coot Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Volodos Plays Liszt [ATTACH=CONFIG]11131[/ATTACH] The amazing sound of a grand piano extremely well captured. A mix of famous and unknown pieces well played. Highly recommended. Out of interest: I only have redbook, does anybody have the 24/176 version available at HDtracks or Acoustic Sounds? Listening to it in 88.2 now. Very nice indeed. Thanks for the recco. Link to comment
coot Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Thomas Hampton sings Mahler lieder with San Fransisco Sym, MTT. Sumptuous. Link to comment
coot Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 In recognition of recent news regarding rumblings anew at Mt. St. Helens and in light of the upcoming 36th anniversary of the eruption on May 18, 1980, I am revisiting Hovhaness Sym 50: Link to comment
coot Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 As a trombone major in another life I can attest that Lindberg truly is the Paganini of the 'bone. Link to comment
coot Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Carmina Burana -Thielemann. Always touches me. Any particular performance you guys would recommend? Thx. My favorite - Robert Shaw (44.1) Link to comment
Popular Post coot Posted October 12, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2017 Not new I know, but impressive none the less. This is my favorite Mahler 2. It ever fails to thrill and move me deeply. austinpop and rando 1 1 Link to comment
coot Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Sorry - didn't realize the image was so bad. 2nd try from Amazon Mahler Sym 2; Benjamin Zander conducting Philharmonia Orch. Correction: It NEVER fails to thrill and move me deeply. Link to comment
coot Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Ohlsson really does it seriously well for me. Have to have one every day. Excellent SQ for CD. rando 1 Link to comment
coot Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 21 hours ago, WAM said: Afaik Take Five was designed as a showpiece for Morello (correct me if I am mistaken). Take 10 is indeed a follow up, but it is not a Dave Brubeck album (it's a Paul Desmond/Jim Hall enterprise). Nevertheless, it's one of my favorite albums (I am a Desmond-fan). Highly recommended. Is this available for DL somewhere? Link to comment
coot Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 23 hours ago, austinpop said: The latest in the Minnesota Orchestra's Mahler cycle with Osmo Vänskä. I'm a sucker for eClassical's promotions, so at $12.69 for the hi-res version, I couldn't resist, even though this is the 8th version of the 2nd in my library! Verdict - a very respectable performance, and outstanding sonics. With that said, it didn't unseat my all-time favorite Mahler 2nd - both in performance and sonics: I too have 8. Including both of these. Wondered how many more there are so I went looking on Amazon. Lost count at 70! Link to comment
Popular Post coot Posted February 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2019 Stunning full Firebird (Qobuz). Wonderful colors and SQ. jhwalker and rando 2 Link to comment
coot Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Dudamel is a fireball. Amazing to watch and doing wonderful things with the Phil - when they can keep up! Link to comment
Popular Post coot Posted May 29, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 29, 2019 In searching for the best Rocky 3 on Qobuz we discovered a gem. Not the best SQ but what a performance! At first we thought too fast, but she sparkled so dazzlingly she totally swept us away! Musicophile, rando, Guidof and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment
coot Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Not a fan of the Podger group. Sounds like they threw all their instruments in a pile and are clubing them with bats. Never made it all the way through - do they set the pile afire at the end? (I'll prolly be sorry for posting this.) Link to comment
Popular Post coot Posted August 4, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2019 As John Cleese used to say "And now for something completely different..." Its an unusual trio in the classical world for sure but try it, you might like it. Cool SQ, too. rando and phosphorein 1 1 Link to comment
coot Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 I knew there was a reason I dislike artichokes. Musicophile 1 Link to comment
coot Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Wow, thatsa big lute! EuroChamp 1 Link to comment
coot Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Ditto. My favorite also. Kaplan passed away not long ago. He reached his lifelong goal in conducting this with a major orchestra. Danka to DGG and Vienna Phil for making it happen. Link to comment
coot Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 My new favorite Fantastique austinpop 1 Link to comment
coot Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 On 5/3/2020 at 9:41 AM, Musicophile said: A really nice performance of Beethovens piano concerto no. 1. See my review here: https://musicophilesblog.com/2020/05/03/beethoven-piano-concerto-no-1-by-martin-helmchen-and-andrew-manze-a-positive-surprise/ Certainly one of the more UNUSUAL cover photos ever for a piano concerto recording. Musicophile 1 Link to comment
coot Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Hadn't thought of "Chamber" music in this way before, but I quite enjoyed it. Link to comment
coot Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Performance 10 SQ 10 A must listen for Stravinsky fans. Full version. Link to comment
Popular Post coot Posted July 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 23, 2020 I throughly enjoyed "Picture Studies" while read about Adam on Wikipedia. A modern day "Pictures at an Exhibition" indeed. ripples, austinpop, Teresa and 1 other 1 2 1 Link to comment
Popular Post coot Posted September 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 21, 2020 A bit bright sound but well worth it! I mean c'mon - It's Bernstein at his best. Scary good. sphinxsix, flkin and jiminlogansquare 2 1 Link to comment
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