What are you listening to?

Seán
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fergus wrote:M2 - Kubelik....
You have resurrected an old favourite of mine there, Fergus. [wink]
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And just by way of contrast and comparison Seán, M2 with Solti....

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J.S. Bach - Cantata BWV 39 'Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot' (Agnes Mellon/Charles Brett/Peter Kooy/Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Ghent, Virgin Veritas)

Beethoven - String Quartet No.1 (Alban Berg Quartet, EMI) below

Brahms - Symphony No.4 (Gunter Wand, NDR-Sinfonieorchester, RCA)

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This is simply beautiful music, Debussy's writing for the piano is exquisite.
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J.S. Bach - Cantata BWV 93 'Wer nur lieben Gott laBt walten' (Agnes Mellon/Howard Crook/Peter Kooy/Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Ghent, Virgin Veritas)

Beethoven - String Quartet No.2 (Alban Berg Quartet, EMI)

Tchaikovsky - 'The Nutcracker - Suite' (James Levine, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, DG) below

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J.S. Bach - Cantata BWV 107 'Was willst du dich betruben' (Agnes Mellon/Howard Crook/Peter Kooy/Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Ghent, Virgin Veritas)

Brahms - Clarinet Trio (Karl Leister/Georg Donderer/Christoph Eschenbach, DG)

Falla - 'Nights in the Gardens of Spain' (Alicia de Larrocha/Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Decca) below

Haydn - Symphony No.33 (Adam Fischer, Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, Brilliant Classics)

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bombasticDarren wrote:Beethoven - String Quartet No.2 (Alban Berg Quartet, EMI)
I have that set Darren and I must go through it again....how are you finding it so far?
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fergus wrote:
bombasticDarren wrote:Beethoven - String Quartet No.2 (Alban Berg Quartet, EMI)
I have that set Darren and I must go through it again....how are you finding it so far?
I am enjoying what I have heard so far. I find Beethoven's earlier quartets to be a real pleasure...the later one we all know about already!
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