Popular Post GerateWohl 4,369 Posted January 27, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2022 Had the pleasure to listen to the 1st symphony of polish composer Witold Lutosławski in the Berliner Philharmonie. Really a great piece and brillant performance. michael_grig, Tom Guernsey, Jurassic Shark and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Soundwise Telarc rarely disappoints. From Sorcery To Science and The City are the highlights on this CD. Great recording by the people who brought you Elliot Goldenthal's Vietnam Oratorio. 20th Century music where steel pans play a crucial role. Requiem (for Strings) sounds amazing. Another very good sounding recording ... and on Super Audio CD! Also featuring Requiem for strings. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,511 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Interesting name for an album... Score 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Urania is a hack label. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 " Sleepers Awake" Cantata If you don't know the composer , shame on you!😁 11 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: Urania is a hack label. Why is Brahms there?😗 11 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: Urania is a hack label. Better than Saturnia. 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Lovely Moross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Phew ... no more Bartok for me for a while ... so bombastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 On 19/12/2021 at 12:59 AM, bruce marshall said: Did Igor write anything special after FIREBIRD/SPRING? WE shall find out. I must concede the fact that , compared to Russian opera, Wagner sounds practically Verdian!😅 According to this course, Stravinsky was worried that the NAZIS- thinking he was Jewish- would ban his music. Frightened of losing lucrative performance royalties he cravenly assured the leadership he wasn't Jewish. Nice guy that Igor.😒 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 4 fairly unusual instruments ... Tom Guernsey and blondheim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 8 hours ago, AC1 said: 4 fairly unusual instruments ... The only one I might listen to is harp!😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 6 hours ago, bruce marshall said: The only one I might listen to is harp!😅 You don't like Theme From Jabba The Hut? bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 I'm a ' percussionist' and you couldn't pay me to listen to a concerto😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 How about a concerto for percussion then? Or do you only like Santana? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 If a skilled jazz player like Roy Ayers, Lionel Hampton, Gary Burton or Emil Richards was on vibes and xylophone, maybe😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 On 15/12/2021 at 8:30 PM, Disco Stu said: The slow movement of Copland’s Violin Sonata is so spare it’s practically skeletal. For some reason, when I listen to it I get this image of standing on the surface of the moon, in a space suit, watching the slow Earthrise. It has this beautiful feeling of complete solitude without despair I did this. Because I just had to see it. Bayesian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 "Goldberg Variations" Probably Bach's most timeless composition# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Yo-Yo Ma has a great tone, it's like he's playing the violin. karelm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,482 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 It's just a bigger violin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Yes, but with Mischa Maisky I have the feeling he's playing the contrabass instead of the cello. Know what I'm saying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,482 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Ma plays with a cello that does have a "clear" sound. I'm not sure he always use the "Baroque pitch" even when he plays Bach, by example, compared to other more "classic" or purist cellists. The tuning can affect the sound greatly. The Baroque pitch A4=415Hz The modern standard pitch A4=440Hz The Baroque pitch sounds a semi-tone lower than the standard one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Boy, Clara sure was homely!No wonder Brahms was in love with her!😝😅😄😜😛 Underrated composer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,913 Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 22 hours ago, AC1 said: Yo-Yo Ma has a great tone, it's like he's playing the violin. Love this disc! A24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,526 Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Turned on Pops In Love completely blind because it's today, and was surprised to find it was absolutely nothing like I always imagined based on the cover and I liked it a lot, no overly sappy poppy lovey dovey sugarpies. OK, maybe the Pachelbel Canon in this version is, I'm used to more playfully quick interpretations. Was surprised to find How the West Was Won snuck in at the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_grig 472 Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 I'm listening really intensively through the Mahler symphonies for the first time right now. Currently I have finished the 3rd.. Am I the only one who had some kind of mental breakdown after Symphony no. 3? What kind of sick piece was that? karelm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Glenn Gould playing Bach on YT. It's so much fun watching him play the WTC and more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Happy 75th birthday to the great John Adams MrJosh and Tom Guernsey 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Honegger, symphonie 3. Never again. