What are you listening to now?

[Madiel]

Finally listening to the last sonata in this box.

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The set was just as good as people on the forum said it was, so, to those who recommended it: thank you!

[Karl Henning]

Try backing away from the screen.

Ah, thanks.

[Florestan]

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

First listen from a composer who claimed to have been born on a graveyard : "My music is terribly melancholy--wildly melancholy."

[The new erato]

First listen from a composer who claimed to have been born on a graveyard : "My music is terribly melancholy--wildly melancholy."

His home is quite close to where I live (approx 5 miles). A large property:




He became quite old, and I used to see him at concerts with the Bergen Philharmonic.

Some quite odd composer dudes living nearby, here is Ole Bulls villa (reflecting his travels in Russia):



and of course Grieg's home Troldhaugen which is a short walk away:



A couple of hours car ride away (on twisty roads that's not as far as it sounds) I have Geirr Tveitt's and Fartein Valen's homes.

Here's Geirr Tveitt's house in Hardanger before the tragic fire that destroyed a significant amount of his scores:



Fartein Valen's home in Valevåg:

[Florestan]

His home is quite close to where I live (approx 5 miles). A large property:

If I lived there my music would be not wildly melancholy but utterly depressed and depressing. 

Kitschy and bombastic. Never heard his music but that gives me an idea about it.

and of course Grieg's home Troldhaugen which is a short walk away:

Now that´s great! Matches perfectly his music and his idea about warm dwellings where people feel at home.   

[ZauberdrachenNr.7]

His home is quite close to where I live (approx 5 miles).

A couple of hours car ride away (on twisty roads that's not as far as it sounds) I have Geirr Tveitt's and Fartein Valen's homes.

Thank you so much - those pictures are (almost) as wonderful as being there.  I have but one Geirr Tveitt recording, below :

[The new erato]

If I lived there my music would be not wildly melancholy but utterly depressed and depressing. 

There are less gloomy views:

[The new erato]

Kitschy and bombastic. Never heard his music but that gives me an idea about it.

Ole Bull (born near Bergen) was a rock star of nearly Lisztian proportions, travelled the world, seduced women by the score (no girl problems there) and when he finally settled, he built that house, filled with paraphernalia from all over the world. Open to visitors (single house on a quite large island, there's a boat connection) and well worth it, used for chamber concerts during the Bergen Festival.

[Florestan]

Ole Bull (born near Bergen) was a rock star of nearly Lisztian proportions, travelled the world, seduced women by the score (no girl problems there) and when he finally settled, he built that house, filled with paraphernalia from all over the world. Open to visitors (single house on a quite large island, there's a boat connection) and well worth it, used for chamber concerts during the Bergen Festival.

Sort of a Norwegian Paganini, right? 

[The new erato]

Sort of a Norwegian Paganini, right? 

yes! His bio is worth reading.

[Brian]

First listen to this set:



A tale of two pianists? The first movement of Sonata No. 2 was so bad - random tempo changes, clattering ugly rushed passages - that I gave up on the performance, but the 24 Preludes and Etudes Op. 25 are totally spectacular, as insightful and incisive and interesting as any I've ever heard. Totally outstanding.

Maybe I should give the rest of the sonata a try. OR ignore it, keeping my respect for Sokolov intact? Which say you, reader?!

[The new erato]

Too much respect, and you don't get into her pants. Just saying.

[Maestro267]

Elgar: Symphony No. 3 (elaborated by Anthony Payne)
Bournemouth SO/Paul Daniel

[Karl Henning]

Henry Cowell
Hymn & Fuguing Tune № 10

Paul Creston
A Rumor

ASMF
Marriner

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[Wakefield]

Franz Schubert died this day in 1828. He was only 31:

http://www.youtube.com/v/AfFQcwN6Qak

[Brian]

Franz Schubert died this day in 1828. He was only 31:

Wow, thanks for alerting me. Read your post while in the andante from D. 960

[The new erato]

Blomstedt's Mathis:

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[Karl Henning]

Barber
Adagio for strings
ASMF
Marriner

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[aligreto]

Try backing away from the screen.

Thanks; that had me puzzled also