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Carlo Gesualdo

#19620
June 23, 2020, 05:27:21 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on June 23, 2020, 05:11:54 AM
Thank you! I'm glad that you liked Warlock and Van Dieren.
Here is Van Dieren sculpted by his friend Jacob Epstein who is one of my favourite sculptors:


Cool vandermolen, nice sculpture and Bernard van Dieren, is great, moody , calm, and old school I guess , I needed more obscure 1920-30 composer of choice & taste.

Madiel

#19621
June 23, 2020, 05:47:03 AM
Bartok: (unnumbered) Violin Sonata in E minor

Nobody has to apologise for using their brain.

vandermolen

#19622
June 23, 2020, 05:53:38 AM
Quote from: deprofundis on June 23, 2020, 05:27:21 AM
Cool vandermolen, nice sculpture and Bernard van Dieren, is great, moody , calm, and old school I guess , I needed more obscure 1920-30 composer of choice & taste.
Van Dieren, who suffered a lot of pain through illness, also modelled for Epstein's 'Risen Christ':
"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).

Florestan

#19623
June 23, 2020, 06:04:45 AM
"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

Papy Oli

#19624
June 23, 2020, 06:11:03 AM
Szymanowski - Metopes / Masks

Olivier

Harry

#19625
June 23, 2020, 06:12:51 AM
New arrival, first listen.


Azzolino Della Ciaia.
Complete Keyboard Works.
CD 3, Organ works.

Olimpio Medori, Organ(s).?
Recorded in the Pieve di S. Maria Assunta, Gavinana, Pistoia (2011)

Organs used:
Frankly I have no idea, cannot understand the Italian explanation of things, Tactus is not in the habit of explaining this part in English, so anyone that knows may tell.

Love the music and the sound of the organs.
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"

Papy Oli

#19626
June 23, 2020, 06:36:09 AM
Szymanowski - Stabat Mater

Olivier

vandermolen

#19627
June 23, 2020, 06:41:05 AM
Quote from: Papy Oli on June 23, 2020, 06:36:09 AM
Szymanowski - Stabat Mater


A great work!
Thumbs up for Szymanowski.

Playing here:
Daniel Jones - Symphony No.1
One of his best I believe:
"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).

Mirror Image

#19628
June 23, 2020, 06:42:31 AM
Quote from: aukhawk on June 23, 2020, 02:24:08 AM
I like that music but I marginally prefer the older recording (different soloist) which is a bit more restrained and meditative in feel:



Ah yes, I do as well, aukhawk.

Mirror Image

#19629
June 23, 2020, 06:44:57 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on June 23, 2020, 02:44:47 AM
Just finishing listening to this hugely enjoyable disc of Schnittke's film music. The deranged version of Ravel's 'Bolero' from the film 'The Master and Margarita' was a highlight, it made me laugh out loud, although I doubt that it's supposed to be funny and I had to immediately repeat it:




Pounds the table! 8)

not edward

#19630
June 23, 2020, 06:47:32 AM
This collection of varied choral music by Per Nørgård. A wide stylistic range on display, and to my mind Mythic Morning for bass clarinet and 12-part choir is amongst Nørgård's finest works.

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"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

Mirror Image

#19631
June 23, 2020, 06:48:13 AM
Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28

Pohjolas Daughter

#19632
June 23, 2020, 06:54:02 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 23, 2020, 06:48:13 AM
Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28


Will be interested to see how you find the recordings.  I have several of Ashkenazy's Rachmaninov recordings and enjoy them.   :)

Papy Oli

#19633
June 23, 2020, 06:58:24 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on June 23, 2020, 06:41:05 AM
A great work!
Thumbs up for Szymanowski.


Based on this first listen, the first two symphonies and Stabat Mater definitely go in the "+" column for me. I'll have a go at the 3rd and 4th tomorrow. I struggled with Metopes and Masks.
Olivier

Mirror Image

#19634
June 23, 2020, 07:07:30 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on June 23, 2020, 06:54:02 AM
Will be interested to see how you find the recordings.  I have several of Ashkenazy's Rachmaninov recordings and enjoy them.   :)

Oh, this is an amazing set, PD. I love it! I've gone through this set before and enjoyed the experience, and the music, immensely.

Sergeant Rock

#19635
June 23, 2020, 07:18:03 AM
Weber Overtures, Goodman conducting the Hanover Band




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"

SonicMan46

#19636
June 23, 2020, 07:59:55 AM
Yost, Michel (1754-1786) was a famous French clarinetist and cofounder of the French clarinet school. He was a brilliant instrumentalist and even known beyond the boundaries of France. Yost was a friend of Johann Christoph Vogel, who apparently helped in composing/arranging Yost's music - a little more info and list of his compositions HERE - not much more on Amazon!  Dave
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Carlo Gesualdo

#19637
June 23, 2020, 08:35:38 AM
Thee great Thomas Crécquillon Ensemble Brabant and it's utter delightful missa, Mort ma Privé
missa and Motets that are remarkable

Que

#19638
June 23, 2020, 08:59:46 AM
Quote from: "Harry" on June 23, 2020, 04:07:47 AM
New arrival, first listen.

Azzolino Della Ciaia.

Opera Omnia per Tastiera. ( Complete Keyboard Works)
CD 2 from 3.
Sonate per Cembalo con Alcuni Saggi, ed altri contrapunti di Largo e Grave stile Ecclesiastico.

Mara Fanelli plays on a French Harpsichord, a copy constructed by Pascal Taskin in 1769. The modern instrument was made by Keith Hill, Manchester Michigan in 2004.
Recordings were made at the Studio G. Monari, Massa Finalese, 2011. (Mo)

Really superb.

I'm looking forward to it!  :)

André

#19639
June 23, 2020, 09:07:48 AM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on June 22, 2020, 11:51:09 PM
Probably because I'm shallow and easily impressed I've always really enjoyed the Barenboim/Bruckner set.  The playing is just thrilling.  Look elsewhere for 'spiritual' Bruckner - but surely now great music can be defined in a single interpretative way.  The No.4/Romantic is a highlight of the set for me.  I might well listen to it today for the sheer pleasure it brings.......

Barenboim's Chicago 4th and 9th are thrilling indeed, among my favourite versions. I prefer his first cycle to the later Berlin one.
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