What are you currently listening to (Classical)?

[marslo]

Noseda and Sheherezade

 

[Lampie519]

Red Velvet, Maya Fridman

 

[marslo]

Red Velvet, Maya Fridman

Fonè and TRPTK are among my favourites native dsd labels.

 

[Lampie519]

Fonè and TRPTK are among my favourites native dsd labels.

I only use the 16bit cd versions as i do not use any pc for audio, They sound really nice on the Chord Blu...
DSD could not yet convince me at all... so here is the dilemma...
Anyone who clamed different was into a surprise at my pace as they also could here the bad quality of DSD (at least with my dac and transport combination). Only 1 note is sufficient to hear the difference...
I do not say the DSD as such is flawed, just the execution is... (hardware...)
If you can hear the difference between an anlog recordig (LP or tape what have you) and digital on DSD then you know what i am talking about... If not then you are a lucky guy haha...

Best wishes,

Frank

 

[marslo]

My experience is that is system depending.
I liked native DSD more with my former Duo Mezzo XD speakers than with Trios.
Now I listen more to hires pcm recordings and also to cd/sacd.
Analog is my weekend source , the best vinyls from analog era or new direct cuts are still my preferred format. But digital is also involving, right now I listen to the 3 rd disc from Haydn 2032 series in wav 24/96, I buy also cds from this collection, like them both.

 

[Lampie519]

the best vinyls from analog era or new direct cuts are still my prefered format

If digital becomes your prefered format then you understand what i am talking about lol....

 

[Lampie519]

Point Counter Point - NativeDSD Music
Sarah presents Bach and Bartok solo sonatas, full version - YouTube

 

[christoph]

Emanuel Ax and Yo-Yo Ma - Hope amid tears - Beethoven Cello Sonatas

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[rando]

 

[MyFairLady333]

I am biased because I love the violin, which I used to play. So, I am listening to:
-Hilary Hahn, Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto, MQA CD
-Rachel Podger, Vivaldi, L'estro Armonico, SACD
-Julia Fischer, Paganini 24 Caprices
-Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, Bach Trios

 

[Andrew S.]

Anne-Sofie Von Otter - Marian Cantatas And Arias

This is beautiful. Listened to it not long ago.

 

[Andrew S.]

It has been a long while since I have listened to Mendelssohn's symphonies.

Feeling adventurous, I listened to all 5 back to back. I hadn't heard the 1st, nor the 5th - obviously the 3rd & 4th are the well known.

What a difference across the years! My personal favourites were the 3rd and the 5th. Both very beautiful.

In respect of the 5th - it was apparently Mendelssohn's least favourite symphony.

Edit: Apologies: here are the details:

Mendelssohn: The 5 Symphonies
Label Catalogue Number: PTC5186947
Running Time: 03:17:50
UPC Code: 0827949094767
Release Date: January 2021
Originally recorded in 2020
ComposerFelix Mendelssohn
Solo Orchestra NDR Radiophilharmonie
Solo ChoirNDR Choir
Choral WDR Rundfunkchor Köln
Orchestra NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
ConductorAndrew Manze


This from the listening notes (Primephonic)

"In December of 1831 the "Reformation" symphony was to have been played in Paris by the Conservatoire orchestra. The players felt it contained too much counterpoint and was lacking in melody, however, and refused to play it. The work was first performed in Berlin in 1832, but it was not published until 1868. Mendelssohn was not proud of the piece, calling it "a fat, bristly animal" and "a complete misfit."

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here are what are listed as the related works to the 5th.



All in all - it was a terrific 3 1/2 hours.

 

[Andrew S.]

And here is a little on the orchestra and choir/soloists.

I haven't come across them before. Wonderful performance. Beautifully recorded.

Here are listening notes again from Primephonic: no affiliation - just where I mainly listen from.

NDR Radiophilharmonie.

The orchestra of the broadcasting station in Hanover was founded in 1950, however the roots of the ensemble reach back to the 1920s, when Hanover's first radio station was started up. Because of the special broadcasting requirements, artistic excellence was desired in a variety of musical styles from the beginning.

The NDR Radiophilharmonie is also held in high esteem internationally as a musical ambassador for Hanover and Lower Saxony. Recently the radio orchestra presented itself on concert tours in Japan and South America, among other places, also giving guest performances at the Pisa Festival, the Norwegian Bergen International Festival or clubhouse concerts in Switzerland.

In October 2011, the orchestra had its celebrated debut at the sold-out Royal Albert Hall in London. Other highlights include concerts at the Wiener Musikverein and the Festspielhaus Salzburg. The ensemble's concerts are broadcast regularly on the radio and can be heard all around the world on the internet.

