Name that piece! The game

[DavidW]

I was wrong.  I remember it now... Brahms serenade #1.  Is that it?

[Brian]

I was wrong.  I remember it now... Brahms serenade #1.  Is that it?

You had me scared there, Brahms avatar guy! It is indeed the Brahms Serenade No 1 in D.

Wikipedia:

The first serenade was completed in 1857. Originally scored for wind and string octet and then expanded into a longer work for chamber nonet, the serenade was later adapted for orchestra.

The nonet version is available (as reconstructed by some scholar) on this disc:

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I just got it from MusicWeb and realized it would be the perfect stumper.

[DavidW]

You had me scared there, Brahms avatar guy! It is indeed the Brahms Serenade No 1 in D.

Yeah I can't believe I thought Mozart!   Alright it will be a couple of hours before I go home, but I've got a good one in mind...

[Scarpia]

I feel embarrased at not recognizing it, as Brahms is my self-professed favorite composer.  Haven't listened to the serenades in ages.  Will have to rectify that. 

This recording has been languishing on the shelf for too long.

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[DavidW]

I have that recording too Scarpia (recently purchased from BRO), haven't listened to it yet... should try to tonight.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

When I heard it, I detected the influence of two composers - Mozart and Schubert. And I could hear it was later than either. So - early Brahms doesn't come as a surprise!

[Scarpia]

I have that recording too Scarpia (recently purchased from BRO), haven't listened to it yet... should try to tonight.

I also have Boult/LP, which is very fine, and Kertesz/WPO.  Spending too much time listening to weird things to have time for he real good stuff. 

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[karlhenning]

Dude! Sometimes the weird stuff and the real good stuff are one & the same!

[Scarpia]

Dude! Sometimes the weird stuff and the real good stuff are one & the same!

Yes, but not as often as you might think.   

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Yes, but not as often as you might think.   

But neither as seldom. 

[DavidW]

I also have Boult/LP, which is very fine, and Kertesz/WPO.  Spending too much time listening to weird things to have time for he real good stuff. 

Oh yeah Kertesz is great, got it a few years ago based on a forum rec, can't remember who now, maybe you!

[Cato]

Edit2: and for the curious, the "famous quote" about (David Diamond's) music was from Schoenberg, who referred to Diamond as an "American Bruckner", with somewhat ambiguous meaning. I believe it was in reply to Diamond asking him whether he should consider writing pieces in the serialist style, and Schoenberg suggesting that he need not.

Schoenberg was just trying to limit competition!   

And anyway, Karl Henning will become our American Bruckner: future GMG members will marvel at the transformation of the miniaturist and choral master into a creator of soundscapes using a minimum of 27 brass players!    

[DavidW]

I await the day when Karl writes a long opera... so I can accuse him of being Wagnerian!

Here is the mystery clip: mysteryclip.mp3

That should last until Karl posts his.

[Lethevich]

A gorecki SQ, I think no.2.

[DavidW]

Ha!  Wow that was fast!   Yeah you got it, your turn.

[Brian]

I await the day when Karl writes a long opera... so I can accuse him of being Wagnerian!

Here is the mystery clip: mysteryclip.mp3

That should last until Karl posts his.

If you were Gurn, I'd swear that clip was Mozart. 

[Lethevich]

Sorry, I love the piece and was showing off I definitely shouldn't post any more for a while - maybe somebody who hasn't done one yet wants to step in?

[DavidW]

If you were Gurn, I'd swear that clip was Mozart. 

  Yeah if Gurn ever posts again people will throw out the most unlikely candidates just on principle!

[DavidW]

Sorry, I love the piece and was showing off I definitely shouldn't post any more for a while - maybe somebody who hasn't done one yet wants to step in?

Oh no that's cool, I thought it was a good one because... I thought I was the only one that liked it!  It makes me feel good to know that I'm not alone.

I still haven't warmed up to #3 yet...

Anyway we have Karl and our new poster up this evening.  If anyone can't wait, just post something.

[Lethevich]

The silence, it must be broken!

LINK!

I like how much new music I've discovered from this thread.