What are you listening to now?

[Moonfish]

Musik am hofe Ludwig XIV        Hazelzet/Junghanel/Linden




Second spin on
Elgar: Violin Concerto                Hahn/LSO/Colin Davis
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending    Hahn/LSO/Colin Davis

Mmmm, I am really starting to like this concerto!   

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[Drasko]

On a first listen to Venice Preserv'd
Hogwood/AAM

http://www.amazon.com/Venice-Preserved-Hogwood/dp/B00000E46F/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_d_1
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Wonderful! 

Big shout out to Drasko!  Thank you for the recommendation.   

Glad you liked it. 


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[EigenUser]

A delight.  The last time I listened to this (on vinyl) I wasn't much more than a child...

You know that Webern wrote a piece for children?
http://www.youtube.com/v/9umvR9_3peQ

[king ubu]

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[listener]

The Chinese string quartet disc this morning was a short 10-inch one, so there's time for these
From my Louisville collection
LS-695  VILLA-LOBOS: Danses africaines  ADDISON: Concerto for trumpet and strings  (Leon Rapier, trumpet)
LS-713  CHAVEZ: "Horsepower" Suite   GRANADOS: Dante, Symphonic Poem op.27 for soprano and orch. (Mary Lee Maul, sop.)
LS-751  BAKER: Le chat qui pêche for soprano, orchestra and jazz quartet  Morton GOULD: Symphonette no. 2
Jorge Mester, cond.
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[North Star]

Дмитрия Дмитриевича Шостаковича (Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich)
Симфония № 13 «Бабий Яр» си-бемоль минор op.113 (Symphony No. 13 «Babi Yar» in b flat minor, Op. 113)
Sergei Aleksashkin (bs)
Chor & Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Mariss Jansons
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[Lisztianwagner]

Дмитрия Дмитриевича Шостаковича (Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich)
Симфония № 13 «Бабий Яр» си-бемоль минор op.113 (Symphony No. 13 «Babi Yar» in b flat minor, Op. 113)
Sergei Aleksashkin (bs)
Chor & Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Mariss Jansons
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I'll join this choice.

[North Star]

I'll join this choice.

Good evening, Ilaria!
Excellent idea. 

[Lisztianwagner]

Good evening, Ilaria!
Excellent idea. 

Good evening, Karlo!
This work is splendid, actually one of my favourite Shosty's symphonies; such deep, dramatic and mesmerizing music! Jansons did a very thrilling performance.

[North Star]

Good evening, Karlo!
This work is splendid, actually one of my favourite Shosty's symphonies; such deep, dramatic and mesmerizing music! Jansons did a very thrilling performance.

Agreed, and it's definitely among my favourites, too. But then again, almost all of them are..

Thread duty

Monteverdi
Vespro della Beata Vergine
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini
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[Moonfish]

JS Bach: Selections                Pires

from the DG set

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[listener]

Luc Ferrari Presque Rien No. 1 - Le levée du jour au bord de la mère.

I thought that might have been by Percy Grainger*   Should read 'mer'?
*apparently Mussorgsky and Mahler were candidates too.

[Wakefield]

JS Bach: Selections                Pires

from the DG set

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Did you like? I loved it, as the Keyboard concerti on Erato. 

[king ubu]

Monteverdi
Vespro della Beata Vergine
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini
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Very good!

[North Star]

Very good!

Now there's an understatement!

[king ubu]

Now there's an understatement!

Indeed it's a spell-binding rendition!

Not sure, I might prefer Gardiner ultimately, but they can co-exist very well as they're so different.

[Moonfish]

Did you like? I loved it, as the Keyboard concerti on Erato. 

I liked it quite a bit, but definitely need to hear it again. Her rendition was different compared to my usual fare (Schiff), but her performance was excellent with great sound.  Hearing Bach played by different performers is like hearing a poem read by different voices.  Pires's version is likely to be retrieved from the shelves many times in the future. Great stuff! I still need to hear her rendition of Bach's keyboard concertos.

[Moonfish]

JS Bach: Trio Sonatas  BWV 525-530          Preston

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

You know that Webern wrote a piece for children?
http://www.youtube.com/v/9umvR9_3peQ

Thank you!  If Mozart makes kids smart, then if I listen to children's classical music I figure it will keep me youthful...

[Ken B]

I think that CD is a good example of gilding the lilly. The tramp singing by himself is moving, just because it's so heart felt and sincere  -- I thought the rest was oily and unctuous. What Gavin Bryers, Tom Waits etc do seems to get in the way of the majesty, the dignity, of the tramp.

Yup.