What are you currently listening to (Classical)?

[andolink]

Alexander Goehr's Little Symphony, Op. 15 - - a work that pushes all the right buttons for me

 

[accwai]

J.S. Bach: Partitas Nos 4 & 6, Suite Française No 5, Fantaisie et Fugue (in A minor)
Yoko Kaneko - fortepiano



M·A Recordings MAJ510, which isn't the normal format of MA production id. Booklet in Japanese and French. No English. Looks like it's from MA Recordings Japan. Not listed on the main MA website, allmusic or discogs

Gluck/Sgambati: Melodie from Orfeo ed Euridice,
Mozart: Fantasia in D minor, K397
Yim Wan



From the AQCD Yim Wan at Fazioli Concert Hall. Used to be available through yesasia.com but now it says out of print. (These CDs are serial numbered) Booklet in Chinese. Not listed on allmusic or discogs either

 

[Bachtoven]

This piece works amazingly well on the piano. He plays the Variations in F minor very well, too. Excellent sound. (It's not an original BIS recording: they licensed it from the Mandala label and remastered it.)

 

[accwai]

Guillaume de Machaut: Les Motets
Musica Nova



Complete motets by Guillaume de Machaut. Exhibit great diversity of forms, dissonance, rough edges (and thus liveliness) mostly missing in the Hillard Ensemble version above. Given the subject matter in a lot of the text and general knowledge of Machaut right now, this kind of calls into question whether the latter has been sanitized too much.

 

[andolink]

After months of waiting with bated breath, this set is out today and it’s quality more than justifies the wait. Great sound, great performances, great music.

 

[TheMan84]

 

[Bachtoven]

Wonderful playing and sound.

 

[Bachtoven]

Umm...this is a CLASSICAL music thread...

 

[Bachtoven]

 

[Bachtoven]

Commanding performances even if they don't completely displace Heifetz. Superb sound.

 

[Kal Rubinson]

Commanding performances even if they don't completely displace Heifetz. Superb sound.

Too bad that Ondine's not doing multichannel these days.

 

[Bachtoven]

It's not even 2-channel SACD as far as I know--I bought a 24/48 FLAC version. Not sure why it's not 24/96, but none of the normal hi-res sites offer it that resolution. Still, it sounds very good.

 

[LL21]

which is your favorite quartet to play Haydn's work? Lindays, Endellion, London Hayden, Takacs, etc? Thanks for any thoughts on this! I like Apponyi Quartet's Haydn 33 the most, but the quartet did not do any others of Haydn many quartets.

 

[accwai]

Handel: Organ Concertos Op.4, HWV 289-294
Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr



Handel: Harp Concerto in B-flat major, Op.4 No.6, HWV 294
Ursula Holliger, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

 

[LL21]

Excellent stuff! I have the Richard Egarr and really enjoy it!

Handel: Organ Concertos Op.4, HWV 289-294
Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr



Handel: Harp Concerto in B-flat major, Op.4 No.6, HWV 294
Ursula Holliger, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

 

[Bachtoven]

which is your favorite quartet to play Haydn's work? Lindays, Endellion, London Hayden, Takacs, etc? Thanks for any thoughts on this! I like Apponyi Quartet's Haydn 33 the most, but the quartet did not do any others of Haydn many quartets.

I think the Lindsays overall. Beautifully played and recorded. I haven't heard any of their Haydn recordings, but I assume the Quartetto Italiano would be equally good. I need to correct that omission!

 

[Bachtoven]

 

[LL21]

I think the Lindsays overall. Beautifully played and recorded. I haven't heard any of their recordings, but I assume the Quartetto Italiano would be equally good. I need to correct that omission!

Thank you!

 

[andolink]

 

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