What are you listening to?

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fergus wrote:JSB – Two versions of Cantata BWV 56 for the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity....


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Ah, the Kreuzstab Cantata: one of my favourites!
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Ciaran wrote: Ah, the Kreuzstab Cantata: one of my favourites!
Yes indeed, Ciaran, a wonderful work and I must say that the Rifkin version was particularly noteworthy!
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Handel's Coronation Anthems....

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Well played and well recorded.
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some of the listening over the weekend.....

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Brahms: Two Clarinet Sonatas....

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These are two wonderful works.
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Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
1812 Overture
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
The Nutcracker Suite

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti - conducting.


Gorgeous early morning listening.
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Earlier today:

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1. Joseph Haydn - Andante Con Variazioni In F Minor Hob. Xvii-6
2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sonata No.8 In A Minor K.310
3. Franz Schubert - Impromptus Op.90 D.899
4. Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata No.21 In C Major Op.52 “Waldstein”

Friedrich Gulda - piano
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This one's for Darren:

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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7

Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
Arturo Toscanini - conducting

Recorded in 1936

This recording definitely has the WOW factor.
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