What classical music you listening to, luv?

Tyson · « **Reply #3000 on:** 30 May 2019, 02:50 pm »

From the same remastered Haitink set, I'm now on the last disc, which contains this pretty damn good modern music:

Tyson · « **Reply #3001 on:** 31 May 2019, 06:15 pm »

What I realized last night is Haitink is a faaaaar better conductor than I realized. Back in the 80’s and 90’s, when I last gave him a serious listen, the performances all sounded dull, dull, dull. But yesterday, listening to the recent remaster on my very musical SET setup I could finally hear the sheer BEAUTY that Haitink was conjuring up. Around the time I got halfway through the Brahms 1st Symphony, I realized what a SENSUALIST Haitink is. After that I was really able to enjoy his work. Man, it’s SO COOL when a top flight system is able to open up an artist’s work like that!

LesterSleepsIn · « **Reply #3002 on:** 1 Jun 2019, 11:33 am »

What classical music are you listening to ON LASERDISC?

From last night, PETER GRIMES, Britten, ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA, Tim Alberty et al.
Hehehehe ....laserdisc.

andolink · « **Reply #3003 on:** 1 Jun 2019, 12:06 pm »

andolink · « **Reply #3004 on:** 1 Jun 2019, 02:15 pm »

LesterSleepsIn · « **Reply #3005 on:** 1 Jun 2019, 08:06 pm »

andolink · « **Reply #3006 on:** 1 Jun 2019, 11:09 pm »

andolink · « **Reply #3007 on:** 2 Jun 2019, 01:10 am »

andolink · « **Reply #3008 on:** 2 Jun 2019, 12:20 pm »

Egon Wellesz: Symphony No. 2, Op. 65 (1947-48)

Tyson · « **Reply #3009 on:** 2 Jun 2019, 03:28 pm »

Was a recording of the month over on one of the classical review sites, I can see why - very good recording of the Debussy and Ravel string quartets:

Tyson · « **Reply #3010 on:** 3 Jun 2019, 11:41 pm »

Got my replacement Gold Lion 300b tube (last one was faulty, exchanged it under warranty). Now I'm listening to a lot of older recordings again, some of them beautifully remastered, like the Kertesz set of Dvorak symphonies on Decca recorded in the 60's:

I had the old CD set issued back in the late 80's and this current remaster is a big step up in sound quality. I'll give you an example of what I mean - I'm listening to the finale of Symphony 8 right now, and in prior mastering it sounded fast. Now, with the newer mastering, it sounds not just fast, but also wild. Very cool.

Tyson · « **Reply #3011 on:** 6 Jun 2019, 03:21 am »

Man, I just cannot get enough of these recent remasters hitting Qobuz. Listening to Entremont and Bernstein work through the Bartok Piano Concerto #2 and it just sounds so ODD. And I've heard the Bartok PC 2 a bunch of times in many different recordings. Anyway, loving this:

andolink · « **Reply #3012 on:** 6 Jun 2019, 05:34 am »

My first encounter with the Kuijken Bach cantata cycle and I’m impressed, especially with the extremely natural sounding DSD64 recording. I’m always partial to OVPP in this repertoire and Kuijken brings it off beautifully.

richidoo · « **Reply #3013 on:** 6 Jun 2019, 09:27 pm »

Stravinsky Sony Box set

Chamber music disk 12
Awesome!

andolink · « **Reply #3014 on:** 7 Jun 2019, 07:59 am »

Gerald Eckert (b. 1960): ensemble works

andolink · « **Reply #3015 on:** 7 Jun 2019, 12:24 pm »

Johann Rosenmüller (1619-1684): Motets and Sonatas

Tyson · « **Reply #3016 on:** 7 Jun 2019, 04:15 pm »

Nice Andolinks! Anything with Gli Incogniti is definitely worth checking out.

Today I'm on a bit of a Schubert kick. Listening to Andras Schiff's latest recording used a period piano:

andolink · « **Reply #3017 on:** 8 Jun 2019, 11:35 am »

andolink · « **Reply #3018 on:** 8 Jun 2019, 02:24 pm »

andolink · « **Reply #3019 on:** 9 Jun 2019, 01:30 pm »