What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Coopmv]

A favorite at this end, Harry.

This has become quite a popular set.  I bought mine over 2 years ago at the suggestion by George.   

[Lethevich]

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[Que]

After a retrail of a Biber disc I rejected before - the verdict remained the same , more in the German Baroque thread later, I returned to this.
Rademann is really superb in German Baroque - I have some amazing Schütz as well.

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Good morning!

Q

[val]

HÄNDEL:   Messiah          / Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

A very beautiful version, with a good choir and excellent soloists, in special the soprano Dorothea Röschmann. However, I would wish more emotion in the 2nd part of the oratoria: McCreesh chooses tempos too slow in the arias - the aria "He was despised" takes 12' against 9' with Colin Davis - and then too fast in some Choirs, in order to obtain the dynamic contrast.

This version seems to me superior to Gardiner or Marriner, but doesn't reach the extraordinary quality of the first version of Colin Davis, with Heather Harper and Helen Watts.

[Harry]

Some amazing Vivaldi being presented here, in a budget small line box.  Fabio Bondi, together with Europa Galante deliver high quality musicianship. I would say essential for any collection, there is nothing to disappoint , and all to please.

12 Concerti, opus 8, No. 6/8/9/10/11/12

[abidoful]

Great. I'll have to look out for that disc. It's the Steiermärker and Lancier Quadrillen that I can't stand. The Fantasie, Erinnerung, Stille Betrachtung and Sonata movement are excellent. The latter is most clearly Brucknerian.

You really thinkl the sonatensatz is most brucknerian? I find it rather schubertian.The Fantasyand the Erinnerung I find most representive of Bruckners personal/mature style amongst his piano works.

[Harry]

Well, I  played this box twice now, and think its a bargain, considering what you get. A journey through the musical cultures of different era's, and that makes it extremely linkable, considering the high quality of the performances, its really a no brainer for the price.


Spanish secular music from: De Milanes, Jose Marin, Juan Hidalgo, Antonio Martin y Coll, Sebastian Duron, Juan Cabanilles, Juan del Vado.

[Harry]

Hakon Borresen.

Symphony No. 2 in A major, opus 7. "The Sea"

Symphony No. 3 in C major, opus 21.

Aalborg SO, Owain Arwel Hughes.

Very romantically played, with lots of warmth, and a keen eye for long lines. I like these performances also compared to the CPO ones.


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[Sergeant Rock]

Listening to Haydn, String Quartet D minor Op.42, The Lindsays




Sarge

[FideLeo]

http://www.youtube.com/v/8MaNMkA9yS0

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[The new erato]

After a retrail of a Biber disc I rejected before - the verdict remained the same , more in the German Baroque thread later, I returned to this.
Rademann is really superb in German Baroque - I have some amazing Schütz as well.

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Good morning!

Q

Carus seems to release some amazing discs currently.

[Antoine Marchand]

Early this morning, around 3:30 A.M.: 



Right now:



I really like Bernard Lagacé's style. He never seems to loose the point, always and firstly interested in the structure and counterpoint and just then in the "chromatism" (maybe naturally limited by the instrument chosen). His performances conveys -I don't find a better word- a sort of continuous "entrancement" with this music. Probably the only interpretation a bit disappointing was the marvelously experimental Partita "Christ, der du bist der helle Tag" BWV 766.

[Sergeant Rock]

Havergal Brian, Symphony #2 E minor, Rowe/Moscow




Sarge

[Lethevich]

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Weird how when I first got this box upon release (perhaps 2004 or so? Early into my explorations) it made me adament that Bach's St John Passion must be the most popular of the two. I found it more engaging, and less long (which always helps an unfamiliar listener). I only recently noticed that recordings of the St Matthew seem to outnumber it by around 2 to 1.

Wonderful performances in a somewhat old-school style.

[Scarpia]

Schoenberg Jacobleiter.
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Oddly compelling.

[Bogey]

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Weird how when I first got this box upon release (perhaps 2004 or so? Early into my explorations) it made me adament that Bach's St John Passion must be the most popular of the two. I found it more engaging, and less long (which always helps an unfamiliar listener). I only recently noticed that recordings of the St Matthew seem to outnumber it by around 2 to 1.

Wonderful performances in a somewhat old-school style.

Same thing I thought when I played the "Luke Passion", Sarah....which is wonderful!

[Sadko]

Ô Bali. Colin McPhee and his legacy (Robert Aitken et al.)



Colin McPhee's piano pieces are gamelan on the piano, the other pieces are more inspired by.

[abidoful]

Schoenberg Jacobleiter.
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Oddly compelling.

I have that disc too- true, Jakobsleiter is compelling. The part of the seele is quite something

[Scarpia]

I have that disc too- true, Jakobsleiter is compelling. The part of the seele is quite something

Well, yes, that high soprano part seems to imply the cause of death was strangulation.   

[Bogey]