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Inspired by Fergus's earlier listening....

DaveF wrote:

fergus wrote:Handel – Water Music played by the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra/McGegan....
There was certainly a different sound from this ensemble. The sonorities were wonderfully clear. The horns in the first suite sound wonderful. Speeds are brisk but not hurried.

Thanks your thoughts on this one Fergus as I've been considering this record for a while now. Added to basket. :-)

It is a good one Dave....definitely worth a punt!

Sibelius – Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 played by the Berlin Symphony Orchestra/Sanderling....




No. 4 is a version that is a beautiful mix of restraint and an outpouring of expression; it is a deeply felt performance.
No.5 was yet another powerful performance with excellent playing and great sound quality.

JSB – The beautiful Cantata BWV179 for the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity....




....followed by two JSB Motets BWV 226 &227....

Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues. Jenny Lin, Hänssler Classic



Delightfully cheeky, Bachian and weird! I have Alexander Melnikov's new record of the same work on the way: should be an interesting comparison!
See her playing Shostakovich on YouTube!

J.S. Bach - Cantata BWV 178 'Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns halt' (Robin Tyson/Christoph Genz/Brindley Sherratt/John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir/The English Baroque Soloists, Soli Deo Gloria) below

Beethoven - String Quartet No.7 'Razumovsky' (Budapest String Quartet, Sony Classical)

Schumann - Violin Sonata No.2 (Carolin Widmann/Denes Varjon, ECM)

Vivaldi’s beautiful Beatus Vir RV597 and joyous Credo RV592 [Negri]....

J.S. Bach - 'Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor' BWV 582 (Peter Hurford, Decca)

Mahler - Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Heather Harper/Helen Watts/Georg Solti, London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Decca)

Respighi - 'Pini di Roma' (Charles Dutoit, Orchestre symphonique de Montreal, Decca) below