What are you listening to now?

[Henk]

Early (Music) morning listening:

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Q

Great stuff! I hope it stays great however when I will respin that recording, I don't know how much that will happen though.

[Madiel]

Holmboe: the superb Symphony No.9

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Probably the most difficult and complex of all the symphonies, but so very rewarding.

[aligreto]

Haydn: Symphony No. 13 [Goodman]....

[aligreto]

Berlioz: Les nuits d'été sung by Veronique Gens....

[Maestro267]

Howells: Hymnus Paradisi
Harper (soprano), Tear (tenor)
Bach Choir, Choir of King's College
New Philharmonia Orchestra/Willcocks

[Harry]

New acquisition
It was a Bach Organ week for me. I have been listening to the the second set of Stockmeiers interpretation, with 10 cd's. Not a total success I am afraid.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/03/bach-js-complete-organ-works-stockmeier_12.html?spref=tw

[aligreto]

Handel: Organ Concerti 7 & 10 Richter....

[ritter]

On TV, Menachem Pressler playing Schubert's Piano sonata in B-flat major D. 960, from a recital in the Cité de la Musique in 2011. Quite wonderful! 

[kishnevi]

Still manages to be first rate even with the usual hiccups of historical live recordings (La Scala 1961 in this case)


Must have been quite a night in person...

[Sergeant Rock]

Weber Oberon Overture and Der Freischütz Overture, Goodman conducting the Hanover Band




Sarge

[SimonNZ]

Dittersdorf's Sinfonias On Ovid's Metamorphosis Nos. 1-3 - Hanspeter Gmür, cond.

[kishnevi]

Something to balance out the previous fireworks.

CD 4. Vivaldi Chamber Concertos

[Sergeant Rock]

Janáček String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters" played by the Pavel Haas Quartet




Sarge

[Mandryka]

Martin Rost plays outstanding music on an outstanding organ and he is recorded outstandingly. Superlatives are required for this superlative disc.

[ritter]

Earlier today, some Debussy from this set:

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Regrettably, after several tries,  I still find very little to admire in Mme. Haas's performances of Debussy. It all sounds to me like a pedal and rubato infused haze. This approach is particularly harmful IMHO to the pieces from around the turn of the century (Suite bergamasque, Pour le piano), which instead of forward-looking, almost sound like salon music from an earlier generation (I couldn't help thinking of Massenet time and again  ). The Images fare slightly better, but still I find them rather undistinguished. All in all, the exact opposite of the kind of Debussy playing I favor.

[prémont]

Martin Rost plays outstanding music on an outstanding organ and he is recorded outstandingly. Superlatives are required for this superlative disc.

I own vol.3 & 4. Both are indeed outstanding. Vol. 1 & 2 are on my wishlist.

[Harry]

I own vol.3 & 4. Both are indeed outstanding. Vol. 1 & 2 are on my wishlist.

Luckily when I bought the complete MDG catalogue, I managed to get also all the organ works recorded on this label. Time for me to relisten all those CD'S.

[prémont]

New acquisition
It was a Bach Organ week for me. I have been listening to the the second set of Stockmeiers interpretation, with 10 cd's. Not a total success I am afraid.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2016/03/bach-js-complete-organ-works-stockmeier_12.html?spref=tw

Well, his style is a bit oldfashioned. but still well considered, I think, and I particularly like its consistent unpretentiousness.
Music of this quality does not always need seasoning.

And the Kreienbrink organs are fine with me, some of them I even find rather charming.

[Spineur]

Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses Op 54 (1841)

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On Utube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJQiqTELwwI

[SonicMan46]

Luckily when I bought the complete MDG catalogue, I managed to get also all the organ works recorded on this label. Time for me to relisten all those CD'S.

Harry - love my MDG CDs - just curious, what is your 'rough' approximation of the number of items and the total number of CDs in that catalog?  Dave