What are you listening to now?

[SurprisedByBeauty]

#morninglistening to #CharlesIves #symphonies on @sony_classical w/@rcoamsterdam & @mtilsonthomas

: http://a-fwd.to/4OUvZkv


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#morninglistening to #Bach #cantatas for #Ascension: #BWV11, 37, 43 & 128

: https://a-fwd.to/6YzAZ3H

w/@mco_london & #JohnEliotGardiner

#bachpilgrimage

[Judith]

Today

Spohr
Symphonies 3 and 6
Alfred Walter
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

Not familiar with this composer but found him very easy on ear.

Schumann Symphony no 2
ASMF
Sir Neville Marriner

Liszt Piano Concerto no 1
Stephen Hough
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Andrew Litton

Lovely performance

[San Antone]

Lute music by John Johnson and Anthony Holborne
Yavor Genov, lute



New recording from Brilliant.  About what you'd expect; decent acoustic, nice instrument.

[Madiel]

Reminds me of the ad Amazon was running about Alexa supposedly loosing her voice.

Disheveled looking, millennial type young man in his messy apartment ask Alexa,

"Can you find a recipe for a grilled cheese sandwich?"

Celebrity chef answers for Alexa

"God, you're a grown man and can't make a grilled cheese sandwich? Really? The recipe is in the name!"

Sigh. Given that I explicitly recognised what the word "Memorial" meant, this is nonsense. The word does not tell you WHAT is being memorialised, which is what I asked.

If it was called something like Veterans' Memorial Day, you would have a point. But as it's simply called Memorial Day, you don't.  Instead, what you are saying is effectively "how could you not know that a Grilled Sandwich was cheese?"

Perhaps you just don't think there is anyone else in the world worth a memorial.

[Madiel]

Meaningful thread duty.

Schumann, Phantasiestücke for piano trio, op.88

[asin]B004N96HXI[/asin]

[San Antone]

What's Memorial Day for, anyway? What are you remembering?

Far too many websites and apps I deal with seem to assume the entire internet is American. I know when you're having a holiday because so many things reference it. I've just got no idea what the holiday is for.

In less time it took for you to type this post you could have Googled it.

TD



CD5

[Madiel]

In less time it took for you to type this post you could have Googled it.

No kidding. I chose not to be efficient. I chose to seek an explanation from real-live people. One of whom was gracious enough to answer the question.

[André]

Sigh. Given that I explicitly recognised what the word "Memorial" meant, this is nonsense. The word does not tell you WHAT is being memorialised, which is what I asked.

If it was called something like Veterans' Memorial Day, you would have a point. But as it's simply called Memorial Day, you don't.  Instead, what you are saying is effectively "how could you not know that a Grilled Sandwich was cheese?"

Perhaps you just don't think there is anyone else in the world worth a memorial.

Take heart. I live in North America and have no clue what it is that Americans are memorializing on Memorial Day 

[TheGSMoeller]

A beautiful morning, accompanied by beautiful music. Schubert's Little C major Symphony from Harnoncourt and the Berliners....

[Karl Henning]

No kidding. I chose not to be efficient. I chose to seek an explanation from real-live people.

One of the reasons we visit in here, I think.

[Karl Henning]

A beautiful morning, accompanied by beautiful music. Schubert's Little C major Symphony from Harnoncourt and the Berliners....

Cheers, Greg!  (And YHM)

[North Star]

G'day, Karl!

Thread-duty - first listen
Saint-Saëns
Cello Concerto no. 1 in a minor, Op. 33
Lynn Harrell
Cleveland Orchestra
Marriner
[asin]B0001Y4JGQ[/asin]

[Mirror Image]

Drawing to a close...

Nielsen
Symphony No. 4, "The Inextinguishable", Op. 29, FS 76
Gilbert
New York Philharmonic

[North Star]

Nielsen
String Quartet in F major, Op. 44 (1906)
The Danish String Quartet
[asin]B007N0SVDS[/asin]

[Karl Henning]

G'day, Karl!

Thread-duty - first listen
Saint-Saëns
Cello Concerto no. 1 in a minor, Op. 33
Lynn Harrell
Cleveland Orchestra
Marriner
[asin]B0001Y4JGQ[/asin]

Nielsen
String Quartet in F major, Op. 44 (1906)
The Danish String Quartet
[asin]B007N0SVDS[/asin]

Cheers, Karlo!  The Saint-Saëns (you now know) is an especial delight.

[Karl Henning]

Thread Duty:

Dallapiccola
Tartiniana (1951)
Jas Ehnes, vn
BBC Symphony
Noseda

[Traverso]

Unanswered Questions

Astonishing play

Minas Borboudakis: "diffracted thoughts";captivating piece

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t3wUDe8aOw

[Karl Henning]

de Falla
Harpsichord Concerto (c. 1923-26)
Igor Kipnis
Members of the NY Phil
M. Boulez presiding

[Zeus]

Ukraine - Journey to Freedom
Solomiya Ivakhiv and Angelina Gadeliya

[asin] B01A9YQ33Y[/asin]
I'm digging the next-to-last track: Angel's Touch by Yevhen Stankovych.

[Mirror Image]

Ukraine - Journey to Freedom
Solomiya Ivakhiv and Angelina Gadeliya

[asin] B01A9YQ33Y[/asin]
I'm digging the next-to-last track: Angel's Touch by Yevhen Stankovych.

You change usernames as fast as I change avatars.