What are you listening 2 now?

[ritter]

The complete String Quartets of Luciano Berio, prrdomed by the Arditti String Quartet.



Notturno (1993), Sincronie (1963-64), Glosse (1997), Quartetto (1956).

[Todd]

Op 106.

[Mandryka]

The complete String Quartets of Luciano Berio, prrdomed by the Arditti String Quartet.



Notturno (1993), Sincronie (1963-64), Glosse (1997), Quartetto (1956).

I've started to appreciate Sincronie - been listening to Kairos Quartet.

[Symphonic Addict]

Tournemire: Symphony No. 8 'Le Triomphe de la Mort'

Definitely the title of this symphony lives up to the expectations: the triumph of death... but death of interesting, great music. Is it legal for a piece of music to be so boring, gaseous, diffuse and directionless? I've never been a fan of this composer and this work confirms my impressions today. The only aspect that I feel engaging is the use of the orchestra, chiefly in the 4th movement, the only one mildly attractive.

[Symphonic Addict]

Nordgren: Symphony No. 8

This eighth does feel with purpose. An enigmatic and somewhat bizarre work whose 3rd movement juxtaposes chaotic, somber and folk-influenced passages in a very disconcerting yet effective way.

[Symphonic Addict]

Gade: Symphony No. 8 in B minor

Whilst not an impactful work, it does have its moments and manages to entertain.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony no. 2 in C Minor, 1872/77 Mixed Versions. Ed. Leopold Nowak
Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini

[Symphonic Addict]

Schuman: Symphony No. 8

Very fond of this symphony and the rest of them by this composer.

[Symphonic Addict]

Henze: Symphony No. 8

Some of his first symphonies sound rather forbidding and sparse to my taste. At the point when he reached his 7th Symphony, his idiom became more gripping and concentrated, therefore more appealing in my view. This is a most fascinating, rich score. When Henze is inspired, it shows.

[Madiel]

I'm halfway through Donizetti's Maria Stuarda on OperaVision.

I have never seen a bigger soprano diva face-off.

[Madiel]

Prelude in C sharp minor, op.45
Mazurkas, op.6 (including one that the German publisher stuck in op.7)



EDIT: After hanging out some washing, the Nocturnes op.15.

[Symphonic Addict]

The last eighth for today: Sallinen's. Yet another composer who has a stamp of his own.

[steve ridgway]

Stravinsky - L'Histoire Du Soldat Suite

[steve ridgway]

Scelsi - Pranam II

[steve ridgway]

Stravinsky - Concertino for String Quartet

[steve ridgway]

Berio - Corale (Su 'Sequenza VIII')

[steve ridgway]

Xenakis - Metastasis

[Wanderer]

[steve ridgway]

Scelsi - String Quartet 2

[Madiel]

I'm halfway through Donizetti's Maria Stuarda on OperaVision.

I have never seen a bigger soprano diva face-off.

I've finished the opera. And while the whole thing was quite good, the confrontation between Mary Stuart and Elizabeth I really is a bit of a peak.

This production definitely knew that the big moment of impact is when Mary calls Elizabeth a bastard. According to Wikipedia this was a real point of contention at the time of composition, and led to all sorts of issues. My favourite: apparently the singer playing Mary did this so well and passionately in rehearsals that the singer playing Elizabeth took it personally and a fight broke out.

So yeah, it really is a particularly strong soprano diva face-off, and always has been.