What are you listening to now?

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Karl Henning

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

Harry

Quote from: Que on June 09, 2016, 11:19:37 PM
Morning listening:

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Superb disc.  :)

Q

Of course it is ;)
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Mookalafalas

It's all good...

Mookalafalas

Quote from: Que on June 09, 2016, 11:21:46 PM
Excellent disc! :) One of Staier's succesful ones...

Q

   I'm a big fan, actually. I like the DHM box a lot, although his Mozart and LvB I can do without.

TD:
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It's all good...

aligreto

Dvorak: Symphonic Variations [Kubelik]....



Wakefield

Quote from: SonicMan46 on June 09, 2016, 09:41:58 AM
Boccherini, Luigi - Vol. 2 of the Divertimenti, Op. 16 w/ Marcello Gatti on the same Grenser flute reproduction - lovely recording on the Accent label - just arrived today.  Dave :)

Absolutely lovely, I agree; full of a sort of playful seriousness and elegance.  :)
"Isn't it funny? The truth just sounds different."
- Almost Famous (2000)

Wakefield

I don't know if I have said this before  :P, but "Conversations" by the young French ensemble "Nevermind" is a must-have recording.

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"Isn't it funny? The truth just sounds different."
- Almost Famous (2000)

Mirror Image

Now:



Listening to Overture, Scherzo, and Finale, Op. 52. Kind of a generic title perhaps, but really a toe-tapping, head-bobbing good romp of a work. 8)

Mandryka



Ryo Terakado plays Bach's 6th suite. This is very refined and expressive playing, this is a set which is, I suspect, my cup of tea.
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

not edward

A jolt of musical nihilism with breakfast: Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Musique pour les soupers de Roi Ubu, Michael Gielen conducting the RSO Koln from an old LP.

Probably the only piece of music where Ride of the Valkyries turns into March to the Scaffold while Stockhausen plays in the background.
"I don't at all mind actively disliking a piece of contemporary music, but in order to feel happy about it I must consciously understand why I dislike it. Otherwise it remains in my mind as unfinished business."
-- Aaron Copland, The Pleasures of Music

aligreto

First listen - Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony [Chailly]....





A thoroughly enjoyable performance incorporating appropriate power and delicacy, including a very fine finale.

PaulR

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Choir Concerto


Que

#67392
This was still on the listening pile : Leonardo Vinci's Artaserse, son of Xerxes, king of Persia.

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Q

PS The whole thing is sung by FIVE countertenors and one tenor.... :o 8)

Karl Henning

Quote from: PaulR on June 10, 2016, 07:48:21 AM
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Choir Concerto

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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

PaulR

Bucket list:

(1) Learn Russian so I could understand what Karl Henning says in GMG when referencing Russian composers works :P

The Choir Concerto is really one of his more attractive works.

now for something completely different:

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Harry

Quote from: PaulR on June 10, 2016, 08:31:28 AM
Bucket list:

(1) Learn Russian so I could understand what Karl Henning says in GMG when referencing Russian composers works :P

The Choir Concerto is really one of his more attractive works.

now for something completely different:

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For the first of your list there is a solution at hand. Karl should write in English.
That said I never understood why he writes in Russian. Its an English based site, the language is English, so......
As if I would write all the text in Dutch....would you learn Dutch? ;D
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

PaulR

God, I hope you wouldn't learn Dutch.  That would just be another thing to learn :P  My ability to read German has faded due to not practicing.

Que

Quote from: PaulR on June 10, 2016, 08:41:42 AM
God, I hope you wouldn't learn Dutch.  That would just be another thing to learn :P  My ability to read German has faded due to not practicing.

I am slightly confused here...must be the language barrier..... :D  Harry doesn't need to learn Dutch, he is Dutch.... ::)  :laugh:

I've decided that I will kick the bucket without any knowledge of Russian....brushing up my French and learning Italian are higher up the priority list.... 8)

Q

Ken B

Quote from: PaulR on June 10, 2016, 08:41:42 AM
God, I hope you wouldn't learn Dutch.  That would just be another thing to learn :P  My ability to read German has faded due to not practicing.
Mein auch!  :(

Karl Henning

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