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Are there any young American composers of stature to succeed Adams, Glass, Reich? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJosh 892 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 On 02/02/2022 at 9:24 PM, bruce marshall said: " Sleepers Awake" Cantata If you don't know the composer , shame on you!😁 One of my favorite pieces of all time! On 15/02/2022 at 8:06 AM, Disco Stu said: Happy 75th birthday to the great John Adams Really love this piece and had good opportunity to play it twice (1st horn and another time 4th horn). I wish there were more recordings of it out there! Specifically Legends, Op. 59, very enjoyable and lively work for two pianos. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 The four seasons, conducted by George Kallweit. I love this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Chopin Ballade in Gminor Possibly the ultimate piece of Romantic music in the piano literature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Wagner's ring, all of it. I'll take Shore's in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,284 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 I'm guessing Cláudio Santoro isn't well known to even the well educated musos of JWFan, but I highly recommend his 4th and 9th symphonies on BIS. Thrilling stuff, particularly the choral finale to the 4th. https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7943336--claudia-santoro-symphonies-nos-4-9-ponteio-frevo Alas BIS only recorded this one disc it would seem, but Naxos appear to have recorded his 5th and 7th symphonies which appear to be the of a complete cycle: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9313120--claudio-santoro-symphony-nos-5-7-brasilia GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,284 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 15 hours ago, Tom Guernsey said: I'm guessing Cláudio Santoro isn't well known to even the well educated musos of JWFan, but I highly recommend his 4th and 9th symphonies on BIS. Thrilling stuff, particularly the choral finale to the 4th. https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7943336--claudia-santoro-symphonies-nos-4-9-ponteio-frevo Alas BIS only recorded this one disc it would seem, but Naxos appear to have recorded his 5th and 7th symphonies which appear to be the of a complete cycle: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9313120--claudio-santoro-symphony-nos-5-7-brasilia Oops, should have said "beginning of a complete cycle". Really looking forward to this, I'm surprised so little of his music has been recorded given how many less well known composers have had their stuff recorded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 On 15/02/2022 at 9:12 AM, bruce marshall said: Glenn Gould playing Bach on YT. It's so much fun watching him play the WTC and more! His crooning gets to be a little much… bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,511 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Very evocative: Fabulin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 9 hours ago, Chen G. said: His crooning gets to be a little much… The pianist in FIVE EASY PIECES was inspired by him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 GerateWohl and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 A new recording of Poulenc's Sinfonietta ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,482 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Yesterday I was a bit sad about humanity, then I listened to this wonderfull album by Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Aspiration to divine serenity according to J.S. Bach. bruce marshall and Tom Guernsey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_grig 472 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 This arrangement is just so beautiful. Unfortunately, I don't understand Italian, but A. B. Michelangeli has created something very beautiful. I only came across this piece by chance, did not know the choir or Michelangeli before. Michelangeli was apparently one of the greatest pianists of the last century. It just gives you such a nice vibe, does anyone know what it's about exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Pictures at an Exhibition. MM was Wagner's equal- in anti- Semitic rantings. He.died on Skid Row, a dissolute beggar. But, he sure wrote some good music! Fyi MM owes his fame, in large part, to the arrangements and orchestrations of Rimsky- Korsakov and Maurice Ravel. My point? No point. 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 I forgot to listen to Petrouchka yesterday for Shrovetide. Listening this morning anyway. Bernstein's 60s recording for Columbia. Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 On 01/03/2022 at 10:37 AM, bruce marshall said: MM was Wagner's equal- in anti- Semitic So were Schumann and Chopin. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 Bach, St Matthew's passion, Karajan. That choir is just... terrible. Jurassic Shark and bruce marshall 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 The Britten... Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,482 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 8 hours ago, bollemanneke said: Bach, St Matthew's passion, Karajan. That choir is just... terrible. Terrible... good... or terrible bad? In my experience... you have to be very adventurous to listen to baroque music conducted by Karajan! Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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