What are you listening to?

[Jared]

Brahms:
Cello Sonata No.1
Isserlis/ Hough
Live at Wigmore Hall (2005)

A magnificent performance really; understandably not as refined as the studio version on Hyperion, but a breathtakingly frenetic and passionate performance from both masters.

[bombasticDarren]

Copland - Appalachian Spring (Zubin Mehta, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Decca)

[bombasticDarren]

J.S. Bach - Motet BWV 230 Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 229 Komm, Jesu, komm & BWV 226 Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf (John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Soli Deo Gloria)

[jaybee]

I know it doesn't get the best reviews ever, but I had to replace this disc after it went walkabout, and I do see where people are coming from in parts, but, , certainly in my book, this reading is the superlative, if for nothing else than the Rex Tremendae.... It blew me away all over again

I can barely listen to the Harnoncourt Rex..... way too clipped

Karajan's Mozart Requiem has long been critically acclaimed JB, and it will continue to be so. This is a subject and debate we have talked about a lot over the past few years, so I will say no more, but I think we are mostly in agreeance that having at least one of the finest examples of HIP and traditional performance of large scale choral works is a good thing, for a rounded appreciation of the piece.

and for what it's worth JB, I am interested in your comment about Harnoncourt, because that is how I also often feel about him, and consequently don't own too many of his recordings.

I'm sure clipped isn't the correct term, but if youve heard the rex tremendae on this version you'll know what I mean


I was going to say staccato for Harnoncourt as opposed to legato in HvK, but I'm not 100% that that translates correctly for vocals!

[Jared]

^^ I've not heard that version, JB... my favourite HIP-oriented versions are the Gardiner and the Marriner with AoSMitF, which for me seems to stand the test of time...

[jaybee]

^^ I've not heard that version, JB... my favourite HIP-oriented versions are the Gardiner and the Marriner with AoSMitF, which for me seems to stand the test of time...

I have those two also, I think I prefer the Gardiner, the Solti 200th Anniversary performance is interesting also, for a contextual rendering within the liturgy...

[bombasticDarren]

Walton - Symphony No.1 (Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, EMI)

[Jared]

Brahms:
Alto Rhapsody
Christianne Stotijn
BBC NOW/ Jac Van Steen

My goodness, if you aren't moved by this piece, then you don't own a pulse...

...it sends shivers down my spine.

[bombasticDarren]

Schubert - Symphony No.5 (Leonard Bernstein, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Deutsche Grammophon)

[Jared]

Brahms:
Marienlieder (Op.22)
Simon Joly/ BBC Singers