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Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 12:21 pm
by fergus
Jose Echenique wrote:
With all due respect for Andrew Manze, Enrico Onofri takes these sonatas to a different level.
....interesting....
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 3:15 pm
by Jose Echenique
Enrico Onofri is the concertmaster of Il Giardino Armonico, and may be the finest baroque violinist today, well, after Fabio Biondi of course. His sound is gorgeous, and his flair and imagination, outstanding.
This is also a quite extraordinary recording. Tartini´s Il Trillo del Diavolo is thrilling!
Volume 2 of the Corelli sonatas has been recorded and should be released soon.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 5:47 pm
by Jose Echenique
With this volume all the works of the great Dietrich Buxtehude are now recorded. A huge an extremely important undertaking by Ton Koopman. This last volume of the cantatas is just exquisite, gorgeously performed.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 1:08 am
by Seán
Johan Sebastian Bach
English Suite No 4, 5 & 6
András Schiff - Piano
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 10:30 pm
by Seán
Richard Strauss
Ein Heldenleben
London Symphony Orchestra
John Barbirolli - conducting.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 10:34 pm
by Seán
Richard Strauss
Ein Heldenleben
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner - conducting.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 5:19 am
by Jose Echenique
Seán wrote:
Richard Strauss
Ein Heldenleben
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner - conducting.
Recorded in 1954, Reiner´s Heldenleben is the first high quality stereo recording ever. A tribute to RCA, it still sounds great after almost 60 years!!!!
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 4:08 pm
by Aleg
The only music I know which contains also a harmonium.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 5:02 pm
by Seán
Bela Bartók
Piano Concerto No. 1 & 2
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Maurizio Pollini - piano
Claudio Abbado - conducting.
Ah, this is great music and it is beautifully played by Pollini and the CSO under Abbado's direction, who needs central heating on a cold, damp day when one has performances like this to get the blood pumping through one's veins? Highly recommended.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 5:09 pm
by Seán
Jose Echenique wrote:Seán wrote:
Richard Strauss
Ein Heldenleben
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner - conducting.
Recorded in 1954, Reiner´s Heldenleben is the first high quality stereo recording ever. A tribute to RCA, it still sounds great after almost 60 years!!!!
Indeed it is Pepe; the recording quality and performance is so much better than John Barbirolli's later recording with the LSO too, or perhaps it's just me? I felt it dragged, is turgid and gloopy. Perhaps I should give it another chance?