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EigenUser

#47840
June 24, 2015, 10:14:15 AM
Line-up for today:
Boulez (again!) Sur Incises. Fortunately, I can stop whenever I want to.
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Currently, Penderecki's Symphony No. 3. Haven't heard it in years. Love it.
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Maybe I'll try some Scriabin next (I've been meaning to -- thanks to Bruce for reminding me!)...
Beethoven's Op. 133 -- A fugue so bad that even Beethoven himself called it "Grosse".

North Star

#47841
June 24, 2015, 10:26:15 AM
Ives
Three Places in New England
San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas
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"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

My photographs on Flickr

Brian

#47842
June 24, 2015, 10:49:42 AM
SNAP POLL!!! Please vote!

Brahms Double Concerto

Oistrakh & Fournier (with Philharmonia/Galliera)
or
Oistrakh & Rostropovich (with Cleveland/Szell)
or
Francescatti & Fournier (with Columbia/Walter)

?

Karl Henning

#47843
June 24, 2015, 10:51:26 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 24, 2015, 10:49:42 AM
SNAP POLL!!! Please vote!

Brahms Double Concerto

Oistrakh & Rostropovich (with Cleveland/Szell)
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

San Antone

#47844
June 24, 2015, 10:53:24 AM


Prometheus

Florestan

#47845
June 24, 2015, 10:53:55 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 24, 2015, 10:49:42 AM
SNAP POLL!!! Please vote!

Brahms Double Concerto

Oistrakh & Fournier (with Philharmonia/Galliera)
or
Oistrakh & Rostropovich (with Cleveland/Szell)
or
Francescatti & Fournier (with Columbia/Walter)

?

Competitions are for horses, not for artists. - Bela Bartok  ;D ;D ;D
"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part." - Claude Debussy

Brian

#47846
June 24, 2015, 11:01:39 AM
Quote from: Florestan on June 24, 2015, 10:53:55 AM
Competitions are for horses, not for artists. - Bela Bartok  ;D ;D ;D
I'm trying to decide what to listen to.  :P

Sergeant Rock

#47847
June 24, 2015, 12:14:16 PM
Quote from: Brian on June 24, 2015, 10:49:42 AM
SNAP POLL!!! Please vote!

Brahms Double Concerto

Oistrakh & Fournier (with Philharmonia/Galliera)
or
Oistrakh & Rostropovich (with Cleveland/Szell)
or
Francescatti & Fournier (with Columbia/Walter)

?

I'm probably too late, but Szell, of course  8)  (Even though I know you aren't thrilled with his Brahms 4.)

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"

Sergeant Rock

#47848
June 24, 2015, 12:16:56 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 24, 2015, 08:52:01 AM
Which symphonies would you consider the highlights of this set, Sarge?  (You may take this here, if you think better.)

Good question, and one I can't answer right now. I think I've only listened to the cycle once before and have very little memory beyond the fact it's sonically a wonderland. The recent explosion in interest (in the Shosty thread) has me listening once again.

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"

San Antone

#47849
June 24, 2015, 12:22:20 PM


Héroïde Funèbre, Symphonic Poem No.8, S.102
Bernard Haitink, London Philharmonic Orchestra

Brian

#47850
June 24, 2015, 12:35:02 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on June 24, 2015, 10:51:26 AM

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on June 24, 2015, 12:14:16 PM
I'm probably too late, but Szell, of course  8)  (Even though I know you aren't thrilled with his Brahms 4.)

Sarge
Thus it is written! I listened to Szell and it is good.

It must be years since I heard his Brahms 4, if I don't remember that particular disappointment. Maybe time to try again.

Que

#47851
June 24, 2015, 12:37:55 PM
Quote from: Brian on June 24, 2015, 10:49:42 AM
SNAP POLL!!! Please vote!

Brahms Double Concerto

Oistrakh & Fournier (with Philharmonia/Galliera)
or
Oistrakh & Rostropovich (with Cleveland/Szell)
or
Francescatti & Fournier (with Columbia/Walter)

?

Schneiderhan / Starker / Fricsay

Q

Moonfish

#47852
June 24, 2015, 12:55:54 PM
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust                      Graham/Moser/van Dam/Orchestre et Chœur de l'Opéra de Lyon/Nagano

As an auditory atmosphere while reading Berlioz's memoirs...   :)

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Anna Lappé

Ken B

#47853
June 24, 2015, 01:26:20 PM
Quote from: Brian on June 24, 2015, 12:35:02 PM
Thus it is written! I listened to Szell and it is good.

It must be years since I heard his Brahms 4, if I don't remember that particular disappointment. Maybe time to try again.

The logic here is interesting. You don't remember a disappointment, so seek to repeat it. If it turns out to be good instead, will you be disappointed?

aligreto

#47854
June 24, 2015, 01:32:22 PM
I have now worked my way through this set....





I really enjoyed the set. I thought that the performances were taut and meaty without being too assertive and I particularly liked the brass in these performances.

San Antone

#47855
June 24, 2015, 02:54:15 PM
Morton Feldman : I Met Heine on The Rue Fürstenberg

Moonfish

#47856
June 24, 2015, 03:19:59 PM
Today is French Music Day!  0:)

Debussy:
Printemps
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune           Pepin
Nocturnes
La mer
Rapsodie pour clarinette et orchestre       Gugholz

L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Ansermet

"Every time you spend money you are casting a vote for the kind of world you want...."
Anna Lappé

EigenUser

#47857
June 24, 2015, 03:26:29 PM
Quote from: Moonfish on June 24, 2015, 03:19:59 PM
Today is French Music Day!  0:)

Debussy:
Printemps
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune           Pepin
Nocturnes
La mer
Rapsodie pour clarinette et orchestre       Gugholz

L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Ansermet



Messiaen:
Des Canyons aux Etoiles
Turangalila-Symphonie
Oiseaux Exotiques
Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum

Dutilleux:
Timbres, Espaces, Mouvements

Ravel:
La Valse
Left-hand Piano Concerto
L'enfent et les Sortileges
Introduction and Allegro

Boulez >:D >:D >:D:
Sur Incises
Notations for orchestra
Derive I

Great start. I made some additions!

(I do need to hear that Debussy clarinet rhapsody, BTW)
Beethoven's Op. 133 -- A fugue so bad that even Beethoven himself called it "Grosse".

Moonfish

#47858
June 24, 2015, 03:56:49 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on June 24, 2015, 03:26:29 PM
Great start. I made some additions!

(I do need to hear that Debussy clarinet rhapsody, BTW)

:) :D ;D :P

I will save the Boulez pieces in case I need to bring back somebody from the dead...   >:D
"Every time you spend money you are casting a vote for the kind of world you want...."
Anna Lappé

Moonfish

#47859
June 24, 2015, 04:37:52 PM
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique         London SO/Boulez

A revisit to one of my favorites to increase my Berlioz dosage! Boulez's performance definitely puts this recording at the top of the game. Warm, vivid and electrical soundscapes! Yay!

"Every time you spend money you are casting a vote for the kind of world you want...."
Anna Lappé
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