What are you listening 2 now?

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Maybe you meant the String Quintet. Yes, that's a very nice piece.

BTW, I would have never imagined you would ever use a photo of Tchaikovsky as your avatar, or even more so if you would put him in your top-ten list of composers ever. 

Whoops...yeah, I meant the String Quintet. Yeah, what can I say, Tchaikovsky found a way back into my listening again --- as I mentioned before (or not), Tchaikovsky was one of the first composers I ever got into and loved, so rekindling that flame didn't take much fuel.

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RACHMANINOFF:  Symphony no. 3 in a, op.44   and 2 short transcriptions from the op. 3 piano pieces: Mélodie in E  and Polchinelle
National Symphony Orch. of Ireland.  Alexander Anissimov, cond.
Clear recording, adequate performances
George ANTHEIL:  Symphony no.3 "American", Symphony no. 4 "after Delacroix"
and three short pieces: Archipelago, Hot-TIme Dance and a reorchestration of the Spectre of the Rose Waltz
London Philharmonic, John Storgård, cond.
a feeing of sameness even though they work hard to be different

It's No.6 'After Délacroix'. No.4 (on a different CD) is the most interesting of the Antheil symphonies IMO, although I enjoy the others, but take your point about 'sameness'.

[Que]

Music from Renaissance France:

[Que]

Good morning Que!

If only Dominique Visse would not be part of it all, but alas. Most of the stuff with him as a singer I culled from my collection, despite the fact that the music is to my liking!

Good morning, Harry 

I totally get it, believe me. Dominique Visse is kind of the René Jacobs of French Early Music....
He bothers me in earlier recordings less so, and I do enjoy the performances of these fascinating works.
But if Ludus Modalis would record these, I would be all over it!

[Traverso]

Good morning, Harry 

I totally get it, believe me. Dominique Visse is kind of the René Jacobs of French Early Music....
He bothers me in earlier recordings less so, and I do enjoy the performances of these fascinating works.
But if Ludus Modalis would record these, I would be all over it!

Strange, I don't have any problems with this recording, it's a sound that is recognizable as Ensemble Janequin. It's a bit special and I had to get used to it a bit, I think it's a very nice recording. 

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Sibelius: Symphony No.2 (Barbirolli/Hallé Orchestra):

[Traverso]

Bach

[Papy Oli]

Good morning all 

Bach

Good idea ! I haven't listened to him in a while 

Bach - Trio Sonatas, also with Koopman.

[Traverso]

Good morning all 

Good idea ! I haven't listened to him in a while 

Bach - Trio Sonatas, also with Koopman.

[Tsaraslondon]

This is a very good disc indeed. Wonderful performances of all the Canticles, rounded off with a group of Britten's folk song arrangements distributed amongst the three excellent singers. Absolutely no reservations.

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Victoria: Sacred Works [Noone]





Missa Alma Redemptoris Mater

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When I have a hankering for Martin's Mass, I usually reach for the Dale Warland Singers first, on ACC called Cathedral Classics.

There have been a handful that have come out since though: Harry Christophers and The Sixteen for a smaller, more transparent European sensibility (plus more Frank Martin choral music); Marcus Creed's The Secret Mass album (paired with Martinů), Daniel Reuss with the RIAS (paired with Messiaen), the Mikaeli Chamber Choir with the same program as your Hyperion release, I believe. I realize pairings might be important, so there is a variety available.

Maybe it is my West-of the-Atlantic preferences that lead me to Dale Warland, but I like their fuller tone and Warland's purposeful tempos.

It looks like some of theirs is on YouTube too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROoJMBsTfgY

Thank you very much for your detailed and helpful response. I am surrently listening to that YouTube clip as I write this. 

[Que]

More Telemania on Spotify:

[Que]

Strange, I don't have any problems with this recording, it's a sound that is recognizable as Ensemble Janequin. It's a bit special and I had to get used to it a bit, I think it's a very nice recording. 

It is a very nice recording. 

[Traverso]

Bach

[Que]

Bach

An old favourite of mine.

[Harry]

Strange, I don't have any problems with this recording, it's a sound that is recognizable as Ensemble Janequin. It's a bit special and I had to get used to it a bit, I think it's a very nice recording. 

The recording is okay, I and others have issues with the nasal voice of Dominique Visse, that's all Jan.

[Traverso]

 

An old favourite of mine.

The first time I heard the cantata : Schleicht,spielende Wellen I was immediately delighted. It was again a revelation how Bach could surprise you again. Both cantatas ( and the many others) are time and again sunbeams that break through a cloud cover. 

[Traverso]

It is a very nice recording. 

   very 

[Traverso]

The recording is okay, I and others have issues with the nasal voice of Dominique Visse, that's all Jan.

I understand,but I have no such (allergic)  problems with Dominique Visse or Renée Jacobs.
Renée Jacobs has done great things in Bach and Monteverdi, then all reservations fall away for me.
We are extra sensitive to voice timbres because they are so close to us.