What Classical Music Are You Listening To Tonight?

[bart]

Originally Posted by Antonmb

Locatelli Violin Concertos
Lisa Jacobs, The String Soloists
Cobra Records (2016), DSD files recorded in binaural

Wonderful sound recorded using both stereo mics and a binaural head. The binaural version has wonderful sound via headphones. The performance is very nice as well, not always the case with “audiophile” recordings like this.

I could not, not listen to this after all the promotion here!
Fabulous indeed!
I might download the 5.0 mix later. Now streaming the 16/44.1 Qobuz files.

[ehoove]

The Two Cello Sonatas
Brahms
Jacqueline Du Pre - Cello
Daniel Barenboim - Piano
An amazing piece of work - Excellent!
EMI Studio CDM 7 63298 2
Regards,
Jim

[bart]

Originally Posted by ehoove

The Two Cello Sonatas
Brahms
Jacqueline Du Pre - Cello
Daniel Barenboim - Piano
An amazing piece of work - Excellent!
EMI Studio CDM 7 63298 2
Regards,
Jim

Together with Rostropovich my favourite cello player.

[bart]

Originally Posted by bart

Robert Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 73 "Emperor"
Van Cliburn, piano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor



The Beethoven is one of the top works of course.
But the Schumann piano concerto is also such a beautiful piece.
And Van Cliburn does justice to it.
Splendid 3-channel recording.

Already listening to this again.
Just because I felt the need.

[bart]

Mahler - Symphony no. I ('Titan') in D major
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
SACD




The recordings by Fischer of these Mahler symphonies remain amongst my favourites.
Terrific sound.

[bart]

Originally Posted by bart

Couperin - Pièces de violes - 1728
Jordi Savall, Ton Koopman, Ariane Maurette




Very nice pieces.
Recorded in '75, originally for the famous Astree label.

They made a very acceptable surround mix from this recording.

[bart]

Originally Posted by bart

Edward Elgar: Complete Songs for voice and piano
Amanda Roocroft: soprano
Konrad Jarnot: baritone
Reinild Mees: piano



I bought this at Acoustic Sounds as part of a bigger order.
For only 5$, I couldn't resist
The album was a pleasant surprise.
These songs are beautiful, well sung and the recording is up to the Channel Classics standard.

We've played this quite a few times since we purchased it some 9 years ago.

[SCAudiophile]

Originally Posted by bart

Mahler - Symphony no. I ('Titan') in D major
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
SACD




The recordings by Fischer of these Mahler symphonies remain amongst my favourites.
Terrific sound.

Yes,...a great cycle!!!

[ehoove]

Symphony No.2 in D Major op. 43
Sibelius
Philharmonia Orchestra
Paul Kletzki Conducting
Very solid offering, well recorded!
Angel Records S 35314
Regards,
Jim

[bart]

Joseph Haydn - String Quartets Op. 76 / 4 - 6
Chiaroscuro Quartet
Qobuz 24/96




This was playing in my practice today, and I liked the performance.

The String Quartets, Op. 76 are among the most renowned of Joseph Haydn's sets of quartets, and carry the stamp of their maker: No other set of eighteenth-century string quartets is so diverse, or so unconcerned with the norms of the time. In the words of Haydn’s friend and contemporary Charles Burney ‘they are full of invention, fire, good taste and new effects’ – a striking description considering that Haydn had reached the respectable age of 64 when he composed the set.
On the previous volume, the Chiaroscuro Quartet has recorded the first half of Op. 76, including No. 3, the celebrated ‘Emperor’ quartet. The release has won great acclaim, with the critic in Gramophone writing: ‘The Chiaroscuros' account of the remaining three Op. 76 quartets can't come soon enough’. Well, here it is – a set which like its predecessor spans a wealth of moods and atmospheres: from the magical sunrise of the opening of Op. 76 No. 4 to the manic minuet and boisterous finale of Op. 76 No. 6, a movement without a tune worth the name but utterly engrossing even so.

The Chiaroscuro Quartet was formed in 2005 by the violinists Alina Ibragimova (Russia) and Pablo Hernán Benedí (Spain), the Swedish violist Emilie Hörnlund and cellist Claire Thirion from France. Performing music of the Classical period on gut strings this highly international ensemble has a unique sound – described in The Observer as ‘a shock to the ears of the best kind’. © BIS Records