German soprano Anna Lucia Richter (born 1990) sang with the NDR Chorus

One of the fine small choirs associated with the branches of Germany's national broadcasting system, the NDR Chorus (in German, NDR Chor, Choir of North German Radio) has an unusually wide range of musical expertise. The choir has been associated with a large number of technically difficult premieres of contemporary works. Based in Hamburg, the choir was founded in May of 1946 by what was then the NWDR (Northwest German Radio). The name was changed in 1955. The impetus for most of the choir's performances in its early years was a radio broadcast in which it would join the NDR Symphony Orchestra;

 

[Kal Rubinson]

And here is a little on the orchestra and choir/soloists.

I haven't come across them before. Wonderful performance. Beautifully recorded.

Here are listening notes again from Primephonic: no affiliation - just where I mainly listen from.

NDR Radiophilharmonie.



German soprano Anna Lucia Richter (born 1990) sang with the NDR Chorus

Is there a conductor or label?

 

[Andrew S.]

Is there a conductor or label?

Hello again Kal,

Andrew Manze had the bridge. He also has the residency, I believe.

Apologies - here are the details:

Mendelssohn: The 5 Symphonies
Label Catalogue Number: - PTC5186947
Running Time: - 03:17:50
UPC Code: - 0827949094767
Release Date: - January 2021
Originally - recorded in 2020
Composer - Felix Mendelssohn
Solo Orchestra - NDR Radiophilharmonie
Solo Choir - NDR Choir
Choral - WDR Rundfunkchor Köln
Orchestra - NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor - Andrew Manze

Available in 24/48 as well as redbook. Chandos, Hiz Rez recordings etc. Pentatone. Not available on CD, download only.

 

[Andrew S.]

With fire crackling away, on a rainy and cold Hobart evening, I have playing:

Handel* - Academy Of Ancient Music*, Richard Egarr – Organ Concertos Op. 4

Label: Harmonia Mundi – HMU 807446

We all know this recording from 2008. It is a staple. To my mind recorded a little hot, but who am I to say.

Sometime since I have listened to it, and it is as wonderful as ever. Organ is a little missing in action of course with what I listen with - I could use some bass extension here ....

As I type it is the Concerto in A Major, Op.7, No.2 IV.



I wish everyone a very happy evening, or day, as you may be.

 

[Lampie519]

Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet (Download) | The Spirit of Turtle

 

[AMR / iFi audio]

 

[Barry2013]

With fire crackling away, on a rainy and cold Hobart evening, I have playing:

Handel* - Academy Of Ancient Music*, Richard Egarr – Organ Concertos Op. 4

Label: Harmonia Mundi – HMU 807446

We all know this recording from 2008. It is a staple. To my mind recorded a little hot, but who am I to say.

Sometime since I have listened to it, and it is as wonderful as ever. Organ is a little missing in action of course with what I listen with - I could use some bass extension here ....

As I type it is the Concerto in A Major, Op.7, No.2 IV.

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I wish everyone a very happy evening, or day, as you may be.

About 150 years ago a man walked into a church in Belgium and sat down to listen to the church organ being played.
After the music stopped the church organist entered the main body of the church to find the visitor. He complimented the organist and asked if he would be so good as to let him play the organ to which he readily agreed.
Shortly afterwards as he got on with other tasks in his church the organ started up again. Within a few moments the church organist was transfixed by what he was hearing. He immediately stopped whatever he was doing and sat down to listen to the playing of his unknown visitor and fellow organist.
He sat there until the music stopped and when his visitor returned from the organ room he rushed up to him and said:
"Mr Handel it can only be you. Never have I heard such such wonderful playing."
His ears had not deceived him and his surprise visitor was indeed George Friederich Handel on a visit to Belgium.

 

[Kal Rubinson]

Hello again Kal,

Andrew Manze had the bridge. He also has the residency, I believe.

Apologies - here are the details:

Mendelssohn: The 5 Symphonies
Label Catalogue Number: - PTC5186947
Running Time: - 03:17:50
UPC Code: - 0827949094767
Release Date: - January 2021
Originally - recorded in 2020
Composer - Felix Mendelssohn
Solo Orchestra - NDR Radiophilharmonie
Solo Choir - NDR Choir
Choral - WDR Rundfunkchor Köln
Orchestra - NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor - Andrew Manze

Available in 24/48 as well as redbook. Chandos, Hiz Rez recordings etc. Pentatone. Not available on CD, download only.

Thanks. I didn't recognize it from the cover art.