What are you listening to now?

[Que]

Anyway, the Real Chopin set was at 20€ on JPC a few months ago. One should still keep an eye on it

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Nice, very nice.

Q

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I didn't listen to Respighi's Violin Sonata last night as I was too tired but I'm listening now. Absolutely gorgeous work.

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Listening to Sinfonia (Symphony No. 3). Possibly the greatest Italian symphony ever composed? Could be especially since there aren't many Italians that were interested in the genre. Nevertheless, this is a great performance of the work. I haven't heard Noseda's performance (yet).

[Papy Oli]

Beethoven - Sonatas 8 to 11 / Brautigam

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Took a chance on the fortepiano sound with this cycle but I like this a lot.

[Que]

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Listening to A Celtic Symphony. Love Bantock's music. A must for any lover of Late-Romanticism.

[Brian]

Listening to Sinfonia (Symphony No. 3). Possibly the greatest Italian symphony ever composed?

It's been a long time since I heard that, and I will need to relisten. Currently my favorite Italian symphony is Sgambati's.

[SonicMan46]

Beethoven - Sonatas 8 to 11 / Brautigam



Took a chance on the fortepiano sound with this cycle but I like this a lot.

Also own this box and doing a second re-listen this weekend - some of the reviews that I've read state a 'slight' reverberant sound (the recordings were done in a church) but I'm not detecting much of that as a negative.  I'm listening to the standard CD recordings, but SACD is also available, so curious if there is much of a difference on the same set of speakers?  My old NAD receiver does not play SACD - now my Blu-ray player will but it's attached to a sound bar which is just not as good as my regular speakers - Dave

[Wakefield]

Continuing the discovery of the Vivaldi Sacred Naive boxset with Laudate Pueri / Sandrine Piau.

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Great disk!

Arguably, there is no composer of sacred music, in the Catholic tradition, more invigorating and electrifying than Vivaldi. In his hands the worship is a true party.

[king ubu]

last night and this morning:

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Beethoven 1-8, Schubert 1-4


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Schubert 1-4


Checking out Schubert's symphonies for the first time (I have heard one or two of the later ones in passing before, but that was it).

[Mirror Image]

It's been a long time since I heard that, and I will need to relisten. Currently my favorite Italian symphony is Sgambati's.

I don't think I've even heard Sgambati's. What's it like, Brian?

[Lisztianwagner]

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Listening to A Celtic Symphony. Love Bantock's music. A must for any lover of Late-Romanticism.

+1

[Que]

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[Florestan]

Arguably, there is no composer of sacred music, in the Catholic tradition, more invigorating and electrifying than Vivaldi. In his hands the worship is a true party.

Haydn! 

[Wakefield]

Q

Your love for this kind of old stuff it's the aspect I find most intriguing among your musical preferences. it's like your Mr. Hyde side.   

[Wakefield]

Haydn!

Yes, Haydn and Monteverdi are at the same level as composers of sacred music, but for different reasons (at least to me).

Vivaldi's music appeals at a physical and rhythmical level as no other composer, IMHO. 

[North Star]

Yes, Haydn and Monteverdi are at the same level as composers of sacred music, but for different reasons (at least to me).

Vivaldi's music appeals at a physical and rhythmical level as no other composer, IMHO. 

+1.

[Harry]

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Rego my friend see PM

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

Back to José, the disc entire, but he's gonna have to help me wash and wax the car.  I've got to get this done before winter.

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[Todd]

Some Mozart concertos, namely K271 and K466.  Predictably excellent. 

I can only hope that the management at Sony will see fit to issue a box of all of Kraus' recordings for Columbia, so her take of all of Wolfie's concertos can be heard again.