What are you listening to now?

[Pat B]

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from the Vivarte box - great music of course, fine performance, too ... but likely not to become a top favourite in this house, nonetheless

It might be worthwhile to give it another go. The first time or two I heard those pieces, I thought, "this is nice enough." Then, at some point, they became favorites. I guess that happens with me a lot but these really grew on me.

(I first got the La Gaia Scienza set but added the Beths-Bylsma-Immerseel disc later. Now I love both.)

[NikF]

This "ex" wouldn't be trying to pull you back into the nest, would she?

No, it's simply a combo of her wanting to continue educating/enlightening me from afar, along with the fact that she's a truly sweet person. In fact, it's probably the distance that allows us to remain friends at all. Heh.

[Sergeant Rock]

Which is no. 1?

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

In fact, it's probably the distance that allows us to remain friends at all. Heh.

I hear that. My ex is an ocean and a continent away, and it works out really well for our friendship 

Sarge

[kishnevi]

It'll grow on you. Don't worry, there are antifungals for the condition 

Sarge

Basic reaction....like it enough to make this a worthwhile purchase.
But not enough to motivate me to explore Uncle Morty further.

[Ken B]

I hear that. My ex is an ocean and a continent away, and it works out really well for our friendship 

Sarge

I'd be happier if my ex were a little further. Saturn, Jupiter.

[San Antone]

All my Ex-es are in Texas.

 

TD



Concerto for Two Pianos

[André]

Bartok: Hungarian Peasont Songs (for orchestra) and Hungarian Sketches. Roumanian Folk Dances. Transylvanian Dances; Roumanian Dance for orchestr; The Miraculous Mandarin (complete).  Ivan Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra. Philips.

[Daverz]

Working on works mentioned in the American symphonies thread

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Bernstein, Symphony No. 2.  Still very new to me.  This is also in the big Bernstein symphonies box on Sony.

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Rochberg, Symphony No. 2

Amazing vintage stereo.  This is a very aggressive brassy music, but it never turns shrill or hard.  Also available from New world Records as a CDR.

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Harrison, Symphony No. 2

[Ken B]

Pettersson
Symphony 7
CPO recording

[Todd]

Disc 2.  More superb playing from Stella.  Sound improves a bit if I listen louder than normal for organ music. 

[Mirror Image]

Now:



Listening to Credendum. Great stuff.

[Moonfish]

Beethoven: "Eroica"            Philharmonia O/Klemperer      
Live May 29, 1960

Ahh, I forgot how much I enjoy LvB's Third Symphony! Marvelous!

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[Mirror Image]

Working on works mentioned in the American symphonies thread

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Bernstein, Symphony No. 2.  Still very new to me.  This is also in the big Bernstein symphonies box on Sony.

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Rochberg, Symphony No. 2

Amazing vintage stereo.  This is a very aggressive brassy music, but it never turns shrill or hard.  Also available from New world Records as a CDR.

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Harrison, Symphony No. 2

Great! Besides the works mentioned here, what have you listened to so far?

[Moonfish]

200 Ans de musique a Versailles

cd1 from
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[Daverz]

Great! Besides the works mentioned here, what have you listened to so far?

From the thread, Hovhaness Symphony 2, then went off the reservation.

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Guntet schuller, Symphony 1965

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Zwilich, Symphony 3

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Bloch, Symphony in E-flat

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[Mandryka]

This recording is her second Froberger release, made in 2000. The first was made in 1989, using a Ruckers. It's pretty rare, I only discovered it myself a few weeks ago on symphonyshare.

Having said that, she's not a musician I really care for in Froberger. I can think of probably a dozen others I's prefer to hear.

[Mandryka]

Huguette Grémy Chauliac plays Pachelbel's Hexachordum Appollinis. I think she's a very fine musician, with a distinctive dry sound - somehow simultaneously poetic and analytic. She makes it sound like the masterpiece it is.

[Mandryka]

The entire CD.

First listen to anything by Feldman.

Hmmmmmmmmmm..............

Not even Feldman would listen to that much Feldman at once 

[Moonfish]

Philippe le Chancelier: Conductus, Lai, Sequence, Rondellus / 'School of Notre Dame'              Sequentia