What are you listening 2 now?

[Operafreak]

Mozart 'The Weber Sisters'

Sabine Devieilhe (soprano)

Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon

[Que]

Morning listening of a recent purchase:



Stylistically definitely an odd one out from halfway De Rore's career, an deviation from his Italian madrigalistic style. It's a pretty austere work, connecting to the Georgian plainchant tradition. The choice for instrumental accompaniment including cornets and trombones, something more common in earlier recordings by the Huelgas Ensemble, is quite unfortunate. There is still much to enjoy, in Amazon's Gio's words: a "hot and cold" performance, and I'm glad I got the 1st CD edition with full texts and translations.

I'll by waiting for a purely vocal performance by one of the many superb Early Music ensembles of today. Wouldn't mind if it were an Italian one. 

[Tsaraslondon]

An excellent performance of an absolutely gorgeous Mass by Spanish Baroque composer, Francisco Valls. It's many, many years now since I discovered this work and it really is very beautiful.

[ritter]

An excellent performance of an absolutely gorgeous Mass by Spanish Baroque composer, Francisco Valls. It's many, many years now since I discovered this work and it really is very beautiful.

I recently purchased that same recording in a domestic Spanish release, within the "Historic Monuments of Spanish Music" series published by the Education and Science Ministry.


It is indeed a gorgeous work!

[Que]

A non-Spanish recording from 1980.... Is it time for an update? 

[Tsaraslondon]

A non-Spanish recording from 1980.... Is it time for an update? 

Maybe. I've never heard another recording. Is this digital? Tape hiss on the old CRD recording is quite pronounced.

[Tsaraslondon]

Superb Gramophone Award winning recording of the original version of Vaughan Williams' Second Symphony.

[Operafreak]

Carissimi: Eight Motets/  Consortium Carissimi, Garrick Comeaux

   

[Que]

Maybe. I've never heard another recording. Is this digital? Tape hiss on the old CRD recording is quite pronounced.

It's pretty new (2015). Other recordings are by Leonhardt/Nederlandse Bachvereniging (DHM, 1992) and Savall (Alia Vox, 2017).

https://laudamusica.com/en/discografia-info.php?ref=LAU014

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2015/Sep/Valls_mass_LAU014.htm

http://www.musica-dei-donum.org/cd_reviews/AliaVox_AVSA9924.html

[Que]

This had been lingering on the "1st listening" pile for quite a long time...



Now I hear it, I wonder why... 
Because this collection of secular songs in German from early Baroque Dresden (1638) in a style adapted from Giulio Caccini and Jacopo Peri, is absolutely delectable.

[Tsaraslondon]

Many moons ago I had the RCA box set of Previn's Vaughan Williams cycle on LP. I remember the 3rd as being particularly fine, and it is indeed a wonderful performance.

As a lesson in contrasts, the fourth makes a great coupling and this too is a very fine performance.

[Traverso]

Hamza El Din​


"The Whater Wheel"


I love this recording that I discovered about fifty years ago. The oud with its wealth of overtones and resourceful inventive play make this my favorite piece of this gifted oud player.


A classic in my opinion

[JBS]

Starting off the morning by starting off another box set

[Madiel]

Sibelius

Scenes Historiques I, op.25
Finlandia, op.26
Press Celebrations Music



Yes, I'm aware I'm listening to a lot of the same music twice! Though it's interesting to also hear what Sibelius decided to leave out.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Hamza El Din​


"The Whater Wheel"


I love this recording that I discovered about fifty years ago. The oud with its wealth of overtones and resourceful inventive play make this my favorite piece of this gifted oud player.


A classic in my opinion

Looks very interesting. I will look for the recording.
A few years ago you posted a disc of Iranian/Persian music issued from Deutsche Hamonia Mundi. What was the name?

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

NP:

Kodály
Háry János Suite
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Fricsay



Simply put, this is the greatest performance of the Háry János Suite that I know. There are many other fine performances, but this one is so colorful, raw and has that sort folk-tale, rustic feel to it that's always difficult to put into words, so I'll put it another way: you can taste the paprika in this Fricsay performance.

Nice!

[Todd]

[Operafreak]

Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051

Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend

[Lisztianwagner]

First listen to:

Ottorino Respighi
La pentola magica

[Biffo]

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 8 in D minor - Hallé Orchestra conducted by Sir Mark Elder