What are you listening to now?

[San Antone]

A playlist of selected Haydn symphonies, string quartets, piano sonatas and piano trios, exclusively in period performances.  But set on random play, which is not HIP at all.

[Todd]

https://www.youtube.com/v/ZiJlk3xoJR0&list=PLUZNyKipuYRig5TXjg8-aMHNTmGAQSVeD


Vanessa Benelli Mosell playing Prokofiev 7.  The whole thing is on YouTube.

[Madiel]

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.6 (Op.30/1)

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I continue to be amazed, in different ways, both by the incredibly high quality of the playing on these discs and by the incredibly stupid packaging in which the discs have been placed. The musicians and recording engineers should be given medals. The designers and essay writer should be sacked.

[Harry]

Back to Maria, the most beautiful sound I ever heard: Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria . . .

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I remember well when I bought this set, years ago, no one was really interested in this box, although I sang praises all over the place, no one bought it let alone react to this purchase. Now Maria is all over the place.  It took long before it sank into GMG and its posters.

[Todd]

The musicians and recording engineers should be given medals. The designers and essay writer should be sacked.

Agree on both counts.

[prémont]

Although I have listened to less than a half of the cycles that you mention, my three favorites are similar, just replacing Saorgin for Vogel.

Which means, that according to me you do not need to consider the ones you haven´t heard,

-- unless you harbour completistic tendencies of course.   

[Todd]

https://www.youtube.com/v/jWNrHB7vzH8

[Todd]

https://www.youtube.com/v/hRdZcc_rG1Q

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

I remember well when I bought this set, years ago, no one was really interested in this box, although I sang praises all over the place, no one bought it let alone react to this purchase. Now Maria is all over the place.  It took long before it sank into GMG and its posters.

Indeed.  Credit where credit's due!    I was surprised to see when I first opened the little box that these recordings were made from 2004-7.  I thought them more recent for some reason.

BTW, I picked-up this past weekend the disc, below, at a garage sale.  Haven't listened, yet.  Do you know of it, Harry?   

[Brian]

Conductor Mikhail Jurowski's father, and LPO conductor Vladimir Jurowski's grandfather:



First listen!

[Todd]

https://www.youtube.com/v/sU83ZAkfvFw

[SonicMan46]

I remember well when I bought this set, years ago, no one was really interested in this box, although I sang praises all over the place, no one bought it let alone react to this purchase. Now Maria is all over the place.  It took long before it sank into GMG and its posters.

Well Harry - just checked my Amazon orders and I bought that box back in Jan 6, 2010, but was probably based on your recommendation? Dave

[king ubu]

I remember well when I bought this set, years ago, no one was really interested in this box, although I sang praises all over the place, no one bought it let alone react to this purchase. Now Maria is all over the place.  It took long before it sank into GMG and its posters.

It doesn't only get positive  reviews though?

[SonicMan46]

Cartellieri, Antonio (1772-1807) - Clarinet Concertos, V. 2 w/ Klöcker et al - new arrival to complement V. 1 -

Dohnanyi, Ernö (1877-1960) - Chamber Works below - just grabbed from the shelf - have not listened to this composer in a while - Dave

   

[Todd]

https://www.youtube.com/v/YSiQynAAWkg

[Wakefield]

Which means, that according to me you do not need to consider the ones you haven´t heard...

Which isn't an irrelevant fact at all.

-- unless you harbour completistic tendencies of course.   

Yes, completistic tendencies are always a risk, but regarding Buxtehude I'm quite more selective than about Vivaldi, Frescobaldi or Monteverdi.

[Harry]

Indeed.  Credit where credit's due!    I was surprised to see when I first opened the little box that these recordings were made from 2004-7.  I thought them more recent for some reason.

BTW, I picked-up this past weekend the disc, below, at a garage sale.  Haven't listened, yet.  Do you know of it, Harry?   

This is the first time that I see this recording. I heard of it of course but never saw it.
Let me know what you find of the content 

[Harry]

Well Harry - just checked my Amazon orders and I bought that box back in Jan 6, 2010, but was probably based on your recommendation? Dave

Yes that must have been around that time Dave!

[Harry]

It doesn't only get positive  reviews though?

Just ignore them, its a marvelous set

[Christo]

BTW, I picked-up this past weekend the disc, below, at a garage sale.  Haven't listened, yet.  Do you know of it, Harry?

I have it, mainly for the sake of the ten short Laudes Vespertinae (1947) by Hendrik Andriessen, from his vintage years as a composer. Though Daan Manneke, present here with his Messa di Voce, is equally interesting. Good to see you have it too, since CDs by this label (Erasmus) weren't widely distributed, IIRC, but Harry will know more about that.