What are you listening to now?

[Biffo]

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - John Eliot Gardiner conducting the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir - fine performance.

[ritter]

Sort of contemporary with the Koechlin I was listening to earlier (but I find the music of these two composers—Debussy and Hahn—, different as they are from each other, much more appealing than Koechlin's ):

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[steve ridgway]

CD 4, Piano Sonata No. 2 "Concord, Mass., 1840-60" by Charles Ives. Strangely enjoyable and held my interest all the way through. I see from Wikipedia that the characters mentioned all lived in Concord during this period and were part of the "Transcendentalist Movement".

"Transcendentalism emphasizes subjective intuition over objective empiricism. Adherents believe that individuals are capable of generating completely original insights with little attention and deference to past masters".

That explains it then .

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AKA

[Karl Henning]

CD 4, Piano Sonata No. 2 "Concord, Mass., 1840-60" by Charles Ives. Strangely enjoyable and held my interest all the way through.

Great piece.

I see from Wikipedia that the characters mentioned all lived in Concord during this period and were part of the "Transcendentalist Movement".

"Transcendentalism emphasizes subjective intuition over objective empiricism. Adherents believe that individuals are capable of generating completely original insights with little attention and deference to past masters".

I came up with that insight just this Tuesday past!

[Traverso]

His Beethoven recordings are without doubt the most important part of his legacy. Other than that his discography comprises a little Mozart, Brahms, Chopin and a few works by others.

Of course the lovely Mozart concerto No.27 with Karl Böhm.

[steve ridgway]

I came up with that insight just this Tuesday past!

Oh, well at least I'm capable of generating completely unoriginal insights with little attention and deference to past masters .

[vandermolen]

Jumpin' on this Franco-Persian bandwagon (but still firmly in 20th century French territory):

Kathryn Stott plays Charles Koechlin's Les heures persanes, op. 65

Fabulous CD and cover art.

[North Star]

Mompou
Songs
Marta Mathéu
Jordi Masó
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[Karl Henning]

Oh, well at least I'm capable of generating completely unoriginal insights with little attention and deference to past masters .

Cheers!  Thanks for playing 

[Ghost of Baron Scarpia]

I've gotten past Op 18! Hurray!

Op 59, No 1.



Now this is the Beethoven I recognize, particularly the first movement. Starts with a theme which leaves you scratching your head, "is this really a melody?" Then the mind warping thematic transformations start. The slow movement is another work of sheer magnificence. Performance is convincing. Audio is good, if a little too intimate (would prefer a slightly more distance perspective).

[Ghost of Baron Scarpia]

"Transcendentalism emphasizes subjective intuition over objective empiricism. Adherents believe that individuals are capable of generating completely original insights with little attention and deference to past masters".

Donald Trump is an adherent to Transcendentalism, then?

Fancy word for it.

[Karl Henning]

Thread Duty:

http://www.youtube.com/v/e92zMFbDSQ4

[71 dB]

Now that I have listened to this 3 times:

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Finzi's Dies Natalis is the best thing here (I have Naxos too of it but I'm bad at comparing performance quality). Easter of Five Mystical Songs by RVW sounds Elgarian and is my favorite too on this disc. Holst's work are "distant" and quiet. Needs volume turned up, but the limitations of 1963 recording are evident. Noise and distortion.

[Mandryka]

Starting what I hope will be a long term project, with a more thorough exploration of Eton Choirbook music. I do like these Darlington recordings, the textures are always changing, he takes his time, the boys are probably overstretched but I don't know enough about the art of singing to really notice much, a case where ignorance is a blessing possibly. The thing is, the music is drop dead gorgeous.

[Traverso]

Starting what I hope will be a long term project, with a more thorough exploration of Eton Choirbook music. I do like these Darlington recordings, the textures are always changing, he takes his time, the boys are probably overstretched but I don't know enough about the art of singing to really notice much, a case where ignorance is a blessing possibly. The thing is, the music is drop dead gorgeous.

Congratulations,Im still waiting.

[amw]

I would prefer Backhaus rather than these anytime.

I can see why people thought that—e.g. his Beethoven is (iirc) significantly slower than any of theirs, which in the 1930s would probably have been considered a failing given many of the best-regarded performers (Fischer & Schnabel in sonatas and concertos, Toscanini & Weingartner in symphonies, etc). Whereas today the predominant taste is for slow and stately Beethoven, thus Backhaus is getting his overdue recognition. And so on with other composers whom he didn't perform according to contemporary taste.

[Que]

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[aligreto]

Mozart: Die Zauberflote, Act I [Gardiner]

[aligreto]

So the left-handedness shows symbolically that these angels have become corrupted by playing evil music and are about to be cast down from Heaven?

[aligreto]

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - John Eliot Gardiner conducting the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir - fine performance.

It certainly is IMO.