What are you listening to?

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Great playing of these transcriptions for mandolin from the esteemed Blue Grass musician Chris Thile.
His playing style is dynamic and precise, a joy to hear and it's a fine recording too.
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Two remarkable works by the great Finnish composer Kalevi Aho

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I had not heard of Kalevi Aho but since your post Don I have been doing some listening on the www and I like what I hear; definitely one for future exploration!
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Seán wrote:I am not in the market for another Mahler Seven, at least I am doing my best not to be, however, having listened to this pair on CD Review this morning well, I am sorely tempted:
MAHLER: Symphony No. 7 in E minor
Berliner Philharmonic, Michael Gielen (conductor)
TESTAMENT SBT1480 (CD mid-price)

MAHLER: Symphony No. 7 in E minor
Gurzenich-Orchestra Köln, Markus Stenz (conductor)
OEHMS OC652 (Hybrid SACD)
Andrew is particularly fond of the Markus Stenz led performance whereas I might prefer the Gielen, I would have to listen to them again to be sure. I certainly would not be disappointed with either recording that's for sure.

For many years M7 was a difficult work for me to come to terms with and it was by buying the Gielen version that I finally cracked it; it is a wonderful interpretation Seán and has my recommendation I am sorry to say LOL!
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I am also surprised (although pleasantly of course, Fergus...) because even I have baulked at the prospect of 21 disks of Baryton Trios... and you know how much I like Haydn...

Definitely one only to be dipped into now and then; as you know Jared some Baryton works are an essential component in any Haydn collection so it is nice to have the complete set on the shelf.
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Great playing of these transcriptions for mandolin from the esteemed Blue Grass musician Chris Thile.
His playing style is dynamic and precise, a joy to hear and it's a fine recording too.

In another life Mark I played the mandolin so I am intrigued by that one; I will try to get a listen to sample tracks on the www.
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I dug this one out from my archives and have just finished listening to....


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....lovely music played on what is an unusual solo instrument for Classical music nowadays.
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Staying with the Brass theme I have just finished this one....


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....early Classical works for Horn by Joseph Haydn, Georg Philippe Telemann, Leopold Mozart and Christoph Forster.
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^^ you have to hand it to Naxos Fergus, they really do know how to dig out some obscure repertoire!

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nice juxtaposition between Early Music and Late Romanticism, today...
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fergus wrote:I dug this one out from my archives and have just finished listening to....


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....lovely music played on what is an unusual solo instrument for Classical music nowadays.
That's an entirely new one on me Fergus, I hadn't realised that there were recordings of trombone concerti available. That does interest me.
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