What are you currently listening to (Classical)?

NorthStar

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andolink

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Frank Martin: Etudes Pour Orchestre À Cordes (1955-56)

 

andolink

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Bela Bartok: String Quartet No. 6

 

andolink

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Chaya Czernowin: anea crystal: seed I for string quartet; sahaf for four instrumentalists; anea crystal: anea for two string quartets
Quatuor Diotima
Ensemble Nikel



Stunning sonics on this!

Indeed, Wergo is very consistently ahead of the pack in the extremely high quality of their sound engineering.
 

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Lovely new release from Alpha. Recommended

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Theatre of Voices / Paul Hillier / Ars Nova Copenhagen
David Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion

Release Date June 9, 2009
Duration01:04:54
Genre
Classical
Styles
Choral

"David Lang's the little match girl passion, for vocal quartet doubling on percussion instruments, won the Pulitzer Prize in 2008. It's a strong, striking piece with a surprisingly potent emotional punch." Stephen Eddins
 

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Charles Bruffy / Kansas City Chorale / Phoenix Chorale
Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil

Release Date March 2, 2015
Duration01:15:26
Genre
Classical
Styles
Choral
Recording DateMay 24, 2014 - May 26, 2014
Recording Location
Cathedral of St Peter the Apostle, Kansas City, Kansas
 

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Marie Kuijken / Veronica Kuijken / Sigiswald Kuijken / La Petite Bande
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concertos K. 413, K. 414 & K. 415

Release Date March 31, 2017
Duration01:14:27
Genre
Classical
Styles
Concerto
Recording DateMay 15, 2016 - May 17, 2016
Recording Location
Kapel Holland College, Leuven Belgium
 

eljr

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Renée Fleming / Sakari Oramo / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Distant Light

Release Date January 6, 2017
Duration48:25
Genre
Classical
Styles
Vocal Music
Recording DateFebruary 10, 2016 - February 13, 2016
Recording Location
Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden
 

eljr

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Goeyvaerts String Trio
Whispers of Titans: Henryk Górecki, Nikolai Korndorf

Release Date May 6, 2016
Duration47:52
Genre
Classical
Styles
Chamber Music
Recording Date
Recording Location
Großer Lindensaal, Markkleeberg, Germany
 

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Music for Viola & Cello Played by Herbert Downes and Jacqueline Du Pre - on vinyl
 

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My appreciation grows with each listening--

Albéric Magnard: Symphony No. 4 in C-sharp minor, Op. 21

 

eljr

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Jordi Savall / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Hespèrion XXI
Ramon Llull: Temps de conquestes, de diàleg i desconhort

Release Date May 20, 2016
Duration02:17:03
Genre
Classical
Styles
Choral
Recording DateNovember 28, 2015
Recording Location
Al Saló del Tinell, Barcelona realitzat per Manuel Mohino
 

eljr

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Trevor Pinnock / The English Concert
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-3

Release Date March 13, 2012
Duration01:01:45
Genre
Classical
Styles
Concerto
 

eljr

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Renée Fleming / Christoph Eschenbach / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Sommernachtskonzert (Summer Night Concert) 2017

Release Date June 9, 2017
Genre
Classical
Styles
Orchestral
Vocal Music
 

eljr

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RUSSIAN DANCES Tchaikovsky Suite from Swan Lake / Glazunov 2 Concert Waltzes / Shostakovich The Golden Age / Stravinsky Circus Polka
Kazuki Yamada , Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alexander Glazunov, Dmitri Shostakovich, Igor Stravinsky

Released on 01-03-2016
 

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