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A superb performance of the Liszt sonata
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And more Palestrina ...
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And the Allegri Miserere is fantastic, too.
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Chamber Music From Marlboro - Brahms: Liebeslieder Walzer : Schubert : Rudolf Serkin - Vinyl
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Quite enjoyed this, but I found Z's playing a bit disjointed in the slow mvts.
Sampled quite a few others and they were the same. :scratch: Maybe this is what Ravel wanted?
Then tried Lortie. Ahhh, wonderful fluidity, very beautiful, even if it wasn't what Ravel wanted!
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Some nice twangy Japanese classical ...
Japanese Koto - Shinichi Yuize
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Amazing sound quality and thoroughly captivating.
YMMV :)
This is growing on me, after a few listens over the last few weeks.
A bit meh to start with, there is a rich romanticism to it that is definitely appealing.
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And some very fine Beethoven playing from this chappy ...
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I've never heard of this composer before, but on 1st listen it's rather good! Solidly in the Big Romantic style.
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Returning to this after a couple of months I am swept away by the excellence of the Sainsbury cello concerto. :thumbsup:
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Giordano - Andrea Chenier
Dipping in for a little listen on my break -- stirring stuff - may have to play the whole thing tonight.
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Vox Silentii - Nox Lucis (The Light Of Night) (DSD64, SACD Rip)
Not sure this is the correct thread for this...
Still, a very captivating recording of the unrealistically clear voices of the two finnish ladies. Stunning!
Beethoven piano sonatas - I had a yearning for a great Waldstein.
I sampled quite a few - Brendel (x2), Kempff, Guy, Pollini, Barenboim ... nah, they all messed it about. Smoothing over the notes and distorting the rhythms. :(
Then I tried Jando on Naxos.
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He nails it for me - an almost staccato-like precision of playing and a steady hand on the pacing and, bingo - somehow the precise playing turns into a fluidity of line that eludes other, 'greater' players. Soulful and exciting by turns.
I then played the sonatas 1 to 5 in Jando's set as well. :thumbsup: Superb.
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