30 |
| 2012-07-30 | Myaskovsky: Cello Sonata Nr.1 op.12 (Mørk/Thibaudet) | 2012-07-30 |
| 2012-07-30 | Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata G minor op.19 (Mørk/Thibaudet, Isserlis/Hough) | 2015-10-03 |
| 2012-07-30 | Rachmaninoff: 2 Pieces for Cello & Piano op.2 (Mørk/Thibaudet, Isserlis/Hough) | 2012-07-30 |
| 2012-07-30 | Rachmaninoff: Vocalise (Evans/Isserlis/Hough) | 2012-07-30 |
| 2012-07-30 | Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia (Christophers, Cantalea) | 2012-07-30 |
| 2012-07-30 | Tischhauser: Joggeli söll ga Birli schüttle (Tschupp) | 2012-07-30 |
| 2012-07-28 | Beethoven: Bagatelles op.126 (Schnabel, Gould, Ashkenazy, Brendel, Brautigam) | 2012-07-28 |
| 2012-07-28 | Beethoven: Variations “Venni amore” WoO 65 (Pletnev, Brautigam) | 2012-07-28 |
| 2012-07-28 | Schubert: Symphonies 7 & 8 (Furtwängler, Harnoncourt, Dausgaard) | 2012-07-28 |
| 2012-07-27 | Scarlatti, Domenico: Keyboard Sonatas (Belder) | 2012-07-27 |
| 2012-07-27 | Rameau: Suites d’Orchestre (Savall) | 2012-07-27 |
| 2012-07-27 | Rameau: Suites d’Orchestre (Savall) | 2012-07-27 |
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