What are you listening 2 now?

[Mandryka]

Josquin Desprez, included in Tielman Susato's Septiesme livre, Antwerp 1545.
Josquin the Undead.
Laments, deplorations and Dances of Death.

Graindelavoix, Bjorn Schmelzer.

For me the Counter tenor is just acceptable, it must not go any further or I stop buying records made by them. This trend to use counters instead of women is getting on my nerves, and I deeply lament the loss of female voices.

No more Binchois Consort/Kirkman for you! I mention it because I was listening to their Josquin CD recently, Josquin's contemporaries it's called, and I said to myself that sometimes these altos sound a bit like girls!

[Que]

I decided to join you - on Spotify.

Switched to this:

[Mandryka]

And now for obvious reasons listening to this, which for some reason is sounding like fabulous music making - I think the trick is to set the volume at the right level. There are some real rarities on the disc, but the countertenors do sound a bit girly to me.

[vandermolen]

Frank Bridge, Oration and Enter Spring.
The great thing about this CD is the (unique I think) coupling of Frank Bridge's greatest orchestral works (I like 'The Sea' as well).
The performances are not my favourites, however - I prefer Groves's performance of the life-affirming and inspiriting 'Enter Spring' (arguably Bridge's masterpiece) and I prefer the Lloyd-Webber/Braithwaite recording of 'Oration' on Lyrita (the beautiful Epilogue is played much too fast in the Cologne recording, robbing it of some of its emotional impact; the contrast between the Epilogue and the turbulence which precedes it should surely be greater). Still, these are two most enjoyable performances, with a nice photo of the Sussex countryside on the front.

[Spotted Horses]

Janacek, String Quartet No 1, New Zealand Quartet.



This was an impulse purchase, made when I saw it for an attractive price as a lossless download, I think on eClassical.

The work is amazing, with lots of innovative use of the string quartet, producing remarkable sonorities without seeming overtly "experimental." I'm not sure anyone will list this as the best recording ever, but I enjoyed it and find it worth having just because this music admits such a wide latitude of interpretation.

[Harry]

Pyotr, Ilyich Thaikovsky.

Symphony No. 1 in G minor, "Winter Daydreams".
The Snow maiden, Orchestral excerpts.
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy overture after Shakespeare.

Gothenburg SO, Neeme Jarvi.

Topnotch.

[Papy Oli]

A first listen to Pisendel.

Concerto in D, Sonata in C minor.

From the Freiburger Barockorchester DHM edition.

[Brahmsian]

A first listen to Pisendel.

Concerto in D, Sonata in C minor.

From the Freiburger Barockorchester DHM edition.

Olivier, we feel like we have lost you to the GMG Baroque Clan. 

[Papy Oli]

no idea what you mean, Ray... 

Now playing:

Handel - Concerto Grosso no.6, Il duello Amoroso (Freiburger Barockorchester).

[prémont]

A load sound and fury, signifying nothing. To me. Now. Maybe tomorrow it will be better, tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.

Yes, I stopped my purchases of Hantaï's series after vol.3, finding the playing to be too "much ado about nothing" - sometimes Scarlatti's sonatas even beg for that kind of interpretation.

[Brahmsian]

no idea what you mean, Ray... 

Now playing:

Handel - Concerto Grosso no.6, Il duello Amoroso (Freiburger Barockorchester).

[Traverso]

Yes, I stopped my purchases of Hantaï's series after vol.3, finding the playing to be too "much ado about nothing" - sometimes Scarlatti's sonatas even beg for that kind of interpretation.

I hadn't listened to the recordings with Hantai before but I've listened to different sonatas on youtube and I can relate to this description
They sound like Hantai wants to convey something new, the result, at least in my opinion, is not very convincing and mannered.

[Papy Oli]

A change of scenery:

[Traverso]

Switched to this:

The fruit of love,,fine recording 

[Traverso]

Good idea to listen again to this disc,and indeed  .the alto's sound like girls,very nice.

[Que]

Joseph Wölfl performed by Laure Colladant:

   

[Karl Henning]

"Papa"
Symphony № 88 in G
Wiener Philharmoniker
Lenny

[TheGSMoeller]

"Papa"
Symphony № 88 in G
Wiener Philharmoniker
Lenny

Brilliant, Karl! Speaking of, here's one of my favorite Bernstein videos...

https://www.youtube.com/v/uT8YsDI2yu4

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Poulenc: Concert Champetre. Silvia Malquez et al.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Prokofiev
Symphony No. 6 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 111
USSR State Radio & TV SO
Rozhdestvensky