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#6300
June 17, 2013, 11:39:14 AM Last Edit: June 17, 2013, 01:46:17 PM by listener
Beecham conducting the Royal Philharmonic in French "lollipops"..
BERLIOZ, GOUNOD, SAINT-SAËNS, DEBUSSY, also TCHAIKOWSKY and MOZART
and since I can't put my hand on the disc with his Birthday Greeting, STRAVINSKY: Jeu de Cartes and The Firebird
London Symphony Orch.    Claudio Abbado, cond.
has the suite only for The Firebird -  not indicated on the cover or the notes on the back of the jacket
and the 2-cd set of the piano music also including the Capriccio, Mouvements, and Piano Concerto
Michel Béroff, piano      Orchestre de Paris     Seiji Ozawa, cond.
"Keep your hand on the throttle and your eye on the rail as you walk through life's pathway."

Karl Henning

#6301
June 17, 2013, 11:54:45 AM
Maiden-Listen Mondays!

Walton
Coronation Te Deum (1952)
Winchester Cathedral Choir, & al.
David Hill, conducting

(Written for Elizabeth II's coronation, no surprise.)

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Brian

#6303
June 17, 2013, 01:33:56 PM
This...

[asin]B00CE28SR4[/asin]

...is my new first-choice Rodeo. Note, however, that the cover - and back cover - and booklet - are all somehow mistaken about the contents. This isn't the famous "Four Dance Episodes" suite usually heard, but the full ballet, with an extra movement (Ranch House Party), a new introduction to the Nocturne, and a few superfluous extra passages in the Hoe Down.

I used my MusicWeb Twitter powers to point out Naxos' mistake, and they responded by splitting the digital download/streaming version into 5 tracks instead of 4, and also changed the cover art, including a new picture for some reason:



So three public service announcements:
1. If you see these two cover images, they're the same CD.
2. This IS a complete, uncut Rodeo performance.
3. It is OUTSTANDING. Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony are fully on-point, the solo work's terrific, there are a lot of touches that make me smile (like the way the cellos really dig into the Hoe Down, or a great trombone solo in Buckaroo Holiday, or the joyous saloon piano in Ranch House Party), and the recorded sound is excellent. I would definitely consider this (after three listens) my favorite Rodeo.

HIPster

#6304
June 17, 2013, 02:40:23 PM
Just arrived, via i-deals and the Amazon MP:

[asin]B001KPKPF4[/asin]

Part way through the first CD and this already vaults to the top o' the pile in terms of Op. 6 recordings.  Handel in all his glory on display here. . .

William Christie's 1 CD, partial recording is quite beautiful and a worthwhile purchase for those looking for a single disc Op. 6 sampler, but this complete set by Il Giardino Armonico is really wonderful.

This will be the perfect soundtrack for some hockey viewing tonight.
Wise words from Que:

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

Lisztianwagner

#6305
June 17, 2013, 02:50:58 PM
William Schuman
Symphony No.7

http://www.youtube.com/v/mYm3blG70iM
"You cannot expect the Form before the Idea, for they will come into being together." - Arnold Schönberg

North Star

#6306
June 17, 2013, 03:03:58 PM Last Edit: June 18, 2013, 04:47:00 AM by North Star
First listens
Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1
Roberto Munczuk, The Cellists of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra & Antônio Meneses (clo)

Silvestrov
Symphony No. 5
Saraste & Lahti SO

Silent Songs
Martinov & Lubimov
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

My photographs on Flickr

HIPster

#6307
June 17, 2013, 03:08:05 PM
Quote from: North Star on June 17, 2013, 03:03:58 PM
First listens
Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1
Roberto Munczuk, The Cellists of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra & Antônio Meneses (clo)

Silvestrov
Symphony No. 5
Saraste & Lahti SO

Silent Songs
Martinov & Lubimov

Enjoy, North Star!

I'd love to read your thoughts on the Silvestrov when you get the chance.

Thank you!
Wise words from Que:

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

North Star

#6308
June 17, 2013, 03:45:04 PM
Quote from: HIPster on June 17, 2013, 08:02:59 AM
North Star - very nice selection you are listening to there.
Thanks, yes indeed.

