What are you listening to now?

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Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44. My heart melts. Oh and it's written in my favorite key (that also helps).

[The new erato]

a minor symphony?

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a minor symphony?

[NJ Joe]

My current favorite Sibelius 2, recorded in 1980.

[TheGSMoeller]

I could never see what was written on this cover. My partial color-blindness perhaps? It wasn't until I began scrolling through the Purchased Today thread and moving quickly passed the image I could finally see it! I didn't know Currentzis released a Rite of Spring! 

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Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 3. Often categorized as part of the 'trifecta' of great American 3rd symphonies (along with Copland and Harris), this symphony is vigorous, highly charged, and a bit boisterous, but this isn't to criticize the symphony, but it's a completely different kind of animal than Copland or Harris. It also simply doesn't get any better than this particular Bernstein performance.

[Todd]

From the big box.  Revisiting a mixed bag disc.  I don't care for the Beethoven, but the Franck is very good, and the Brahms is great in a super-virtuoso sort of way.

[listener]

BRUCKNER:  String Quintet in F
Kocian Quartet with Lubomir Maly, 1^st viola
and a disc of English Church Music - TALLIS, BYRD, PURCELL, HOWELLS being the main contributors
The Cambridge Singers     John Rutter, cond.
(no Rutter pieces included)

[SimonNZ]

Gloria Coates' Time Frozen - Dieter Cichewiecz, cond.



Stockhausen's Engel-Prozessionen

[Que]

Part 2:

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Rousset selected a few more some slower pieces for the 2nd disc, superbly done!

I think after this set nobody will so easily scoff at Duphly anymore. He is still often depicted as an historical curiosum - the last of an era, he died the day after the start if the French revolution - producing 2nd rate music in an antiquated style...

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[Wanderer]

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[Tsaraslondon]

Alessandrini's blithely dancing rhythms are a wonderful counterpart to this grey, cold damp London morning.

[Daverz]

Brunetti Symphonies

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Never heard of him before.  He's pretty good!

[Florestan]

Last night and earlier today



Superb performances of two great violin sonatas.



The sonics on this is mindblowing. Could easily compete for top 5 best Vivaldi recordings ever.



This series is absolutely charming.

Now playing:



Krommer is rapdily becoming one of my favorite Classical composers. His bassoon quartets are a marvel and I expect no less from these.

[Harry]

Best Buy, 2015. Vocal Renaissance. An absolutely stunning recording and performance.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/11/willaert-adrian-c1490-1562-motets-best.html?spref=tw

[Sadko]

Schubert

Betrand Chamayou plays

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[Florestan]

Krommer is rapdily becoming one of my favorite Classical composers. His bassoon quartets are a marvel and I expect no less from these.

And I was right. These are excellent.

Now playing:

[Karl Henning]

Finally getting started on this set:

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I am curious

[Karl Henning]

I could never see what was written on this cover.

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I don't read anything on it, either.

[North Star]

I don't read anything on it, either.

Try backing away from the screen.