What are you listening 2 now?

[André]

Disc 2, K 421 in d minor, 428 in E flat and 499 in D.

Five quartets in, and an image starts to emerge: the Bergs are very smooth tonally, superlatively so actually, but I miss a degree or two of bite, of rythmic assertiveness. If memory serves, the old Vox Box LPs with the Fine Arts Quartet provided that. But it's long been unavailable. Regardless, the Bergs are certainly worth keeping.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Vaughan Williams
Dona Nobis Pacem
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
LSO & Chorus
Hickox



A tremendous performance from all involved.

[Daverz]

Very nice disc of Franck orchestral works:

[Klavier]

No.21-26. Superb playing and sound on this SACD.

[Brian]

I haven't had any problems with Brilliant yet but saw several negative reviews of their "clarinet concerto collection" saying that CDs were defective, so skipped it when it was on sale.

[Mirror Image]

I haven't had any problems with Brilliant yet but saw several negative reviews of their "clarinet concerto collection" saying that CDs were defective, so skipped it when it was on sale.

Always a good idea.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Webern
Symphony, Op. 21
Berliners
HvK

[Mandryka]

Decided to browse through the Graindelavoix catalogue, looking for something I really like.

This sounds promising.

I just don't find the music very interesting.

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Hello folks, I was listening before some non-classical that arrived  today, an old album I had in the past , sold has an idiot, it's so refreshing to Hear Pitch Shifter ''Submit'', great industrial metal band, great rhythm guitar, nice use of drum machine...

But whit all this said, what about my classical for tonight, well well well, Luca Marenzio/Carlo Gesualdo Madrigals on  Archive Production one of these 50'' release, awesome hey, all does what my verdict, let'S be harsh...

What can I say about it ya, well it featured Gesualdo most notorious madrigals Moro Lasso and 5-6  liber madrigali (yet no Gia Pansi a very special madrigal too).  Luca Marenzio, both are great favorite but what no Liquide Perle, now I am mad 

[Madiel]

I haven't had any problems with Brilliant yet but saw several negative reviews of their "clarinet concerto collection" saying that CDs were defective, so skipped it when it was on sale.

I do wonder not only how it happens, but who ought to be dealing with it.

When I had a defective Sony box, it was an absolute chore (requiring much creative Googling) to get a hold of someone from Sony Germany to tell them about it (someone else here on GMG had the exact same errors, so I knew just getting a replacement risked getting another from the same batch), because those sorts of record companies just have no interest in actually talking to customers.

But I did get hold of someone, and they went and investigated, and the message that came back to me was that the manufacturer had not made Sony aware of the error with the particular batch. Of course I don't know whether that was true or some kind of blame-shifting. But given that the CD pressing plants are often separate from the record company, you do wonder whether there is actually someone fully in charge of quality control.

[Madiel]

Haydn piano trios.

Depending on your numbering system, I plan to listen to numbers 22, 17 and 23; or numbers 9, 2 and 10; or opus 27. 

[Que]

I just don't find the music very interesting.

Agreed. All in all it didn't  grab me.

So my shoping list of Grandelavoix is still...empty.

[Que]

As a reissue and on Spotify it looks like this:

[Harry]

Agreed. All in all it didn't  grab me.

So my shoping list of Grandelavoix is still...empty.

I found after extensive listening to the discography of Graindelavoix, that their earlier recordings were not to my taste. Found the vocal balance a bit lacking in the fine details. Furthermore the voices at that time, were not so sophisticated as in the later recordings. And that goes for the sound too.

[vandermolen]

Having returned last night from the beautiful city of Stockholm I thought that I would play one of my favourite Swedish symphonies in, what is for me, its greatest recording:

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Haydn piano trios.

Depending on your numbering system, I plan to listen to numbers 22, 17 and 23; or numbers 9, 2 and 10; or opus 27. 

That's a lovely set!  Haven't visited it in a while...must rectify that soon. 

Having returned last night from the beautiful city of Stockholm I thought that I would play one of my favourite Swedish symphonies in, what is for me, its greatest recording:

What label is that on Jeffrey?
PD

[Traverso]

Sweelinck

Fourth book of Psalms

CD 2

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Sibelius' Tapiola with Berglund and the Finnish RSO from 1992 (courtesy of youtube).  Note:  you can see the Finnish first violinist and future conductor Sakari Oramo at about 4:11 minutes into it.   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2dd00QO2HU

PD

[Biffo]

Bach: Cantata Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36 - Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien & soloists directed by Nikolaus Harnoncourt

[Traverso]

Richard Strauss

Don Quixote,  op,35
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta

Don Juan op, 20
Wiener Philharmoniker
Lorin Maazel

Macbeth, op.23
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati