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Martha Argerich Spielt

Frederic Chopin

Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor op.39
Johannes Brahms

Two Rhapsodies op.79

No.1 in B minor

No.2 in G minor
Sergei Prokofiev

Toccata in D minor op.11
Maurice Ravel

Jeux d’eau
Frederic Chopin

Barcarolle in F sharp major op.60
Franz Liszt

Hungarian Rhapsodie Nr.6

  

On The Pleasure of Binge Listening (or Bring on the Next Box Set)

 

I know binge watching is the thing but frankly I’m starting to think that these televisual serialisations are all the same plot in different costumes i.e variations on politics – sex – politics – sex, or in the case of the more violent plots politics – violence (death) – sex – politics – violence (death)- sex.

For real variety and to a certain extent more portability and ease to do during children’s waking hours I prefer binge listening.

Initially this was spurred by the year of listening to a string quartet everyday but now it is Box Sets.

The CD is dying but it hasn’t yet died like video. It seems the (old fashioned) recording companies just keep pouring out more of these sets each year. I’ve churned through the Decca Sound, Mercury Living Presence (x2), Complete Leonard Bernstein, Miles Davis (seriously every year they discover a new vault of lost recordings), Henze, Jacqueline Du Pre, The Beaux Arts Trio, 100 Great Symphonies, and so on. Then there are the cycles one can’t listen to enough versions of: complete symphony cycles of Mahler, Shostakovich and Beethoven, complete string quartet cycles of Beethoven, Bartok and Shostakovich, complete Wagner operas, the Bach cello suites……and these are just the standard repertoire.

The best thing I like about binge approach is to choose a style of music and then work through it chronologically from earliest to most recent to hear how the genre evolves. This is a great way to start working out how the music works. You start hearing references in more recent music to older music.

The other thing I like is discovering the little known gems, not just special recordings, but less loved pieces and composers. This is especially good for modern composers who occasionally pop-up in these sets. I take their names then plug them into search on Spotify and iTunes and see what similar stuff comes up. The different services give very different results and categorise their music very differently so it can require a bit of creativity with the seraches.

Anyway, get into binge listening….I’ve got to wind this up to start on the Martha Argerich Box Set.

Beaux Arts Trio – Complete Philips Recordings – Discs 46-60

Disc 46: Anton Stepanovich Arensky
Piano Trio No.1 In D minor, op.32 (1994)
Piano Trio No.2 in F minor, op.73 (1994)

Disc 47: Antonin Dvorak
Piano Trio No.1 in B flat major, op.21 B51 (1969)
Piano Trio No.2 in G minor, op.26 B56 (1969)

Disc 48: Antonin Dvorak
Piano Trio No.3 in F minor, op.65 B130 (1969)
Piano Trio No.4 in E minor, op.90 “Dumky” B166 (1969)

Disc 49
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Trio No.4 in E minor, op.90 “Dumky” B166 (1985)

Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, op.49 (1985)

Disc 50: Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quartet No.2 in E flat major, op.87 B162 (1972)
Piano Quartet No.1 in D major, op.23 B53 (1972)
with Walter Trampler on viola

Disc 51: Gabriel Faure
Piano Quartet No.1 in C minor, op.15 (1988)
Piano Trio in D minor, op.120 (1988)

Disc 52
Gabriel Faure
Piano Quartet No.2 in G minor, op.45 (1991)

Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Trio No.1 in F major, op.18 (1991)

Disc 53
Joaquin Turina
Piano Trio No.1, op.35 (1995)
Piano Trio No.2 in B minor, op.76 (1995)
Circulo… Fantasia for piano, violin and cello, op.91 (1995)

Enrique Granados
Piano Trio, op.50 (1995)

Disc 54
Maurice Ravel
Piano Trio in A minor (1966)

Charles Ives
Trio for violin, violoncello and piano (1974)

Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Trio No.2, op.67 (1974)

Disc 55
Maurice Ravel
Piano Trio in A minor (1983)

