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Ormandy's interpretation of Brahms' A German Requiem....
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Finishing off with two Mozart Divertimenti....
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Unfortunately many awards are granted for reasons that have nothing to do with artistic achievement (the label buys a lot of space in the magazine, the critic is a good friend of the artist, and most notoriously, chauvinism). And as so often happens I love recordings that are damned by critics (so much of Harnoncourt and Sinopoli in the Gramophone) and hate others that are praised to the roof by the same critics, so my dear Fergus, I think you really have to listen to a recording to decide if it works for you or not.fergus wrote:I bought this version of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo recently....
I had not previously heard of Coro Antonio Il Verso, Ensemble Elyma or the director Gabriel Garrido. I then scanned the vocalists and recognised the names of Maria Cristina Kiehr, Roberta Invernizzi and Gerd Turk among the credits so I was duly interested. However, what eventually sold it to me was the list of awards that it had received most notably for me being Diapason D'Or which for some reason is not shown on the above image. The recording and performances proved to be exceedingly beautiful and sensitive and had a slightly different "flavour" to others that I have.
My question after this is does anyone else use these awards (or others) as a buying guide? I must admit that one or two of these awards is usually enough to arouse my interest but when so many came with one recording I had no hesitation when buying.
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Jose Echenique
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This worked for me:
It is more than 20 years since William Christie recorded Les Indes Galantes for HM, and we can always enjoy another, equally stunning recording. This one was recorded live in the Resonanzen Festival in Austria last year, and it is really splendid. The playing stunning and resplendent and the singing just exquisite. A match for the Christie which is saying something.
It is more than 20 years since William Christie recorded Les Indes Galantes for HM, and we can always enjoy another, equally stunning recording. This one was recorded live in the Resonanzen Festival in Austria last year, and it is really splendid. The playing stunning and resplendent and the singing just exquisite. A match for the Christie which is saying something.
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Bach is just an endless fount of good things.
I'd not heard these sonatas before and the music, performance and quality is marvellous.
Here the original organ sonatas are transposed and arranged for a small ensemble including recorder, flute, violin, viola, lute and harpsichord.
Fantastic.
Mark.
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Jose Echenique wrote:
Unfortunately many awards are granted for reasons that have nothing to do with artistic achievement (the label buys a lot of space in the magazine, the critic is a good friend of the artist, and most notoriously, chauvinism). And as so often happens I love recordings that are damned by critics (so much of Harnoncourt and Sinopoli in the Gramophone) and hate others that are praised to the roof by the same critics, so my dear Fergus, I think you really have to listen to a recording to decide if it works for you or not.
Oh I agree wholeheartedly with what you say Pepe particularly about hearing a recording and deciding for yourself. However I have consistently found that any CDs that I have bought with a Diapason D'Or award have been consistently good.
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markof wrote:
Bach is just an endless fount of good things.
I'd not heard these sonatas before and the music, performance and quality is marvellous.
Here the original organ sonatas are transposed and arranged for a small ensemble including recorder, flute, violin, viola, lute and harpsichord.
Fantastic.
Mark.
Amen to that Mark!
That sounds like an interesting buy. For anyone so inclined the original scoring for organ is a very accessible way to get into the organ music of JSB. They are lovely pieces of music.
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Kicking off the weekend's listening with some Beethoven; the Septet Op. 20....
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Stanford: Symphony No. 3....
Interestingly, quoting from the liner notes, this symphony was chosen for the opening concert of the new Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. It was also the most successful "British" symphony before Elgar's First. In 1910 Mahler conducted two performances with the New York Philharmonic.
Interestingly, quoting from the liner notes, this symphony was chosen for the opening concert of the new Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. It was also the most successful "British" symphony before Elgar's First. In 1910 Mahler conducted two performances with the New York Philharmonic.
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