What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[T.D.]

4 hours ago, Д.Д. said:

Never heard of them. Will check out.

These guys are my go-to polyphony fix:

 

Thanks. Yes, Binchois Consort is excellent! I have that very album plus a few others by them on Hyperion. Many good ensembles on that label.

[soulpope]

13 hours ago, HutchFan said:

That was only my first listen.  I recently picked up the CD at library book sale.  

Initial impressions:  It sounded like "old-school" (as in mid-20th c.) Bach.  Romanticized and rhapsodic, rather than architectural.  Not at all HIP -- but I enjoyed it. 

What are your thoughts on Pires' Bach?  

Thnx .... my impressions similar to yours aka quite good, but due to stiff competition nothing to shout from the rooftops ....

[Referentzhunter]

16 hours ago, Ron S said:

Me too.  Great price at jpc.de through April 30th, by the way.

... unfortunately this not my cup of tea. I tried !

Do you like it ?

[soulpope]

12 hours ago, Д.Д. said:

These guys are my go-to polyphony fix:

The Binchois Consort is truly outstanding .....

[Referentzhunter]

[soulpope]

Recorded @ Teldec Studio Berlin between June 2015 and January 2017 .... subtleties en masse ....

[soulpope]

Recorded @ Musikvereinssaal Wien in May 1989 .... rather slow but tremendously intense performance ....

[Ron S]

7 hours ago, Referentzhunter said:

... unfortunately this not my cup of tea. I tried !

Do you like it ?

Haven't purchased it yet.  So you decided not to buy the box?  Or did you buy it and not like it?

Edited March 16, 2024 by Ron S

[soulpope]

Aribert Reimann (1936 - 2024)    R.I.P ....

[T.D.]

3 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Aribert Reimann (1936 - 2024)    R.I.P ....

R.I.P. I long ago considered listening to some of his operas (e.g. Lear, das Schloss, Medea) but never got around to it.😢

[soulpope]

7 minutes ago, T.D. said:

R.I.P. I long ago considered listening to some of his operas (e.g. Lear, das Schloss, Medea) but never got around to it.😢

"Medea", "Das Schloss" and "Melusine" are wonderful ....

[Peter Friedman]

[Ron S]

Mendelssohn, Symphonies Nos. 3-5 / Miscellaneous overtures

Charles Munch/Boston Symphony Orchestra (symphonies)

Claus Peter Flor/Bamberg Symphony Orchestra (overtures)

(RCA France)

Edited March 16, 2024 by Ron S

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

[soulpope]

8 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Charles Dutoit nails it here👌👍 ....

[soulpope]

8 hours ago, Ron S said:

Claus Peter Flor/Bamberg Symphony Orchestra (Mendelssohn overtures)

Outstanding ....

[soulpope]

Recorded @ Marl, Recklinghausen in 1984 after two live performances .... Oscar Shumsky waived his concert fee to finance this recording which remained unissued for nearly 40 years .... the romantic drama is mesmerizing here ....

[soulpope]

Recorded @ Domovina Studio Praha in June (no. 1) and December (no. 2), 1966 .... as good as it gets ....

[Referentzhunter]

17 hours ago, Ron S said:

Haven't purchased it yet.  So you decided not to buy the box?  Or did you buy it and not like it?

... a little underwhelmed by the music (i listened to, Nos. 4,5), didn't bought it. The fourth symphony doesn't sound coherent to me. Just my opinion. I don't want to end up with an enormous collection for no reason. It's easy to drown in his own pretensions. 

[Referentzhunter]

Masses Nos. 872, 678

like some of these Masses, definitely not all of them !

[Referentzhunter]

2 hours ago, soulpope said:

Recorded @ Marl, Recklinghausen in 1984 after two live performances .... Oscar Shumsky waived his concert fee to finance this recording which remained unissued for nearly 40 years .... the romantic drama is mesmerizing here ....

Under the radar artist !

[ejp626]

Ragazze Quartet: But Not My Soul.  String Quartets by Florence Price & Dvorák.

[mikeweil]

Excellent new release.

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[Peter Friedman]

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