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#91
The Diner / Re: The AFL / Aussie Rules Thr...
Last post by Madiel - Today at 02:33:09 AMThe posts I liked were either amusing or related to AFL. Not to that summer sport that I only realised today was STARTING today. I was only vaguely aware that there was a low score because of one obscure remark by a Facebook friend. My level of interest is extremely low, especially today. Possibly I'll care more in the peak of summer holidays, but not by much.
EDIT: I've just looked at the scoreboard, and 19 wickets falling on a single day would at least be interesting. It's traditional for the visiting team to collapse in Perth. Australia not so much.
EDIT: I've just looked at the scoreboard, and 19 wickets falling on a single day would at least be interesting. It's traditional for the visiting team to collapse in Perth. Australia not so much.
#93
The Diner / Re: The AFL / Aussie Rules Thr...
Last post by Papy Oli - Today at 02:23:08 AM #94
Composer Discussion / Re: The British Composers Thre...
Last post by vandermolen - Today at 02:21:30 AMQuote from: Symphonic Addict on November 20, 2025, 05:58:23 PMVolume 3 of Overtures from the British Isles. Looks pretty enticing. To be released on 26 January:Great image of Whitby Abbey!
Havergal Brian: The Tinker's Wedding
Geoffrey Bush: Yorick
Alan Rawsthorne: Street Corner
Daniel Jones: Comedy Overture
Frank Bridge: Rebus
Robin Orr: The Prospect of Whitby
Richard Arnell: The New Age, Op. 2
Benjamin Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17: Overture
Alan Bush: Resolution, Op. 25
Clifton Parker: The Glass Slipper: Overture
Eric Fenby: Rossini on Ilkla Moor
#95
General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Harry - Today at 02:20:18 AMQuote from: AnotherSpin on Today at 12:55:11 AM-- and anyway, streaming still has thousands of times more music than anyone could ever listen to in a lifetime...
I couldn't find the exact album @Que recommended, but I bookmarked a few others by the same musicians, and I'm listening to one of them right now.
Still I would have liked to see all those CD'S I am missing on Qobuz.
#96
Composer Discussion / Re: EJ Moeran
Last post by vandermolen - Today at 02:18:06 AMQuote from: Symphonic Addict on August 28, 2025, 08:56:15 AMThis could be of interest for many Moeran fans. To be released on 21 November:Snap!
It also includes the Cello Concerto played by Peers Coetmore, Adrian Boult and the BBC SO.
Just ordered it :-)
https://somm-recordings.com/recording/ernest-john-moeran-symphony-in-g-minor-violin-concerto/
#97
General Classical Music Discussion / Re: Purchases Today
Last post by vandermolen - Today at 02:13:36 AMMoeran
#98
General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Harry - Today at 02:11:01 AMThe Celtic Viol-Volume I.
Jordi Savall (Viola da Gamba), Andrew Lawrence-King (Irish Harp & Psaltery)
Recorded in 2008, in the Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes, Catalonia
In eight units Savall performs 29 Melodies and dances, partly alone on a treble viol or Treble viol or fiddle, partly together with Andrew Lawrence-King, who improvises an accompaniment on a harp or psaltery the basis for this are, on the one hand Collections of music from the 17th to 19th centuries, and on the other hand Savall received from the heirs of this still living tradition.
It's a delightful CD, full of catchy melodies, neatly improvised and played. sound is excellent. The only caveat is the humming of Savall, I could have done without. It is beyond me why the SACD track is not used on Qobuz, since it is already available, instead 44.1 kHz-16 bit.
Jordi Savall (Viola da Gamba), Andrew Lawrence-King (Irish Harp & Psaltery)
Recorded in 2008, in the Monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes, Catalonia
In eight units Savall performs 29 Melodies and dances, partly alone on a treble viol or Treble viol or fiddle, partly together with Andrew Lawrence-King, who improvises an accompaniment on a harp or psaltery the basis for this are, on the one hand Collections of music from the 17th to 19th centuries, and on the other hand Savall received from the heirs of this still living tradition.
It's a delightful CD, full of catchy melodies, neatly improvised and played. sound is excellent. The only caveat is the humming of Savall, I could have done without. It is beyond me why the SACD track is not used on Qobuz, since it is already available, instead 44.1 kHz-16 bit.
#99
Composer Discussion / Re: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770...
Last post by Jo498 - Today at 01:55:30 AMFX Richter might have written string quartets in 1757 (they were published only over 10 years later, at about the time of Haydn's op.9), Haydn wrote the divertimenti op.1+2 already around 1760. Boccherini wrote his first 6 op.2 at 18 in 1761, so I don't think one should overstress the particular conditions Haydn worked in, especially because we know very little why Haydn wrote the 18 quartets opp. 9,17,20 when he did. Tomasini was there before and after but there are large temporal and some stylistic gaps to the quartets before and after.
And Haydn was not really "more adventurous" in the string quartets. Cf. symphonies like 49 or 45. Also, the quartets, especially from op.33 onwards were "for sale" to the wide world, so had to appeal rather broadly while the symphonies before ca. #75 (~1780) were mostly for the Esterhazy court and a "failed experiment" would have been forgotten after a few weeks.
FWIW I think Beethoven was similarly "conservative" in op.18 and his first, maybe even the second symphony. In all of these works he clearly seems to have the double goal of a) proving that he could keep up with Mozart and Haydn and b) that he had a voice of his own.
I think he was far more adventurous in his earlyish piano sonatas, trios, maybe even violin sonatas.
And Haydn was not really "more adventurous" in the string quartets. Cf. symphonies like 49 or 45. Also, the quartets, especially from op.33 onwards were "for sale" to the wide world, so had to appeal rather broadly while the symphonies before ca. #75 (~1780) were mostly for the Esterhazy court and a "failed experiment" would have been forgotten after a few weeks.
FWIW I think Beethoven was similarly "conservative" in op.18 and his first, maybe even the second symphony. In all of these works he clearly seems to have the double goal of a) proving that he could keep up with Mozart and Haydn and b) that he had a voice of his own.
I think he was far more adventurous in his earlyish piano sonatas, trios, maybe even violin sonatas.
#100
General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 12:55:11 AMQuote from: Harry on Today at 12:22:08 AMAlas THAT happens quite often.
-- and anyway, streaming still has thousands of times more music than anyone could ever listen to in a lifetime...
I couldn't find the exact album @Que recommended, but I bookmarked a few others by the same musicians, and I'm listening to one of them right now.