What are you currently listening to (Classical)?

[andolink]

L. van Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135

 

[MadFloyd]

This new acquisition is knocking my socks off! In addition to absolutely marvelous performances, the choice of venue and the way the sound engineer has captured every tiny detail in stunningly realistic perspective is unlike anything I've ever heard.

J. S. Bach: 'O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort ', BWV 20

Thanks, it sounds like it's worth checking out. Was this a CD or download? It doesn't seem to be available on Amazon...

 

[Bachtoven]

I'm trying to learn K.397, so it's nice to have a masterful performance to inspire me.

 

[andolink]

Thanks, it sounds like it's worth checking out. Was this a CD or download? It doesn't seem to be available on Amazon...

It was a FLAC download from eclassical.com.

 

[NorthStar]

Redbook...

* Supermoon today/tonight...music from the sky, from the stars.

 

[Bachtoven]

I listened to the Symphony today. I'm not a fan of vocal works, but the baritone singing a Keats sonnet in the last movement is effective. Overall, the piece has a strong Schoenberg feel to it--somewhere between his Pelleas und Melisande and Variations for Orchestra.

 

[Bachtoven]

Very well played and recorded.

 

[Fiddle Faddle]

Very well played and recorded.

Is the balance engineer credited in the liner notes?

 

[Bachtoven]

Yes, René Möller (assistant engineer is Martin Nissen).

 

[Bachtoven]

No.31, 35, and 38.

 

[Fiddle Faddle]

Yes, René Möller (assistant engineer is Martin Nissen).

No wonder it sounds so good then. He is one of the best of the current generation classical engineers. He engineered my Schumann Symphony cycle set with the Berlin Phil and it sounds awesome.

 

[andolink]

W. A. Mozart: Don Giovanni

 

[microstrip]

No wonder it sounds so good then. He is one of the best of the current generation classical engineers. He engineered my Schumann Symphony cycle set with the Berlin Phil and it sounds awesome.

We can find the recordings he engineered at the allmusic site. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ren%C3%A9-m%C3%B6ller-mn0001682055

 

[Fiddle Faddle]

Good one! Thanks! Very useful!

 

[andolink]

Stefan Wolpe: Quintet with Voice (1957) for bass-baritone, clarinet, horn, harp, piano and cello

 

[andolink]

Anthonello de Caserta, et. al.

 

[APP]

I am enjoying this album immensely the last couple of days.
I have a tendency to buy any new version of Bach's solo works for violin and cello as they appear, some I only listen to once I am afraid, but this one is different, a real keeper.

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/a/-/4976/Midori-Seiler/1

 

[Bachtoven]

Superb performance. Very close, detailed recording perspective.

 

[Bachtoven]

Brilliantly played and recorded. In fact, the mics pick up his vocalizations! HIPsters may not like like his dramatic and personal interpretations, but I do. Interestingly, he arranges them by key, not chronologically. Today I listened to disc 1, the "A" works. (He has also color coded the discs according to key, and has given the Sonatas fanciful names!)

 

[Bachtoven]

I listened to the Sinfonia today. It doesn't seem to be recorded or played very often, which is too bad since it is such a powerful piece--very dark, angsty, and densely scored. BIS' SACD audio lets one hear all the details, and will give your woofers something to think about! Very well played.