What are you currently listening to (Classical)?

[Andrew S.]

Estonian Festival Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi - Estonian Premieres

I find the album cover artwork particularly evocative. And the music itself stands up to the challenge.

Minu arvates on albumi kaanekujundus eriti meeldejääv. Ja muusika ise peab väljakutse vastu.
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Thank you for this. I am listening to it now. Evocative.

 

[P-pan]

As usual, incredibly beautiful...

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[davidavdavid]

Here's a triple-play combo you don't hear often: (and for those interested in new music releases across all genres to which I listen and joy from both a performance and sonics perspective please visit and bookmark. NAR (New Album Releases)

Chamber Music for Oboe • Bassoon • Piano — Francais • Schnyder • Poulenc • Villa Lobos

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[davidavdavid]

And now for something completely different:

GESUALDO: Tenebrae — The Hilliard Ensemble (1991, ECM)
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[rando]

 

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[davidavdavid]

Beethoven & Stucky — Orchestral Works / Manfred Honeck • Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Reference Recordings

Beethoven • Symphony NO. 6 Pastoral
Stucky • Silent Spring

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[davidavdavid]

So, if it weren't for the Overture/Venusberg music of Richard Wagner's Tannhauser, I'd never have gotten into anything Wagnerian, and now 45 years later my heart still skips a beat when I hear a recording. My introduction was Solti's recording with the Vienna Philarmonic on London/Decca, Today I happened across a disc of orchestral Wagner selections and no need to guess the first track of the album. Stokowski along with the Symphony of the Air and its Chorus made me feel young all over again.

 

[rando]

This fulfilled my needs in music today.

 

[hvbias]

I've had Beethoven's String Quartet's in my heavy rotation, the latest cycle that has me pretty damn impressed is from Prazak Quartet.

I ranked all my favorite cycles here: https://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,2166.msg1452674.html#msg1452674

 

[microstrip]

An exceptional music content, recorded at the Theatre Audiotorium de Poitiers (France) and available in 192/24 at Qobuz.

 

[rando]

 

[Chops]

Very dry acoustics. Almost sounds like they're in the room with me.

 

[davidavdavid]

So, I've been listening to this because whilst I adore Vaughan Williams the addition of a brass. band just makes me go weak in the ...

 

[Kal Rubinson]

Very dry acoustics. Almost sounds like they're in the room with me.

Try this one for the Sonatina, in MCH if possible.

 

[rando]

 

[jeffreybehr]

Played mostly by the LSO plus the Bergen Phil. on numbers 7 and 9, these multichannel recordings are spacious and attractive if sometimes slightly distant even for this NOT-in-your-face fan.. Highly recommended.. Chandos #CHSA 5303(6),


This is one of my very favorite pieces, and the recording is excellent.. The third movements of the symphony and the (orchestrated) organ sonata are among the few most-beautiful pieces of music ever written and for this Mahler fan rank with the Adagettio (fourth movement) of his fifth symphony.


This is the most-transparent and real-sounding orchestral recording I've ever heard, or at least the Elgar is.. My MC system comes close to sounding as if I'm sitting on a high stool behind the conductor and that these talented musicians are playing for ME.. Highly recommended but out of production, unfortunately.. TELARC #SACD-60623.


Humble Oppo '203 DP, HDMI hookup to Marantz '8805 pre/pro where all digital processing occurs, extremely-high-quality Neotec UP-OOC silver balanced IC, Atma-Sphere M60 poweramps, Serenity Super-7 main speakers, Emotiva airmotive C1+ center-channel speaker, Emotiva 11-channel center-and-surrounds poweramp, 2 Rythmik 18"-driver SWs driven by the '.1' channels, and several pairs of ELAC B-6 surround and ceiling speakers in a 7.2.4 ATMOS setup.

 

[rando]

At a scandalous discount from Qobuz download fest intended to draw attention towards this label's offerings.
Well recorded debut album by Adélaïde Ferrière in 96/24 (+ some extras off the editing room floor)

 

[microstrip]

Water, a choice of pieces on piano played by Helene Grimaud.