What are you listening to?

[Ciaran]

Cracking live Beethoven 9th from 1957, the Philharmonia with Klemperer conducting. Surprisingly good stereo sound.



The new counter-tenor on the block singing Hasse: my can he go high!



And some fun with Gergiev conducting the Kirov Orchestra in The Nutcracker

[fergus]

And some fun with Gergiev conducting the Kirov Orchestra in The Nutcracker

I bought that one many years ago Ciaran and it great sounding CD. It is still the only version that I have!

[Ciaran]

I bought that one many years ago Ciaran and it great sounding CD. It is still the only version that I have!

I have others but that would be the top choice!

[Ciaran]

Answering my own question, the extra viola is Karel Rehak, same as the Calliope



so it's probably the same: their current generation line-up with Jan Talich junior playing first violin. Really excellent, perhaps even better than the Grumiaux Trio plus two on Philips.

I have most of the Talich Quartet's recordings and they are highly recommendable, but probably quite hard to get now. I was very pleased to see in Gramophone that they have a new recording of the Debussy and Ravel out on Dolce Vita

Following up: I see on Amazon.com that the Dolce Vita label has also rereleased the Talich Quartet's complete Mozart



and Beethoven:



I also see a Schönberg/Dvorák disk on Phaia:



I must look at getting that!

[Diapason]

Goodness me this is a beautiful disc. Thanks for the bargain alert, Jared!

[fergus]

Goodness me this is a beautiful disc. Thanks for the bargain alert, Jared!

Those three masses are indeed beautiful Simon. I am delighted that you liked them!

[fergus]

Mendelssohn 4/Bernstein:





The outer movements of this work are filled with bombastic music (the opening movement is one of my favourites) and Bernstein, as one would imagine, really drives the music in a great performance.

[Diapason]

I'm currently listening to a CD of flute and organ music that was recorded a couple of weeks ago (it's not a commercial release!) and I turned pages and what have you during the session. It's very instructive to hear a recording of something you were at and whose live sound you know intimately. Ultimately, hifi still has a long way to go!

[jaybee]

continuing in the vein of Harmonia Mundi, and Egarr....



there's a wonderful bite to the violin in this recording without ever being too bright...

Jesus I can't wait for a new DAC.... :-(

[jaybee]

The new counter-tenor on the block singing Hasse: my can he go high!

NCTOTB..... with a head shot to match....