My favourite musical discoveries in 2016

[gprengel]

At the end of a year I like to ask myself what new musical discoveries I have made in the year. Well, for 2016 for me the greatest were:

3 Requiems: from Kozlovsky (!!!!), Cherubini's second Requiem, and from Donizetti:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik8ktuRwIRo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MPVOLGzthA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOQDa_2M_d0 (15:05 Kyrie !!, ...)


A wonderful symphony from F. Witt from 1819 (mov. 4 at 21:45... - great counterpoint !!!):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pupozl7COU4

an early song by Schubert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP1uSwasznc

What were your discoveries?

[Peter]

At the end of a year I like to ask myself what new musical discoveries I have made in the year. Well, for 2016 for me the greatest were:


What were your discoveries?

Not so much a work, rather a composer - Jan Dismas Zelenka.

The Schubert song is lovely!

[Harvey]

To name a few of the many new musical joys I found in 2016:

Mahler
The Haunted Manor (a Polish opera)
Boris Godunov
Wagner's Ring
Baroque Opera