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Mirror Image

#38080
January 16, 2015, 06:53:14 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on January 16, 2015, 06:18:16 PM
The Slatkin RVW set is at the top of my listening pile, probably start it this weekend.

I've come to admire Slatkin's conducting and his RVW is quite fine. Hope you enjoy the performances.

listener

#38081
January 16, 2015, 08:11:34 PM
(and watching) on DVD   RIMSKY-KORSAKOV:   SADKO
Kirov Opera and Ballet    Gergiev, cond.
It's unlikely to be presented here in my lifetime, or ever, so seeing the huge sets and hearing the large chorus and with subtitles so I don't have to look at a libretto is most enjoyable.  My first encounter, no LP or CD recording in my collection
"Keep your hand on the throttle and your eye on the rail as you walk through life's pathway."

Ken B

#38082
January 16, 2015, 08:21:04 PM
Beethoven
Piano Trios 1-3
Archibudelli
Vivarte box

Mirror Image

#38083
January 16, 2015, 08:33:26 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on January 16, 2015, 02:01:46 PM...and more Milton Babbitt -- Transfigured Notes. I wonder if Mirror Image would like this...
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I can't I'm very familiar with Babbitt's music other than reading how he's an 'academic composer' or whatever this means. How would you describe this particular work, Transfigured Notes, Nate?

Mirror Image

#38084
January 16, 2015, 08:36:31 PM Last Edit: January 16, 2015, 08:43:14 PM by Mirror Image
Now:



Listening to Symphony No. 3 'The Divine Poem'. Next to the Piano Concerto, this is my favorite Scriabin orchestral work. Outstanding performance from Muti/Philadelphia.

Ken B

#38085
January 16, 2015, 09:06:18 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 16, 2015, 08:33:26 PM
I can't I'm very familiar with Babbitt's music other than reading how he's an 'academic composer' or whatever this means. How would you describe this particular work, Transfigured Notes, Nate?

Who Cares If You Listen to Babbitt? http://www.palestrant.com/babbitt.html

Que

#38086
January 16, 2015, 11:33:23 PM
This landed last night on the doormat,  so why not?  :)

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As the title suggests these are motets for six voices, sung one voice per part. (OVPP)

Q

The new erato

#38087
January 17, 2015, 12:27:26 AM
Quote from: Que on January 16, 2015, 11:33:23 PM
This landed last night on the doormat,  so why not?  :)

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As the title suggests these are motets for six voices, sung one voice per part. (OVPP)

Q
Very fine disc and my introduction to Zarlino, Now playing something very different:

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Recent arrival, and don't believe the absurd amazon price.

Christo

#38088
January 17, 2015, 12:52:34 AM Last Edit: January 17, 2015, 12:56:37 AM by Christo
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 16, 2015, 06:04:53 PM
Now:
Listening to Symphony No. 6. This is fiery, explosive RVW at his best. Great performance from Davis/BBC SO.

Overall, the Davis cycle is the weakest that I know, a real disappointment IMHO. (I also disagree with the 'greatness' of his Sixth, preferring the more 'monumental' approach of Thomson, Berglund, Slatkin a.o. But can of course appreciate that many love its directness and agility.)
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

EigenUser

#38089
January 17, 2015, 01:52:31 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on January 16, 2015, 08:33:26 PM
I can't I'm very familiar with Babbitt's music other than reading how he's an 'academic composer' or whatever this means. How would you describe this particular work, Transfigured Notes, Nate?
It has a very lush string sound (which is indeed similar to Verklarte Nacht). I got sick of it after 20 minutes or so, actually. I think it went on too long. Who knows. It was the first time I heard it.

Some Babbitt leaves me cold (SQs), but the one to hear is All Set for jazz band. I played it four times yesterday! It is based off of set theory (absolutely, 'academic composer'), but you'd hardly know it. As I said in a previous post, it wouldn't sound out of place on a jazz radio station (perhaps late at night, when everyone has already had a few drinks :D).
Beethoven's Op. 133 -- A fugue so bad that even Beethoven himself called it "Grosse".

Que

#38090
January 17, 2015, 02:20:24 AM
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Q

Bogey

#38091
January 17, 2015, 04:33:27 AM


Let's see.  Bruckner, Cleveland, and Dohnanyi.  +3 ;D
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

not edward

#38092
January 17, 2015, 04:43:36 AM
Some selections from:



Perhaps not the most convincing late Liszt I've heard, but worth hearing, and it's not like there's a lot of competition in this repertoire.
"I don't at all mind actively disliking a piece of contemporary music, but in order to feel happy about it I must consciously understand why I dislike it. Otherwise it remains in my mind as unfinished business."
-- Aaron Copland, The Pleasures of Music

Harry

#38093
January 17, 2015, 06:08:26 AM
New Acquisition. Came in today, after 3 weeks delivery time.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/01/new-acquisition-bach-cpe-three-cello.html?spref=tw
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Wakefield

#38094
January 17, 2015, 06:37:13 AM
As always when Florence Malgiore is in charge, these are perfect renditions:

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:)
"Isn't it funny? The truth just sounds different."
- Almost Famous (2000)

Harry

#38095
January 17, 2015, 06:46:22 AM
A bit more of this new acquisition. A bloody marvelous Goldberg!

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/01/new-acquisition-bach-js-goldberg.html?spref=tw
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

HIPster

#38096
January 17, 2015, 06:48:53 AM
Quote from: Gordo on January 17, 2015, 06:37:13 AM
As always when Florence Malgiore is in charge, these are perfect renditions:

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:)
Looks wonderful, Gordo!   :)

Do you have a version of Les Nations you would recommend?  I'm leaning in Savall's direction and will probably go that route, but am open to other versions too.

Thread duty ~
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A wonderful recording! 
Wise words from Que:

Never waste a good reason for a purchase....  ;)

Henk

#38097
January 17, 2015, 06:51:46 AM
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'The 'I' is not prior to the 'we'.' (Jean-Luc Nancy)

'... the cultivation of a longing for the absolute born of a desire for one another as different.' (Luce Irigaray)

Mirror Image

#38098
January 17, 2015, 06:54:55 AM Last Edit: January 17, 2015, 06:57:30 AM by Mirror Image
Quote from: Christo on January 17, 2015, 12:52:34 AM
Overall, the Davis cycle is the weakest that I know, a real disappointment IMHO. (I also disagree with the 'greatness' of his Sixth, preferring the more 'monumental' approach of Thomson, Berglund, Slatkin a.o. But can of course appreciate that many love its directness and agility.)

I agree with you, Johan. I'm not greatly impressed with Davis' cycle either as I always thought he was more of an Elgarian (certainly one of the best). Give me Boult, Thomson, Previn, or Handley in these symphonies or in RVW's music in general.

Wakefield

#38099
January 17, 2015, 07:05:41 AM
Quote from: HIPster on January 17, 2015, 06:48:53 AM
Looks wonderful, Gordo!   :)

Do you have a version of Les Nations you would recommend?  I'm leaning in Savall's direction and will probably go that route, but am open to other versions too.

Thread duty ~
[asin]B00I0VTP48[/asin]
A wonderful recording!

Hi, Dave!

This one (with the old yellow cover) has been my favorite for a long time:

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:)
"Isn't it funny? The truth just sounds different."
- Almost Famous (2000)
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