What are you listening to now?

[Harry]

Big thanks to premont for recommending a few months back ~

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Just superb.

Agreed!

[aligreto]

James Wilson: Menorah [Viola Concerto]....





This is a contemplative rather than a bravura type concerto. The work was written following a visit to a memorial outside Jerusalem commemorating the children who died in the holocaust. The voice of the viola is an apt one I think to air such thoughts that one may have in such a situation. It is a dark toned work but not a despairing one. The final movement has particularly interesting orchestral colour and texture which includes the use of flute, harp and vibraphone.

[SonicMan46]

Bach, JS - Cello Suites on the 'shoulder cello' (viola da spalla) w/ S. Kuijken & D. Badiarov - enjoy both - there has been some new posting in the Bach thread dedicated to these works for those interested.  Dave

 

[Todd]

Disc 46.

[Spineur]

Some comparative listening on Haydn cello concertos

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The type of orchestra makes the biggest difference: chamber vs baroque, this really changes the overall impression.

[Ken B]

Messiaen, Eclairs
Cambreling

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn Symphony No.6 D major "Le Matin"...Fey conducting the Heidelberger Sinfoniker




Sarge

[pi2000]

Charles Richard Hamelin
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[Marc]

Halfway the weekend and enjoying Claudio Arrau's Beethoven...

[SonicMan46]

Bach, JS - Cello Suites w/ Hopkinson Smith on theorbo (his transcriptions) - using Spotify on my iPad plugged into the den stereo - close miking - I can hear his fingering occasionally but there is also some minor intermittent distortion which I'm assuming is the wireless Spotify connection (not sure the 'quality' of their offerings) - just curious for those who may own these Naive discs and/or downloads, any such distortion issues?  Thanks - Dave

 

[HIPster]

Bach, JS - Cello Suites w/ Hopkinson Smith on theorbo (his transcriptions) - using Spotify on my iPad plugged into the den stereo - close miking - I can hear his fingering occasionally but there is also some minor intermittent distortion which I'm assuming is the wireless Spotify connection (not sure the 'quality' of their offerings) - just curious for those who may own these Naive discs and/or downloads, any such distortion issues?  Thanks - Dave

 

Hi Dave. 

Playing the first disc now - no distortion, even at louder-than-normal listening levels.

I like these performances very much.  Smith sounds utterly committed here.  Like you, I appreciate the very close perspective of the recording.

There is a small annoyance for me with the CD packaging: the first set is a digi-pak and the second is housed in a standard jewel case.  Weird.  Clearly a WTF were they thinking (or not thinking) situation.  FWIW, I'm a fan of hi-qual. digi-paks, but would have liked some consistency with packaging at minimum.

The music is wonderful.  Enjoy.

[SimonNZ]

Bach's Goldberg Variations - Céline Frisch, harpsichord

[André]

Henning Mankell's concerto was written in 1917. Not much of his output has been recorded. Gösta Nystroem's work dates from 1959. He wrote many symphonies and tone poems (the best known is called Ishavet, or Arctic Ocean). I think I have all his symphonies, but it's difficult to be sure. He didn't number them, giving them titles instead. A truly fascinating composer.

[ritter]

Eleanor Steber singing Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915, op. 24, from this CD:

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[Todd]

Year 1.

[ritter]

Following the Barber with Régine Crespin singing Ravel's Shéhérazade (conducted by Ansermet) , from this set:

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[SimonNZ]

"Dutch Piano Concertos: Fodor, Schmitt and Wilms" - Arthur Schoonderwoerd, Ensemble Cristofori

[ritter]

And now, Debussy's Jeux, in a live recording of the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch:

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[Spineur]

After some Puccini arias interpreted by José Cura, I am moving to
Dvorak biblical songs Op. 99

[SurprisedByBeauty]

#morninglistening to #Scarlatti w/Linda Nicholson on #Capriccio.

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also: The Worst Mozart Biography Ever. Paul Johnson: «Mozart -- A Life»