What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[listener]

"Christmas Goes Baroque"
getting out of the way
and ELGAR String Quartet in e   Piano Quintet in a
Maggini String Quartet  with Peter Donohoe 
oh! more Elgar !

[TheGSMoeller]

I am something of a collector of this work and recently heard this recording.  Nice surprise.

Same here, SanA, just collected a few more I didn't own a few weeks ago, (Herrreweghe, Rutter) but this is one I return to often. These forces create the perfect tone and ambiance, and Piau and Degout are as perfect a pair you could find for Faure's Requiem.

In the mood for a little shuffling before bed, starting with the Prelude from Elder's Gerontius disc...

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[Mirror Image]

In the mood for a little shuffling before bed, starting with the Prelude from Elder's Gerontius disc...

[asin]B001IO152O[/asin]

I'll definitely be listening to this tomorrow. Looking forward to it.

[TheGSMoeller]

I'll definitely be listening to this tomorrow. Looking forward to it.

Great! I think you'll enjoy it, John.

Shuffled to this, decided this disc is too good to just let one track play, think ill stick with this entire one...

[kishnevi]

Last CD of the night:
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First listen.
Good solid performances, although I'm not sure how I would rate them in comparison to other recordings I have.

(Greg, was this part of your recent bag of Brahms?)

[Bogey]

Great! I think you'll enjoy it, John.

Shuffled to this, decided this disc is too good to just let one track play, think ill stick with this entire one...

Excellent disc, there, Greg.  Merry Christmas!

[Wakefield]

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One of my favorite interpretations of the Davidsbündlertänze (Dances of the League of David). 

[TheGSMoeller]

Last CD of the night:
[asin]B008H5F1KY[/asin]
First listen.
Good solid performances, although I'm not sure how I would rate them in comparison to other recordings I have.

(Greg, was this part of your recent bag of Brahms?)

Was not, Jeffrey, but I have it wish listed, once I get through my Brahms haul I'll more than likely go back for seconds, plus these two quintet selections are incredible works.

Excellent disc, there, Greg.  Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you, Bogey.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

A good Second Christmas Day to you all.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Christmas Cheer.


Nativity, Christmas Music from Georgian England.
Really a  nice one. Bought in 2004, its one of my favourites. Let peace and love reign in your homes.

[Que]

 

Good morning Harry, and all other GMG'ers on this 2nd Christmas day.

Let me add to Harry's Georgian Christmas music a Parisian Christmas Mass in plainchant from the choir books of the Notre Dame with the Ordinary and organ alternations composed by André Campra. In addition to what is mentioned on the cover, this is a co-production between Pérès and Olivier Schneebeli and his ensemble and Les pages de la Chapelle (boys choir). Pérès is behind the Clicquot organ of the Église Saint-Jacques et Saint-Christophe in the village of Houdan, some 40 miles West of Paris.

Q

[Christo]

Harry, Sadko, Christo

Some information on Fănică Luca.

Here's another very famous one, Marin Teodorescu aka Zavaidoc. (unfortunately I could not find any information in English).

http://www.youtube.com/v/D9mRwCD3xQg http://www.youtube.com/v/0D0mK8n_3jc http://www.youtube.com/v/8ivdcWVsmh8

Enjoy!

We do! Many thanks indeed and a Merry Christmas / Crặciun Fericit. 

[Que]

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Trying to make some inroads into Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's music while trying to work around the many, many recordings by British ensembles, which I find - no offense - stylistically unsuitable for the repertoire.

Got this recording by Herreweghe because of his superb Lassus. But of course Palestrina is no Lassus - we'll see!

Q

[Christo]

A good Second Christmas Day to you all.

Explanation: some countries, like the Netherlands, celebrate an official 'second' Christmas Day. But it's not known in many other countries, like e.g. the USA. 

[The new erato]

Don't they call that Boxing Day in England?   Why they call it boxing day I don't know.     Does it have something to do with cleaning up after all the gift giving?   

No: they box up all the presents they have received, in preparation for changing them.

[Opus106]

Don't they call that Boxing Day in England?

In Australia too. A test match begins on that day, every year, so much so that it's called the 'Boxing Day Test'.

Why they call it boxing day I don't know.     Does it have something to do with cleaning up after all the gift giving?   

I'm not sure how much of your tongue was on your cheek when you said that, so here's something I came across recently:

[T]he concept of Boxing Day, the day after Christmas, which most today only find as a day to pack up their presents or a time to go to the malls to do battle with other shoppers in securing bargains. In actuality Boxing Day is (was) the day when the better off would pack gifts in plain boxes to be given to the less fortunate.

Thread Duty:

I J Pleyel
Cello Concerto in C major, Ben. 106
Ivan Monighetti (vc) | AAM Berlin | Stephan Mai

[Opus106]

Most of it; planted firmly.    

Ah; okay.

Thanks for the info; but what is a "test match"?  I am mostly clueless about all sports other than Baseball.

A game of cricket which lasts for five days, but the result of which is usually decided as a draw on the second.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_cricket
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day_Test

[Christo]

So, cricket is considered a 'sport'. 

[Opus106]

So, cricket is considered a 'sport'. 

Only for gentlemen. Sorry.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Second Christmas Day Cheer in the Netherlands.

By all means this is a fine Christmas disc, which I enjoy very much. From my collection, bought in 2009.