What are you listening to now?

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A new acquisition. Listening to La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ. Just lovely. Amazing performance, too. This is how Messiaen should be performed.

[Moonfish]

Moonfish is a notorious for getting stuff first. Everything We both order he gets a day earlier.  AND he listens to it. He's ruthless and shameless! He has no pity in him!

Anything to make you happy...   0:)

[Moonfish]

Yes, it all depends on whether BIS will maintain a clientèle ready to buy their product at the prices and in the form they sell it. I'm sure that it can't go on for several decades.
Indeed, Peter ought to be ashamed of himself. Especially since I'll be going to my parents for the rest of the year on Monday and most probably won't see the box until January. I hope the post office will store it until I get back..

Ah, Karlo, I will probably have finished the whole box set by then.... 

[Moonfish]

Haydn: String Quartets Op 20.3 4 & 5          The Schneider Quartet

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[North Star]

Ah, Karlo, I will probably have finished the whole box set by then.... 

I bet you'll be envious of me when I get to unwrap the thing and listen to the recordings for the first time, experiences excesses of joy. 

[Que]

Another new treasure from the BRO haul:

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As with every disc by the pan-European and Vienna-based ensemble Cinquecento that I have encountered,  this is must-have. ..
Read the Amazon reviews! 

Q

[North Star]

Thank goodness I don't have to listen to Suzuki & al.'s recordings of the cantatas yet, and I can bask in the OOVP glories of this disc.

Bach
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61, Das Neugeborne Kindelein, BWV 122
Liebster Immanuel, Herzog Der Frommen, BWV 123, Himmelskönig, Sei Willkommen, BWV 182

Monika Mauch (S), Matthew White (A), Charles Daniels (T) Harry van der Kamp (B)
Montréal Baroque & Eric Milnes
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[EigenUser]

I'm somewhat familiar with the Etudes, but orchestral and chamber music is more of my bag than solo piano.

I am biased toward orchestra as well (though I do love good solo piano music). The reason I ask is because I know you like jazz, and there is some jazz influence in the etudes. Nothing new in classical, but it is a very different kind of influence than what is seen with, say, Gershwin or Ravel. It's much more pared down to its roots in African music.

I think the world of Fanfares, among many others.

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A new acquisition. Listening to La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ. Just lovely. Amazing performance, too. This is how Messiaen should be performed.

This one I struggle with. Parts of it are definitely lovely and I like the clear-as-can-be plainchant influence. It's just that after about an hour my attention span issues start...

[Que]

A more exotic choice from the BRO haul:

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Musically this is a pleasant surprise! And a performance to match.

Q

[Mookalafalas]

Lots of Heifetz. A friend gave me digital files of the Heifetz box. I wasn't interested. I'm not particularly a big violin fan, and especially didn't think of myself as a heifetz fan. But, hearing is believing.  Wound up loving it, especially the old Mono stuff.

[chadfeldheimer]

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[Harry]

A reference set of this composer... Que-Premont-Hipster-Marc-Neal-Dave-etc,  etc.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2014/12/from-my-collection-november-2014-duphly.html?spref=tw

[The new erato]

A very fine disc of some really enchanting music:

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[Mirror Image]

I am biased toward orchestra as well (though I do love good solo piano music). The reason I ask is because I know you like jazz, and there is some jazz influence in the etudes. Nothing new in classical, but it is a very different kind of influence than what is seen with, say, Gershwin or Ravel. It's much more pared down to its roots in African music.

I think the world of Fanfares, among many others.
This one I struggle with. Parts of it are definitely lovely and I like the clear-as-can-be plainchant influence. It's just that after about an hour my attention span issues start...

I'll definitely reacquaint myself with Ligeti's Etudes. As for this Messiaen, I have found that with a thrilling performance and approach his music on a 'small doses' type of listening schedule, the music is quite effective and beautiful. This is going to be my strategy with his music and, so far, it seems to be working.

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

For Lydia :

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[Harry]

After 19 years of lingering in my collection, I took this recording out, and listen to it again for comparison in connection with another recording of recent date. It was rather revealing to say the least. See review.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2014/12/from-my-collection-1995-dindia.html?spref=tw

[PaulR]

Good morning, hope everyone is doing well!

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Symphony #9 in D minor

[Mirror Image]

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My favorite Shostakovich symphony. How is Mravinsky's performance? Perhaps a better question: how's the audio quality?

[Que]

As good as I had hoped:

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Q

[ritter]

Some offbeat operatic repertoire for a rainy Saturday afternoon in Madrid:

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