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[andolink]

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8




One of the towering monuments.

Still leaves me totally drained after all these years.

[Que]

1st run:

[asin]B00A8QBFN2[/asin]
Jonas, Jephta & Job.

Q

[aligreto]

Haydn: Missa in tempore belli....





Still holds up.

[Harry]

I have avoided the Graindelavoix recordings for that reason.

Q

There is no reason for avoiding Graindelavoix. I may be not such a expert as many on this site, including you Que, but I have the later releases of this group, and they are in all respects sublime.
I make an exception for the older recordings of this ensemble, I did not like any of them.
And the feedback from my classical friends all over the world, is in the same vein.
All of them without exception bought all of my recommendations.

[Que]

There is no reason for avoiding Graindelavoix. I may be not such a expert as many on this site, including you Que, but I have the later releases of this group, and they are in all respects sublime.
I make an exception for the older recordings of this ensemble, I did not like any of them.
And the feedback from my classical friends all over the world, is in the same vein.
All of them without exception bought all of my recommendations.

I'm absolutely certain your expertise in choral music exceeds my limited knowledge as a listener by far, Harry.

I understand from your response that you like the Byzantine/ Orthodox vocal style by Graindelavoix, which to my ears sounds similar to Peres' Ensemble Organum.

Q

[cilgwyn]

Klemperer's recording of Mahler Symphony no 7. What not to enjoy?!

[San Antone]

My comments re: Peres and Graindelavoix were specifically concerning the Machaut Messe.  I enjoy Ensemble Organum in other repertory, especially the chant recordings.  I have not heard enough of Graindelavoix either early or later recordings to have an opinion beyond their recording of the Machaut Messe.

[prémont]

My comments re: Peres and Graindelavoix were specifically concerning the Machaut Messe.   

This is exactly how I understood your post.

[Wakefield]

Telemann: Trumpet and Horn Concertos
Jean-François Madeuf & Pierre-Yves Madeuf
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken
Accent

[asin]B01L32LU2U[/asin]

Arguably the best Telemann recording this year. 

[San Antone]

Machaut : Messe
Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Domenique Vellard



I still await a recording of this work which I find perfect.  I like the restraint Vellard's group displays with the singing and melodic interpretation but I prefer to lower pitching by Peres.  Hilliard is too pure vocally, no edge, as well as being pitched very high.

Who knows, maybe somebody will put one out that is the best of both worlds someday.

[aligreto]

Concerto RV 540 for Viola D'Amore, Lute, Strings and basso

[aligreto]

Telemann: Trumpet and Horn Concertos
Jean-François Madeuf & Pierre-Yves Madeuf
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken
Accent

[asin]B01L32LU2U[/asin]

Arguably the best Telemann recording this year. 

Listed 

[Que]

Listed 

Looks very good indeed....

[SurprisedByBeauty]

#morninglistening 2 the sublime #Buttmann's #MaxReger on @OehmsClassics. He makes Reger so... http://ift.tt/2gV5Gf5

Sensational, sensual, luscious...
I can't imagine that Gerhard Weinberger's traversal, which I'll set out to listen to now, can touch this... but certainly Kurt Rapf and Rosalind Haas are shown up for doing Reger an injustice.

[Mandryka]

I have the later releases of this group,

So which is the earliest that you like?

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn Symphony No.7 C major "Le Midi" ...Fey conducting the Heidelberger Sinfoniker




Sarge

[prémont]

Machaut : Messe
Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Domenique Vellard

I still await a recording of this work which I find perfect.  I like the restraint Vellard's group displays with the singing and melodic interpretation but I prefer to lower pitching by Peres.  Hilliard is too pure vocally, no edge, as well as being pitched very high.

Who knows, maybe somebody will put one out that is the best of both worlds someday.

I am very keen on the recording led by René Clemencic, which uses two tenors and two basses. The singing is of a raw quality without being overdone, and vibrato is sparse.

https://www.amazon.de/Machaut-Messe-Notre-Dame-Rene-Clemencic/dp/B000K2QL1K/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1480860859&sr=1-1&keywords=machaut+clemencic

[André]

Pretty Yende (Pretty is her real life first name). Debut disc in these arias:



Good selection as far as programming goes, but the producer should have considered an all-Italian program (her french pronunciation is certainly perfectible). The voice is surprisingly rich and fully developed. She very freely embellishes Una voce poco fa without overdoing it, and it works quite well. The Lakmé Flower Duet does not take flight. The voice doesn't have the silvery lightness and firm control of vibrato that are essential in this famous piece. Her Beatrice di Tenda is quite sensational.

I'll certainly watch her next moves and recordings. Her Met debut was in 2013 in Le Comte Ory.

[Que]

I still await a recording of this work which I find perfect.  I like the restraint Vellard's group displays with the singing and melodic interpretation but I prefer to lower pitching by Peres.  Hilliard is too pure vocally, no edge, as well as being pitched very high.

Who knows, maybe somebody will put one out that is the best of both worlds someday.

I am very keen on the recording led by René Clemencic, which uses two tenors and two basses. The singing is of a raw quality without being overdone, and vibrato is sparse.

https://www.amazon.de/Machaut-Messe-Notre-Dame-Rene-Clemencic/dp/B000K2QL1K/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1480860859&sr=1-1&keywords=machaut+clemencic

I'm quite fond of Vellard, though I definitely share a preference for lower pitched performances.
It might be time for me to do a comparison of all recordings available, there are so many promising new comers....
And I haven't heard Clemencic...

Q

[Sergeant Rock]

Klemperer's recording of Mahler Symphony no 7. What not to enjoy?!

Nothing to not enjoy...it's all good 

Sarge