Challenging but exciting!
What are you listening two?
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Challenging but exciting!
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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M10 / Rattle....
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To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
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In 2007 & 2008 I returned several of SSRattle's Mahler CDs to HMV and Tower however, I kept the M10 with the BPO and I'm sorry I did. Do you like that performance?fergus wrote:M10 / Rattle....
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As M10s go I prefer it to his BPO version Seán but I am not keen on the work in general [other than the obviously completed Adagio].Seán wrote:In 2007 & 2008 I returned several of SSRattle's Mahler CDs to HMV and Tower however, I kept the M10 with the BPO and I'm sorry I did. Do you like that performance?fergus wrote:M10 / Rattle....
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 two?
I have been slowly making my way through this vinyl box set for some time now and have finally completed listening to it....
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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Like Seán earlier I really enjoyed these versions of the JSB Motets. They are sung here by an ensemble called Arsys [new to me] directed by one Pierre Cao. The singing is of a high quality. The director uses tempi and rhythms which yield a very favourable outcome for me in that the maintain that certain lilt which I like in JS Bach performances. The ensemble is very well balanced which makes for easy listening to the polyphonic lines.
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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There is a very fine sense of drama in this performance. Great playing from the orchestra and the vocalists are also wonderful. This is a very fine version of this work.
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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I have the cycle on CD and it is wonderful, I missed getting the Quintets unfortunately, some day perhaps.fergus wrote:I have been slowly making my way through this vinyl box set for some time now and have finally completed listening to it....
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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It is a gorgeous music-making.fergus wrote:
Like Seán earlier I really enjoyed these versions of the JSB Motets. They are sung here by an ensemble called Arsys [new to me] directed by one Pierre Cao. The singing is of a high quality. The director uses tempi and rhythms which yield a very favourable outcome for me in that the maintain that certain lilt which I like in JS Bach performances. The ensemble is very well balanced which makes for easy listening to the polyphonic lines.
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Same here Seán.Seán wrote: I have the cycle on CD and it is wonderful, I missed getting the Quintets unfortunately, some day perhaps.
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