What are you listening to now?

[cilgwyn]

You must have the highest statistic for a member who has once owned CDs, moved them on and subsequently bought them again 

Indeed! Mirror Image,sensibly,hangs onto every one! The trouble is,there's only so much room here!!

[Traverso]

There is a very fine recording of it by Ensemble Clement Janequin, coupled with Requiem on HM.

Thank you for the advice,I think I might be more interested in that one

[André]

The second song from the Sappho cycle has a melody to die for. Overall, a strong work, though at 60 minutes I'm not surprised it's not often performed.

[listener]

Ruperto CHAPÍ Sinfonia in D,  Overture to Roger de Flor,
Scherzo Combate de Don Quixote contra las ovejas
Orquestra de l'Academia del Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
Guerassim Voronkov, cond.

Marc-Antonio CONSOLI: Varie Azioni    Cyrus Stevens, violin   George Fisher, piano
Memorie Pie   Eric Moe, piano     Saxlodie   Lynn Klock, saxophone,  Nadine Shank, piano
Vuci Siculani    Di.Ver.Ti.Mento (Games for Four)
Ensemble pieces


I may have heard the Chapí before but it suddenly appeared and looked unfamiliar, the Consoli was a reduced price used disc recently purchased, may have touches of Sicilian folk music .   

[Mirror Image]

I've always rather liked Alexander Gibson's Nielsen recordings (symphonies 4,5 and tone poems).

The Gibson are pretty good, but Bernstein is my man in Nielsen, although his Inextinguishable isn't as good as Blomstedt/SFSO. As for recent cycles, Gilbert/New Yorkers and Oramo/Royal Stockholm are particular favorites.

[Mirror Image]

Indeed! Mirror Image,sensibly,hangs onto every one! The trouble is,there's only so much room here!!

Okay, let's set the record straight: the word sensibly and Mirror Image do not coexist! I lost my mind in my late teens when I started collecting music.

[SymphonicAddict]

Dukas - Symphony in C major

After my reacquainting with La Péri, I decided to play the Symphony too. It's unquestionably one of the greatest French symphonies ever, at least for me it is!!!




The disc contains some lively and witty music, utterly irresistible to ears.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Thumbs up!

Good choice!  I've been wanting to get Bavouzet's Debussy recordings for ages.  I do love his piano playing.  :-)

PD

[Mirror Image]

Good choice!  I've been wanting to get Bavouzet's Debussy recordings for ages.  I do love his piano playing.  :-)

PD

I like Bavouzet, but I definitely believe that Paul Jacobs' Etudes is my favorite of all the ones I've heard.

[NikF]

Tailleferre: Works for two pianos - Mark Clinton/Nicole Carboni.

[NikF]

Thumbs up!

Yeah, I like it a lot too. Only problem (if any) was failing to buy the box at the outset and instead forking out for individual disks.

[Todd]

I wasn't looking for a new Schumann symphony cycle, but I found the first three volumes of Heinz Holliger's complete symphonic works for under $13 all-in, so I went for it.  The first volume has the First, the original version of the Fourth, and the Overture, Scherzo, and Finale.  The playing is uniformly superb.  All of the works are delivered with ample energy, though they are a bit cool for such romantic works.  That's no bother, not at all.

As to sonics, this disc is the best sounding Schumann orchestral recording I've heard and is up there with the very best recordings of anything.  SOTA hardly does it justice as a description.  I can also say definitively that this recording has the best recorded triangle I've ever heard.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Indeed.  While I will not buy MP3s for modern recording except in the rarest of cases (basically Sequeira Costa's LvB cycle), I'm fine spending what amounts to pocket change for hours of older recordings.  A few new reissued old VoxBox sets are now available for $0.99 - Kraft's Bach, the Barchet Quartett's Mozart cycle, and Ponti's Rach.

Thank you for the heads up re the VoxBox sets; I'll take a looksie at them.  By the way, I've heard of the Barchet Quartett, but alas am not familiar with their recordings.  Will have to look into them.  :-)

Best,

PD

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Just listened to this (on LP):



Enjoyable listening though not particularly keen on the "In Memorium".  I do love the Four Legends though, I must admit, that this isn't my most favorite of recordings of them.  I have (if I'm recalling correctly) an old and live Swan with on a 2-CD BBCL CD with Beecham that is wonderful!  And other recordings by various other conductors too.   

Best,

PD

[Kontrapunctus]

[NikF]

Poulenc: Les Soirées de Nazelles - Jacques Février.

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[Mirror Image]

Yeah, I like it a lot too. Only problem (if any) was failing to buy the box at the outset and instead forking out for individual disks.

Yeah, that's a problem I've encountered numerous times. I'll buy all of the recordings separately only to be greeted with a 'complete' box.

[Kontrapunctus]

[Mirror Image]

Sinfonia semplice



An enigmatic work, but it reveals its' secrets upon further listening. There's a certain underlying sadness to this symphony despite some of the more comical, high-spirited moments. Oramo and the Royal Stockholm PO do a phenomenal job. Audio quality also couldn't be any better than this --- top-notch.

[NikF]

Yeah, that's a problem I've encountered numerous times. I'll buy all of the recordings separately only to be greeted with a 'complete' box.

What do you usually do then?
Sometimes I'll take disks down to a charity shop (I think three of the Bernstein/NYP Mahler cycle went that way) when I got the box, along with single bits and pieces by the likes of Martinon when I got the Sony and Erato boxes.


e:
Now listening to the Nocturnes from the above Poulenc box, this time courtesy of Gabriel Tacchino.