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[Que]

One more Christmas mass:



This a French Baroque "organ mass" for Christmas Day, using plainchant from the choir books of the Notre Dame with the Ordinary and organ alternations composed by André Campra. This is a co-production between Marcel Pérès and Olivier Schneebeli and his ensemble and Les pages de la Chapelle (boys choir). Pérès is behind the Clicquot organ of the Église Saint-Jacques et Saint-Christophe in the village of Houdan, some 40 miles West of Paris.

PS Not to be confused with the 12th c. Christmas Mass "École de Nôtre Dame" by the same Ensemble Organum!

[Mookalafalas]

It is my favorite Harbison work by far.


Now: Bruckner Symphony 7, Furtwanger

  First time I ever heard of Harbison was playing this!

TD:

[Que]

One of the recently arrived "silver discs"... 

[Mookalafalas]

Myaskovsky's 1st symphony. Conducted by Rozhdestvensky.

same pic on my CD:


from this box:

[pjme]

Pascha: Christmas Mass, Christmas Carols

A very lovely, favorite disc. I had a Supraphon LP from ca 1970. Music that smells of incense, sheep and burning candles.

[Maestro267]

2023 Year in Review, Programme 2

Saint-Saëns: Cypres et lauriers
Eisenberg (organ)/Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse/Plasson

Schuman: Symphony No. 3
Seattle SO/Schwarz

Holmboe: Symphony No. 2
Aarhus SO/Arwel Hughes

Pettersson: Symphony No. 8
Norrkoping SO/Segerstam

[Traverso]

Muffat

CD 1

Elisabeth Ullmann

Toccatas

[Harry]

Bound to Nothing.
The German Stylus Fantasticus.
See for details the back cover.
Recorded in the Oude Dorpskerk, Bunnik, The Netherlands on 1-3 June 2014.

This is just what it is, a good example of the German Stylus Fantasticus. Well represented by the ensemble Fantasticus. A good recording too.

[DavidW]

Tchaikovsky 6 Bernstein DG

[Harry]

Dieterich Buxtehude.
Complete chamber Music.
3 CD'S.
CD I & CD II, for good measure
See back cover for details.
Recorded in 2010 at the Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam.

I am not a great fan of Koopman's musical antics, but the chamber works are done to perfection, and in good sound no less. Ensemble playing is wonderful too. Prime Buxtehude.

[Todd]

Disc seven.

[Mandryka]

Really effective use of the una corda in D899/i.

[Uhor]

A magical journey

[DavidW]

From my little FiiO player Shostakovich's 10th symphony, I forgot how great Haitink's Shostakovich is!

[Lisztianwagner]

Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique

Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker

[Todd]

Disc five.

[Bachtoven]

Excellent playing and sound.

[Henk]

Really effective use of the una corda in D899/i.

Can you clarify for a novice? The recording looks nice and the impromptus are among my favorite pieces of classical music.

[Mandryka]

Can you clarify for a novice? The recording looks nice and the impromptus are among my favorite pieces of classical music.

Well the pedal makes the sound go quiet, I think when it's depressed only one string in the piano is hit by the hammer, instead of three. The result is quite a special timbre, and it seems to me quite spooky. It's some sort of fortepiano, by the way. You'll find it on spotify etc - but not as far as I can see on YouTube.

It's very good, you must hear it. It features two versions of first impromptu, one early and maybe not recorded elsewhere. Both very interestingly performed.

[AnotherSpin]