What are you listening 2 now?

[AnotherSpin]

Berlioz Requiem

[SonicMan46]

Hotteterre, Jacques-Martin (1674-1763) - Chamber Music w/ Camerata Köln on the recordings below (4 discs) - his compositions comprise 10 Opus numbers (see attachment - LINK) - edited bio below - he was a seminal figure in the early history of the French flute, not only as a performer and composer, but also as an innovative instrument maker.  Dave  
P.S. reviews attached, if interested.

Jacques Hotteterre, a.k.a. Le Romain, (1674-1763), was a French musician, composer, writer, teacher, and musical-instrument maker (flutes & musettes). Hotteterre was descended from a distinguished family of woodwind-makers and performers. His nickname, "Le Romain" ("the Roman"), was the result of a journey to Italy. By 1708 Hotteterre was a bassoonist in the Grande Écurie. His first published work, Principes de la flûte traversière (1707), is the first known essay on flute-playing. It also contains instructions for playing the recorder and oboe, as well as the flute, and was an immense success. (Source)

   

[Linz]

Gustav Holst A Somerset Rhapsody, Op. 21, No. 2, H87, Brook Green Suite, H190, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Norman del Mar
A Fugal Concerto, Op. 40, No. 2, H152, Jonathan Snowden flute, Davib Theodore oboe, English Chamber Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin
Beni Mora (Oriental Suite), Op. 29 No. 1, H107, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
St. Paul's Suite, Op. 29, No. 2 H118, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda - 2nd Group, Op. 26, No. 2, H98:I, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves

[Lisztianwagner]

Franz Liszt
Faust-Symphonie

Leonard Bernstein & Boston Symphony Orchestra

[Todd]

Kinda long, kinda boring, though it has its moments.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Holst The Planets, birthday boy.

[Todd]

An unfavorite.

[Brian]

Wait, is that Christopher Howell the MusicWeb writer?

[JBS]

Janacek's comic fantasy opera; Part 1 is a dream voyage to the moon, Part 2 a dream voyage to 1420 Prague, the dreamer being a modern (by Janacek's standards) Prague landlord.

[Mapman]

Happy Birthday, Lenny!
Schuman: To Thee Old Cause and In Praise of Shahn
Bernstein: NY Philharmonic

[JBS]

NP
Music composed by Bach and three other musicians who worked with him in Köthen

[AnotherSpin]

Excellent playing and sound (Qobuz 24/176.4), but those freakishly high notes (harmonics?) get a little irritating. People who have lost a lot of upper frequencies in their hearing probably can't hear them at all!

More and more often I think that the some decline in hearing, vision, memory, etc. with age is not really a decline, but an optimisation. Grace.

[AnotherSpin]

Yes!

[Que]

Yesterday I visited Utrecht on the opening day of its yearly Early Music Festival and attended a 3-concert marathon by the Huelgas Ensemble. So it was clear this morning's choice had to be a recording by them: 

[Harry]

Yesterday I visited Utrecht on the opening day of its yearly Early Music Festival and attended a 3-concert marathon by the Huelgas Ensemble. So it was clear this morning's choice had to be a recording by them: 

Superb Que, wish I had time free on my hands to visit the festival too. but alas. Such is always a treat  

[Traverso]

Messiaen

CD 1 LIvre 1-2 & 3

[Que]

Superb Que, wish I had time free on my hands to visit the festival too. but alas. Such is always a treat  

Maybe next year... I'll buy you a beer (or a whisky)! 

[Papy Oli]

Good morning all,

London Baroque - The Trio Sonata in 17th-Century France and Italy

[Que]

The considerable effort it took to find a decent picture of the cover reminded me of the efforts to actually find and buy this CD. Aaahh... those good old days... the thrill of the chase was half the fun! 

[Harry]

Maybe next year... I'll buy you a beer (or a whisky)! 

That's settled then, and I opt for a nice round malt, and the next one is on me!