What are you listening 2 now?

[vandermolen]

As a member of our Salmenhaara Fan Club you are obliged to stick with him.

Indeed Harry - along with our good friend Hannu from the Fuga Music Shop in Helsinki which, I'm pleased to report, appears to be an actual shop rather than existing only in cyber-space.

[Todd]

The world needs a Dohnanyi big box.

[vandermolen]

Shostakovich: Symphony No.11 'The Year 1905'
Seems appropriate for these troubled times (new release).
PS - this really is a fabulous performance, reminding me of John Pritchard's legendary BBC account from the 1980s, which I attended (BBC Radio Classics CD).
PPS My neighbours have gone away leaving builders drilling all day in their house. My wife is at work, so I have no hesitation in listening to this at top volume. 

[Harry]

Emilie Mayer.
Four Overtures.
Symphony No. 3.
Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin, Mark Rohde.

[Harry]

Indeed Harry - along with our good friend Hannu from the Fuga Music Shop in Helsinki which, I'm pleased to report, appears to be an actual shop rather than existing only in cyber-space.

A friend of mine has recently visited this shop, and found it to be a high tech environment, with a friendly staff. He bought me a few surprise CD's, but I have no idea what. At least he is aware that I have the Salmenhaara already

[vandermolen]

A friend of mine has recently visited this shop, and found it to be a high tech environment, with a friendly staff. He bought me a few surprise CD's, but I have no idea what. At least he is aware that I have the Salmenhaara already

How lovely Harry! I hope that he met the legendary Hannu!


Although this is more my idea of what a record shop should look like:

[Harry]

How lovely Harry! I hope that he met the legendary Hannu!

Yes he did, and he can confirm he is not a girl.

[vandermolen]

Yes he did, and he can confirm he is not a girl.

Ah great! An excellent piece of on-the-spot research. Please thank your friend on my behalf for clarifying this uncertainty. 

PS I think that it's very laudable that you should arrange for your friend to travel to Helsinki to clarify this. 

[Harry]

Organ Works of the North German Baroque, VIII

Georg Bohm.
Complete Organ works.
CD I.
Friedhelm Flamme, Organ.
Creutzburg Organ, Propsteikirche, St. Cyriakus, Duderstadt

[vandermolen]

Organ Works of the North German Baroque, VIII

Georg Bohm.
Complete Organ works.
CD I.
Friedhelm Flamme, Organ.
Creutzburg Organ, Propsteikirche, St. Cyriakus, Duderstadt

I like the painting!

[Harry]

I like the painting!

There are two opinions about the art, mostly negative, but I like them somehow.
All the recordings in this series have the same art work, by Beate Kliche.

[Todd]

[Operafreak]

Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII: 5 in C major 'Cäcilienmesse'

Lucia Popp (soprano), Doris Soffel (contralto), Hors Laubenthal (tenor) & Kurt Moll (bass)-Bavarian State Symphony Orchestra & Choir, Rafael Kubelik

[SonicMan46]

Minnaar, Hannes - have not heard this Dutch pianist before - made aware of the Shostakovich recording of the Preludes & Fugues in its own GMG thread this morning - so, put together a Spotify playlist with the two recordings below, i.e. plus Bach's Goldberg Variations - enjoying his interpretations of the Shosty; Goldbergs up next - about to search for some reviews but any comments appreciated.  Dave

 

[JBS]

Recorded in 1965.
Anyone know the original of the cover art? Google Image Search locks onto the fact that it's an album cover, and insists on showing similarly cover art for LPs/CDs, but nothing about the art itself.

[Karl Henning]

Shostakovich: Symphony No.11 'The Year 1905'
Seems appropriate for these troubled times (new release).
PS - this really is a fabulous performance, reminding me of John Pritchard's legendary BBC account from the 1980s, which I attended (BBC Radio Classics CD).
PPS My neighbours have gone away leaving builders drilling all day in their house. My wife is at work, so I have no hesitation in listening to this at top volume. 

Love it!

[Karl Henning]

Yes he did, and he can confirm he is not a girl.

(* chortle *)

[Karl Henning]

Recorded in 1965.
Anyone know the original of the cover art? Google Image Search locks onto the fact that it's an album cover, and insists on showing similarly cover art for LPs/CDs, but nothing about the art itself.

Striking!

[JBS]

Recorded in 1965.
Anyone know the original of the cover art? Google Image Search locks onto the fact that it's an album cover, and insists on showing similarly cover art for LPs/CDs, but nothing about the art itself.

Both the CfO and Dance Suite were excellent performances.
Now onto Solti's take on Stravinsky's take on Sophocles [S on S on S so to speak]

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, 1873 version, ed. William Carragan