What are you listening to now?

[eljr]

London Sinfonietta / Dawn Upshaw / David Zinman
Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3

Release Date 1992
Duration53:40
Genre
Classical
Styles
Symphony

[Que]

Hespèrion XX • Jordi Savall ‎– España Antigua (Spanish Secular Music c. 1200 - 1700)

Does it come with any documentation? 

Q

[aligreto]

Lully: Atys, Act I [Christie]

[Mahlerian]

Copland: Billy the Kid (suite)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, cond. Tilson Thomas
[asin]B00004SSDL[/asin]

[cilgwyn]

Beecham's Elgar is excellent to my ears. I wish he'd liked his music a bit more!

[eljr]

Czesław Miłosz, Silesian Philharmonic Choir, Robert Kabara...
Gorecki: Hearkening to the Universe

Release Date
June 2, 2017
Genre
Classical
Length:
50 minutes

[TheGSMoeller]

Saw these in the Nielsen thread and realized I've never listened to any of these chamber works before, so a first time listen for me! I love Nielsen's symphonies, concertos and other various symphonic works so it's no surprise that I'm enjoying these...

[Mandryka]

Does it come with any documentation? 

Q

My copy (different from the one in the image) has nearly nothing -- tracklist, lots of photos of Jordi, and a journalist's article.

[Draško]

Lully: Atys, Act I [Christie]

Wow! That your photo?    Tickets for Christie's original 80s run of Atys. If so color me jealous. And I wouldn't mind having the LP set either.

[Draško]

[Que]

My copy (different from the one in the image) has nearly nothing -- tracklist, lots of photos of Jordi, and a journalist's article.

Well, that's the point of my question.
The different issue you might have - like me - is this:



It's 3 discs less, bulky and with negible documentation.

I wonder if the new issue, which saves space and has extra music, also is a step up in documentation.

Q

[eljr]

Mari Kodama / Momo Kodama
Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites for Piano Duo


Release Date November 18, 2016
Duration01:03:15
Genre
Classical
Styles
Keyboard
Recording DateApril, 2016
Recording Location
MCO Studio 5, Hilversum, The Netherlands

[eljr]

Does it come with any documentation? 

Q

I did not know what you meant by documentation. I just read your latest post and realized what you were asking. I call that liner notes or album notes.

It comes with a 36 page booklet but that offers nothing but the track listings and a brief bio of Mr. Savall in 3 languages.

[Que]

I did not know what you meant by documentation. I just read your latest post and realized what you were asking. I call that liner notes or album notes.

It comes with a 36 page booklet but that offers nothing but the track listings and a brief bio of Mr. Savall in 3 languages.

Language barrier...  

Slightly dissapointing news, but thanks! 

[Mandryka]

I'm wondering to myself if this recording of Art of Fugue by Jens Christensen is an early example of digital playing. According to France-orgue he recorded the trio sonatas, is that a mistake?

[eljr]

Renée Fleming / Sakari Oramo / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Distant Light

Release Date January 6, 2017
Duration48:25
Genre
Classical
Styles
Vocal Music
Recording DateFebruary 10, 2016 - February 13, 2016
Recording Location
Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden

[eljr]

Joyce DiDonato
In War & Peace

Release Date November 4, 2016
Duration01:19:07
Genre
Classical
Styles
Opera
Recording DateMarch 13, 2016 - March 20, 2016
Recording Location
Gustav Mahler Hall, Kulturzentrum Grand Hotel Toblach

[Mahlerian]

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe
London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Previn

[prémont]

I'm wondering to myself if this recording of Art of Fugue by Jens Christensen is an early example of digital playing. According to France-orgue he recorded the trio sonatas, is that a mistake?

The Bach recordings I know he made are (for Kontrapunkt) AoF, CÜ III and the Orgelbüchlein, and for Helicon a CD with mostly free Bach Works, the passacaglia among them all on the organ of Vor Frelsers Kirke, København. I have never seen a recording of the triosonatas in Kontrapunkt's catalogue, so I doubt it exists. I feel tempted to write a mail to him and ask.

[Daverz]

Mendelsshon: String Symphonies 12 and 11


On Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Jugendsymphonien-Symphonic-Movement/dp/B000025UNY

I love the full symphony string section treatment here.

Also: Mendelssohn: (all growed up) Symphony No. 1 - Dohnanyi/Cleveland

[asin] B00000IX8S[/asin]

Have really been warming up to this symphony, especially in this recording.  Good as it is, I can imagine a recording with more transparency and color, though.

Symphony No. 7 (by Mennin!)



In the Martinon/Chicago box:

[asin] B00PCCWXPG[/asin]

This must be the best performance and recording of any Mennin work ever.