Loert 2,509 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 A marvellous performance of the jaw-droppingly stunning piece that is Liszt's Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude: karelm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 The Norfolk Rhapsodies are probably my favorite RVW works, this side of the Oboe Concerto. karelm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,509 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 I recently visited the Troldhaugen museum (Grieg's summer villa in Bergen) and became inspired to learn this piece. A pianistic gem if there ever was one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 24 minutes ago, Loert said: I recently visited the Troldhaugen museum (Grieg's summer villa in Bergen) and became inspired to learn this piece. A pianistic gem if there ever was one! It's indeed a great piece! I urge you to check out all ten volumes of Grieg's lyric pieces. I once attended a concert at Troldhaugen with the pianist Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, probably the foremost expert on Grieg's piano music. He's recorded the complete piano works on Naxos, which of course include the lyric pieces in addition to other gems. Note that Grieg's penultimate opus, Moods (no. 73), is in the same style as the lyric pieces. Loert and The Illustrious Jerry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted May 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 11, 2019 Mmm Grieg. Loert, Jurassic Shark and The Illustrious Jerry 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,509 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 12 hours ago, Sharky said: I love the "chirping" section starting at 14:39. In the Ansermet recording you can clearly hear the bells doubling the decending chromatic strings, which sounds so unusual it's almost like it represents some sort of hallucination (at 12:33 and 13:03): Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Loert 2,509 Posted May 12, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2019 0:00 - 6:04 is probably what Williams would have sounded like if he were writing action music 150 years ago (especially from 3:19). Oomoog the Ecstatic, Bayesian, Fabulin and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Wait, weren't Liszt and JW contemporaries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 27 minutes ago, Loert said: 0:00 - 6:04 is probably what Williams would have sounded like if he were writing action music 150 years ago (especially from 3:19). It sounds like what Liszt sounds like if he were writing action music! I get what you mean though, I'm partly skeptical if JW would have thought of writing this back then. Thanks for the sweet link. 20 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Wait, weren't Liszt and JW contemporaries? They were both contemplory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 56 minutes ago, Loert said: 0:00 - 6:04 is probably what Williams would have sounded like if he were writing action music 150 years ago (especially from 3:19). Raiders of the Lost Hunnenschlacht Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,509 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Borodin said: I'm partly skeptical if JW would have thought of writing this back then. It probably would've sounded more like this: https://picosong.com/w8meg SteveMc and karelm 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayesian 1,353 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Loert said: 0:00 - 6:04 is probably what Williams would have sounded like if he were writing action music 150 years ago (especially from 3:19). Ever so true! It's kinda uncanny, even. On a related note, I always thought that the writing from 11:18 to about 12:12 is some of the most foreboding, shit's-about-to-get-real music I've ever heard. Maybe more in an auspicious way than in a bad way. The strings running scales, the flutes chirping away, the meditative pacing... I dunno, it's like the musical dawn to a day of glory. Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 On a beautiful Spring morning I listened to Britten's amazing Spring Symphony, such a special life-giving work. Better than coffee! The Finale is the definition of a joyful noise! March out, and show your willing minds, by twenty and by twenty, To Hogsdon or to Newington, where ale and cakes are plenty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Anyone on JWFan listen to John Adams' "Roll Over Beethoven" yet? Came out earlier this year. I'm not sure I've really absorbed it enough to formulate an opinion after one listen. KK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 There's a recording available for the piece? Cheers for the heads up Stu! Will check it out tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,509 Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 The "Forest Scene" from Franz Schreker's DER FERNE KLANG (9:53 - 14:49) is one of the most gorgeous pieces of music I've listened to in recent memory: I just love the constancy of the rising chords set against a constantly-shifting key center. It gives the climax at 12:53 a truly "force-of-nature" kind of feeling. Score 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bespin 8,472 Posted May 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2019 Copland and Coffee this morning! Have a good day! The Illustrious Jerry, Jurassic Shark and Disco Stu 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Stumbled onto this pleasant surprise! publicist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 New album from one of the best contemporary American composers, Jonathan Leshnoff. I listened to the Symphony No. 4 this afternoon and I like it *a lot* on first impression. Full of vitality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,901 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 We don't have a "The jazz music recommendation thread" but this could fit in here if we consider it classic JW. Anyway, I just heard this lovely gem. The whole album is a delight of very soothing vintage mid 60's jazz arranged entirely by JW and pal Andre Previn. I really believe if the music after 2:25 was orchestrated accordingly could fit in any of the Star Wars scores. It is not a stretch to hear this work composed in 1962 with the undulating strings at the start and hear Yoda's theme undulating strings too! SteveMc and Loert 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 6 minutes ago, karelm said: We don't have a "The jazz music recommendation thread" I’m the only one who’s been posting in there for like 6 months but we do! I would love it more people participated! http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?