What are you listening to now?

[Karl Henning]

Copland
Appalachian Spring [chamber version (original?)]
Members of the SFSO
MTT

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[Que]

Not more peculiar than someone whose French Suites references are Baumont and Van Asperen finding raving "reviews" peculiar. You need to listen to more French Suites. I'd suggest you get Moroney and Leonhardt. There are too many reviews and so-called reviewers around.

The qualification "peculiar" was primarily referring to the amount of reviews - it seemed a lot of reviews for a relatively unkown Bach recording.

That aside: please remain civil.

Q

[Wakefield]

Not more peculiar than someone whose French Suites references are Baumont and Van Asperen finding raving "reviews" peculiar. You need to listen to more French Suites. I'd suggest you get Moroney and Leonhardt. There are too many reviews and so-called reviewers around.

I have the perfect name for your own future thread, Annie: Magister dixit. It would be great! 

[milk]

Cras's piano quintet knocks my socks off.

[Que]

You, of all the posters here, are the last one to tell me to be civil, dear. Do NOT ever judge my responses' civility dear...you are not made for that. 

When I'm on the receiving end, I reserve my own judgement. Thank you very much. I guess we're done talking now.

Q

[Drasko]

With all this talk around one can't resist

[Karl Henning]

Copland
Appalachian Spring [chamber version (original?)]
Members of the SFSO
MTT

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What a marvelous piece. I mean, I've just listened to three different recordings of it this morning, haven't I?

[Karl Henning]

First-Listen Fridays!

Copland
Preamble for a Solemn Occasion (1949)
LSO
Lenny

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[Mirror Image]

Amidst the Copland frenzy:

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Listening to Dance Panels. Love this work. Great performance, too. Looking forward to hearing Slatkin's performance.

[AnthonyAthletic]

First-Listen Fridays!

Copland
Preamble for a Solemn Occasion (1949)
LSO
Lenny

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Karl, Is this your 'Merican only Friday 

Or have you perhaps given a non 'Merican a spin today?

So far today, its been all Czech for me...with Suk to follow in an hours time!!

[springrite]

Amidst the Copland frenzy:

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Listening to Dance Panels. Love this work. Great performance, too. Looking forward to hearing Slatkin's performance.

Same here. What are the chances?

[Mandryka]

Unfortunately I do not know this recording, which is hard and expensive to get hold of in my country.
But tough, angular, even manic and nervous urgency are not words I associate with the French suites.

Well it's not easy to dance about architecture, so maybe you're impression won't be the same. Maybe my impression won't be the same next time! Maybe I didn't chose the right words.  You should hear it. I've got it through spotify. I notice it's available pretty cheaply in a lossless format here (though maybe not in Denmark):

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/brookshire

His AoF is well worth hearing to -- initially I didn't like his French suites at all, but I enjoyed the AoF right from the start.

He got involved in a discussion on the Bach cantatas website about his French Suites

http://www.bach-cantatas.com/NonVocal/Klavier-French-Brookshire-Brad.htm

He says there "Ideally, a good Bach performer should project both order and spontaneity; but it is hard to achieve this combination." I think he succeeds in BWV 815 -- as you probably know I'm interested most in performances where the order seems very close to failing, but doesn't. I'm not so sure that he's quite that. But anyway I like his way about thinking about Bach performance there.

I also see he mentions that D'Anglebert was an influence on JSB. I didn't know that

[Mandryka]

Try this on Spotify: gilbert suites francaises

Thanks but that didn't work for me. Someone has kindly uploaded the recording on symphonyshare so I can hear it now.

[AnthonyAthletic]

Same here. What are the chances?

Ah...but are you all enjoying them?

Another cd to add to the list...I have a bit of Copland but non of the mentioned on this cd...sadly

[Karl Henning]

Karl, Is this your 'Merican only Friday 

It's just happened, Tony, this Hey, it's a while since I've listened to Copland! feeling . . . .

I'll join Paul . . .

Copland
Dance Panels (1959 rev. 1962)
LSO
The composer conducting

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[Mirror Image]

Same here. What are the chances?

It's a great work. Quite underrated I think, especially compared with his populist ballets Appalachian Spring and Billy the Kid.

[SonicMan46]

Beethoven - Late String Quartets w/ the Cypress SQ (3-disc set) - yesterday, the early & middle SQs w/ the Alexanders; today the late works w/ the group pictured below - my purchase (late last year or early this year) was based on a strong recommendation by Jerry Dubins (Fanfare, Sept 2012) w/ the ending quoted below (fuller review HERE) - Dave

I would now pick the Cypress String Quartet over the Cleveland, Emerson, Artemis, Endellion, and Takács quartets and the Tokyo Quartet's recent remake. It will now be a shame, and a major disappointment, if the Cypress String Quartet does not complete its Beethoven cycle with the early and middle quartets. This is potential Want List material and urgently recommended.

[jlaurson]

C. Nielsen, C. Reinecke, F. Poulenc,
C.T. Griffes, C. Cheminade, P. Tchaik.
"Great Works for Flute"
Sharon Bezaly
Residentie Orkest den Haag / Papa Järvi
BIS SACD
German link - UK link


Now this:


A. Bruckner
Sacred Choral Works
Eugen Jochum / BRSO & Chorus, BPh, Deutsche Oper Chorus
DG
German link - UK link

[Brahmsian]

Let it be known that September 27th is somehow officially 'Copland Day'

Copland

Appalachian Spring
Lincoln Portrait (Gregory Peck, speaker)

Mehta
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

London

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[The new erato]

Some wonderfully beautiful music for various combinations of wind instruments (occasionally with piano or strings). Beautifully recorded. The saxophone in track 6 Legende is to die for....!

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