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#91

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

Last post by Harry - July 15, 2025, 08:03:34 AM

I'm happy to stream them, but I'm excited to buy a box set in the future. It will go right alongside Foccroulle and Koopman.

This I should do too, but I took leave from buying CD'S, and by the way it sounds better through my streamers, (have 2 of them, the Lumin U2 and the Bricasti M 5). I invested in Roon and Qobuz and that on it self cost a buck or two, although compared to buying CD utter peanuts.

#92

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

Last post by Que - July 15, 2025, 08:00:56 AM

Another discovery in the world of early music.

Great music! Also try:

[Mikko Franck]

#93

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

Last post by brewski - July 15, 2025, 07:54:48 AM

A farewell concert from conductor Mikko Franck and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet.

Holst: Choral hymns from the Rig Veda
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 "The Egyptian"
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Fauré: Elégie Op. 24
Camille Pépin: Inlandsis (on behalf of Radio France)
R. Strauss: Don Juan

#94

The Diner / Re: What are you eating?

Last post by Irons - July 15, 2025, 07:54:21 AM

Amelia, a young lady, has recently acquired an allotment. She appeared out of the blue at our allotment shop which we open every Sunday morning with two loaves of the most delicious bread I have tasted. She even supplied breadboard and knife. Apparently she teaches baking bread and has a website. Amelia's cinnamon and currant bread will stay in my memory for many a day.

 https://www.ameliasbakehouse.co.uk/   

#95

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

Last post by DavidW - July 15, 2025, 07:53:43 AM

Very good choice. Soon I will return to these recordings, because it gives me great joy to undergo Bach through the master of the instrument.

I'm happy to stream them, but I'm excited to buy a box set in the future. It will go right alongside Foccroulle and Koopman.

[Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704)Complete Violin Sonatas – 1681Bojan Čičić, Violin.The Illyria Consort.Recorded 2024, St Martin's Church, East Woodhay, Hampshire.Streaming: 96kHz/24bit. SOTA sound.]

#96

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

Last post by DavidW - July 15, 2025, 07:51:29 AM

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704)
Complete Violin Sonatas – 1681
Bojan Čičić, Violin.
The Illyria Consort.
Recorded 2024, St Martin's Church, East Woodhay, Hampshire.
Streaming: 96kHz/24bit. SOTA sound.

I've had that on my favorites Qobuz list ever since I saw it on the new releases. But I had not listened yet, and your enthusiastic review is pushing it up. Today or tomorrow.

#97

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

Last post by Spotted Horses - July 15, 2025, 07:48:51 AM

A bit peculiar that, despite being a huge admirer of Bacewicz, I just now realized that there is another string quartet cycle by the Lutoslawski Quartet. I've always listened to the Silesian Quartet on Chandos.



String Quartet No 1 sparkles, with the outer movements in a prickly Neo-baroque/Neo-classical style. Only the middle movement left me somewhat baffled.

My delight at discovering the Lutoslawski Quartet's recordings of Bacewicz has turned to ashes. I decided to queue up the middle movement (which I found baffling in the Lutoslawski Quartet's recording) in the Silesian Quartet recording. Nothing baffling about it, it is marvelous! In the Lutoskawski Quartet's recording it is so sotto voce that I couldn't hear anything, even turning the volume up, with some bizarrely loud outbursts. No such problem with the Silesian Quartet recording. Haunting, dissonant harmonies. The outer movements are find in both recordings, but the Silesian Quartet struck me as a bit more convincing.

Moving on the the second quartet (in the Silesian Quartet recording) another brilliant work and another haunting slow movement. And I noticed that the slow movement, which comes in at 8 minutes in the Silesian recording is 12 minutes in the Lutoslawski Quartet recording. What's up with that? I'm not even going to try to listen to the Lutoslawski Quartet's recording.

#98

GMG News / Re: Missing Members

Last post by Karl Henning - July 15, 2025, 07:36:05 AM

Guys, do we need a mysticism thread in The Diner for these discussions? Or are we still solving the mystery of where Todd went? 

Who?

#99

Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Haydn's String Quartets an...

Last post by Karafan - July 15, 2025, 07:20:48 AM

Apart from that a long long time ago I became a bit infatuated with op 77and found a lovely thing, the Vegh Quartet live on Orfeo. Pro Arte is wonderful in Op 77/1.

just 77/2, I'm assuming from Salzburg on 19.07.61?

#100

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

Last post by Harry - July 15, 2025, 07:20:04 AM

Leipziger Choräle (I)

Very good choice. Soon I will return to these recordings, because it gives me great joy to undergo Bach through the master of the instrument.