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[springrite]

So far not holding up to the Starker that I grew up with, but crisp and fine nonetheless. He's great, technique-wise, but he's not bringing anything "extra" to the table here.

Saw an interview once where he looked very depressed and talked about how miserable he is and how he does not enjoy a life of going around the world playing music but "this is the life I have been trained for what the life I am resigned to have". It shows in his playing. Great technique but no love for the music. No passion.

[gmstudio]

Saw an interview once where he looked very depressed and talked about how miserable he is and how he does not enjoy a life of going around the world playing music but "this is the life I have been trained for what the life I am resigned to have". It shows in his playing. Great technique but no love for the music. No passion.

That's very telling...that's exactly what it sounds like here. He's playing it because he can, not because he WANTS to. Kinda sad, really.

[Harry]

Sigismondo D'India, Giovanni Maria Trabaci, Ascanio Mayone.

Madrigali e Cazonette.

Maria Cristina Kiehr, soprano.
Concerto Soave/Jean Marc Aymes.

Rerun.
Marvelous.

[Que]

This sounded kinda weird from the start. Turns out that Szell used the Schalk Edition...! 
I'm glad I only payed very little, but it's a shame really - great playing to be heard.



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[Haffner]

Beethoven Missa Solemnis (Klemperer/EMI)

Irresistible.



BEST CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS TO ALL!!!

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Beethoven Missa Solemnis (Klemperer/EMI)

Irresistible.

Agreed. A performance of breathtaking grandeur.

[SonicMan46]

Outstanding music/performance here.  My first Rosetti disc, but now not my last.  Thank you very much Harry and hope you have a duplicate of these recordings tucked away in a CPO box set.  

Bill - love Rosetti (have about 8 or 9 discs, myself) - check out BRO - don't seem to have as many as before, but still a few @ excellent prices!  Dave    (BTW - Happy Holiday Season to you & family - and to all on the forum!)

[longears]

Saw an interview once where he looked very depressed and talked about how miserable he is and how he does not enjoy a life of going around the world playing music but "this is the life I have been trained for what the life I am resigned to have". It shows in his playing. Great technique but no love for the music. No passion.

That's very telling...that's exactly what it sounds like here. He's playing it because he can, not because he WANTS to. Kinda sad, really.

No kidding!  Sounds like an ungrateful, spoiled brat.  Someone ought to slap some sense into him! 

But he sounds much more grown up in this interview from Strings.

[PaulR]

Brahms:  Variations on a theme of Haydn Sawallisch/LPO

[pjme]

on BBC 2 now : Christmas carols and lectures from Cambridge. A classic and a must for christmas eve.

Merry Christmas to you all!.

Peter

[AnthonyAthletic]

Messiah

The Night Pro Symphony, with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir under Sir David Willcocks.  I believe this is also on DVD.

Quite a compelling version by Willcocks, "He was Despised" portrayed beautifully.

Not being a great Messiah lover, this however did fill a hole and was highly enjoyed  

[Opus106]

Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No.1
Beaux Arts Trio

[Bogey]

on BBC 2 now : Christmas carols and lectures from Cambridge. A classic and a must for christmas eve.

Merry Christmas to you all!.

Peter

Listened to the same earlier on one of our NPR stations. 

[Bogey]

[SonicMan46]

Bach, JS - Christmas Cantatas w/ Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale, and various soloists.

Telemann, GP - Christmas Cantatas w/ Remy, Magdeburger Kammerchor, and soloists - 

 

[Haffner]

Handel Messias (Werner/Koch) Berlin Classics



In the German language. I only wish that the tenor was better, he bollockses up early on, sounding way too stuttery, and never quite recuperates after. Otherwise, a performance I really love (by everyone else).

[Drasko]

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