Album of the Evening

[WAM]

My daily Bach fix today:

 

 

 

 

[Guidof]

 

Hilary Han plays Bach's Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 and Partita No. 1.

 

Streaming from Qobuz at 16/44, but available as download at 24/88.

 

[Hugo9000]

George Frideric Handel

Solo & Trio Sonatas

Attilio Cremonesi/Arcadia

 

 

 

This album is just so beautiful!

 

Here is an example of Handel's ability to stop time:

 

[accwai]

Johann Pachelbel: Hexachordum Apollinis

Wolfgang Rübsam

 

[Hugo9000]

Kristin Chenoweth

The Art of Elegance

 

[sphinxsix]

My every now and then Coltrane fix

A selection - just started with Mr Syms and Equinox..

 

 

[Hugo9000]

Antonín Dvořák

Symphony No. 7

Neeme Järvi/Royal Scottish National Orchestra

 

From this wonderful boxed set:

 

[Hugo9000]

I was only going to listen to the 7th symphony from the above set, but I went on to the 9th, and now back to the 1st.  I don't think Järvi is particularly acclaimed for his Dvořák, but I love this set.

[Hugo9000]

Bohuslav Martinů

Symphony No. 1

Neeme Järvi/Bamberg

 

 

I think this will be all for today!

[semente]

Music to go with the weather

 

[Musicophile]

 

24/48 download from Qobuz

[mkrzych]

On 10 października 2018 at 6:22 PM, Musicophile said:

 

New release by ECM. Streaming from Qobuz. 

 

I like is as well! Lots of good releases from ECM recently!

[mkrzych]

18 minutes ago, Musicophile said:

 

24/48 download from Qobuz

 

This one I am not convinced. Sounds good, etc., but all the songs are already on other albums, different in interpretation maybe, but still there. Big thumb up, since they are from my country ;-)

[Musicophile]

7 minutes ago, mkrzych said:

 

This one I am not convinced. Sounds good, etc., but all the songs are already on other albums, different in interpretation maybe, but still there. Big thumb up, since they are from my country ?

Well, it’s a live album. So not surprising he plays existing content, isn’t that what you’d  expect?

 

I still like the special feel of a live album, especially with ECM SQ. 

[AnotherSpin]

36 minutes ago, Musicophile said:

Well, it’s a live album. So not surprising he plays existing content, isn’t that what you’d  expect?

 

I still like the special feel of a live album, especially with ECM SQ. 

 

Funny, I am listening another album from the same trio this very minute – Faithful.

[Musicophile]

26 minutes ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

Funny, I am listening another album from the same trio this very minute – Faithful.

That’s probably my favorite. Or is it January? In any case, both excellent

[AnotherSpin]

2 hours ago, Musicophile said:

That’s probably my favorite. Or is it January? In any case, both excellent

 

To tell the truth, all their output sounds very similar to me. I think I prefer the recordings where they support great Tomasz Stanko.

[Hugo9000]

Continuing where I left off last night:

 

Bohuslav Martinů

Symphonies Nos 2, 3, & 4

Neeme Järvi/Bamberg

 

[austinpop]

This evening's listening: still my all-time favorite Mahler 2nd.

 

 

Unlike a Bond martini, this one leaves you shaken AND stirred!

[Hugo9000]

George Frideric Handel

Semele

Kathleen Battle/Marilyn Horne/John Aler/Samuel Ramey/Michael Chance

John Nelson/English Chamber Orchestra/Ambrosian Opera Chorus

 

Kathleen Battle was in her element in this gorgeous secular oratorio from the glorious G. F. Handel. ?

Wonderful performance as well from the legendary Marilyn Horne, my first operatic love!

 

 

Here are a couple of highlights for anyone unfamiliar with this great music.  First, an aria that led many to joke about how Ms. Battle was so perfectly cast in light of her reputed vanity  :

 

And another of those instances of Handel stopping time:

 

[Musicophile]

Went on a 5 album shopping spree last night at Qobuz. This is one of them:

 

 

Excellent SQ in 24/96

 

I already had the first vol. of op 20 by the Chiaroscuro quartet (along with some older recordings), but this is really particularly good. 

[WAM]

Brad Mehldau for me this evening:

 

 

[Hugo9000]

Johann Sebastian Bach

Goldberg Variations

Wolfgang Rübsam, Lute-Harpsichord

 

Wonderful!  This is my favorite interpretation of the Goldberg Variations, and such a beautiful-sounding instrument! 

 

[accwai]

Bach: Goldberg Variations

Gwendolyn Toth

 

[Musicophile]

 

24/192 download from Qobuz.