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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Bachtoven - Today at 10:56:35 AM

Wonderful playing and sound.(DSD64 download)

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Composer Discussion / Re: Gabriel Fauré (Faure)

Last post by Florestan - Today at 10:53:02 AM

A nice collection. I find that for solo piano music, it is worth having more than one recording, because different pianists can find very different things in the sophisticated texture of his music.

Very true, and actually I extend this philosophy to the music of all my favorite composers, irrespective of genre. The idea is, I will always want to come back to a particular work of a particular composer, or even to listen to one single work on repeat mode --- therefore having different versions is better than listening to one single recording over and over again. Especially since as of late I have noticed that exploring new (to me) music rarely yields results more/as satisfactory than/as listening to the music of my firm favorites (not to mention that, if I stopped acquiring any new recording at all, it would take me a few years to listen to all the recordings I own).

[Widor: Organ Symphonies 5 and 6]

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Symphonic Addict - Today at 10:52:37 AM

Widor: Organ Symphonies 5 and 6

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The Polling Station / Re: 8 favorite symphonic endin...

Last post by vers la flamme - Today at 10:47:59 AM

Great list, just needs more Mahler... 

The 3rd, 6th and 9th might have made the cut too 

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The Polling Station / Re: 8 favorite symphonic endin...

Last post by LKB - Today at 10:47:13 AM

In no particular order;

Mahler's 2nd
Mahler's 8th
Mahler's 4th
Sibelius's 5th
Mozart's 41st
Janáček's Sinfonietta
Bruckner's 4th
Beethoven's 6th

Great list, just needs more Mahler... 

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by JBS - Today at 10:46:41 AM

Yeah, I think if anything Farrenc's symphonies are even more muscular and dramatic than most Mendelssohn symphonies (the exception being his First perhaps).

Berlioz and Beethoven comparisons would be fair--but that particular Scherzo kept reminding me of the music for Midsummer Night's Dream.

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Composer Discussion / Re: Sauguet's Sanctum (Henri S...

Last post by Symphonic Addict - Today at 10:10:40 AM

To be released on 24 May. A reissue that looks interesting.

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Dry Brett Kavanaugh - Today at 10:09:29 AM

Reza Vali: The Being of Love. @Traverso you may like this recording!

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Composer Discussion / Re: Lithuanian composers

Last post by Symphonic Addict - Today at 10:08:21 AM

To be released on 12 July. Bacevicius was a brother of Grazyna Bacewicz.

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Composer Discussion / Re: Gabriel Fauré (Faure)

Last post by Spotted Horses - Today at 10:04:25 AM

My Fauré CD collection:

Nocturnes Nos. 1-6 + Theme and Variations, Op 73 - Jean Martin - Naxos 8.550794
Nocturnes Nos. 7-13 + Préludes + Romances - Jean Martin - Naxos 8.550795
Barcarolles + Ballade, Op.19 - Pierre-Alain Volondat - Naxos 8.553634
Préludes, Op. 103 + Impromptus - Pierre-Alain Volondat Naxos - 8.553740
Pelléas et Mélisande + Valses-caprices + Mazurka + Pavane - Pierre-Alain Volondat - Naxos 8.553741
Four Hand Piano Music - Pierre-Alain Volondat & Patrick De Hooge - Naxos 8.553638
Requiem + Messe basse + Cantique de Jean Racine - Jeremy Summerly - Naxos 8.550765
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 + Berceuse + Romance + Andante - Dong-Suk Kang & Pascal Devoyon - Naxos 8.550906
Masques et Bergamasques + Dolly Suite + Shylock + Pelléas et Melisande + Berceuse - John Georgiadis - Naxos 8.553360
String Quartet, Op. 121 - Ad Libitum Quartet - Naxos 8.554722
Une Châtelaine en sa Tour, Op. 110 + Impromptu, Op. 86 - Judy Loman - Naxos 8.554561
Sicilienne, Op. 78 + Berceuse, Op. 16 - Nora Shulman & Judy Loman - Naxos 8.554166
Requiem - Philippe Herreweghe - HMC 901771
Violin Concerto + Berceuse + Elegie + etc. - Enrique Batiz - CD DCA 686
Piano Quintets 1 & 2 - Peter Orth & Auryn Quartett - CPO 999 357-2
Piano Quartets 1 & 2 - Trio Wanderer & Antoine Tamestit - HMC 902032
Piano Quintets 1 & 2 + Piano Quartets 1 & 2 - Pascal Rogé & Quatuor Ysaÿe - Decca 475 187-2
Musique de chambre I + II [3+2 CDs] - various artists - EMI 0946 336126 2 4

A nice collection. I find that for solo piano music, it is worth having more than one recording, because different pianists can find very different things in the sophisticated texture of his music.