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[aligreto]

Leifs: Concerto for Organ....





This is a work that is slow to start. It is uninteresting and dull to begin with but gradually builds to an engaging, dynamic and powerful conclusion.

[aligreto]

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That is wonderful music and I am a long time admirer of the Tallis Scholars; but, for all of that, I do not own that one.

[Mandryka]

A very effective K 593 from The Tatrai, well worth hearing I'd say.

[nodogen]

So XI turns out to be dyslexic Roman numerals? Ha!

My first impression of Scelsi was one of those "not bad...but not necessarily enough to make me want more." Obviously a case where repeated listens will be needed.

Yeah, them Italians are rubbish at Roman numerals 😂
Scelsi's early music is what we musicologists call "quite normal" whereas the later music elicits comments such as "Call that music? There isn't even a tune!"
At least, that's what my partner opined. Case in point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H__4F3t4IxE&feature=share

[Papy Oli]

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A nice way to wrap up the evening :

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[Kontrapunctus]

No. 16 and 17 today. Phenomenal playing and sound.

[Dee Sharp]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 6. Wand/Cologne. Really an excellent performance and recording. Only Klemperer is better for me.

[Cato]

Bruckner: Symphony No. 6. Wand/Cologne. Really an excellent performance and recording. Only Klemperer is better for me.

That was one of the top recordings in an epic , legendary Blind Listening a few years ago! 

[kishnevi]

Thumbs up to this one
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[Dancing Divertimentian]

Great!   

Meanwhile  I've come to the conclusion that Léon Berben can not only be a tremendous hit, but also a miss: his Clavier-Übung III was somewhat of a dissapointment...

Well, that's sad to hear. I had been eyeing his other Bach discs.

[HIPster]

Thumbs up to this one
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Excellent!  Good to see. 

Now playing:

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[Cato]

My cow is giving me indigestion

I assumed that this was code for a reaction from listening to either...

https://www.youtube.com/v/JohcbfO0OjA

or...

https://www.youtube.com/v/gMgw1Ijf-sY

[Ken B]

That was one of the top recordings in an epic , legendary Blind Listening a few years ago! 

Proving even GMG ain't perfect.

[Cato]

Proving even GMG ain't perfect.

Because the perfect performance of Bruckner's Sixth remains...

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[Todd]

Mehta's LAPO Sinfonia Domestica is probably now my favorite version of this work.  Everything sounds flowing and "natural" and lovely.  I'll probably spin the disc for a second time in the next month or two, and then I probably won't listen again until next decade sometime.

[Ken B]

Because the perfect performance of Bruckner's Sixth remains...

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Did that one get voted off the island in an early round?
I agree that's a great one, up there with HvK ...

[Mandryka]

Aymes, Galassi, Concerto Soave, Gesualdo, Maione. This is worth hearing.

[Que]

Well, that's sad to hear. I had been eyeing his other Bach discs.

Trial an error, I'm  afraid... His Toccatas set (for organ & the complete set for harpsichord) is awesome:

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Strongly recommended! 

Haven't heard his Kunst der Fuge (on organ) album yet...

Q

[Que]

Morning listening:
I have a soft spot for Pietro Domenico Paradies, the last standard bearer of the Neapolitan School in keyboard music.



This OOP disc came fairly quickly accross the pond from Academy Records.

Q

[Harry]

Morning listening!