What are you listening to?

Jose Echenique
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Even if Brüggen´s last recording of the St. John Passion didn´t live up to expectations (mostly because of a worn and tired Michael Chance), this Easter Oratorio is nothing short of exceptional.
Brüggen has a natural feeling for Bach, and his incomparable orchestra once more amply demonstrate that they are still the finest hip orchestra in the World. My God, that flute in the soprano aria!!!!
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Stravinsky - Symphony in C (Alexander Gibson, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Chandos)

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Saint-Saens - Symphony No.3 Organ (E. Power Biggs/Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra, Sony Classical)

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bombasticDarren wrote:Saint-Saens - Symphony No.3 Organ (E. Power Biggs/Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra, Sony Classical)

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It is gorgeous.
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I love the Quartetto Italiano's music-making and their Mozart is superb.
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Very enjoyable 2-SACD set of Debussy's orchestral music by the RSNO under Stéphane Denève.
I don't have that set but I do really like Stéphane Denève's work with the RSNO.

I haven't made up my mind about Rued Langgaard yet, but this SACD was well reviewed in Gramophone and I quite liked Quartet No. 2 last night. If I get on well with the rest, I might pull out The Music of the Spheres again!
Ciaran, do you have any recordings of Langgard Symphonies and if you do what do you make of them?
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Seán wrote:
Ciaran wrote:I haven't made up my mind about Rued Langgaard yet, but this SACD was well reviewed in Gramophone and I quite liked Quartet No. 2 last night. If I get on well with the rest, I might pull out The Music of the Spheres again!
Ciaran, do you have any recordings of Langgard Symphonies and if you do what do you make of them?
They were making a lot of noise about Langgaard about ten years ago and I got The Music of the Spheres then. I quite liked it, but only listened once. Unless I make some progress with it and the string quartets I won't be buying the symphonies! The DNSO/Dausgaard 7-SACD set is supposed to be good, but some say the quality of the symphonies themselves is pretty variable: decades of being unsuccessful crushed his talent.

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