What are you listening two?

Seán
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Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch conducting.
Recorded in 1962.


What an astonishing work this is. I had forgotten how wonderful this performance really is and the orchestra's playing is beautifully captured by the studio engineers too.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le Nozze Di Figaro (Act 1)

Vienna State Opera Chorus
Carlo Allemano (Tenor), Sylvia McNair (Soprano), Boje Skovhus (Baritone),
Cheryl Studer (Soprano), Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo Soprano), Anna Caterina Antonacci (Soprano),
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Claudio Abbado conducting.
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Even though I have some of these cantatas, I didn´t collect the complete cycle, and now Amazon.de is offering it at 171 euros, well, that´s with the detaxe for us not living in the European Union, so every cd costs about 4 euros, certainly a bargain.
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Seán wrote:Image

Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique



That is an interesting coincidence Seán as I was planning to do a survey of my own collection of that work in the near future. It is an amazing work!
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Jose Echenique wrote:Image

Even though I have some of these cantatas, I didn´t collect the complete cycle, and now Amazon.de is offering it at 171 euros, well, that´s with the detaxe for us not living in the European Union, so every cd costs about 4 euros, certainly a bargain.

You are the second member here that I know of Pepe that has bought that set. I have all of the original issues but I certainly did not get them for €4 each! Enjoy the set.
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fergus wrote:
Jose Echenique wrote:Image

Even though I have some of these cantatas, I didn´t collect the complete cycle, and now Amazon.de is offering it at 171 euros, well, that´s with the detaxe for us not living in the European Union, so every cd costs about 4 euros, certainly a bargain.

You are the second member here that I know of Pepe that has bought that set. I have all of the original issues but I certainly did not get them for €4 each! Enjoy the set.
I am pondering, dithering and a lot of otherings on that set. I do like Gardiner's Bach I must say.
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Two Magnificats are better than one:

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and when that was finished it was straight into
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and then back to Herreweghe again, lovely!
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fergus wrote:
Jose Echenique wrote:Image

Even though I have some of these cantatas, I didn´t collect the complete cycle, and now Amazon.de is offering it at 171 euros, well, that´s with the detaxe for us not living in the European Union, so every cd costs about 4 euros, certainly a bargain.

You are the second member here that I know of Pepe that has bought that set. I have all of the original issues but I certainly did not get them for €4 each! Enjoy the set.
It is terrific Fergus, and definitely a bargain. I´m giving the individual volumes I have to my nephews. They are getting very sophisticated ha, ha.
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Jose Echenique wrote:
fergus wrote:
Jose Echenique wrote:Image

Even though I have some of these cantatas, I didn´t collect the complete cycle, and now Amazon.de is offering it at 171 euros, well, that´s with the detaxe for us not living in the European Union, so every cd costs about 4 euros, certainly a bargain.

You are the second member here that I know of Pepe that has bought that set. I have all of the original issues but I certainly did not get them for €4 each! Enjoy the set.
It is terrific Fergus, and definitely a bargain. I´m giving the individual volumes I have to my nephews. They are getting very sophisticated ha, ha.
Good for you Pepe: spread the gospel.
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I have decided that I should stop posting the obscure Baroque composers that I am currently listening to and show some composers that people may be able to relate to so I listened to this recent purchase....



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