What are you listening to now?

[Karl Henning]

Well I disagree with vehemence

Oh, no you don't.  You may dislike his music, but cannot convincingly argue against his genius 

[Mirror Image]

Oh, no you don't.  You may dislike his music, but cannot convincingly argue against his genius 

Yeah, I personally think Schoenberg was a genius as well. It would be harder to prove that he wasn't one.

[Harry]

Oh, no you don't.  You may dislike his music, but cannot convincingly argue against his genius 

Humpffffffff, barely containing myself.......

[jochanaan]

Well I disagree with vehemence

I don't like vehemence either.  Except for musical vehemence!

[Pat B]

Oh, good. One of those arguments again.

Thread duty: Dvorak: Sym. 8 (Czech PO, Belohlavek on Chandos). First listen to this recording. It's been too long since I've listened to the 8th!

[Mirror Image]

Now:





Listening to Chavez's Sinfonia de Antigona. Great stuff.

[Wakefield]

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When I listened to this set for the first time, it let me totally cold, and now I wonder the reason why, being, as it is, a very fine and nuanced interpretation.

[Sadko]

Celebrating the start of my prolongued x-mas vacation with a heavy stomach-ache and running to the rest rooms every other second ... but I was strong enough to: a) get 3 big parcels at the post office, and b) fetch another five smaller ones from the mailbox, which had been pretty full a few days back already ... those folks at evil A and even more so those at presto's are doing a fine job with me, it seems 

No wonder! It is hard to digest all those boxes.

[king ubu]

No wonder! It is hard to digest all those boxes.

now:

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first listen - starts out wonderful!

[Wanderer]

First airing of this piece and performance at casa amw



Figured my first listen to Bruckner 9 should end with something, this seemed like the option with the most favourable Bruckner-to-musicology ratio.

Great choice. After I got this, I decided never to buy another Ninth without the finale.

[Pat B]

Schoenberg: Piano Concerto (Brendel, SWRSO Baden-Baden, Gielen on Vox). It's not really my thing, but I still have no interest arguing over whether he was a genius.

[EigenUser]

Humpffffffff, barely containing myself.......

Time to join the 21st-century... (not that it requires you to give up any or all of the other centuries, of course )

Schoenberg: Piano Concerto (Brendel, SWRSO Baden-Baden, Gielen on Vox). It's not really my thing, but I still have no interest arguing over whether he was a genius.

I don't love the PC, but I've warmed to it.

[prémont]

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When I listened to this set for the first time, it let me totally cold, and now I wonder the reason why, being, as it is, a very fine and nuanced interpretation.

Well, it also left me cold and it still does. Except for Bötticher´s bold solo in the 6th sonata.

[North Star]

Time to join the 21st-century... (not that it requires you to give up any or all of the other centuries, of course )
I don't love the PC, but I've warmed to it.

He wrote Verklärte Nacht in the 19th century, so I think the matter was already settled rather early on in the 20th century. 

[prémont]

New Acquisition, came in today, very excited about it, and the first disc does not disappoint on the contrary, its superb.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2014/12/new-acquisition-french-organ-masters.html?spref=tw

I have also considered this. Who is playing the Premier livre of Du Mage?

[Karl Henning]

Humpffffffff, barely containing myself.......

Cheers, Harry!

[Karl Henning]

Oh, good. One of those arguments again.

Oh, I thought we were all friendly about it.

How do you like the Suite-Septet, Op.29?

[Harry]

I have also considered this. Who is playing the Premier livre of Du Mage?

That would be Frederic Desenclos on the Jean Boizard organ

[Harry]

Cheers, Harry!

Cheers Karl

[North Star]

Happy Friday, folks!

Thread duty

Schnittke
Symphony no. 8 (1994)
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra
Lü Jia

And the quote of the day  (see Poetry thread for the whole thing)

The radio in students' cars,
Muzak at breakfast, or--dear God!--
Girl-organists in bars.