What are you listening to now?

[Florestan]

the arrangement for choir, soloists, cello, harp and organ is very fine.  have you heard it?

No, I haven´t, but sounds interesting. Is there any specific performance I should check out?

[Gurn Blanston]

Schubert: the Ninth Symphony. Les Musiciens du Louvre, under Marc Minkowski. Good playing, but nothing sensational. Rythmically dull, an impression magnified by the observance of all those repeats  zzzzzz....

Try Sinopoli; he kicks ass and takes names! 

[listener]

BUXTEHUDE   vol. 4 of the series on Da Capo by Bine Bryndorf, here at
St. Gertrud,  German Church of Stockholm
a'= 467Hz at 20ºC.  (will not be affected by any difference in temperature at the listener's location)
ELGAR:  Sea Pictures       The Music Makers
Felicity Palmer,  London Symphony Chorus (Music Makers only)  London Symphony Orch.,
Richard Hickox, cond.

[Moonfish]

Monteverdi and His Time            Laurens/Capriccio Stravagante/Sempé

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[San Antone]

No, I haven´t, but sounds interesting. Is there any specific performance I should check out?

This is the one I've heard.  It also has the same work by Gounod, which is very nice as well.

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[Ken B]

Playing my various Seon discs (mostly to convince myself I have enough already without getting the giant SEON box)

No All. I have enough Seon already. Find your own damn excuse!

[EigenUser]

Haydn The Seasons (Spring)
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[Gurn Blanston]

Haydn The Seasons (Spring)
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Oops, I was looking for the 'Favorite' button... 

+1

[NJ Joe]

Metamorphosen

[André]

Bruckner: symphony no 5. Württemburgische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Roberto Paternostro. The hyper long reverb plays tricks in the coda of the work. Brass lines are mostly blurred and buried in the mass of sound. Very imprressive, but I  prefer something clearer (Klemperer is my benchmark in that long, difficult to balance coda). It's the first time I find that the reverb detracts somewhat from the enjoyment. Symphonies 0-4 are uniformly excellent, achieving greatness in places. At the price (12$) this 11-disc set is unbeatable.

[listener]

Catching up on the cd's after a week or so  of   lp's
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS:  Symphonies 3 (Pastoral) and 4
London Symphony Orch.   Previn, cond.
Johann Karl ESCHMANN (1826-1882)
Fantasy Pieces for Violin (originally for clarinet)and Piano op. 9, 'In Autumn' – pieces for horn and piano op. 6, String Quartet in d
The Ceruti Quartet, Dave Lee, horn, Oliver Lewis, violin, Roy Howat, piano
Conservative Romantic pieces in the traditions of  Schumann and Brahms
WIDOR: Salve Regina, Allegro from the Symphony no.6
FRANCK: Pièce Héroïque, Chorales 1,2,& 3
Marcel Dupré, organ St. Thomas Church, NYC

[Mirror Image]

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Listening to Violin Sonata No. 2. Absolutely gorgeous.

[Gurn Blanston]

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Listening to Violin Sonata No. 2. Absolutely gorgeous.

I got that disk when it was first released (1997?) and have enjoyed it ever since. My only Delius, and thus I have a good feeling about him.

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Big fan of Les Arts Florissants, this set only made me like them more!  0:)

[Mirror Image]

I got that disk when it was first released (1997?) and have enjoyed it ever since. My only Delius, and thus I have a good feeling about him.

Very nice, Gurn. As with anything, it all boils down to taste. Some people love Delius' music, some people loathe it. I found I took to the music rather quickly. The first work I heard of his was In a Summer Garden and it completely mesmerized me. I was hooked from that moment forward despite a rather fuzzy period where the naysayers were getting the better of me. Still, according to Eric Fenby, I passed the test for a true Delian. It was love on first-listen. If you would like any recommendations, don't hesitate to ask. Until then, I'm not going to force Delius down people's ears. I feel like I'm already imposing by having him as my avatar.

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

Perhaps the best I've heard in years, centuries even...

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Metamorphosen

Very nice. Beautiful work. Metamorphosen isn't a work I return to very often, but it's ravishing sound-world certainly makes for a pleasurable listening experience. Tod und Verklarung, on the other hand, is one of my favorite Strauss works.

[Mirror Image]

Perhaps the best I've heard in years, centuries even...

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(Rubs eyes) Zauber! You're back!

[kishnevi]

Perhaps the best I've heard in years, centuries even...

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Resurrexit!

TD

CD 4 of this 5 CD set.
Excellent musicmaking.  As might be surmised from the musicians, a MI performance, but high standards, almost mandatory, at least until Azzolini gets around to the two further discs he needs to record to complete his set.
Orchestral duties are approximately half ECO, half Zagreb Soloists.
Philip Ledger conducts the Brits, Tonko Ninic the Croats.

[Todd]

Wrapping up the first go-round with the Sweelinck box with some harpsichord works.  They are not as inspired as the organ works, but they are superb all the same.

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Listening to Symphony No. 2. Absolutely magnificent.