I enjoy this Mahler 5 better than any I have found, Old cut not the best sound, but IMO Barbirolli is the man.

I, too love Barbirolli’s Mahler 5th. A little on the slow side but very effective.

I find the sound both on CD and streaming to be quite good.

I will add that to my must listen list !!

This is the Barbirolli I love the  most.

He does his way with this , works for me .

Brahms: Geistliche Chormusik performed by RIAS Chamber Choir

Maria Yudina - Schumann Fantasie Op. 17 (live 1951)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn923r2uask

Brandoin, that RIAS Choir is a real jewel !

I am a BIG fan of Haydn, IMO as good as anyone but Bach and he would like him

too. I love this masterpiece !

The Royal Concertgebouw and Sollima are also spot on in one of the most beautiful sounding halls in the world .

I have to think back on a concert many moons ago when Tortellier played this at my local town hall . A wonderful rendition.

This Elgar is a must, great sound and that Frankford Radio Symphony is beautiful !

Thanks Jim , your

jim, the Haydn Cello Concerto was really nice.

frog, a performance question:  I noted in that Haydn video that some music stands had only the first page showing, while others had apparently two pages.  Is this done routinely so that all players in a section are not turning pages at the same time? 

The garbage that Microsoft  never stops throwing on us made them sick .

@jim5559 

Well another DG,DG469-052-2   Shaham.Meyer.and Jian Wang, Chung is best I know.

Another good one is DelosCD303, Chamber Music Northwest.

If you can find one .

Missed your post (and holidays have been hectic, as usual); just found both, they're heading my way.  Thanks! 👍

Well, you have the Greatest name possible so you should get the best in music as well. Let me know good or bad .

Happy New Year !

Well, you have the Greatest name possible so you should get the best in music as well. Let me know good or bad .

Happy New Year !

@jim5559 - this warmed my heart like none other in any forum. :-)

Happy New Year to you as well; and I will let you know what I think after I sit down to listen (with a glass of wine [or whiskey!] in my hand).  Cheers!

For those interested (from 'Audiophilia'):

Wigmore Soloists - Schubert Octet

Does anyone know if a GoldenearTriton7 is good on Classical?

I have a chance to buy a pr for 600$ .6 months old.

It;s a death , I The wife knows what he paid for but 600$ for me is 6 bucks to her. and I ain’t poor .

I have just have been lucky enough  to hear the live steam of the Berlin Symphony

on the every year 31st.

1. Bruch Vn 1 ,  Beautiful , one could ask for no more ,Jenine Jansan.

I could say the Berliners could turn on a dime , but I would have to cut the dime in half first,.

2, The ""Firebird Suite"" ,   I felt a bit strange ,what's going on here.

Got to the point where I got up and paced around the room.

A lighting bolt struck me , without a sole , the Berliner's, to my brain ,have no musicians , The music itself sang for itself more than the Greatest Diva ever could .

At that time in that music Berlin had THE Greatest Orchestra in the World .!

3. Revel ,La  Waltz ,  Same as Firebird with less power as you would expect.

Perhaps , I  just figured out how to listen after x decades .

Honest . They were seamless !

And their conducer was not there as ,of yesterday the virus struck him

Jim5559,

I own the GoldenEar Triton 1 speakers. 
With my setup they sound magnificent for classical.

I imagine further down the line the sound has the same signature.

Thanks rv!

I’m not a piano expert , I just play what I like with somebody I want to hear .

This Haydn piece is all of that !

wow! Thanks for this Haydn...

I always loved Korean films....and musicians... This interpretation is top....

The mahgister strikes again .

Happy New Year !

Don’t tell , but Vietnam Regular Army didn’t mind to take on US Army, Marines or Navy .

If they heard the South Koreans were around they had something else to do.

I see Legault is shutting the door again . IMO smart .

mahgister. found you the same Korean lady ! This time you get a beautiful Schubert

, really he is that forever . Unusual , that though Asians play him well , few get the real Germanic touch as well as her .

Incredible!

Any virtuoso can play well and very well, but few can SING and singing is not a result from only practising but from the heart feeling mood swing ....

Thanks indeed....

Happy new year for you and your big ears indeed and bigger heart,,,,

Singing like it is !

pryso, missed your question; sorry about that.

You are exactly right; so that not all the stands of (in this case) violins have to turn the page at the same time.  Notice that the violins with pages 1&2 of the music showing are also on the outside, closest to the audience.  Optics.  

This is the job of the orchestra’s music library.  Photocopying page 2 of the music which is often on the backside of page 1 makes it possible to have both pages visible without having to make a page turn.  Sometimes music publishers don’t pay enough attention to where it makes most sense to put a rest written in the part and the player is forced to make a very quick page turn; sometimes even in the middle of a phrase forcing the player to have to play a measure or two from memory.  

Of course, in any given score not all instruments have the same number of notes to play and while the violins may have two pages of music in the first movement of that concerto (as is the case in this work) a different instrument or section of instruments may have all the music for that movement on just one page.  

Hope this helps and best wishes.

Holliger is a fantastic musician ! 

Doing a lot of conducting these days .  Some think Haydn did not write this .

NOBODY  questions  who played the oboe .

I dont own this one Holliger.... Incredibly beautiful...

Words fails us in new ways...

Thanks...

Thanks are for you, mahgidter .

Barenboim and the Munich were made for this .

"Ain't But a Few of Us Left"

Milt Jackson, Grady Tate, Ray Brown, Oscar Peterson

Pablo Records, 1982

I love Opera and go as much as I can in Chicago .

One thing I know,, I will never hear anything as Great as they this side of heaven !

The two were made to sing together by God .

Barenboim is one of the greatest musicians on the planet right now. He will be sorely missed when he goes. If you want to hear him at his best with his conductors clothes on go to Qobuz or Idagio and look up Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with Liza Batiashvihli on fiddle, fireworks galore. Thanks jim for the Schumann.

@jim5559 

Re:  the Los Angeles Bjorling duet. Left me breathless. Probably left them breathless, too...

Has anyone heard of Witold Lutoslawski ? Polish composer. 

Just listened to his Variations on a theme of Paganini (1941) arr. for Piano, strings and percussion. There is only one recording made by Denis Matsuev on Idagio. 

This recording also includes a powerful performance of Shostakovich Piano concerto 1, and Schnittke Concerto for Piano and orchestra, which I also found very interesting. Appears Schnittke was influenced by Shostakovich. 

@ei001h I’ve got a couple Lutoslawski LPs. A Mercury Golden Import with Aftertones of Infinity. And Concerto for Orchestra and other works on Philips. A good guy... The LPs sit right next to my Lopatnikoff.

New to me but has been on my radar for a listen, Should have gotten to it sooner!

You are  the man  204 ,  whatever you say goes with me.!

Thanks ,edcyn, us  mortals would  sure think they would be worn out but they would need about 2 minutes.