What are you listening to now?

[listener]

Sunday listening
Motets by Peter PHILIPS and Richard DERING
Choir of King's College, Cambridge     Stephen Cleobury, cond.
BORTNIANSKY: 8 Choral Concertos, Cherubic Hymn no.7, Koi slaven
Ensemble Cherubim,  Marika Kuzma, cond.
Cyrillic Russian texts and English translations add to the value of this recording.

[Wanderer]

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How do you like this, Tasos?

Exquisite and enthralling. Especially La mer, among my top favourite renditions.

[Mandryka]

Tallis Scholars do some Gombert magnificats, first listen to new music. This is where the whole vortex of dense keyboard contrapuntal polyphony began I'm told, after the Council of Trent church voice music ceased to be contrapuntal because the words wouldn't be clear enough and the discoveries which Gombert made were continued by Hyeronymus Praetorius, Jehan Titelouze, Antonio Cabézon in their magnificats  etc.

[Karl Henning]

March 3, 1976   

Thanks!  That makes me hopeful about the sound.

[Madiel]

Chopin, opp.29 to 32

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So many superb melodies. Hats off, gentlemen, a genius.

[Karl Henning]

Chopin, opp.29 to 32

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So many superb melodies. Hats off, gentlemen, a genius.

Sweet!

[Florestan]

[San Antone]

Very nice.

[Karl Henning]

Again:

Liszt
Sonata in b minor, S.178 (1852-53)
Hamelin

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[San Antone]

Again:

Liszt
Sonata in b minor, S.178 (1852-53)
Hamelin

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I think his performance is stunning; I would like to find a video of it live.

[Karl Henning]

I think his performance is stunning; I would like to find a video of it live.

Masterly;  I've listened to it three times in two days, now.

[Karl Henning]

Maiden-Listen Mondays!

Debussy
La Boite à joujoux (ballet pour enfants)
Bavouzet

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Does the man have only two hands?

[Karl Henning]

Does the man have only two hands?

I understand that the question applies more to the two other works on the disc  0:)

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82. Scintillating performance.

[San Antone]

https://www.youtube.com/v/mqiXwga2XKs

[Christo]

First time listening:

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 2 in G minor, Op. 34. Upon comparing the Westerberg performance to Jarvi's, I realized what I missed from Westerberg: a bit of a swifter approach. Westerberg has a much more expansive view of the symphony as a whole and digs a bit deeper, but Jarvi gives this symphony some fire. He doesn't let things overstay their welcome. There's no question that Westerberg is fine in this symphony, but I wouldn't want to be without Jarvi. The surges of energy in this performance are enough to power New York City during a blackout.

[North Star]

Masterly;  I've listened to it three times in two days, now.

Told you so! 

[Karl Henning]

Why, so you did, dear fellow, so you did  0:)

Does make me want to revisit Argerich, which I remember liking, but to which I do not remember attending quite so closely (not her fault).

[Wanderer]

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https://www.youtube.com/v/mqiXwga2XKs

Thanks for posting this.