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[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Christmas Cheer.

From my collection 1992.

Christmas Carols, Worchester Cathedral Choir, Donald Hunt.
Very well sung and recorded.

[Coopmv]

Now playing the following SACD, not quite a recent arrival for a first listen ...

[Coopmv]

Now playing the following SACD, not quite a recent arrival for a first listen ...

I ordered this recording a few months ago from MDT but just realized the Amazon US site says this recording will be released on January 29, 2013, pre-order now!      What a joke?   

[Lisztianwagner]

Jean Sibelius
Finlandia

[Lisztianwagner]

Jean Sibelius
Finlandia

Now: En Saga.

[Coopmv]

Now playing the following SACD, which arrived a few months ago from across the pond for a first listen ...

[Conor71]

Villa-Lobos: 12 Etudes, W 225


Good morning all - for today Im going to listen to some of my Villa-Lobos recordings. I will be playing selections from these 3 boxes :

[Coopmv]

Now: En Saga.

I think I have an earlier version of this recording ...

[Lisztianwagner]

I think I have an earlier version of this recording ...

Really? What is it like?

[Wakefield]

Schumann - Carnaval, Op. 9

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[Gold Knight]

On Spotify:

Anton Bruckner--Symphony No.8 in C Minor, performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of Herbert von Karajan.
Jean Sibelius--Symphony No.1 in E Minor, Op.39 and Symphony No.4 in A Minor, Op.63, once again featuring Maestro Karajan and the Berliner Philharmonic.

[Coopmv]

Really? What is it like?

Upon checking on my computer, I have 2 Sibelius recordings by Karajan on EMI, one he was with BPO - Finlandia was the title and the other was with the Philharmonia Orchestra - Symphonies 2 & 5. Perhaps that Finlandia CD was the predecessor of your CD, which conceivably has better SQ.  But then EMI is notorious for using too much compression and noise reduction that its remastered CD does not always sound better than the previous version ...

Here is my version, recorded in 1977 ...

[Brahmsian]

'Tis the season (for me, 'The Nutcracker' is always in season!)

My favourite recording (I know John's not a fan):

Tchaikovsky

Casse-Noisette, Op. 71

Kirov Orchestra
Gergiev

Philips

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Again!  Der Nussknacker!

[Coopmv]

Back to early music, now playing the following CD, which just arrived from MDT yesterday for a first listen.  The recording was made in 2011 ...

[Brahmsian]

Now playing the following SACD, not quite a recent arrival for a first listen ...

Is that Tom Cruise in the middle?   

[Brahmsian]

John Ogdon playing Mendelssoh piano concertos from the ICON box. No pussyfooting!

John Ogdon?  You meant Henk, right? 

*Yes, I'm in a weird mood. 

[Coopmv]

Is that Tom Cruise in the middle?   

Tom Cruise is probably musically challenged ...

[Coopmv]

John Ogdon?  You meant Henk, right? 

*Yes, I'm in a weird mood. 

I have the 70th Anniversary Edition on EMI but the set only has 4 CD's ...

[dyn]

Schoenberg - String Quartet in D (1897), Aron-Quartett

for my money better than any of the quartets of Brahms or Schumann

[Mirror Image]

Now:

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Listening to Enigma Variations.

Next:



Trying to get into the Christmas spirit.