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April 12, 2014, 11:51:31 PM Last Edit: April 12, 2014, 11:59:27 PM by vandermolen
This eerie image (Gloucester Cathedral at night, 1956) according to Ursula Vaughan Williams much impressed the composer, and according to her may have influenced the spectral last movement of his Sixth Symphony. At least it makes a striking cover image for this two piano version of the symphony:
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"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Pat B

#21
April 13, 2014, 10:29:22 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on April 12, 2014, 02:42:35 PM
Interestingly, I was considering posting the Reich album in the "worst album cover" thread. I never liked that cover at all. Just goes to show you that people have different trains tastes!  :D

I love it.

Thread duty:

NJ Joe

#22
April 13, 2014, 11:27:56 AM
Quote from: EigenUser on April 12, 2014, 02:42:35 PM
I like the Strauss one -- very cool! Must be due to Kubrick's inclusion of that work in "2001: A Space Odyssey".

Agree, that's what I've always thought.  I have the LP where the image takes up the full cover and it looks great.


Quote from: EigenUser on April 12, 2014, 02:42:35 PM
Interestingly, I was considering posting the Reich album in the "worst album cover" thread. I never liked that cover at all. Just goes to show you that people have different trains tastes!  :D

Ha! I was waiting for someone to say that!
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vandermolen

#23
April 13, 2014, 12:59:00 PM
Quote from: Pat B on April 13, 2014, 10:29:22 AM
I love it.

Thread duty:


Coincidentally I was looking at that Furtwangler cover today - it is very striking.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Brian

#24
June 16, 2015, 01:29:56 PM
Any Bach fans recognize this?

snyprrr

#25
June 16, 2015, 03:54:55 PM
I'm sorry, but this Thread is tiresome. Of course, we all have all those and yes we would all pick them,... Classics all,... I'm sure I can predict the next 3 Pages ::)

Ken B

#26
June 16, 2015, 04:51:01 PM
Apologies if this has been posted already.

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TheGSMoeller

#27
June 16, 2015, 05:53:51 PM
Quote from: Ken B on June 16, 2015, 04:51:01 PM
Apologies if this has been posted already.

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Didn't know about this disc. Nice cover, nice program, great ensemble.
Calefax has a fantastic Rameau disc out, as well some music of Byrd, Shostakovich and others.

Peter Power Pop

#28
June 16, 2015, 06:24:16 PM Last Edit: June 16, 2015, 07:04:44 PM by Peter Power Pop
Quote from: Brian on June 16, 2015, 01:29:56 PM
Any Bach fans recognize this?



Yep:



And...



So, which came first?

Bach - Brandenburg Concertos (October 18, 2005)
Tom Wessels - The Myth Of Progress (April 9, 2013)
George Monbiot - Feral (May 30, 2013)

Jo498

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June 16, 2015, 10:52:58 PM
But while I get that the deer in the parking garage might be seen as fitting for books on ecology, I do not understand the connection to Bach. When it came out, many people in Germany had as first association a nonsensical song from the early 80s "Da steht ein Pferd auf'm Flur" (there's horse standing in the hallway).
NB I just learned tha this was ripped from a Dutch song (Er staat een paard in de gang)...
Tout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos, dans une chambre.
- Blaise Pascal

North Star

#30
June 16, 2015, 11:59:44 PM
Quote from: Jo498 on June 16, 2015, 10:52:58 PM
But while I get that the deer in the parking garage might be seen as fitting for books on ecology, I do not understand the connection to Bach. When it came out, many people in Germany had as first association a nonsensical song from the early 80s "Da steht ein Pferd auf'm Flur" (there's horse standing in the hallway).
NB I just learned tha this was ripped from a Dutch song (Er staat een paard in de gang)...
HIP Bach in the modern environment?
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