Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:22 pm
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Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:57 pm
Symphonies 5 & 6
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:00 pm
I must buy the rest of this cycle....they really are very good!
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:29 am
As I have them all I can assure that they are all very good!fergus wrote:
I must buy the rest of this cycle....they really are very good!
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:13 pm
Ciaran wrote:As I have them all I can assure that they are all very good!fergus wrote:
I must buy the rest of this cycle....they really are very good!
Indeed Ciaran, I know that you are also a big fan of this cycle. I do actually have vols. 1-9 of this set and as far as I know they go up to vol. 11 at the moment. I must hunt them down!
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 2:50 pm
Well you're nearly there then. The pace of new issues in the series has got quite slow: I imagine there's enough material for many future volumes. It's great that this is coming out on Naxos, giving Weiss a better chance of being heard!fergus wrote:Indeed Ciaran, I know that you are also a big fan of this cycle. I do actually have vols. 1-9 of this set and as far as I know they go up to vol. 11 at the moment. I must hunt them down!
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 3:35 pm
Edit. Album is La Folia de la Spagna by Gregorio Paniagua.
Unbelievably good recording, but also incredibly crazy content. Based on an early European melody, this is a series of variations "performed" on everything from ancient instruments (think sackbuts, harpsichords etc.) to modern jazz clarinets and indian tabla as well as guns, motor cars and even a chainsaw.
While I strongly recommend the record, a word of warning - the recording is extremely dynamic, so be judicious with the volume knob as I don't want be held responsible for any accidents.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:40 pm
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 12:41 am
I think this is still the finest recording of King Arthur in the market. The diction of the non-British singers is almost flawless, but even if you detect an almost negligible French accent in the likes of Véronique Gens and Sandrine Piau, it´s very sexy.
This recording was made after some glorious performances in Paris, those who saw them are still in awe.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 12:48 pm
The one great thing that the French have going for them is a beautiful language and as a result they invariably speak English with a sexy accent.Jose Echenique wrote:but even if you detect an almost negligible French accent in the likes of Véronique Gens and Sandrine Piau, it´s very sexy.