What are you listening to now?

[Drasko]

https://www.youtube.com/v/iYuXYE3MpiQ

https://www.youtube.com/v/GK4z0iM-VxU

[Brian]

3 + 5

Life is good.

WHOA these performances are GREAT. Forceful and punchy, but also expressive and gorgeous. Great, seemingly paradoxical combo.

[SonicMan46]

WHOA these performances are GREAT. Forceful and punchy, but also expressive and gorgeous. Great, seemingly paradoxical combo.

Brian - thanks for the comments above on the Previn Vaughan Williams performances - have not listen to Ralph in a while, so checked my collection and just had the Handley box set, so just my second set - decided to add the recording below; love the Lark Ascending and could do w/ another Elgar Violin Concerto performance (had only one) -   Dave

[kishnevi]

Brian - thanks for the comments above on the Previn Vaughan Williams performances - have not listen to Ralph in a while, so checked my collection and just had the Handley box set, so just my second set - decided to add the recording below; love the Lark Ascending and could do w/ another Elgar Violin Concerto performance (had only one) -   Dave

Yes Previn's RVW was my first set.  I have an older issue, one with actual liner notes.


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[Mirror Image]

^^^ Previn's RVW cycle is a classic. I own the set that Jeffrey posted about, but I also bought the cheap set since it's been 24-bit remastered.

Speaking of RVW...now playing:



Listening to Flos Campi. One of the most exquisite works I've ever heard and this performance really does exemplify everything that's great about the piece.

[Todd]

[SimonNZ]

Lera Auerbach's Symphony No.1 "Chimera" - John Fiore, cond.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpRr-tTEpfw

[Wanderer]

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[The new erato]

^^^ Previn's RVW cycle is a classic. I own the set that Jeffrey posted about, but I also bought the cheap set since it's been 24-bit remastered.

Speaking of RVW...now playing:



Listening to Flos Campi. One of the most exquisite works I've ever heard and this performance really does exemplify everything that's great about the piece.

Lawrence Power is superb; his Hindemith cycle is a gem.

The violin concerto (Haendel) and viola concerto (Kennedy) from this set:

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[Que]

Morning listening is a return to this recent addition:

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This is an amazingly brilliant piece of music!  For me this nails Johannes Ockeghem's place amongst the greatest in Early Music: Machaut, Dufay, Desprez and Lassus.
Performance by Musica Nova is as good as their set of the Missa Cuiusvis Toni (Æon)

Q

[Que]

Mouton: Pieces de Luth....

Charles Mouton 's lute music is superb! 
It seems It has been too long that I've listened to the disc below...... which is strongly recommended but probably hard to find...

A happy new year Conor, and to everybody else of course! 

Opening the year with lute music by Charles Mouton (1626-1710). History tells us that he was one of the greatest French lutenists ever. Well, his music is accordingly and the performance by Italian Franco Pavan is amazing.

 

Q

[The new erato]

A holiday in Norway, so I am making dents in some box sets that have been laying dormant for too long.

From the Archive cube; I have never heard this music or disc before:

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Fine music and musicmaking.

[Que]

A holiday in Norway, so I am making dents in some box sets that have been laying dormant for too long.

Same here! Today is Liberation Day in the Netherlands.
And like most most in the office, I took the day off tomorrow to make it a long weekend....

[king ubu]

Well, since it features Roberta Invernizzi, why isn't that a surprise? 

Cheers on that! 

Thread duty - again new and pretty fascinating:

[The new erato]

Same here! Today is Liberation Day in the Netherlands.
And like most most in the office, I took the day off tomorrow to make it a long weekend....

Yes, most colleagues have done so, but I am a little under schedule in some stuff, and next weekend is a long one. Monday 16 2nd day of lent is a holiday, and 17th is our national celebration - so I'm taking the 13th off instead for a 5 day break with some friends, so back to the grindstone tomorrow unfortunately. But still; one cannot help but loving May.

[king ubu]

Went digging for some of my Charpentier discs (have the Christies as well but didn't take those out yet) after the recent discussion about the less-than-grand Niquet recordings (I guess from my very first impression I can agree, glad I spent but 8 or 9€ for the "Charpentier!" compilation, which contains three discs, some with repertoire I don't have elsewhere, so it's definitely not a loss). Anyway, this is capturing!

(And the Rossi is wonderful indeed, the essay in the booklet most enlightening, too ... guess I gotta dig into Mantova and Ferrara music traditions a bit before my trip there in June!)

[Que]

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Anything that Sergio Azzolini touches turns into to gold, and this 4th volume in his Vivaldi series is no exception! 

HIPster requested me to comment on the ensemble. Interestingly, "L'Onda Armonica " was founded and is lead by Azzolini himself.
Their sound seems warmer than of the ensemble featuring in previous volumes "L'Aura Soave Cremona", the playing a bit more mellow and lyrical. L'Aura Soave under Diego Cantalupi sounds more "edgy" in comparison.

Q

[The new erato]

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Anything that Sergio Azzolini touches turns into to gold, and this 4th volume in his Vivaldi series is no exception! 
Q

I just hope Naive manages to finish the complete series, two volumes to go! They are rumored to be in serious trouble, and no new releases from them for quite some time!

[The new erato]

First listen to this disc that have been laying around unplayed for some time, to busy the last few weeks;

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Seems pretty good so far.

[NikF]

Brahms: The String Quartets - Amadeus Quartet.

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