What are you listening to now?

[Que]

On to the 2nd disc of this newly acquired set:

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Comes with a beautiful booklet and full liner notes. Mvts of plaint chant are included in the masses on the first two discs. Singing is typically Flemish: with clarity and precision,  incisive and sober. Perfect for this music. As are the acoustics of the Chapel of the former Irish College in Leuven.

The sobriety of these interpreations might be off puting for some accustomed to and preferring the British choir style. But that is the way this music simply is, befitting the historical culture of the Low Lands.

Q

[FlyMe]

Julia Fisher is entertaining me with the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. 

[Madiel]

Symphony No.3 - yet another fine late work.

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[Que]

Just in:

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Q

[The new erato]

Just in:

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Q

Mazzochi is a great composer, but I have had varied experiences with recordings by Les Paladins. Please report!

[G. String]

Mozart Complete Piano Variations: Brautigam

[Sergeant Rock]

Shostakovich Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings C minor op.35, Currentzis conducting the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and pianist Alexander Melnikov




Sarge

[Madiel]

Faure's final piano piece, the Nocturne in B minor, op.119

Which is rather more fiery and dramatic than stereotypes would lead you to expect from a 77-year-old composer.

EDIT: Whoops. He was only 76. Ah well, that explains it!

[Karl Henning]

A fiery and dramatic Nocturne? Well, okay, maybe . . . .

[Sergeant Rock]

Bartok String Quartet No.3 (1927) played by the Hungarian




Sarge

[EigenUser]

Bartok String Quartet No.3 (1927) played by the Hungarian




Sarge

The best of the Bartok quartets, I think. Actually, the 3rd is the only one I've warmed up to, and this is after Bartok has been my absolute favorite composer for the past seven years or so.

[Todd]

Some Bach organ music from Vernet to start my day.

[North Star]

Bach
Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV582
Ljupka Hadzigeorgieva & Evgeni Koroliov (Piano duo)

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[Sergeant Rock]

The best of the Bartok quartets, I think. Actually, the 3rd is the only one I've warmed up to, and this is after Bartok has been my absolute favorite composer for the past seven years or so.

The 3rd has the advantage of brevity 

I confess I've been struggling with his quartets all my life. Every year or so I make another attempt to appreciate them. I'm listening to the Fifth right now. It's probably my favorite...if I can even say I have a favorite.

Sarge

[Mookalafalas]

I'm playing disc six of this:

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  The first 32 minutes is Annie Fischer playing the Schumann piano Concerto and the last 40 minutes is Oistrakh playing Brahms Violin Concerto.  Right now my feeling is "Can it get any better than this?"

[andolink]

Johannes Brahms: Variations on an original theme in D major, Op. 21 no. 1; 8 Piano Pieces, Op. 76; 2 Rhapsodies, Op. 79
Adam Laloum, piano

[Pat B]

Second listen to Mahler 8, first listen to Ozawa.
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At the break right now. Hat tip to Jens, who has recommended this recording relentlessly. Obviously I'm not yet qualified to judge performances of this piece, but this sounds good so far. I think it captures the massive scale better than the other one I listened to (LSO, Bernstein on Sony).

[Que]

Mozart inspired by Bach, the result is bound to be special:

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Pictured is the currently available reisue, mine has a different cover.

Q

[Que]

Mazzochi is a great composer, but I have had varied experiences with recordings by Les Paladins. Please report!

Will do! so far impressions are quite favourable.....
Love to hear what others recordings by Les Paladins are recommendable and which to avoid. Will get back to you. 

Q

[Karl Henning]

Maiden-Listen Marathon Monday!

R. Strauss
Hymne (text: Rückert), Op.34 № 2
Latvian Radio Choir