What are you listening two?

[Seán]

Samuel Zyman
1. Concierto no. 2 “De Minería” para flauta y orquesta
Marisa Canales - flute

2. Concierto para arpa, flauta y orquesta
Marisa Canales - flute & Mercedes Gómez - harp

Orquesta de las Americas
Benjamín Juárez Echenique - conducting.

I have had this cd on repeat play this week, highly recommended.

[Seán]

Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado - conducting.
The LSO play beautifully on these recordings, probably the best version of these two works I have ever heard.

[Aleg]

2 'discs' in a row in high res

[fergus]

I have a number of versions of these two wonderful String Quartets but it is always great to hear them played so well by the excellent Quartetto Italiano. The music itself works on both emotional and intellectual levels and is very engaging, atmospheric and stimulating without being at all challenging. Anybody who does not know these works would do well to investigate them (see Bargain Thread!).

[Seán]

I have a number of versions of these two wonderful String Quartets but it is always great to hear them played so well by the excellent Quartetto Italiano. The music itself works on both emotional and intellectual levels and is very engaging, atmospheric and stimulating without being at all challenging. Anybody who does not know these works would do well to investigate them (see Bargain Thread!).

The Quartetto Italiano are my favourite quartet bar none in almost any repertoire, they were wonderful.

[Seán]

Franz Joseph Haydn
Paukenmesse
Ann Monoyios, Monica Groop, Jörg Hering & Harry Van der Kamp
Tölzer Knabenchor
Tafelmusik - Jeanne Lamon - direction
Bruno Weil - conducting.

[Jose Echenique]

Franz Joseph Haydn
Paukenmesse
Ann Monoyios, Monica Groop, Jörg Hering & Harry Van der Kamp
Tölzer Knabenchor
Tafelmusik - Jeanne Lamon - direction
Bruno Weil - conducting.

That´s my favorite recording of the Paukenmesse. Perhaps the Gardiner is even more all-around excellent, but Weil´s with the children choir is perhaps the closest to Haydn we can get.

[Seán]

Franz Joseph Haydn
Paukenmesse
Ann Monoyios, Monica Groop, Jörg Hering & Harry Van der Kamp
Tölzer Knabenchor
Tafelmusik - Jeanne Lamon - direction
Bruno Weil - conducting.

That´s my favorite recording of the Paukenmesse. Perhaps the Gardiner is even more all-around excellent, but Weil´s with the children choir is perhaps the closest to Haydn we can get.

That's good to know Pepe as I only have the one recording of Haydn's Paukenmesse.

[Jose Echenique]

Happy birthday Wolfgang!!!!

And to remember Claudio Abbado with his favorite composer.

[Peter]

Hi everybody! I took a break from posting here but will try to be more diligent.....


Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra -- Chicago SO/ Reiner

Wonderful sound and an interesting sojourn as I have not heard much by Reiner.