What are you listening to now?

[springrite]

Giulini is a calculating but sincere, committed and totally likeable figure.

That is a very good description of Giulini, Sean! Giulini is one of my favorite conductors as well as human being.

[North Star]

+1 

3, 4 and 6 are the highlights of this set imo. . . 

Oh yeah and the liner notes are really excellent too.  I always like Egarr's liner notes.

I have the 6th in the Lumieres box, an excellent recording certainly!

Thread duty:

Bach - Bull - Byrd - Gibbons - Hassler - Pachelbel - Ritter - Strogers
Gustav Leonhardt
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[Karl Henning]

Saint-Saëns
String Quartet № 2 in G, Op.153
Quatuor Viotti

[Dancing Divertimentian]

More from this fantastic set.

[Todd]

 


Some rather different types of music for the morning.

[Karl Henning]

Burns me that one of the three American Mavericks™ is an import!

[springrite]

Burns me that one of the three American Mavericks™ is an import!

Well, most Americans are imports, albeit second or third generation imports.

[Karl Henning]

There is that.

[Karl Henning]

"Papa"
Theresienmesse in B^b (Hob. XXII/12)
NY Phil & al.
Lenny

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[Tapkaara]

Khachaturian's Violin Concerto. Neeme Jarvi and the Scottish National Orchestra. Lydia Mordkovitch is the soloist.

[listener]

the set of organ records that first turned me on to the instrument
Walter Supper playing organs of Upper Swabia at Ochsenhausen (Gabler, 1720), Weingarten (Gabler, 1737-50), Ottobeuren (Riepp, 1754-1766, recorded before completion of the Marienorgel in 1957), Rot an der Rot (Holzhey, 1785-6)
includes SWEELINCK, WALTHER, STEIGLEDER, SIMON, BRUHNS, PACHELBEL, BACH, BUXTEHUDE
and a low-priced cd of more German organs,
PACHELBEL: Chaconne in D, BACH: P&F's  in C, e, Ein feste Burg  BUXTEHUDE: Toccata & Fugue in d
organs in Jüterbog, Freiberg, Dresden, Romhild and Merseburg

[CaughtintheGaze]

Beethoven's Choral Fantasy; Rondo in B Flat; Elegiac song; Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Piano: Wlater Klien with the SLSO and SLSOC

Fantastic sound, especially in the lower registers. The pieces were all right, the chroal fantasy ended in such a whimper that it almost made it a bit of a disappointment.

[TheGSMoeller]

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[Karl Henning]

How do you like that, Greg? (The samples strike me as a bit reverberant.)

Thread duty:

“Papa”
Te Deum in C (Hob. XXIIIc/2)
La Petite Bande & al.
Kuijken

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[jlaurson]

Earlier:

  J.N. Hummel
Cello Sonata op.104, Piano Sonata No.5, Flute Trio op.78
C.Hinterhuber, W.Auer, M.Rummel
Paladino
German link - UK link

Now:

  J. Haydn
The Symphonies
(Most of them, anyway)
Christopher Hogwood / Academy of Ancient Music
Decca / L'Oiseau Lyre
German link - UK link

disc one

[TheGSMoeller]

How do you like that, Greg? (The samples strike me as a bit reverberant.)

A little much on the reverb, yes. But the detail of each note is still very apparent. For 3 discs of music it's a great deal, plus the music is fantastic. Here's a nice review on Arkiv Music.

[Lisztianwagner]

Leos Janacek
Suite for String Orchestra

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[North Star]

Leos Janacek
Suite for String Orchestra

Nice!

Thread duty:

Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 7
Roberto Minczuk; São Paulo Symphony Orchestra

[Karl Henning]

A little much on the reverb, yes. But the detail of each note is still very apparent. For 3 discs of music it's a great deal, plus the music is fantastic. Here's a nice review on Arkiv Music.

Very nice review, indeed; and from listening to all the samples, I agree... the reverb is not "how I'd do it," but it doesn't get in the way, quite. And the mp3 album is an especial bargain.

[North Star]

Bach
Secular Cantatas BWV 30a & BWV 207
Leonhardt, Monika Frimmer, Robin Blaze, Markus Schäfer, Stephan MacLeod, Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles & Café Zimmermann
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