Ernest Chausson
Piano Trio in G minor, op.3 (1983)

Disc 56
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Piano Trio in D major, op.1 (1992)

Alexander Zemlinsky
Piano Trio in D minor, op.3 (1992)

Disc 57: Segey Rachmaninov
Trio elegiaque No.1 in G minor for piano, violin and cello (1986)
Trio elegiaque No.2 in D minor for piano, violin and cello (1986)

Disc 58: Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Quintet in G minor, op.57 (1989) with Eugene Drucker (violin) and Lawrence Dutton (viola)
Piano Trio No.2, op.67

Disc 59
Ned Rorem
Spring Music for violin, cello anf piano (1993)

David N. Baker
Roots II (1993)

George Rochberg
Summer, 1990 (Piano Trio No.3) (1993)

Disc 60: The Bonus CD!!!!!
Maurice Ravel
Piano Trio in A minor (1956)

Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio Hob:XV:25 in G major “Gypsy” (1956)

Gabriel Faure
Piano Trio in D minor, op.120 (1956)

Beaux Arts Trio – Complete Philips Recordings – Discs 31-45

Disc 31: Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Trio No.1 in E flat major, op.12 (1996)
Piano Trio No.4 in G major, op.65 (1996)
Piano Trio No.7 in E flat major, op.96 (1996)
Piano Trio No.3 in G major, op.35 (1996)

Disc 32: Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet in E flat major, op.44 (1975)
Piano Quartet in E flat major, op.47 (1975)
– the quintet with Menahem Pressler (piano), Isidore Cohen (violin), Bernard Greenhouse (cello), and Dolf Bettelheim and Samuel Rhodes (viola – alos for the quartet)
Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, op.63 (I & II) (1971)

Disc 33: Robert Schumann
Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, op.63 (III & IV) (1971)
Piano Trio No.2 in F major, op.80 (1971)
Pinao Trio No.3 in G minor, op.110 (1971)

Disc 34: Robert Schuman
Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, op.63 (1989)
Piano Trio No.2 in F major, op.80 (1989)

Disc 35: Robert Schuman
Piano Trio No.3 in G minor, op.110 (1989)
Phantasiestucke, op..88 (1989)

Disc 36
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, op.49 (1967)
Piano Trio No.2 in C minor, op.66 (1967)

Robert Schumann
Piano Trio No.2 in F major, op.80 (1966)

Disc 37
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No.2 in C minor, op.66 (1990)

Bedrich Smetana
Piano Trio in G minor, op.15 (1990)

Disc 38
Bedrich Smetana
Piano Trio in G minor, op.15 (1970)

Johannes Brahms
Piano Trio No.1 in B major, op.8 (1966)

Disc 39: Johannes Brahms
Piano Trio No.2 in C major, op.87 (1966)
Piano Trio No.3 in C minor, op.101 (1966)
Trio in A minor for piano, clarinet and cello, op.114 (1979) with George Pieterson on clarinet

Disc 40: Johannes Brahms
Piano Trio No.1 in B major, op.8 (1986)
Piano Trio No.3 in C minor, op.101 (1986)

Disc 41: Johannes Brahms
Piano Trio No.2 in C major, op.87 (1986)
Piano Trio No.4 in A major, op.posth. (1986)

Disc 42: Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, op.25 (1973)
Piano Quartet No.3 in C minor, op.60 (1973)
with the addition of Walter Trampler on viola

Disc 43: Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No.2 in A major, op.26 (1973) with Walter Tramplrer on viola
Piano Trio No.4 in A major, op.posth. (1966)

Disc 44
Frederic Chiopin
Piano Trio in G minor, op.8

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Trio in A minor, op.50 “A la memoire d’un grand artiste” (1970)

Disc 45: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Trio in A minor, op.50 “A la memoire d’un grand artiste” (1988)

