What are you listening to now?

[North Star]

I'll join in on the Schumann Cello Concerto party with Coin & Herreweghe's recording - at least after I've finished listening to the Melani which I had to interrupt for a while.

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[Papy Oli]

Bruckner - Symphony No.5 (Klemperer)

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[Todd]

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From the Perahia big box.  The Op 127 transcription is pointless, though the ensemble play it well enough.  I will never listen to it again.  Op 101 is moderately good, but a bit small in scale and definitely not a top choice.  $3 new at Amazon seems the right price.

[DavidW]

Mozart Symphonies 36 and 39:
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some Bach organ music (cd 4 from Alain's set):
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John Adams Transmigration of Souls:
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[Mirror Image]

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Listening to Symphony in F 'Urbs Roma'. Great stuff. I haven't heard any of Saint-Saens' symphonies in years (since '09) with the exception of the 3rd, which I believe I listened to late last year.

[TheGSMoeller]

Quartet No.3...

[Ken B]

Schumann cello concerto.
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When you get to the synphonies I strongly and I mean strongly recommend the Gardiner. This is a HIP performance and it makes a big difference. Some of the string writing in S usually gets too thick, but not here.
Karajan is excellent too, but seek out Gardiner if you can.

[Ken B]

Prokkers, the violin concerti from the Naxos box.

Primo stuff so far.

[listener]

Sunday assignment:
PALESTRINA: Missa Papae Marcelli,  Missa Aetena Christi Munera
Oxford Camerata                Jeremy Summerly, cond.
mixed chorus
"Passiontide at St. Paul's"   Music for Lent - Easter
BAIRSTOW, BRUCKNER, SAUNDERS, GIBBONS, LOTTI etc
BRITTEN: Te Deum in C
Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral     John Scott, cond.

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Listening to Symphony No. 3 in C Minor 'Organ'. Fantastic work and performance. I'm careful about not wearing out 'the classics,' so each time I listen to this work it remains special and an enjoyable listen.

[Ken B]

HVL Choros 9 Schermerhorn on Naxos

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Listening to Credendum. Very cool work.

[Artem]

[Papy Oli]

Some Scarlatti Sonatas by Horowitz - just superb (Already owned the CD prior to the boxset).

[SonicMan46]

Byrd, William(1540-1623) - Keyboard Music w/ Davitt Moroney on a variety of instruments w/ 100+ pages of English notes written by Moroney - 7 disc set boxed in sleeves - Dave

[Mirror Image]

Lots of "Schit" today -

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Listening to the Requiem. Love it to pieces of course.

[prémont]

New in. Apparently Carlo Ignazio Monza was so good but so quickly forgotten that his work was passed off as being by Pergolesi...

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Q

Never heard of this composer. So I have ordered the CD at Amazon MP.

[Que]

Never heard of this composer. So I have ordered the CD at Amazon MP.

He is good, in a dandy like, virtuosic way. And I like his French orietation, which gives a nice mariage of styles. How anyone could think that sounds like the quintessential Neapolitan Pergolesi is beyond me! Review by Johan van Veen:

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2009/Dec09/Monza_dxl1117.htm

Q

[prémont]

He is good, in a dandy like, virtuosic way. And I like his French orietation, which gives a nice mariage of styles. How anyone could think that sounds like the quintessential Neapolitan Pergolesi is beyond me! Review by Johan van Veen:

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2009/Dec09/Monza_dxl1117.htm

Q

Thanks for the link. It looks certainly interesting. I look forward to recieve the CD (from the very reliable Nagiry), but it may take about 14 days.

[Daverz]

Rossini Overtures vol 2

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Lively without being frantic or punchy.  Very nice wind playing.  Recording could have used a bit more bass, but at least it's not thumpy.