What are you listening to?

[fergus]

But a truly great recording that would complement the Karajan since it´s as different as it can possibly be, is the René Jacobs with the marvelous Concerto Köln and some superb singers.
That´s an awesome Cosi to have.

Thank you Pepe....that will be added to the List when I get home tonight!

[Ciaran]

I have 32 recordings of Cosi fan Tutte, so I may choose one today and another the next day. Quite frankly I love all of them. Among my favourite sopranos who have recorded Fiordiligi are Lella Cuberli with Baremboim, Gundula Janowitz with Böhm, Irmgard Seefried with Jochum and Margaret Price with Klemperer. Teresa Berganza towers over all the mezzos in the first Solti recording.
But a truly great recording that would complement the Karajan since it´s as different as it can possibly be, is the René Jacobs with the marvelous Concerto Köln and some superb singers.
That´s an awesome Cosi to have.

I have Karajan, Böhm and Jacobs: I love them all! Does it reveal my lack of soul to say that sound quality makes me lean towards Jacobs?

[Jose Echenique]

I have 32 recordings of Cosi fan Tutte, so I may choose one today and another the next day. Quite frankly I love all of them. Among my favourite sopranos who have recorded Fiordiligi are Lella Cuberli with Baremboim, Gundula Janowitz with Böhm, Irmgard Seefried with Jochum and Margaret Price with Klemperer. Teresa Berganza towers over all the mezzos in the first Solti recording.
But a truly great recording that would complement the Karajan since it´s as different as it can possibly be, is the René Jacobs with the marvelous Concerto Köln and some superb singers.
That´s an awesome Cosi to have.

I have Karajan, Böhm and Jacobs: I love them all! Does it reveal my lack of soul to say that sound quality makes me lean towards Jacobs?

Absolutely not. Sound quality is all important in the enjoyment of music, and since it helps to reveal all those marvelous sounds that the Concerto Köln makes (along with the ravishing singing of Veronique Gens and Bernarda Fink), it´s only natural that sound quality is a deciding factor.

[bombasticDarren]

Totally off topic but I could not help but immediately notice that the letter "Y" is in the wrong place on that "keyboard". I wonder when it was moved? [Don't mind me, it will be OK soon!]

Perhaps it's meant to be an enigma....

[fergus]

Totally off topic but I could not help but immediately notice that the letter "Y" is in the wrong place on that "keyboard". I wonder when it was moved? [Don't mind me, it will be OK soon!]

Perhaps it's meant to be an enigma....

Clever, Darren LOL!!!

[bombasticDarren]

Kodaly - Concerto for Orchestra (Antal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica, Decca)

[bombasticDarren]

Sibelius - Symphony No.5 (Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker, Deutsche Grammophon)

[bombasticDarren]

Nielsen - Symphony No.6 Sinfonia semplice (Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, LSO Live)

[bombasticDarren]

Korngold - Suite The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (Andre Previn, London Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Grammophon)

[fergus]

Wonderful music beautifully played!