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F. J. Haydn: Symphony No. 78 in C minor

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Liza Lim: Songs found in a dream
ELISION ensemble

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Beautiful Sunday here, so I thought I'd to drop this one on the TT:

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Liner notes are by Joaquin Rodrigo himself :)
Very good sound, a little diffuse sometimes, but very natural nonetheless!

cheers,
alex
 
Enno Poppe: Speicher I-VI for large ensemble (2008-2013)
Klangforum Wien/Enno Poppe


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F. J. Haydn: Symphony No. 77 in B-flat Major

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Aaron Cassidy: And the scream, Bacon’s scream, is the operation through which the entire body escapes through the mouth (or, Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion) for oboe (musette, English horn), clarinet (e-flat, bass clarinet), trumpet, trombone, harp, percussion, violin, viola, double bass (2010)

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Beautiful Sunday here, so I thought I'd to drop this one on the TT:

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Liner notes are by Joaquin Rodrigo himself :)
Very good sound, a little diffuse sometimes, but very natural nonetheless!

cheers,
alex

I've got the Speakers Corner version of this one. I can't compare to the original Philips but my summation of it is very similar to yours. I will be purchasing the DG vinyl LP of Narciso Yepes when the reissue comes out next month:

http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/123470/Alonso-Rodrigo_Concierto_De_Aranjuez-180_Gram_Vinyl_Record

I know DG don't have the best reputation amongst audiophiles (personally I really like the DG house sound) but in this case, I think the Yepes recording is a better one, both in terms of performance and sound.
 
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Best of all is the profound sense of pathos radiating from every strand of the final Adagio Lamentoso movement in which the Pittsburgh string section gets to shine. In the final two minutes alone, with its pseudo failing heartbeat rhythmic pulse, the lower strings are darkness shrouded in darkness, the epitome of intense gravity, and this account leaves a profound impression. If you're looking for an up-to-date, live, full-spectrum recording, you can't do much better than this."
Jean-Yves Duperron of Classical Music Sentinel

Great DXD recording, from reference recordings. https://referencerecordings.nativedsd.com/albums/FR720SACD-tchaikovsky-symphony-no-6-in-b-minor-dvorak-rusalka-fantasy#
 
This new release from Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante is another winner based on my first hearing of the first two concertos on the disc:

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