What are you listening to?

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A composer that I havent listened to in quite a while.
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JSB - Cantata BWV6 for Easter Monday....

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...for Seán!
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I finished off my long, lazy weekend of listening with R Strauss: Disc 3 from this set which includes Ein Heldenleben and Tod und Verklarung....

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I must say that I have enjoyed this box set.
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Am I ever going to get the hang of Shostakovich 15? I've been trying for decades!! This is a recent "Building a Library" winner and I enjoyed parts of it, but at times it just left me behind!

On to a very successful recent purchase:

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The complete Beethoven violin sonatas played by Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov. This evening I listened to the `Kreutzer' Sonata with great pleasure.

And finally:

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Debussy's Syrinx for solo flute, played by Emmanuel Pahud. Debussy is extraordinary, just so unlike any other composer. I love this!
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Ciaran wrote: Debussy is extraordinary, just so unlike any other composer.
I, too, love Debussy's music.
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This morning I listened to and really enjoyed a performance of Beethoven's First on Lyric's Coffee Concert, the programme was presented by Paul Herriott. So today I have enjoyed a feast of Beethoven Firsts and all are so different.

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Beethoven
Symphony No. 1

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras conducting.


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Beethoven
Symphony No. 1

Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting.


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Beethoven
Symphony No. 1

Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Brüggen conducting.


and finally
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Beethoven
Symphony No. 1

Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer conducting.
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Nice one Seán....you certainly got stuck in there!!
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JSB – the beautiful Cantata BWV158 for Easter Tuesday played here by The Bach Ensemble / Rifkin....

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fergus wrote:JSB – the beautiful Cantata BWV158 for Easter Tuesday played here by The Bach Ensemble / Rifkin....

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That's my one and only set of Bach's Cantatas. I bought it a couple of years ago on Ciaran's recommendation, I think that the music is wonderful.
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