bollemanneke 3,337 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 A few Mozart Symphonies conducted by Jaap ter Linden. That's it. I'm never, EVER, listening to this kind of music on modern instruments! Next up, Beethoven's symphonies conducted by Gardiner. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,499 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 More weird stuff on BBC Radio 3, but, boy, was it good! bollemanneke and Loert 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,471 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Max Richter's VOICES 2. Damn, he works quickly. I haven't even properly explored and familiarized myself with the first VOICES album from last year yet, and here's another already. More of the same, though. Haunting, static textures. For the first VOICES, I removed the vocal version and kept the instrumental version only. Famous Norwegian violinist Mari Samuelsen is featured as soloist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 19 minutes ago, Thor said: Max Richter's VOICES 2. Damn, he works quickly. Yeah, he's become really good at the keyboard (CTRL+C and CTRL+V). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,471 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Not a fan, I take it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 I've been disappointed with most stuff I've heard after discovering him with Vivaldi Recomposed. I recently purchased his piano book, and I find the pieces surprisingly unoriginal and underdeveloped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,471 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Fair enough. As you know, I'm a huge fan. Have 25 of his albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 There also a lot that I haven't checked out. I wouldn't mind listening to a best-of playlist from you, or better, a CelluloidTunes episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,471 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 10 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: There also a lot that I haven't checked out. I wouldn't mind listening to a best-of playlist from you, or better, a CelluloidTunes episode. I've thought about it, but I have this "rule" that I don't do composer specials on living composers, just in case I get to interview them at some point (hence avoiding doing two episodes - as happened with Elfman and Silvestri). Unless interviews are extremely unlikely - such as Vangelis. I still hope to be able to interview Richter. On to... I live and breathe pastoral music of this kind. RVW remains among my top 3 of classical composers, and "Thomas Tallis" one of my alltime favourite pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,499 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 4 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: Is that an X-ray of a duvet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Is that an X-ray of a duvet? That's exactly what I was thinking while playing the music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,499 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 ...or a teaser poster for SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 @GerateWohl had a funny review of that score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Jerome Moross' "Sonata for Piano Duet and String Quartet," written in 1975, is one of the most bright, buoyant, and refreshing works I've ever heard. It's been among the pieces I frequently play for a couple of years now, and it feels especially appropriate with the coming of the warm weather, as it feels like the sun on my face. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,174 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 You should have been banned for posting teletubbies stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,174 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 RIP Christa Ludwig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,389 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toothless 963 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 If anyone is interested, there are around 1000 concerts recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris that you can watch https://live.philharmoniedeparis.fr/Concerts.html?lang=en-US Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,499 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Over the w/e, I listened to SYMPHONY #2 TO OCTOBER, by Dimitri Shostakovich. Fuck me!!! He wrote this when he was 21 years old. 21 years old!!!!! Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,280 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 43 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Over the w/e, I listened to SYMPHONY #2 TO OCTOBER, by Dimitri Shostakovich. Fuck me!!! He wrote this when he was 21 years old. 21 years old!!!!! Wasn’t the first symphony his graduation piece? Or am I thinking of Stravinsky?! Having said that, I never much cared for his second and third symphonies I must admit. But obviously still impressive achievements. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Henry Mancini's "Overture to a Pops Concert." Delightful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,903 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 I am listening to the complete set of string quartets of Shostakovich by the Borodin Quartet. Superb! Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,337 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 BWV1127. The pinnacle of culture. Is this lady going to sing ANYTHING else other than 'everything with God and nothing without him?' No, she's not. I will refrain from saying more. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 Not exactly music but...anyone here see this production? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 So much music has degraded what real music is about, that ideal balance and vision both sought and not excused by the developing errors that are the Classical and Romantic eras. Although like any genre, the Classical era has brought us beautiful creations, but music has become reimagined and restored by the likes of John Williams and other collaborators who have reached perfection in their certain works or songs. I wouldn't trade the last 100 years of music for anything; the imagination is, for lack of other terms, near perfect. This is because its roots going back even further, aren't just Classical, but a whole mix of things to be found and reinterpreted. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 Maybe one should stop being so influenced by primitive prolificness and its ego-based fraud, and start embracing the true knowledge of collaboration and unification. So many great compositions of the 20th century. A real composer nowadays knows exactly what they're getting into, and they fervently serve the purpose of it despite the mob bosses cutting their checks and silencing their intelligence. Thumbs down to your predictable cat meme, although there is no thumbs down button. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 9 minutes ago, Oomoog the Ecstatic said: Maybe one should stop being so influenced by primitive prolificness and its ego-based fraud, and start embracing the true knowledge of collaboration and unification. Thumbs down to your predictable cat meme, although there is no thumbs down button. I truly have no idea what your point is Moog. My cat doesn't either😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 The point is, be quiet and let the experts talk. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 A personal favorite Poulenc piece Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 You hipster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 On 8/22/2020 at 10:14 AM, Disco Stu said: Poulenc's piano music is perfect weekend morning music. I love the second improvisation here, in A-flat: I really can't get over how perfect the A-flat improvisation is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Too few notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kühni 485 Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 Berlioz Symphony Fantastique. Conducted By Leonard Bernstein on YOUNG PEOPLES CONCERTS. Probably the key transitional composition between Beethoven and the Romantic Era. Not a.big fan but it's one of the most important pieces in the repertoire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 It's a great piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 Next up for the YPC " Firebird Suite". Is there ANY composer not influenced by this? Herrmann's action music certainly was. Genius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schilkeman 955 Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 On 4/14/2021 at 12:24 PM, bollemanneke said: A few Mozart Symphonies conducted by Jaap ter Linden. That's it. I'm never, EVER, listening to this kind of music on modern instruments! Next up, Beethoven's symphonies conducted by Gardiner. I also can never go back to "big band" recordings of anything before c.1860. I have never heard a bad recording from Gardiner. His Mozart operas are all outstanding, his Bach (about whom he wrote a terrific book) is sublime, I've been making my way through his cantata cycle, and his Beethoven is fiery and precise, two things I look for in Beethoven. He also has a great cycle of Schumann and Brahms that's worth checking out. For the time periods he tends to stick to, he's by far my favorite conductor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted June 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2021 On 4/16/2021 at 11:27 AM, Thor said: Max Richter's VOICES 2. Damn, he works quickly. I haven't even properly explored and familiarized myself with the first VOICES album from last year yet, and here's another already. More of the same, though. Haunting, static textures. For the first VOICES, I removed the vocal version and kept the instrumental version only. Famous Norwegian violinist Mari Samuelsen is featured as soloist. He's spent years perfecting his technique, getting up to an insane speed on CTRL+C and CTRL+V. Tom Guernsey, GerateWohl and bruce marshall 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,510 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Kapustin's 5th Piano Concerto https://youtu.be/zciqOTziDs4?t=644 10:44 onwards is quite interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,510 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Lovely piano sonatas Mozart wrote in Vienna. Mitsuko Uchida 😍😍😍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,639 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Beethoven's 7th Symphony. It is my favorite of the symphonies (the only ones I do not care for are 1,2, and 8). Every movement has something profound to offer, and the final movement is as fun as music gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 The first movement is what makes this symphony great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 I'm in a piano mood this morning, now two great piano sonatas from Beethoven's "Heroic" period. Bach's inventions and suites. Jurassic Shark and SteveMc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Loert 2,510 Posted August 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 9, 2021 Schubert's "Great" Symphony really is great: Tom Guernsey, Jurassic Shark and Marian Schedenig 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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