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#91

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Que - Today at 04:36:47 AM

More Italian Baroque stuff... trio sonatas..



http://www.musica-dei-donum.org/cd_reviews/CPO_777-030-2.html

#92

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Todd - Today at 04:18:15 AM

Op 12.

#93

Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: J.S. Bach on the Organ

Last post by Elk - Today at 04:14:23 AM

Ton Koopman plays the two 'newest' Bach pieces, Ciacona in d BWV 1178 & Ciacona in g BWV 1179:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4JR0N7rOw8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Tr9uNwwOM

After listening to the first Chaconne, which sounds like no Bach I've ever heard, I can't help wondering if it was attributed to him so that it would be heard.

#94

The Diner / Re: Christianity vs Earth, the...

Last post by steve ridgway - Today at 04:03:49 AM

I'm not pretending an atheist would believe this but from a religious perspective there is no difficutly.

I agree there are many perspectives and am trying to see as large a picture as possible based on what I have confidence in, but that's only how the Universe looks from where I'm standing.

#95

Composer Discussion / Re: Gerald Finzi

Last post by Roasted Swan - Today at 03:58:19 AM

I don't scan the BBC audio 3 listings as religiously as I used to since I can't access the BBC's play on demand from Australia any more. However I noticed that last week there was a performance of Finzi's Earth and Air and Rain song-cycle in a concert beginning 1pm UK time on Tuesday 18 Nov. Could someone in the UK, or with a VPN, record this and post, please?

here's a link to an MP3 (320 kps) file of the performance.  It is such a beautiful work!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uTjsoZNj48bhWFkxQwFxyAaHfwB8XVzB/view?usp=sharing

#96

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Que - Today at 03:46:23 AM

Some lovely (but not particularly memorable) music from 18th c. Venice here.
The famous oboe concerto receives a good be it not stellar performance (pick Alfredo Bernardini with Zefiro for that).

#97

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Papy Oli - Today at 03:31:24 AM

Absolutely - a player who sounds relaxed (in the best sense)

Well put. I had a similar reaction when I discovered Segovia. He lets the music breathe...

[Poulenc]

#98

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Madiel - Today at 03:26:20 AM

Poulenc songs from 1940.

Les chemins de l'amour (written for a play, Poulenc in his most popular Paris cafe style)
Colloque (a duet, though they sing one after the other, not together)
Banalités (a collection where the last song is nearly as long as the others combined)

#99

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Papy Oli - Today at 03:12:08 AM

Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68


Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

(SDG)

#100

The Diner / Re: What audio system do you h...

Last post by Valentino - Today at 02:55:08 AM

@Nostromo That's some beautiful gear.
Those Elipsas certainly do not have an over exaggerated top. Serblin was on top of his game at that time.