What are you listening to?

Jose Echenique
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Of the many "theme" recitals that La Bartoli has recorded I´m particularly fond of 2: the rare Gluck arias album and the Salieri. These 2 albums besides offering gorgeous singing are also valuable for the music itself, most of it never recorded before.
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Diapason wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote:
Diapason wrote:Interesting. I've been tempted to buy that music for a while, do you have any other recordings?
Yes, I do:-
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I really like the Ashkenazy recording though. I also think the pieces are extremely satisfying technically and melodically...
Thank you. I'm eyeing Melnikov as well. Think I'd enjoy the music.
I have Melnikov

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and Jenny Lin

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I think both are excellent.
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Jose Echenique wrote:Image

Of the many "theme" recitals that La Bartoli has recorded I´m particularly fond of 2: the rare Gluck arias album and the Salieri. These 2 albums besides offering gorgeous singing are also valuable for the music itself, most of it never recorded before.
Does the Salieri music stand up to examination Pepe?
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Jose Echenique
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Oh yes Fergus, granted that he is no Mozart. But Antonio Salieri was a very fine composer on his own and he most certainly should be investigated. The Bartoli disc would be a wonderful place to start.
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Lalo - Cello Concerto (Lynn Harrell/Riccardo Chailly, RSO Berlin, Decca)

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Stravinsky - The Firebird (Robert Craft, Philharmonia Orchestra, Naxos)

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Prokofiev - Symphony No.4 (Walter Weller, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Decca)

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Rachmaninoff - Cello Sonata (Lynn Harrell/Vladimir Ashkenazy, Decca)

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bombasticDarren wrote:Rachmaninoff - Cello Sonata (Lynn Harrell/Vladimir Ashkenazy, Decca)

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That one would hold some interest for me Darren.
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fergus wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote:Rachmaninoff - Cello Sonata (Lynn Harrell/Vladimir Ashkenazy, Decca)

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That one would hold some interest for me Darren.
Me too.
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