What are you listening to now?

[Brian]

This is what happens whenever I click on Haydn's Haus.

[Bogey]

This is what happens whenever I click on Haydn's Haus.

I guess that is a feature all at this forum wants to use then, Brian.

[The new erato]

Very fine disc this:

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What a pity such large parts of Ondine's catalogue seem to be unavailable (not to mention what Warner has done to Finlandia)!

[Mirror Image]

Very fine disc this:

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What a pity such large parts of Ondine's catalogue seem to be unavailable (not to mention what Warner has done to Finlandia)!

I'm going to have to dig that recording back out. I don't recall being moved by the music, but I do remember everything being well-crafted.

[Harry]

Second listen after 2 years. Makes a good impression.


http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2014/03/bruch-max-1838-1920-swedish-and-russian.html?spref=tw

[Sergeant Rock]

Tippett Symphony No.4...Hickox conducting the Bournemouth




Sarge

[Moonfish]

New arrival...
Bach: Cantatas  BWV 21 & 131    The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir/Koopman

Excellent. Vidid, warm recording. Koopman's soundscape is indeed very appealing and inviting. Wish the price would come down on the complete set (=reissue)

cd 1 from
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[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.5

http://www.youtube.com/v/L9Q3K85a9rM
Looking at Karajan conducting is absolutely wonderful......

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, Lisztianwagner, that was wonderful indeed.  Interesting to note that French film director H.G. Clouzot (Diaboliques, Quai des Orfèvres, Wages of Fear, etc.) directed the filming here.

[HIPster]

J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concertos
Akamus
[asin]B0031B7ES6[/asin]

As a whole, still my favorite recording of these concertos. . .

[Ken B]

Uuno Klami, Symphony 1
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

Tale the Pine-Trees Knew an appealing and evocative work.  If you haven't read Bax's autobiography, Farewell My Youth, I can heartily recommend it.

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[Ken B]

Uuno Klami,Kalevala Suite.
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Mikko Franck.

[Moonfish]

J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concertos
Akamus
[asin]B0031B7ES6[/asin]

As a whole, still my favorite recording of these concertos. . .

That looks really interesting HIPster! How does it compare to Pinnock?
Temptations......

[North Star]

François Couperin (1668-1733)
Ordres Nos. 25, 26 & 6
Christophe Rousset
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[Moonfish]

François Couperin (1668-1733)
Ordres Nos. 25, 26 & 6
Christophe Rousset
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How do you like the selections in that set North Star? In terms of Couperin I still try to get my ears attuned to the harpsichord as I tend to prefer the piano. E.g. I very much enjoy Marcelle Meyer playing pieces by Couperin.  Do you enjoy Couperin on the harpsichord?

[Karl Henning]

You didn't ask me . . . but I love Couperin on harpsichord!

[Moonfish]

You didn't ask me . . . but I love Couperin on harpsichord!

It is certainly an acquired taste? I am discovering how varied the instruments are and the sound they produce combined with compositions and artists.  At times I feel as if it is almost a trancelike feeling that is invoked as the harpsichord keeps unfolding the music.  The experience just seems so different compared to the other solo instruments (that I am used to). What is your experience?

[Ken B]

In terms of Couperin I still try to get my ears attuned to the harpsichord as I tend to prefer the piano.

Moonfish!

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Avoid the Borgstede on Brilliant. Many will tell you otherwise. But that guy on Amazon Baklavaboy found to be so preternaturally reliable said
"I found this a bit gonzo: harsh and loud, and aggressive. I much prefer Olivier Baumont's set on WCJ, available for about the same price, but more varied and eloquent.Couperin: Complete Works for Harpsichord "

[North Star]

How do you like the selections in that set North Star? In terms of Couperin I still try to get my ears attuned to the harpsichord as I tend to prefer the piano. E.g. I very much enjoy Marcelle Meyer playing pieces by Couperin.  Do you enjoy Couperin on the harpsichord?

It is certainly an acquired taste? I am discovering how varied the instruments are and the sound they produce combined with compositions and artists.  At times I feel as if it is almost a trancelike feeling that is invoked as the harpsichord keeps unfolding the music.  The experience just seems so different compared to the other solo instruments (that I am used to). What is your experience?

Like Karl, I love Couperin on the harpsichord - and Tharaud's recording on piano is very nice, too.
Yes, there are very different sounding harpsichords - not to mention such cool things like lautenwerks.
What I've heard from Baumont's Couperin has certainly been superb. Nothing wrong with Rousset either, though.

Do you mean all the recordings in this Lumières box? Marvelous set, best value for money in anything I've ever seen (not just music) when I bought it - Herreweghe's Campra Requiem & LvB 9th, René Jacobs' Haydn 92th symphony, Mozart Le nozze & Jupiter, and Orfeo & Euridice, Müllejans & Freiburg's Mozart & Haydn symphonies, Staier's Mozart sonatas, Christie's Rameau Castor & Pollux, Seiler & AfAMB's Quattro Stagioni

[Karl Henning]

It is certainly an acquired taste? I am discovering how varied the instruments are and the sound they produce combined with compositions and artists.  At times I feel as if it is almost a trancelike feeling that is invoked as the harpsichord keeps unfolding the music.  The experience just seems so different compared to the other solo instruments (that I am used to). What is your experience?

For a long time, I didn't care for the harpsichord;  it always sounded the same to me, and I couldn't listen to more than, say, a half an hour of it. Then . . . I got to be friends with a really good harpsichordist.  Heard him play a few times, and (predictably, really) of course, being there in the space while the music is being performed is a much richer experience.  Then, I wrote a piece for the two of us to play together (Lunar Glare), and after we rehearsed it and performed it in public some three times, the world of the harpsichord was opened unto me.  Rameau, Louis Couperin, François Couperin, Scarlatti, Frescobaldi . . . now I hear how entirely different each composer's work is, and I can listen to harpsichord music for hours on end.