Quote from: HIPster on June 17, 2013, 03:08:05 PM
Enjoy, North Star!

I'd love to read your thoughts on the Silvestrov when you get the chance.

Thank you!
Both works are very beautiful and calm, but with plenty of dissonances. I liked the orchestration, reminded me a bit of Martinu. Very enjoyable indeed. Listening and writing at this time of night, I can't really say anything more useful.
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

My photographs on Flickr

HIPster

#6309
June 17, 2013, 03:59:19 PM
Quote from: North Star on June 17, 2013, 03:45:04 PM
Both works are very beautiful and calm, but with plenty of dissonances. I liked the orchestration, reminded me a bit of Martinu. Very enjoyable indeed. Listening and writing at this time of night, I can't really say anything more useful.

Thanks so much - appreciate your thoughts!

Thread duty ~

Some Gesualdo:
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Back to Mr. Handel's Op. 6 Concertos in a bit. . .
Wise words from Que:

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

CaughtintheGaze

#6310
June 17, 2013, 04:40:29 PM
Michael Finnissy's massive History of Photography in Sound:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvBEB5ycE70

Dancing Divertimentian

#6311
June 17, 2013, 05:01:18 PM


Veit Bach-a baker who found his greatest pleasure in a little cittern which he took with him even into the mill and played while the grinding was going on. In this way he had a chance to have the rhythm drilled into him. And this was the beginning of a musical inclination in his descendants. JS Bach

Pat B

#6312
June 17, 2013, 05:34:59 PM
Quote from: Fafner on June 17, 2013, 05:08:09 AM
Vítězslav Novák - Eternal Longing, In the Tatras, Moravian-Slovak Suite
Czech Philharmonic, Karel Šejna

How is that? I have a recording of the Slovak suite (Bělohlávek) but not the other two pieces.

ETA thread duty:
[asin]B00004TQQW[/asin]

Sean

#6313
June 18, 2013, 04:26:57 AM
Silvestrov's Fifth is a fantastic piece in a unique idiom, a remarkable composer.


Quote from: North Star on June 17, 2013, 03:03:58 PM
First listens
Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1
Roberto Munczuk, The Cellists of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra & Antônio Meneses (clo)

Silvestrov
Symphony No. 5
Saraste & Lahti SO

Silent Songs
Martinov & Lubimov

Sean

#6314
June 18, 2013, 04:30:18 AM Last Edit: June 18, 2013, 04:32:37 AM by Sean


Bach Mass, Giulini, Baker, Pears, Shirley-Quirk, Amis, Philharmonia.

Giulini is a calculating but sincere, committed and totally likeable figure, this recording from 1972.

Karl Henning

#6316
June 18, 2013, 06:07:55 AM
Villa-Lobos
String Quartet № 14, A.519 (1953)
Cuarteto Latinoamericano

[asin]B0027ZD0NK[/asin]
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Sergeant Rock

#6317
June 18, 2013, 06:41:08 AM
Bach Brandenburg Concertos, 4, 5 and 6, Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music




Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

HIPster

#6318
June 18, 2013, 08:06:12 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 18, 2013, 06:41:08 AM
Bach Brandenburg Concertos, 4, 5 and 6, Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music




Sarge

+1  :)

3, 4 and 6 are the highlights of this set imo. . . 

Oh yeah and the liner notes are really excellent too.  I always like Egarr's liner notes.
Wise words from Que:

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

listener

#6319
June 18, 2013, 08:09:05 AM
staying with my project for the week
BEETHOVEN  "Diabelli" Variations – the big item in the Vox Box of misc piano pieces
Alfred Brendel
HANDEL:  Organ Concertos op. 4 nos.3,5,6 (harp version),  concerto in F o.op.
Edward Müller, organ  Hans J. Zingel, harp   Schola Cantorum Basiliensis,   August Wenzinger, cond.
and something else
STILL: Afro-American Symphony, Two Arias from Highway 1,U.S.A.
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Danse Nègre, Onaway, Awake, Beloved from Hiawatha's Wedding Feast
London Symphony Orch.,  Paul Freeman, cond.
"Keep your hand on the throttle and your eye on the rail as you walk through life's pathway."
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