What are you listening to now?

[aligreto]

Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in E flat major....

[Camphy]

Piano Trio

[Tsaraslondon]

Time to brighten up a dull Saturday afternoon. I've always enjoyed Plasson's versions of the Offenbach operettas, and this recording of Orphee aux Enfers is no exception. Mady Mesple is a delectable Eurydice, with Michel Senechal excellent as Orphee, and what a joy to hear French singers singing clear and comprehensible French.

[andolink]

G.F. Handel: Rodelinda

[Todd]

From the Horowitz long box.  The title is misleading.

[HIPster]

Starting off the day ~

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It has been far to long since I gave this a spin!   

[SonicMan46]

Pleyel, Ignaz Joseph (1757-1831) - Wind Partitas w/ the PI group 'Amphion Wind Octet' - new arrival - if you're a fan of windy music from this era and like the look of the instruments in the group pic, then highly recommended - a review HERE by our own Brian (well done!) - Dave

 

[aligreto]

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique [Norrington]....

[Tsaraslondon]

Du Pre's famous recording of the Elgar Concerto with Barbirolli is issued here with a no less recommendable performance of the Dvorak with her husband, Daniel Barenboim, recorded just a few months before the onset of the terrible illness which curtailed her career.

Du Pre's white hot intensity is brilliantly caught in both recordings, as is her wonderful rapport with both conductors.

[North Star]

Liszt
Sonata
Argerich
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[Tsaraslondon]

Liszt
Sonata
Argerich
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LOVE Argerich's Liszt.

Well love Argerich really!

[Que]

Starting off the day ~

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It has been far to long since I gave this a spin!   

Sweet!

Pleyel, Ignaz Joseph (1757-1831) - Wind Partitas w/ the PI group 'Amphion Wind Octet' - new arrival - if you're a fan of windy music from this era and like the look of the instruments in the group pic, then highly recommended - a review HERE by our own Brian (well done!) - Dave

 

The Amphion is a really great group! I love their Beethoven and their Krommer recordings.

Q

[North Star]

LOVE Argerich's Liszt.

Well love Argerich really!

Yes indeed, Greg.

[aligreto]

Two Telemann Oboe Concertos: Concerto in D minor & Concerto in F minor....

[Marsch MacFiercesome]

LOVE Argerich's Liszt.

Well love Argerich really!

Martha for-EV-A!

[Marsch MacFiercesome]

Time to brighten up a dull Saturday afternoon. I've always enjoyed Plasson's versions of the Offenbach operettas, and this recording of Orphee aux Enfers is no exception. Mady Mesple is a delectable Eurydice, with Michel Senechal excellent as Orphee, and what a joy to hear French singers singing clear and comprehensible French.

Un-CANNY.

The little Bettie Page doll who used to cut my hair. . . to the life. . .



I need to get out my Plasson opera box set and listen to this.

I'm so glad you enthused over it.

[Tsaraslondon]

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I need to get out my Plasson opera box set and listen to this.

I'm so glad you enthused over it.

This box set was being offered for an incredibly cheap price by Amazon, and I had it on order for the longest time. Eventually they cancelled my order and I now see the price has quadrupled! 

[Tsaraslondon]

Recorded live from the Royal Festival Hall in October 1999, this performance takes a little while to settle down, but, as so often in live performances the effect is cumulative, and the audience give it a huge ovation at the end.

I've been told I got the wrong Abbado 3rd and should have gone for the one with Vienna Phil and Jessye Norman, but, not knowing it, this one seems pretty good to me.

[EigenUser]

Again, Steven Mackey's Ars Moriendi: Nine Tableaux on the Art of Dying Well. Still my favorite SQ (and possibly the saddest piece I know of). Recommended for fans of the Berg VC. I think it has a lot in common with that piece.
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[HIPster]

This box set was being offered for an incredibly cheap price by Amazon, and I had it on order for the longest time. Eventually they cancelled my order and I now see the price has quadrupled! 

I feel your pain!  The same exact thing has happened to me before - a total drag.

I hope another one comes your way soon!   

Recorded live from the Royal Festival Hall in October 1999, this performance takes a little while to settle down, but, as so often in live performances the effect is cumulative, and the audience give it a huge ovation at the end.

I've been told I got the wrong Abbado 3rd and should have gone for the one with Vienna Phil and Jessye Norman, but, not knowing it, this one seems pretty good to me.

Not sure about this Mahler 3, but I have the same forces in the Ninth and it is superb imo.  Possibly my favorite Mahler recording.

Thread duty:

Zefiro - Handel

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A first listen to this recent purchase.