What are you listening 2 now?

[Iota]

"The Brook Street Band takes its name from the London street where composer George Frideric Handel lived from 1723-1759."

But it is a remarkable coincidence! 

Haha, yes it is!

Actually now you mention it I think I did (once) know that .. information retention seems to become a more uphill battle, the further down the age slope one goes .. 

[Que]

In a rarely recorded repertoire you can't get everything in your own way.

General fact of life.

[Florestan]

I don't find them bad, but by Schumann's very high standards, all the pieces apart from the ones I mentioned just seem rather ordinary to me. Not 'off-putting' exactly, but they don't excite me either.

I see. Well, to each their own, right? 

[Que]

[AnotherSpin]

From YouTube:



Orgelconcert in de Martinikerk te Groningen

Leo van Doeselaar

[Iota]

I see. Well, to each their own, right? 

Yes indeed. As I said, I think that I'm a very remote outlier on this one, I've never come across anybody else sharing my view. 

[Henk]

Henk, I don't think there's much to discuss here — the word "classic" doesn't really mean anything in this context. Most likely, the person just means, "I like it, and I'm sure a couple of others who think like me would agree." With that kind of logic, anything can be called a classic — even a McDonald's burger or the next Marvel movie.

Indeed, that's what I was thinking too.

[Henk]

Have you been drinking something strong, Henk? For Pete's sake, stop this useless hair-splitting! By all standards that recording is indeed a classic.

I was stopping already.

[Henk]

One which, moreover, it's widely regarded by the classical music community, critics and listeners alike, as one of the best in the repertoire. Hence, a classic indeed.

That's the answer on my question. Thanks. But with streaming albums become a throw-away product.

[Traverso]

The Woods so Wild

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Looking to the East.

[SonicMan46]

Locatelli, Pietro (1695-1764) - Flute Sonatas (Op.2/5) & Concerti Grossi (Op.1,4,7) from the top two pics below. Locatelli was an Italian Baroque composer and violinist. When he went to Amsterdam in 1729, he discovered the centre of European music publishing. He published his Opp. 2–6, 8 and 9 and a new edition of Op. 1 in Amsterdam, and Op. 7 in the neighboring city of Leiden. My collection consists of 18 CDs (see attachment); note the Ruhadze volumes have been boxed up as a 21 CD offering (bottom two pics).  Dave

 

 

[Traverso]

Schubert Symphony No.5 & 6

[DavidW]

One more try to clarify: How do you know if a recording has general satisfaction?

Amadeus Q is overshadowed by Grumiaux, Talich, Griller, Melos, and Auryn. I picked them for a taste of something different with the chance that I don't like it. That recording doesn't necessarily provide general satisfaction. Especially on this forum which emphasizes modern era and baroque.

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata"

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP: Beethoven's 7th

[Brian]

Maybe this will summon Todd.

[Mister Sharpe]

Another lucky find among my thrift shoppe haul several days ago.  Sheer delight and a respite from both the heat (up to 98 F. this afternoon - seems an insult not to round it up to 100!) - and world conflict.  I note that there is another CD on the Zig-Zag label of the same title and much the same repertoire, but I haven't heard it.

[Henk]

Amadeus Q is overshadowed by Grumiaux, Talich, Griller, Melos, and Auryn. I picked them for a taste of something different with the chance that I don't like it. That recording doesn't necessarily provide general satisfaction. Especially on this forum which emphasizes modern era and baroque.

And with so many competing options and opinions the designation 'classic' becomes more and more arbitrary. Mozart is classic, performances rarely might be the conclusion.

[Karl Henning]

I don't think there's much to discuss here — the word "classic" doesn't really mean anything in this context.

Arrant nonsense. You and your pronouncements.