What are you listening 2 now?

[Florestan]

I' don't recall this recording being discussed or even alluded to here but it's good. Very good.

[aligreto]

Vasks calls Franssens one of the great composers of our time, and I think he's right, this composition is as good and impressive as anything by Arvo Part.

I am not as regular a contributor here as I used to be at one time. It has been a few days since I last logged on and I was delighted to see your appearance here Johan when I was checking recent posts.
I do hope that all is very well with you. 

[Traverso]

The first thought that came to my mind was that it was Hyacinth Bucket

[Traverso]

Bach


Continue with the Kooiman recordings

[MusicTurner]

Chopin Sonatas 1,2,3 - Katsaris /Sony CD

Fine recordings. It's truly remarkable how he's able to make the Finale of Sonata 2 so structured and clearly articulated, as opposed to most pianists, where it tends to become just a foggy mess.

[Maestro267]

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 7 ("Rasumovsky")
Kodály Quartet

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 ("Choral")
Staatskapelle Dresden/C. Davis

[Madiel]

If cost is not the primary concern, I would suggest the two relevant volumes of the Philips Mozart Edition.





All of the recordings I have listened to so far have been outstanding, and the ensembles include ASMF, ASMF Chamber Ensemble, Netherlands Wind Ensemble, and some others including some Boskovsky.

That's certainly one of the options I'm considering. I've definitely streamed some Marriner recordings and liked them. But no firm conclusions as yet, the focus is on getting through the Kochel catalogue and seeing what takes my fancy... although Tate has already won the contest for a complete symphonies set.

[Madiel]

Haydn op.33/3 in C major, the 'Bird'.

Bloody marvellous.

[Traverso]

That's certainly one of the options I'm considering. I've definitely streamed some Marriner recordings and liked them. But no firm conclusions as yet, the focus is on getting through the Kochel catalogue and seeing what takes my fancy... although Tate has already won the contest for a complete symphonies set.

Tate is an excellent choice 

[Traverso]

Little Marches by Great Masters

CD 12

[aligreto]

Tate is an excellent choice 

+1

[Madiel]

Sibelius: The Maiden in the Tower



Sibelius' only completed opera (originally listed as op.29) is... well, it's recognisably the same kind of music as pieces from around the same time like The Wood-Nymph and the Lemminkainen Suite. And it's okay.

But it's hampered by a really cliched and old-fashioned plot. Cut-out villain, maiden and hero (though really the "hero" doesn't do anything much, just appeals to a higher authority). And in this performance, Häggander as the Maiden is a problem. She sings nicely at lower volume, but when the music is louder she is unpleasantly shrill. I do wonder whether the other 2 recorded performances might make a better case for the work.

[Papy Oli]

Listening to one of the Naxos free monthly downloads:

[VonStupp]

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Tudor Portraits
Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'

Jean Rigby, mezzo
John Shirley-Quirk, baritone
London SO & Chorus - Sir Richard Hickox (rec. 1998)

For the morning:

VS

[Todd]

From strength to strength.  The Armida Quartett is the Mozart cycle I have been looking for.  I await volume five.  Then they need to record more core rep and more contemporary music.

[Karl Henning]

The first thought that came to my mind was that it was Hyacinth Bucket

(* chortle *)

[Florestan]

+1

+ 2.

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Vaughan Williams
Five Mystical Songs
Brian Rayner Cook, baritone
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
Thomson



Next:

Weinberg
String Quartet No. 7 in C major, Op. 59
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 18
Piotr Sałajszyk, piano
Silesian Quartet

[Operafreak]

Magnard: Piano Trio in F Minor & Violin Sonata in G Major- Geneviève Laurenceau (violin), Maximilian Hornung (cello), Oliver Triendl (piano)

[Mirror Image]

Another fine CD! My earlier Supraphon release of the Glagolitic Mass is coupled with Kabelac's 'Mystery of Time' which was a great combination as well.

Lovely, Jeffrey. Janáček has become a bit of an obsession of mine lately, although I've loved his music since I started to seriously listen to classical music.