Beaux Arts Trio – Complete Philips Recordings – Discs 16-30

Disc 16: Ludwig van Beethoven
Pinao Trio No.2 in G major, op.1 no.2 (1964)
Piano Trio No.3 in C minor, op.1 no.1 (1964)
Piano Trio No.8 in one movement in B flat major, WoO 39 (1964)
Piano Trio No.11 in G major, op.121a (10 Variations on Wenzel Mullers song “Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu”) (1964)

Disc 17: Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio No.4 in B flat major, op.11 “Gassenhauer” (1964)
Piano Trio No.5 in D major, op.70 no.1 “Ghost” (1964)
Piano Trio No.6 in E flat major, op.70 no.2 (1964)
Piano Trio No.9 in E flat major, WoO 38 (1964)

Disc 18:Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio No.1 in E flat major, op1, no.1 (1964)
Piano Trio No.10 in E flat major, op.44 14 Variations on an original theme (1964)
Piano Trio No.7 in B flat major, op.97 “Archduke” (1964)

Disc 19: Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio No.1 in E flat major, op.1 no.1 (1980)
Piano Trio No.2 in G major, op.1 no.1 (1980)
Piano Trio No.8 in one movement in B flat major, WoO39 (1979)

Disc 20: Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio No.3 in C minor, op. no.3 (1981)
Piano Trio No.6 in E flat major, op.70 no.2 (1981)
Piano Trio No.10 in E flat major, op.44 (14 variations on an original theme) (1979)

Disc 21: Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio No.7 in B flat major, op.97 “Archduke” (1979)
Pinao Trio No.9 in E flat major, WoO 38 (1979)
Piano Trio No.11 in G major, op.121a (10 Variations on Wenzel Mullers song “Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu”) (1979)

Disc 22: Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano trio in E flat major, op.38 (after the Septet, op.20) (1983)
Piano Trio No.5 in D major, op.70 no.1 “Ghost” (1981)

Disc 23: Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio in D major (after Symphony No.2) (1982)
Triosatz in E flat major, Hess 48 Allegretto (1982)
Piano Trio No.4 in B flat major, op.11 “Gassenhauer” (1981)

Disc 24: Ludwig van Beethhoven
Concerto for piano, violin and cello in C major, op.56 (1977) with The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink
Trio No.4 in B flat major for clarinet, piano and cello, op.11 “Gassenhauer” (1979) with George Pieterson on clarinet

Disc 25: Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto for piano, violin and cello in C major, op.56 (1992) with the Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Kurt Masur
Fantasia in C minor for piano, chorus and orchesta, op.80 (1993) with the Chr de Mitteldeutschen Rundfunks

Disc 26: Franz Schubert
Piano Trio No.1 in B flat major, D898 (1966)

Disc 27: Franz Schubert
Piano Trio No.2 in E flat major, D929 (1966)
Piano Trio (“Sonata” in one movement) in B flat major, D28 (1966)
Trio movement in E flat major, D897 “Notturno” (1966)

Disc 28: Franz Schubert
Piano Trio No.1 in B flat mahor, D898 (1984)
Trio movement in E flat major, D897 “Notturno” (1984)

Disc 29: Franz Schubert
Piano Trio No.2 in E flat major, D929 (1984)
Piano Trio (“Sonata” in one movement) in B flat major, D28 (1984)

Disc 30
Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet in A major, D667 “The Trout” (1975) – Menahem Pressler (piano), Isidore Cohen (violin), Bernard Greehouse (cello), Samuel Rhodes (viola), Georg Hortnagel (double bass)

Clara Schumann
Piano Trio in G minor, op.17 (1971)

Beaux Arts Trio – Complete Philips Recordings – Discs 6-15

Oops – catching up on my documentation – listening to disc 58 currently so in the homestretch.

Disc 6 – Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio Hob.XV: 15 in G major (1974)
Piano Trio Hob:XV: 17 in F major (1974)
Piano Trio Hob:XV: 32 in G major (1972)
Piano Trio Hob:XV:18 in A major (1972)
Piano Trio Hob:XV:19 in G minor (1972)

Disc 7 – Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio Hob.XV: 20 in B flat major (1972)
Piano Trio Hob:XV:21 in C major (1971)
Piano Trio Hob:XV:22 in E flat major (1972)
Piano Trio Hob:XV:23 in D major (1971)

Disc 8 – Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio Hob:XV:24 in D major (1972)
Piano Trio Hob:XV:25 in G major “Gypsy” (1969)
Piano Trio Hob:XV:26 in F sharp minor (1969)
Piano Trio Hob:XV:31 in E flat minor (1971)

Disc 9 – Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio Hob:XV:30 in E flat major (1971)
Piano Trio Hob:XV:27 in C major (1969)
Piano Trio Hob:HV:28 in E major (1971)
Piano Trio Hob:XV:29 in E flat major (1971)

Disc 10: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Trio K542 in E major (1967)
Piano Trio K502 in B flat major (1967)
Piano Trio K564 in G major (1967)
Piano Trio K548 in C major (1967)

Dsic 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Trio K254 (Divertimento) in B flat major (1967)
Piano Trio K496 in G major (1967)

Disc 12: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Trio K254 (Divertimento) in B flat major (1967)
Piano Trio K496 in G major (1967)

Disc 13: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Trio K502 in B flat major (1987)
Piano Trio K542 in E major (1987)

Disc 14: Wolfgnag Amadeus Mozart
Piano Trio K458 in C major (1987)
Piano Trio K564 in G major (1987)
Piano Trio [K442 in D minor] compl. Stadler & Marguerre (1987)

Disc 15: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Trio K478 in G minor (1983)
Piano Trio K493 in E flat major (1983)

The Frustrated Cook – How much is a bunch?

The thing I love about Modernist Cuisine is the precision in quantities.

I can cope with recipes that use units that can be broken down proportionally e.g. a cup. Providing a cup is used consistently as a volume not a weight then it all works out.

I can also cope with quirky local things like ‘a stick of butter’ – there are plenty of online resources to tell me what this is in grams.

But what the fuck is a ‘bunch’. What is the difference between an Imperial and an metric bunch? And a bunch of parsley is definitely different to a bunch of kale.

Let’s not venture into handfulls. How many pinches is that?

 And finally, when they say take 2 pounds (let’s rounds it out and say a kilogram) prepared by method ‘x’. Is it 2 pounds before the prep or after?

Beaux Arts Trio – Complete Philips Recordings – Disc 2-5

I suspect Joseph Haydn never completed a problem such as having too much spare time!

CD2
Piano Trio Hob.XV:40 in F major
Piano Trio Hob.XV:41 in G major
Piano Trio Hob.XV:35 in A major
Piano Trio Hob.XV:34 in E major
Piano Trio Hob.XV.36 in E flat major
Piano Trio Hob.XV.38 in B flat major

recorded in 1977-1978 by Menahem Pressler (piano), Isidore Cohen (violin) & Barnard Grenhouse (cello)

CD3
Piano Trio Hob.XV:2 in F major
Piano Trio Hob.XV:deest in D major
Piano Trio Hob.XV:C1 in C major
Piano Trio Hob.XV:f1 in F major
Piano Trio Hob.XV.5 in G major
Piano Trio Hob.XV.6 in F major

recorded in 1976-1977 by Menahem Pressler (piano), Isidore Cohen (violin) & Barnard Grenhouse (cello)

CD4
Piano Trio Hob.XV:7 in D major
Piano Trio Hob.XV:8 in B flat major
Piano Trio Hob.XV:9 in A major
Piano Trio Hob.XV:10 in E flat major
Piano Trio Hob.XV.11 in E flat major

recorded in 1976 by Menahem Pressler (piano), Isidore Cohen (violin) & Barnard Grenhouse (cello)

CD5
Piano Trio Hob.XV:12 in E minor
Piano Trio Hob.XV:13 in C minor
Piano Trio Hob.XV:14 in A flat major
Piano Trio Hob.XV:16 in D major

recorded in 1974-1976 by Menahem Pressler (piano), Isidore Cohen (violin) & Barnard Grenhouse (cello)