What are you listening 2 now?

[Mookalafalas]

This Böhm recording is very good, the Bruckner 7 Solti in this set is really disappointing. I have it in this box. The Beethoven / Solti with the Vienna Philharmonic also miss everything to make it attractive to listen to.
The ad says, "A must for all Bruckner enthusiasts" "but that Solti recording is a disappointment.


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   That's an amazing box.  Talk about packed with goodness--amazing how many of those disks run over 80 minutes long, some almost to 85 minutes.  There is a lot to like there. 

  For my part, I have been enjoying 1950s Scherchen recordings from this box.


    Wonderful sound. Playing disc 2 of his Brandenburgs right now.

[Traverso]

Rachmaninov & Tchaikovsky

[Traverso]

   That's an amazing box.  Talk about packed with goodness--amazing how many of those disks run over 80 minutes long, some almost to 85 minutes.  There is a lot to like there. 

  For my part, I have been enjoying 1950s Scherchen recordings from this box.


    Wonderful sound. Playing disc 2 of his Brandenburgs right now.

Indeed, a very nice box, this should have been the standard instead of that horrible plastic mess. With a few exceptions, especially; Solti (Bruckner & Beethoven), a very attractive collection.
At the moment very expensive 250 to 1000 euros (ebay)

 

[San Antone]

[Biffo]

William Alwyn: Symphony No 4 - Richard Hickox conducting the London Symphony Orchestra

[HIPster]

This CD with music by Giovanni Paolo Colonna, is pretty awesome, and one of the very best discs I bought in 2019. Listening for the second time to the Motetti a due tre Voci, opus 3, (1681) is a spiritual journey with benefits. A fitting title this CD has "A Splendida Dies" for it really is. There is nothing not to like. The performance by Scherzi Musicali, led by Nicolas Achten is such, that competition with its excellence is futile. What comes pretty near in performance, is a twofar on the label Brilliant, with the Complete motets for solo voice and instruments, performed by Astrarium Consort. Different music, but the same ardent quest in giving a brilliant performance. The solo voices are all superb, and added is a tad more passion in expressing the text. Both are well recorded, and recommendable.

Thanks Harry 

Both look really good.  I've wishlisted the Achten release. 

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[steve ridgway]

Birtwistle: Melencolia I.

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[vandermolen]

In the car, Scheherazade (good rhyme  )
Excellent performance:

[San Antone]

Cello Concerto

[Traverso]

Mozart

Symphonies 26-29

[André]

A delicious novelty, Flor Alpaerts' two short 'evening music' serenades for wind octet. The Dvorak d minor serenade is an all-time favourite in the genre. The Strauss is very good, though no masterpiece.

[Maestro267]

Corigliano: Promenade Overture
I Fiamminghi/Werthen

Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto
Bauer (cello)/Polish NRSO/Wit

Bliss: Checkmate
RSNO/Lloyd-Jones

[j winter]

Beethoven 4 & 5, Karajan Philharmonia.  It's been a long time since I've heard these performances, the 2014 remastering is very nicely done...

[Daverz]

Damn right.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-20/hail-storm-in-canberra-damages-cars-smashes-windows/11882472

Raging wildfires followed by hail. I may be a bit obtuse, but I think I'd get that message.   

[vandermolen]

William Alwyn: Symphony No 4 - Richard Hickox conducting the London Symphony Orchestra

A fine work.

[SonicMan46]

Chopin, Frederic - Nocturnes w/ Claire Huangci - today, I've been listening to a LOT of Chopin - own 5 sets of the Nocturnes, some of my favorite Chopin works - my 'old' standbys are Moravec & Arrau; also have Boegner on fortepiano and the box of Pietro De Maria; but Huangci's performances are indeed excellent - several reviews attached for those interested.  Dave

 

[SimonNZ]

[Mirror Image]

Bernstein
Anniversaries
Benyamin Nuss, piano



Thanks to San Antone for alerting me of this box set. So far, the performances have been quite good. I haven't got to the chamber music of this set (yet).

[Karl Henning]

Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, op.21. Yvonne Minton, Daniel Barenboim, Michel Debost, Anthony Pay, Pinchas Zukerman, and Lynn Harrell. Directed by Pierre Boulez, I guess. (Not sure to what extent a Pierrot ensemble needs a conductor, but it's his name that's big on the cover). Anyway, this is my favorite recording by far. Most in the Sprechstimme role on other recordings are just too silly for me to take seriously in any way, spoiling the music for me. The instrumental soloists are all fantastic here, they paint a rich and vivid portrait, a dark, explosive expressionistic canvas. I like it so much that I'm tempted to check out the later Boulez recording with Christine Schäfer.

I was right. Listening to this now.

[Karl Henning]

You definitely need to hear this performance, Karl.

Arrived today,John, many thanks!