What are you listening to?

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DaveF
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on vinyl

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DaveF wrote:on vinyl

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You tease. That's a lovely performance of the Fifth, enjoy.
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Seán wrote:You tease. That's a lovely performance of the Fifth, enjoy.
and with Janet Baker's lieder as an additional extra, to boot!!

as I have been promising fergus for some time... today is finally a Bach day!

Bach: Motets BWV.225- BWV.230
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Seán wrote:
DaveF wrote: I saw that in Tower yesterday Seán. It was going cheap enough, around the 20Euro mark or so I think. Anyway I gave it a miss for now. I know you recommended it to me before.
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Fergus: Do you have a particular favourite recording of the Bach Motets?

I think I can feel a purchase coming on...
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Bach: Advent, Christmas & New Year Preludes from the Orgelbuchlein (BWV.599-615)
Rodolfus Choir/ David Goode (organ)/ Ralph Allwood


I'm still no great fan of the organ, I'm afraid... :-((
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on vinyl

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Great performance from Solti and the CSO.
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DaveF wrote:on vinyl

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I would say that is well worth a listen on vinyl!!
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Jared wrote: as I have been promising fergus for some time... today is finally a Bach day!
You could do a lot worse with your time young Jared!
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Jared wrote:Fergus: Do you have a particular favourite recording of the Bach Motets?

I think I can feel a purchase coming on...
Interestingly, Jared, I only have one "complete" set of the motets (the others being scattered here and there) and that is....

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Now this one is a bit "old school" and I do not normally like that but I do like Thomas in Bach. It is an all boys choir as well just in case these things affect you. Here is a link just in case you might be tempted but I would suspect not.
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