What are you listening to now?

[PaulR]

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[ritter]

Following a conversation with edward in the "Major-Label Avant-Garde Classics: PHILIPS" thread, I've re-listened to this:


Luciano Berio: Canticum Novissimum Testamenti (Peter Rundel, conductor)

Yep...very enjoyable late Berio...Impression of first hearing a couple of years ago confirmed this time round. 

[Ken B]

Berwald, symphony 4, Naxos

First listen to this piece.

[Sergeant Rock]

Shostakovich Piano Concert No.2 F major op.102, Currentzis conducting the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and pianist Alexander Melnikov




Sarge

[Philo]

Solti leading the CSO in Strauss's Eine Alpensinfonie

My personal fave.

[Sergeant Rock]

Mahler 6 Zinman is wow!

I think that was the Hurwitzer's favorite of Zinman's cycle. I haven't listened to it yet but will program it soon.

Sarge

[Moonfish]

Rosenmüller: Sacri Concerti        Cantus Cölln/Junghänel

Fantastic!!!

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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 1 (Winter Dreams)    Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio/Fedoseyev

Hmm, anybody ever listened to the dvd cycle of Fedoseyev conducting Tchaikovsky's symphonies?



Byrd: Mass for Four Voices/Five Voices     Choir of St John's College/Guest

[Sadko]

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It would be excellent if Mrs. Joyé recorded a little bit more frequently. I adore her fantastically subtle (like legato) touch.

Interesting, bookmarked.

[Todd]

First listen.  Kinda wish Perahia would record more Mozart sonatas.

[Brian]

Well, this is the most amusing CD software ID glitch I've seen. I'm listening to Rubinstein's Chopin polonaises...



...which Windows Media Player identified as, uh...

[Moonfish]

Recital with Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

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[Moonfish]

Stefano Landi: Homo fugi velut umbra...     L'Arpeggiata/Pluhar

A wonderful recording.

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[Karl Henning]

A radio aircheck of John Adams' recent string quartet concerto, Absolute Jest.

In this work, fragments from late Beethoven are repeated multiple times, grafted rather unconvincingly onto some fairly typically Adams-sounding orchestral writing. The result is an entirely unresolved, seasick stylistic clash between the two, with some intonational clashes thrown in for good measure.

I enjoyed reading this, thank you.

[Ken B]

Stefano Landi: Homo fugi velut umbra...     L'Arpeggiata/Pluhar

A wonderful recording.

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While hare Moonfish diverts himself, tortoise Ken B marches on with Markovina's CPE Bach box, disc 8 ....

[Moonfish]

While hare Moonfish diverts himself, tortoise Ken B marches on with Markovina's CPE Bach box, disc 8 ....

Noooooooooooo...............   

[listener]

none of my purchases from today, instead
RACHMANINOFF: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, op. 31
Chorus of Bulgarian Radio, Sofia     Mikhil Milkov, cond.
an add-on, since I was able to find it in time
GESUALDO:  Tenebrae Responses for Holy Saturday
The Tallis Scholas  / Peter Phillips

[Philo]

This might be my favorite orchestra disc for Richard Strauss:

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[Mandryka]

http://www.youtube.com/v/QaKpF_1coCI

Michel Chapuis plays a handful of Roberday fugues on the organ at Isle de Sorgue.

I like this very much, rather more than his later CD. This is from an LP which was never released in digital form as far as I know.

[Que]

This baby finally arrived!

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Fortunately people at Musique en Wallonie also discovered the blessings of those slim card board boxes. But....still a beautiful booklet! And liner notes I can actualy read in Dutch - now, that is quite a rarity....   (I'd better enjoy it while it lasts...)

Music from the late 14th early 15th centuries, so quite early. Mvts of plaint chant are included in the mases on the first two discs. Singing is typically Flemish: with clarity and precision,  incisive and sober. Perfect for this music. As are the acoustics of the Chapel of the former Irish College in Leuven.

Q

[Que]

Revisiting this disc, which is quite a stunner...



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