What are you listening to now?

[listener]

I had hoped to remember to listen to this a couple of days ago to post on page 666
ERNST:  Rondo Papageno, op.20  Adagio sentimentale op.13  Polonaise op.17  Hungarian Airs op.22
WIENIAWSKY: Russian Carnival  op.11 Fantasie orientale, Adagio Elégiaque, op. 5   Grande caprice op. 1
Radu  Sherban Lupu, violin    Peter Pettinger, piano
unrelated to that play: HANDEL: Chaconne in G, Suites in d, e, B^b, G
Trevor Pinnock.. harpsichord  (Ruckers, 1612)

[Papy Oli]

Good evening !

Finished the attempt at Suk's Asrael with Mvts IV and V (enjoyed that last one)  0:)

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now, starting a first listen to a Rachmaninov cycle (Ashkenazy) with The Isle of the Dead Op.29

[North Star]

Good evening !

Finished the attempt at Suk's Asrael with Mvts IV and V (enjoyed that last one)  0:)

Evening, Olivier! I'm glad you did. 

Tested the parents' new speakers with this:

Sibelius
Violin Concerto
Repin & Krivine

[jlaurson]

Big thanks to Ray, The Big Jet from Winnipeg, for this! 

He's a Big Jet? Not a Blue Bomber?

[TheGSMoeller]

He's a Big Jet? Not a Blue Bomber?

I suppose it depends on who is playing better that year. 

[Brahmsian]

He's a Big Jet? Not a Blue Bomber?

Yes, well both.  Particularly a very, very blue indeed, Bomber fan for 23+ years running.  They are 3-13 this year, and that is actually a flattering record.  Pitiful. 

[Sadko]

I had hoped to remember to listen to this a couple of days ago to post on page 666
ERNST:  Rondo Papageno, op.20  Adagio sentimentale op.13  Polonaise op.17  Hungarian Airs op.22
WIENIAWSKY: Russian Carnival  op.11 Fantasie orientale, Adagio Elégiaque, op. 5   Grande caprice op. 1
Radu Lupu, violin    Peter Pettinger, piano
unrelated to that play: HANDEL: Chaconne in G, Suites in d, e, B^b, G
Trevor Pinnock.. harpsichord  (Ruckers, 1612)

Quite unlikely he retrained :-)

[mc ukrneal]

now, starting a first listen to a Rachmaninov cycle (Ashkenazy) with The Isle of the Dead Op.29

That's a really good version. He is masterful at the long-term impact of the piece. The way it ebbs and flows is well done.

[kyjo]

That's a really good version. He is masterful at the long-term impact of the piece. The way it ebbs and flows is well done.

+1

[Mirror Image]

You know one thing I noticed about you, Kyle? You seldom post what you're listening to on this thread. WTF, dude?!?!?

[Brian]

Matan Porat's recital of "Variations on a Theme by Scarlatti", where he's assembled music that sounds kinda sorta related to the Sonata K32 by - well, look at the cover. Everyone from JS Bach and Beethoven to Boulez and Kurtag. Liszt's "Vallee d'Obermann" is dropped in the middle, too. Some of the selections are more on-point than others; I can think of a Chopin mazurka much more closely related than the one he chose. On the other hand, there are uncanny similarities in pieces as disparate as a Couperin keyboard work and a Shostakovich waltz.

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Excellent pianism, which means the recital is a good one even without the "huh? Is this still related to the theme?" And I will say this; there is a MAGICAL transition from a Boulez notation to a Mozart gigue where I didn't know where one started and the other ended. Crazy talk, I know.

[kyjo]

You know one thing I noticed about you, Kyle? You seldom post what you're listening to on this thread. WTF, dude?!?!?

I was just about to

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Just got finished listening to Indra, a fine symphonic poem in the exotic/mystic vein. It is, by some distance, my favorite work featured on this collection of mostly minor Holst (the Walt Whitman Overture and Cotswolds Symphony are pretty run-of-the-mill IMHO), though the Japanese Suite was pretty cool.

[Brian]

Opposite night! After the Ligeti, Kurtag, Boulez, Scriabin, and pianist improvisation which closed out Matan Porat's recital, I'll jump to Biber's Requiem:

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And before bed it'll be a second-ever listen to Nielsen's Third Symphony, to hear that waltz Sarge loves so much.

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My copy is the Great Big Bernstein Symphony Edition.

[Mirror Image]

I was just about to

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Just got finished listening to Indra, a fine symphonic poem in the exotic/mystic vein. It is, by some distance, my favorite work featured on this collection of mostly minor Holst (the Walt Whitman Overture and Cotswolds Symphony are pretty run-of-the-mill IMHO), though the Japanese Suite was pretty cool.

Can't say I'm much of a Holst fan myself. My Dad really enjoys his music however. I would say some favorites besides The Planets are Egdon Heath, Ballet Music from 'The Perfect Fool', and The Golden Goose. Not much else. I prefer more bitter music.

Thread duty:

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Listening to Chamber Symphony No. 2. Cool work and excellent performance.

[Todd]

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Op 7.  Dreadful.  I'll try the rest later.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Probably won't finish the whole ballet tonight, but Kratt is always an enjoyable listen.

[Artem]

[jlaurson]

Yes, well both.  Particularly a very, very blue indeed, Bomber fan for 23+ years running.  They are 3-13 this year, and that is actually a flattering record.  Pitiful. 

I'm a Vikings fan; I feel your pain.

[Mandryka]

Neither noble nor serious, but nevertheless very beguiling.

[Lisztianwagner]

That's a really good version. He is masterful at the long-term impact of the piece. The way it ebbs and flows is well done.

+1

+2