What are you listening 2 now?

[SimonNZ]

on the radio:

Schubert 5, Bruggen

[Brass Hole]

Adding a new release to reach 5 versions, I've decided to go for a comparative listening:

[Mirror Image]

Here's a Christmas-themed program I devised for tonight's listening session:

Bax: Christmas Eve
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols

---Intermission---

Britten: A Ceremony of Carols

Encore -

Delius: Sleigh Ride

From these recordings:

[Symphonic Addict]

A splendid performance of this magnificent work. Lemminkäinen in Tuonela is my favorite movement.

[Mirror Image]

A splendid performance of this magnificent work. Lemminkäinen in Tuonela is my favorite movement.

A fantastic work, indeed...

Speaking of fantastic, I'm quite digging this at the moment:

[SonicMan46]

Adding a new release to reach 5 versions, I've decided to go for a comparative listening:

Big Luigi B. fan myself - own all of those CDs except the Brilliant box - curious if period instruments are used in the box and your thoughts - Dave

[Mirror Image]

Strauss
Elektra
Marie Collier (soprano), Gerhard Unger (tenor), Gerhard Stolze (tenor), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano), Margarita Lilowa (mezzo-soprano), Tugomir Franc (bass), Felicia Weathers (soprano), Leo Heppe (bass), Tom Krause (baritone), Pauline Tinsley (soprano), Jane Cook (singer), Margarita Sjostedt (soprano), Maureen Lehane (mezzo-soprano), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper
Sir Georg Solti



One of the most magnificent operas of the 20th Century.

[Symphonic Addict]

A fantastic work, indeed...

Speaking of fantastic, I'm quite digging this at the moment:

The Alpine Symphony is an old favorite of mine, albeit I don't know that performance.

[Symphonic Addict]

Listening to the Overture No. 1 on Greek Themes and Overture No. 2. Two of the young Glazunov's hidden gems.

[Madiel]

If I don't listen to cantatas more often I'm never going to finish this series. I started this volume in March...

BWV 27



EDIT: Okay, the 1st movement is gorgeous.

[Mirror Image]

The Alpine Symphony is an old favorite of mine, albeit I don't know that performance.

Oh, this was an excellent performance, Cesar. Mehta is in his element when conducting Strauss, IMHO.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Bernstein
Symphony No. 2, "The Age of Anxiety"
Zimerman
Berliners
Rattle

[Mirror Image]

Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Pollini

From this set:

[SimonNZ]

[steve ridgway]

Maderna - Grande Aulodia.

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Maderna - Grande Aulodia.

Sounds interesting Steve, nice love Sandro Gorli Requiem whit Carlo Gesualdo, so I might as well check it out.

But for now I'm slowly sipping Black Stout Beer, not fancy  but better than Guiness,, and listening to The Central Medieval era LP on archiv Produktion Germany, love this heavy hard thick slab of petrol, the media sounds awesome, ah 1951 LP that was a good year for LP  1951-1970 the golden year of vinyl, On side A we get Adaam de La Halle Le jeux de Robim et marion and on side B we get more chanson of ars vetus (so there is an error in the title it's not actually the central medieval era but in reality de la Halle is Ars Vetus prior two stade two ars nova.

Goodnight folks

[SimonNZ]

[Brass Hole]

own all of those CDs except the Brilliant box - curious if period instruments are used in the box and your thoughts - Dave

I was able to listen to only my two favorites, Faust and Magnin, yesterday. I'll finish up today. I guess these quintets are better on oboe. Yes, Brilliant set is on period instruments and it should be released at the end of January, except a couple of streamer download stores made it available yesterday.

Edit: This latest is set from Torres is very good. They play all three opera 17 (Magnin's programme), 19 (Ipata/Auser's HIP) and 55 (Faust's) leaving Rampal's selection of G 437-442 (still not authenticated with certainty) out. Op 19 are very fast compared to Auser without any compromise in other aspects and the liveliness pays well. I find a few of the two-movement quintets ordinary but the rest are very well-established works. I like Magnin and Faust very much and the new set will stand to supplement them and as a replacement for Ipata.

[Harry]

Johann Sebastian Bach.
Complete Organ Works.
Volume XIII.

Leipziger periode-Choräle (1)

Bernard Foccroulle plays on a Gottfried Silbermann organ, (1710-1740) Freiberg.
Pitch: a= 476 Hz. Temperament, Meantone.

Very satisfying recording of this organ.

[Que]

Morning listening, a yearly personal traditional, the Medieval Christmas Mass by the Ensemble Organum and Marcel Pérès:



Q

Note that this is not the Christmas Mass with 17th c. Plainchant Parisien recently reissued.