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Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:19 pm
by DaveF
more vinyl....
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:30 pm
by DaveF
fergus wrote:DaveF wrote:
I have four of those Dave....I think that they are super! How did you like it?
I have a few of them too Fergus. Really lively and engaging performances.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:37 pm
by fergus
Jared wrote:fergus wrote: The sound on some of their recordings is not always the best IMHO but the Westminster Cathedral Choir sound very well on this one.
I'd agree with you on this one.. I think it's the acoustics of the building as much as anything; this is something that the Tallis Scholars seem to get so right, in chosing small, provincial churches with excellent acoustics, such as Salle in Norfolk... that, their close-mic'ing and the excellent recording quality which Gimell seem to have acquired, give you the impression that not only are you in the same room as them, and they are singing for you personally..
Oh it is definitely the acoustics Jared. They are fine singers and I like the sopranos in particular. I am not adverse to church acoustics; in fact I think that it definitely adds a flavour and a sense of place and atmosphere but it needs to be handled well otherwise the ensemble can sound "lost" which is what sometimes happens with the Westminster Cathedral Choir unfortunately. They are still worth collecting though it has to be said!
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:42 pm
by fergus
DaveF wrote:more vinyl....
Having just finished a 2 CD set of his Concertos and Tone Poems I really must revisit that Blomstedt cycle of Nielsens symphonies which I have unfortunately always found to be a bit of a chore in the later symphonies in particular.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:43 pm
by fergus
DaveF wrote:fergus wrote:DaveF wrote:
I have four of those Dave....I think that they are super! How did you like it?
I have a few of them too Fergus. Really lively and engaging performances.
A definite recommendation for anyone wanting an introduction to these wonderful works.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:45 pm
by fergus
Following Darren's lead I enjoyed this performance again....
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:51 pm
by Jared
fergus wrote:Following Darren's lead...
always a very sound course of action, Fergus.. ;-)
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:52 pm
by bombasticDarren
Delius -
Marche Caprice,
Three Small Tone Poems &
American Rhapsody (David Lloyd-Jones, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Naxos)
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:54 pm
by fergus
Jared wrote:fergus wrote:Following Darren's lead...
always a very sound course of action, Fergus.. ;-)
Indeed Jared, Darren, like yourself, is a man of impeccable taste! However, let us not disturb him while he is hard at work on his essay!!
URGENT EDIT:Look at that: just as I was thing that he was hard at work LOL!!!!
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:55 pm
by Jared
fergus wrote:Jared wrote:fergus wrote:Following Darren's lead...
always a very sound course of action, Fergus.. ;-)
Indeed Jared, Darren, like yourself, is a man of impeccable taste! However, let us not disturb him while he is hard at work on his essay!!
he's far too busy listening out for Cuckoos (and about the right time of year, too!) to be writing any essays..