What are you listening to now?

[Harry]

Fresh from the mail
Scarlatti
Sonatas Kk. 1 - 19
Scott Ross
[asin]B00IUPNBW6[/asin]

Long term fun

[Harry]

Last disc of this box.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2017/12/love-revelry-and-dance-in-medival-music_75.html?spref=tw

[Karl Henning]

Fresh from the mail
Scarlatti
Sonatas Kk. 1 - 19
Scott Ross
[asin]B00IUPNBW6[/asin]

Huzzah, Karlo!

[Spineur]

This Medtner sonata has become my favorite work by this composer.

[asin]B01HHGK7YI[/asin]

[North Star]

Long term fun

Huzzah, Karlo!

Indeed! G'day, gents.
I also received the Leiden choirbook set..

[Harry]

Indeed! G'day, gents.
I also received the Leiden choirbook set..

The Leidse Koorboeken are the best in vocal music you can get if it comes to the era of the Renaissance.
I still find it a utterly amazing listening experience.

[Karl Henning]

The Leidse Koorboeken are the best you can get if it comes to Sweelincks vocal works.
I still find it a utterly amazing listening experience.

Well, this place remains a danger to me 

[North Star]

The Leidse Koorboeken are the best you can get if it comes to Sweelincks vocal works.
I still find it a utterly amazing listening experience.

I hadn't noticed that Sweelinck was included there.

[Harry]

I hadn't noticed that Sweelinck was included there.

This kind of mistake happens when you are putting CD'S back in your collection and mixing things up

[Todd]

I picked this set from regular duo partners Silvia Chiesa and Maurizio Baglini in early 2017 and posted about it in The Italian Invasion thread.  Revisiting the set, the fully modern sound is a great benefit.  The style and delivery is a more romantic and relaxed version of Demarquette/Dalberto.  To be sure, Baglini basically matches Dalberto in terms of scale and power, but it sounds less domineering, and Chiesa plays with some nice verve, even if her partner overpowers her in both outer movements.  The Second likewise finds both artists playing with ample strength, but the better judged recording, aided by the beefy bass of the Fazioli, makes the music sound grander in scale rather than just loud or aggressive, though it would be impossible to characterize it as flowery or overly lyrical in the more robust movements, with even the Adagio affettuoso filled with some heavy hitting playing.  The Allegro appassionato is superb, with a sort of locomotive style of playing, with Chiesa chugging along with great oomph, while the Allegro molto ends on a potent but not overbearing note.  The accompanying Schubert is not the most lyrical take recorded, but it works nicely.

[aligreto]

Kraus: Symphony in D major [Sundkvist]....

[aligreto]

[asin]B00IUPNBW6[/asin]

That box is a treasure trove 

[Ken B]

Fresh from the mail
Scarlatti
Sonatas Kk. 1 - 19
Scott Ross
[asin]B00IUPNBW6[/asin]

I still like that set best. Ross captures something in the large scale rhythm of each piece that no-one else quite does. There's a lot of fabulous Scarlatti out there -- Staier is a standout -- but this is the indispensable set.

TD
Mahler, 4, Chicago, Levine

[Florestan]

[North Star]

This kind of mistake happens when you are putting CD'S back in your collection and mixing things up

Ha!

That box is a treasure trove 

I don't doubt that, based on the first disc (and excessive sampling on Youtube..)

I still like that set best. Ross captures something in the large scale rhythm of each piece that no-one else quite does. There's a lot of fabulous Scarlatti out there -- Staier is a standout -- but this is the indispensable set.

I have some of Staier in the DHM box, and it's indeed good stuff. But Ross's playing in these works has always sounded captivating to me - the rhythmic quality you mention is certainly there.

Thread-duty - first listen
Leiden Choirbooks, Vol. I, Disc 1
Egidius Kwartet & College
[asin]B00YJKUZ1Q[/asin]

[Mirror Image]

Mirror Image: What do you think of the McEwen Viola Concerto. I only have his 'Hymn on the Morning of Christ's Nativity' and am intrigued as to what his orchestral music is like.. I already have the RVW works but an alternative version of the Suite would be a welcome addition if the McEwen is worth hearing.

I bought this recording for the RVW as the prospect of hearing Power in Flos campi appealed to me. The McEwen work is forgettable, but, truth be told, it wasn't really my thing to begin with. I listened to it once and that was enough.

[Biffo]

I bought this recording for the RVW as the prospect of hearing Power in Flos campi appealed to me. The McEwen work is forgettable, but, truth be told, it wasn't really my thing to begin with. I listened to it once and that was enough.

Thanks, I will probably give it a miss or possibly try and find it on Spotify.

[HIPster]

Looks very interesting! 

Thread-duty - first listen
Leiden Choirbooks, Vol. I, Disc 1
Egidius Kwartet & College
[asin]B00YJKUZ1Q[/asin]

As does this set. 

Enjoy, my friend!

Now playing:

[asin]B00004YYPV[/asin]

[Florestan]

Looks very interesting! 

It's superb. There's even a second volume which I will play later.

[Sergeant Rock]

Vaughan Williams Symphony No.6 E minor, Andrew Davis conducting the BBC SO




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