Quiz: Mystery scores

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

I listened to this piece earlier today - yes, very strong! Which performance is this? I have Mackerras, on Decca.

[lukeottevanger]

Pesek, Virgin

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Okay - well, a second interpretation is always welcome... Shall I upload mine later today, just for the sake of comparison?

[lukeottevanger]

Yes, please! I've always wanted to hear the Mackerras reading!

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Consider it done.

But now I have other business to attend to. See you all!

[Guido]

What a piece!

[lukeottevanger]

  Glad you like it! Though the other post-Asrael orchestral pieces are all this good, this is my favourite - it is more rounded and full of variety; whilst never letting up on the exalted tone it opens with, it is still able to let the sun into its mysterious world.

[Guido]

While we're having fun uploading stuff, I thought I'd upload two tracks from the American Beauty Soundtrack. Listening back to them the first actually isn't the exact score that I posted... Might have to poke around to find it.

The second is so simple, yet still incredibly affecting and effective - the 'actual music' starts at 33 seconds in.

Main Theme: http://www.mediafire.com/?hmxw5jdvvwn
'Mental boy': http://www.mediafire.com/?clmdzixn2oy

[Guido]

It's my birthday today so I'm going to break the rules, and post a sound file and see if you can guess who it's by. This is difficult!

[lukeottevanger]

Happy birthday, Guido!

[lukeottevanger]

Knowing you, I reckon it's Barber's Happy Birthday.

(or Prelude on Happy Birthday To You) 

[Guido]

Yes, the only happy birthday tune I have in my CD collection I think. I have Washington's Birthday (with it's brilliant Jew harps!) but that predated the composition of "Happy Birthday".

Oh and cheers!

(it's referred to as both of those names depending on where you read it).

EDIT: just discovered that Albeniz, Korngold, Xenakis, JF Kennedy, Noel Gallager were all born on the 29th May, Suk, Rochberg and Balakriev died, Ives completed his first Symphony, and apparently Everest was conquered for the first time by Hillary and Tenzing. Wikipedia is a wonderful thing!

[lukeottevanger]

Read it? Read it?    I knew it straightaway, of course....  0:) 0:)


(though Guild's website helped me a little  )

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Many happy returns, Guido! (A Gemini like myself - June 13)

Here is Summer Tale, with Sir Charles Mackerras and the CPO:

http://rapidshare.com/files/118614422/1._Summer_Tale_-_Voices_of_life_and_consolation_.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/118614425/2._Summer_Tale_-_Noon.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/118614427/3._Summer_Tale_-_Intermezzo_-_Blind_musicians.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/118614428/4._Summer_Tale_-_In_the_power_of_phantoms.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/118614431/5._Summer_Tale_-_Night.mp3

[lukeottevanger]

Lovely! Thanks for that!

[lukeottevanger]

Just sneaked a listen to the first couple of minutes. Sounds really special - I will save the treat up for tonight, when everyone's gone to bed!

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Lovely! Thanks for that!

The gratitude is mutual. Now downloading...

[lukeottevanger]

Until a few minutes ago I assumed that my Pesek recording was about as good as can be, but listening to the first moments of your Mackerras version leads me to think I'm going to hear something even finer later on!

[karlhenning]

Thank you, Johan!

[Guido]

Here's a little oddity that shouldn't be too tough, despite its weirdness. I recieved this score off someone on GMG so may have sent one of you it already...

I must be going... revision to do!