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Re: What are you listening to?

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 12:49 pm
by DaveF
on vinyl

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Re: What are you listening to?

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 12:52 pm
by Seán
DaveF wrote:on vinyl

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You tease. That's a lovely performance of the Fifth, enjoy.

Re: What are you listening to?

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 1:54 pm
by Jared
Seán wrote:You tease. That's a lovely performance of the Fifth, enjoy.
and with Janet Baker's lieder as an additional extra, to boot!!

as I have been promising fergus for some time... today is finally a Bach day!

Bach: Motets BWV.225- BWV.230
Stephen Cleobury/ BBC Singers (Live)

Re: What are you listening to?

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 1:56 pm
by Jared
Seán wrote:
DaveF wrote: I saw that in Tower yesterday Seán. It was going cheap enough, around the 20Euro mark or so I think. Anyway I gave it a miss for now. I know you recommended it to me before.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!
Sean, there are only so many listening hours in the day, and poor Dave's presently a bit Straussed out as it is... ;-))

Re: What are you listening to?

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 2:14 pm
by Jared
Fergus: Do you have a particular favourite recording of the Bach Motets?

I think I can feel a purchase coming on...

Re: What are you listening to?

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 2:38 pm
by Jared
Bach: Advent, Christmas & New Year Preludes from the Orgelbuchlein (BWV.599-615)
Rodolfus Choir/ David Goode (organ)/ Ralph Allwood


I'm still no great fan of the organ, I'm afraid... :-((

Re: What are you listening to?

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 3:37 pm
by DaveF
on vinyl

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Great performance from Solti and the CSO.

Re: What are you listening to?

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 5:44 pm
by fergus
DaveF wrote:on vinyl

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I would say that is well worth a listen on vinyl!!

Re: What are you listening to?

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 5:45 pm
by fergus
Jared wrote: as I have been promising fergus for some time... today is finally a Bach day!
You could do a lot worse with your time young Jared!

Re: What are you listening to?

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 5:55 pm
by fergus
Jared wrote:Fergus: Do you have a particular favourite recording of the Bach Motets?

I think I can feel a purchase coming on...
Interestingly, Jared, I only have one "complete" set of the motets (the others being scattered here and there) and that is....

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Now this one is a bit "old school" and I do not normally like that but I do like Thomas in Bach. It is an all boys choir as well just in case these things affect you. Here is a link just in case you might be tempted but I would suspect not.