Byrd: Mass for Four Voices
Tallis: Mass: 'Puer natus est nobis'
& Other sacred choral works by both...
I've come to the conclusion that some pieces are so sublimely beautiful that they becaome almost indestructible, no matter who sings them... ;-)
in this case it is: BBC Singers/ Bo Holten
What are you listening to?
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bombasticDarren
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Shostakovich - Violin Sonata (Oleg Kagan/Sviatoslav Richter, Regis)
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bombasticDarren
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Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.5 Emperor (Alfred Brendel/James Levine, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philips)
Re: What are you listening to?
bombasticDarren wrote:Sibelius - Symphony No.4 (Anthony Collins, London Symphony Orchestra, Decca Eloquence)
How did you get on with those performances Darren? I would possibly be interested in that set.
To be is to do: Socrates
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
Re: What are you listening to?
To be is to do: Socrates
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
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Cavalli: La Calisto
Jane Glover/ Glimmerglass Opera
Jane Glover/ Glimmerglass Opera
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bombasticDarren
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Buy it Fergus! The interpretations are well measured, the orchestra sounds light and nimble, and the recording quality is exceptional for it's time. I have many Sibelius cycles but, so far, this one has made me hear these works afresh.fergus wrote:bombasticDarren wrote:Sibelius - Symphony No.4 (Anthony Collins, London Symphony Orchestra, Decca Eloquence)
How did you get on with those performances Darren? I would possibly be interested in that set.
Re: What are you listening to?
bombasticDarren wrote: Buy it Fergus! The interpretations are well measured, the orchestra sounds light and nimble, and the recording quality is exceptional for it's time. I have many Sibelius cycles but, so far, this one has made me hear these works afresh.
Cheers for that Darren!
To be is to do: Socrates
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
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Jose Echenique
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The Herreweghe is very fine too Fergus. Curiously that´s one major Bach work he didn´t rerecord for HM.fergus wrote:Jose Echenique wrote:
This year I am listening to the Herreweghe version Pepe....
....the appropriate part on the relevant day of course LOL!!!
The one that you have listed above sounds interesting!
The one I´m currently listening (I also play a cantata per day) is a live Munich recording from the Bayerischen Rundfunks. Peter Dijkstra is the chorus director of the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks and he is proving to be a very able conductor. He has recorded before with his choir and the Concerto Köln an imposing Israel in Egypt and next year they will release a Bach Magnificat.
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Jose Echenique
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The Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja has been around for some time. He has a nice lyric voice better suited to Donizetti than Verdi. This tribute to Mario Lanza, a cinema tenor (he never sang in a legitimate opera house), has some awful "arrangements" that hardly serve Calleja´s good intentions. Worst of all is the overblown orchestration of Marechiare, a hideous thing that this lovely tarantella doesn´t deserve.
But there is some excellent singing in this cd. The opera arias are mostly well done, I especially loved "Amor ti Vieta" from Fedora, but perhaps the best singing comes in "You´ll never walk alone" from Carrousel.