What are you listening to now?

[Brian]

Thats a great disc, Brian. Accentus is a top-quality group.

What are some of the great non-baroque/classical era choirs? I'm growing to love Accentus' sound, and I already enjoy many releases by the Elora Festival Singers. Have heard great things about the Swedish Radio Choir too.

[TheGSMoeller]

What are some of the great non-baroque/classical era choirs? I'm growing to love Accentus' sound, and I already enjoy many releases by the Elora Festival Singers. Have heard great things about the Swedish Radio Choir too.

Swedish Radio Choir for one, Tenebrae is also quite phenomenal.

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Brigg Fair. Excellent performance despite what sounds to be an intonation in the trumpets towards the beginning, but this little mistake is forgivable and doesn't ruin the whole performance for me.

[Mirror Image]

Listened to some of Janowski's Glagolitic Mass via MOG...



The movement I listened to was the Credo section and it was handled horribly. Orchestra sounded like they weren't even interested. Solo voices weren't melodic and the chorus was quite unenthusiastic. For me, this is the make or break movement of the whole work and Janowski definitely failed here, so, in closing, I became as uninterested as the performers. Tilson Thomas still reigns supreme here. MTT's musical phrasing and the energy he gets from the soloists, chorus, and the orchestra is truly inspiring.

[Florestan]

Inspired by Gurn, I will devote my listening time these days to Sturm und Drang music (non-Haydn).

Starting with this:

Mozart

Symphony no. 25 in G minor KV 183

Christopher Hogwood & The Academy of Ancient Music

To think that this music was composed by a 17-year-old boy... Amazing!

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Harry, just ordered this set, without ever having heard a single note of this composer.  It has intrigued me, and especially since you speak so highly of this set and composer.  Perhaps it was a bit of an impulse purchase, but I have no doubt that I will enjoy the music, somehow (giving my recent avarice for Russian music!) 

It will not disappoint you, but let me add that you need to give your full attention to his works, and take it easy in the tempo of listening. Just be sure you know a work thoroughly, and then proceed to the next one. You can begin with the first disc, it doesn't really matter were you start. His works are highly complicated affairs, and his scores quite dense, but ultimately very rewarding. When this set was released I bought it, (and that was even before MI entered the theater called GMG, just saying John ).

[Florestan]

Now on to:

http://www.youtube.com/v/LqgUSBvTAg4

[Opus106]

Inspired by Gurn, I will devote my listening time these days to Sturm und Drang music (non-Haydn).

Starting with this:

Mozart

Symphony no. 25 in G minor KV 183

Christopher Hogwood & The Academy of Ancient Music

To think that this music was composed by a 17-year-old boy... Amazing!

One of my earliest exposures to western classical tunes, the second theme from the first movement is probably one of the most famous tunes in India, at least to those who have watched TV in the last ~20 years, being the jingle for a watch company's ads. In the time since, it has been morphed to suit the local culture and the changing times (in usually tasteful ways, I'd say).

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Note:

I was talking to a friend of mine, he is a CEO at Universal, classical department, and he told me they fully expect CD'S to be at a end within 5 years. They will totally concentrate on streaming the music. And he mentioned Spotify, and the negotiations going on.......

From this set CD 3.

On authentic instruments.
Duo in C major, opus 11.
Variations de Beethoven in F major, opus 169.
Nocturne in g major, opus 127.
Gran duo in A major, opus 45.

[Opus106]

Note:

I was talking to a friend of mine, he is a CEO at Universal, classical department, and he told me they fully expect CD'S to be at a end within 5 years. They will totally concentrate on streaming the music. And he mentioned Spotify, and the negotiations going on.......

Great way to increase sales at present.

[Florestan]

"In other words, we have heard this all before elsewhere."

That applies even to Bach, Mozart and Beethoven. If strict originality is the criterion, then you can safely write off your list 99.99% of all composers, dead or alive. 

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Great way to increase sales at present.

Yes he told me that overall it went down 25% and increasing to go down, despite Erato's efforts.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

From this well liked set of unknown Mozart works for wind instruments.

CD II

Octet (Divertimento) KV App. 224, C 17.07 and App B to 370.
Theme and Variations. ( KV Deest)
Octet ( Partita) after KV 425.

[mahler10th]

Note:
I was talking to a friend of mine, he is a CEO at Universal, classical department, and he told me they fully expect CD'S to be at a end within 5 years. They will totally concentrate on streaming the music. And he mentioned Spotify, and the negotiations going on.......

Wow.  That is grim.  Music will only be available in a series like this:
01001110101101011100100111101010101111001010110101111111111001110111000011011010101010101
Perhaps I was right after all to digitize my entire collection some years ago now, although there is no satisfaction in it.

Thread Duty:

[Opus106]

Wow.  That is grim.  Music will only be available in a series like this:
01001110101101011100100111101010101111001010110101111111111001110111000011011010101010101

And the ones in your CDs aren't already?

And you seem to assuming that there will be no live performances in 5 years' time.

[Fafner]

Good morning!

After reading the last couple of pages in the February challenge thread:

MOZART: Gran Partita / Divertimento, K. 205
Capella Istropolitana, German Wind Soloists

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[Florestan]

More Sturm und Drang

http://www.youtube.com/v/dsNmBGlpEoQ

[Florestan]

Dear Scots John,

As of late you have been changing your signature more often than John (Mirror Image) has been changing his favorite composer.

Kind regards,
Florestan.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Dear Scots John,

As of late you have been changing your signature more often than John (Mirror Image) has been changing his favorite composer.

Kind regards,
Florestan.

But he is right about John Cage though.

[mahler10th]

And the ones in your CDs aren't already?

Yes, well, eh...yes, I forgot about that.     But the hard copy CD will be absent, and we will only have these digital signatures to play.   

Thread Duty:

LISZT - TONE POEMS
HAITINK - LPO

Dear Scots John,
As of late you have been changing your signature more often than John (Mirror Image) has been changing his favorite composer.
Kind regards,
Florestan.

Yes.  I grew tired of changing my alleged 'features' from time to time, so I started a different carry on by writing letters to composers.  Some nice ones will feature though, not all as bad as John Cage.