fredag den 9. november 2012

Cello and its great players I

Lets start with Erling Bløndal Bengtsson: http://www.erlingbb.com/
and here is a few great recordings:


Max Reger and Eugene Ysaye










And of course his masterfull Bach recordings. Great sounds!



Here a lovely disc with music from Vagn Holmboe, a great way to discover e great composer.

The quintet for brass is a gem.














Then on to Anner Bylsma: http://www.cello.org/newsletter/articles/bylsma.htm

As always Vivaldi is a surprising composer to visit, and this CD is pleasure and fresh inspiration.

Bylsma and Tafelmusik and Lamon











And now to shadows and pleasures of years now gone, but kept on records and CDs.
The great Pablo Casals, cello, conductor, chamber music

 





Here  the Schumann concerto and smaller pieces for cello.






And this chamber record no men want to miss.

Alfred Cortot, Jacques Thibaud and Casals in two music pieces wrote for angels, and played by angels.
I always get new hopes, listening to this CD.

 













And not to be missed his famous Bach












But music is not always once upon a time. New players are always coming, and they get better and better.
Han-Na Chang f.ex. in a strong recording of two Prokofiev masterpieces:













and the fine debut recording in cooperation with Rostropovich:


recordings like these means that one can stay at home, turn on the stereo, and then listening to art of highest meaning and quality.


And it is a pleasure everyone can pay.









A new cellist (for me) ia Natalia Clein. The recording of Bloch and Bruch is a winner. Especially the Bloch deserves this recording, really a surprise, and a good one too.













Here is a another great Vivaldi record with cello:
 Christophe Coin with AAM on the always great sounding L'Oiseau label. Music as fresh as fresh streaming water.





 

torsdag den 8. november 2012

J.S. Bach vocal music

Here is music that is corner stones in my music listening. Bach wrote passions, and I cannot recall anything so passioned as his masses and cantatas.
This recording will always follow me. The music is from another and better world.











The older Jochum record is a great  duplo to have. Warm and passionated in another way than Gardiners.











The swedish record label BIS is doing a great job in recordet music.
They are passionated too, and they have great partners in their Bach records. The japanese travel in Bachs cantatas  is important and wonderfull listening.

This is a record I often spend my time with.












An long time guest is the cantata "Ich Habe Genug"
my two version are quite different. Quite old and quite new. Hans Hotter and Klaus Mertens are singers of glory

Music for souls.
I love the "La Petite Band" and Kuijken in barouqe music.












And I adore the Gardiners travels in Bach. Magnificat is special to me. The first record where the Gardiner win me over.




And of course, the Herreweghian way must be heard too.











And Harnoncourt, the man who created so much musicpleasure. This is passionate!











And here two great female singers:

Christine Schäfer and Dawn Upshaw.
C

J. S. Bach

When the world gets crazy or my head do, I listen to the best medicine I know, the music of Bach. Here is a little handfull of records I love.



Of course  the cello pieces are special, and I think this great player do it  totally right.









This "modern" version of the violin concertos is fresh cool water.




As always HM delivers sounds that the players deserves.











But this old record is not to be missed!


















For many years this  is my Brandenburg Concertos, they sound as new on my turntable.















For the suites I will choose this newcomer, but still also listening to the Le Petit Bande on vinyl.














This is a desert island disc. Hear the duos prepared by Kurtag, I still not believe what I hear.












Piano is "my" instrument, and Bachs music on that instrument is perfect(for me).


Martha Argerich
Till Fellner

Richard Goode