/topic/23892-the-official-jazz-music-thread/&do=findComment&comment=1608940 karelm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,509 Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 © Recording of the Century karelm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,901 Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 John Williams - Fanfare for a Festive Occasion (1980) https://picosong.com/w87mm John Williams - Esplanade Overture (1981) reminds me a bit of the contemporaneous E.T. bike chase music. Disco Stu and SteveMc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Idea for experimental music composition: Create a piece using only isolated samples of chair squeaks from orchestral recordings The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 The Illustrious Jerry and Omen II 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 15 hours ago, Disco Stu said: Idea for experimental music composition: Create a piece using only isolated samples of chair squeaks from orchestral recordings I'm sure that one of Hanz' clones will do it for a future score, then Hanz will slow it down, take all the credits for it, and certain people will hail it as a work of genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Anyone else suspect that Jerry might've been an admirer? 7 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: I'm sure that one of Hanz' clones will do it for an future score, then Hanz will slow it down, take all the credits for it, and certain people will hail it as a work of genius. JWFAN is dire need of that eye-rolling reaction smiley. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 On 5/10/2019 at 5:38 PM, SteveMc said: The Norfolk Rhapsodies are probably my favorite RVW works, this side of the Oboe Concerto. If you're still into buying CDs (as I am), I suggest checking out Warner Classics 30 CD box of RVW's works. Overall, it contains very good recordings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 On 5/20/2019 at 7:16 PM, karelm said: John Williams - Esplanade Overture (1981) reminds me a bit of the contemporaneous E.T. bike chase music. He re-used the Esplanade Overture for the 1982 film score Monsignor. Although I don't think the Pops played the Overture until after the film came out. You can hear it at 3:24 in this compilation suite: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,255 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Was it even in the film Monsignor, or was that just something he recorded to pad out the soundtrack album? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 55 minutes ago, Jay said: Was it even in the film Monsignor, or was that just something he recorded to pad out the soundtrack album? Someone who’s seen the movie will have to chime in! I’ve only ever listened to the OST (and not often at that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 The Illustrious Jerry and Disco Stu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Sticking with the American theme, here's a piece by George Antheil. I'm a BIG proponent of the 30s and 40s work of Antheil, which is unfairly neglected. His Serenade for Strings is typical of this period. Mostly playful and a bit ironic, but the second section is brooding and beautiful. Antheil was a relatively prolific film composer through the 50s as well. He was good friends with Alfred Newman and when Alfred had a son in 1955 named Thomas, Antheil composed a sweet little lullaby for the newborn baby "Berceuse for Thomas Montgomery Newman" SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,334 Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Are there any conductors or orchestras who make a point of ignoring/avoiding repetitions in their recordings? I really want to check out some things like the Mozart or Beethoven symphonies, but am sick and tired of hearing everything twice. I recently sat through Mozart's 40th in a live concert and the thing would have been twice as short and great had they not repeated everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Just listen to the recordings with the shortest running time on Spotify. Some conductors, such as Marriner, make the repeats somewhat different in expression. Older recordings usually adhere less to repeats. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,506 Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 . bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 5 minutes ago, Fabulin said: The orchestras generally do what the conductor wants them to. Well, that depends on the quality of the orchestra! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Marian Schedenig 8,153 Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 8 hours ago, bollemanneke said: Are there any conductors or orchestras who make a point of ignoring/avoiding repetitions in their recordings? I really want to check out some things like the Mozart or Beethoven symphonies, but am sick and tired of hearing everything twice. I recently sat through Mozart's 40th in a live concert and the thing would have been twice as short and great had they not repeated everything. But that's what the composers wrote... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 A nice contrast between early and late RVW. I especially dig the Dark Pastoral. SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 1 minute ago, publicist said: I especially dig the Dark Pastoral. Heard that one today. Quite impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,334 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 14 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said: But that's what the composers wrote... Yes, and it's a dead boring approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 I guess they got paid by the length of the work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,509 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 This is what pure awesomness sounds like: SteveMc and karelm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,506 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,901 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 As soon as this piece by Paul Bowles started I knew it 100% aligned with my taste. I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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