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[Florestan]

Part IV and final

[André]

Part II

Si j'étais Roi - and this particular recording of it - is absolutely wonderful !

[Florestan]

Si j'étais Roi - and this particular recording of it - is absolutely wonderful !

I chose wisely, then, right? 

[André]

I chose wisely, then, right? 

Indeed ! 

[Florestan]

Indeed ! 

What's the best Le postiilon de Longjumeau on CD?

[DavidW]

Part I

Good boxes here.  Especially the Auryn Q set, which I consider a sleeper.  Darned good performances but are easily overlooked.

[Florestan]

Good boxes here.  Especially the Auryn Q set, which I consider a sleeper.  Darned good performances but are easily overlooked.

I'm not a native English speaker. What does sleeper mean in this context?

[DavidW]

I'm not a native English speaker. What does sleeper mean in this context?

A great hit that was not expected to be so.  Not to say that people think that it was bad a priori just that it didn't have much surrounding hype.  For me never seen a lot of discussion of Auryn Q's Schubert cycle (I think most people don't listen to the early quartets anyway) and I bought it because I liked their Haydn.  And I was like wow this is a great cycle!

[André]

What's the best Le postiilon de Longjumeau on CD?

I can't tell you, I only know the Gedda recording. One of my friends was smitten by this dvd:

[Florestan]

I can't tell you, I only know the Gedda recording. One of my friends was smitten by this dvd:

Thanks!

[Florestan]

A great hit that was not expected to be so.  Not to say that people think that it was bad a priori just that it didn't have much surrounding hype.  For me never seen a lot of discussion of Auryn Q's Schubert cycle (I think most people don't listen to the early quartets anyway) and I bought it because I liked their Haydn.  And I was like wow this is a great cycle!

Thank you!

[Carlo Gesualdo]

For tonight the ''Plat de résistance'' is the great, the grandiose...

Johannes Ockeghem, a legendary composer of kingdom of Burgundy, a crucial, a credential composer of early renaissance .

Needless to says I adore this first class composer of  his era the 15th century. I will listen to  the Capella Cordina ensemble - Aléjandro Planchart has director, love his work whit Missa Caput & chansons.

If got some time left, won't fall asleep prematurely, will try the Beauty Farm double CD whit four masses,  after many listen , find it pleasant and enjoy it.

If totally insomniac, will shift to Guillaume Dufay on Alpha classical, they done a great job whit Dufay. So that it for now goodnight.

[Mirror Image]

Just bought:

[Florestan]

Whichever will make me love the music I'll keep it. There's also the possibility that I'll delete them both.

[Mirror Image]

Whichever will make me love the music I'll keep it. There's also the possibility that I'll delete them both.

Honestly, I can't see you getting into Webern's more mature music, Andrei. How do you feel about Schoenberg and Berg?

[Florestan]

Honestly, I can't see you getting into Webern's more mature music, Andrei.

I can't either. 

How do you feel about Schoenberg and Berg?

Gurrelieder okay, Verklaerte Nacht moderately okay.. Berg's VC moderately okay. That's pretty much all I've heard of them.

[Mirror Image]

I can't either. 

Gurrelieder okay, Verklaerte Nacht moderately okay.. Berg's VC moderately okay. That's pretty much all I've heard of them.

Proceed with caution, but do jump into the chemical-filled pool that is the Second Viennese School! Be sure to rinse off after your swim. Of course, I LOVE Schoenberg and Berg, but I remain somewhat ambivalent about Webern, although I do very much enjoy several of his works.

[André]

Peter made me do it ! 

[aligreto]

Frescobaldi Il Primo Libro di Capricci [Vartolo]

[Que]

Going to do a few 2 discs orders at europadisc: on sale and without VAT the value is just low enough to fly under the radar of Dutch customs:

 

I didn't have the Morales on disc yet, and want it on my listening pile for this season.

Q