What are you listening 2 now?

[Karl Henning]

And from me too.

And from Boston!

[Karl Henning]

Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes



Both this and the Harp Concerto performance are real knockouts.

Two of my favorite works by Ginastera.

[Mirror Image]

Bernstein
On the Waterfront
Bernstein
NYPO

[Carlo Gesualdo]

Palestrina Missa Sine Nomine
(In is name mass) and Missa Iste Confessor.A vinyl of 1951 Lyricord, the sound is amazing, it's a shame my collection in LP does not have modernist of 20 century only Schoenberg but heck, when I will get some cash I try to buy crucial 20 century record these old vinyl of 1950-60 era, amen to this, goodnight!

Take good care and listen to the music, food for the mind?

[JBS]

Happy birthday Traverso and Oli!!!

@Mirror Image. I'm slowly becoming fascinated with Britten and his dark and unusual music. Which is the best recording of the Sea Interludes, according to you? As a matter of fact, this is an open ended question, if anybody else would like to chime in.

I think the obvious answer is a recording of the complete opera. There's an enormous difference when you hear the Interludes in their original context.

TD
[asin]B07XW6SHC5[/asin]
CD 3

[Karl Henning]

OTOH, why wait until morning?

Schoenberg
Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21
Marianne Pousseur
Ensemble Musique Oblique
Herreweghe

[SimonNZ]

[Mirror Image]

I think the obvious answer is a recording of the complete opera. There's an enormous difference when you hear the Interludes in their original context.

Yes, indeed. If I were vers la flamme, I would check out some of Britten's operas (amongst other works). The Turn of the Screw I would imagine would win another fan if he gave it a listen. Then there's Death in Venice, which is a flat-out masterpiece, IMHO.

[Carlo Gesualdo]

I'm doing not just a listening but an experience, Yes tonight I venture in Gregorian(ars antiqua).

To cleanse my soul I guess, but first and foremost, to listen to different era of Gregorian LP.

The first one Chant Gregorien Decca release date 1951, folks it sounds so great Now let's put face 2 of this rad album of ancient lore.

Secondly Archiv Produktion 1970''
Godehard Joppich neat clear sound, yet less Petrol , less heavier skinnier(but archiv produktion) is rather nice listen, less soul less warm than the Decca, but they get  silver ahas medalist.

Later on , from eary 80'', it's not like thee other two it feature a slight drone effect instrument but  even if not totally purist or for purist, I kind like this  Philips Ave Maria Gregorian Chants from France, Festivo series.

What do you think of a slight drone even if not purist format, just voices hey?

I kind of like both I'm a sell-out to Gregorian music drone or not, but all does, I like these old heavy duty vinyl, perhaps I,'m a fetishism.

All does I don't have a Gregorian album of the 1960 a good thick one, shame on me I cannot complete  my experience.

Any subjection for an LP of Gregorian of 1960'' heavy duty  and top notch.

I really like Gregorian, such calm music, serenity flow, good vibes, introspection.

[SimonNZ]

[Que]

Never seen that before - how is it? 

Q

[SimonNZ]

Never seen that before - how is it? 

Q

Easily recommended.

[Que]

Morning listening:

[asin]B00P352154[/asin]
Wonderful and finally idiomatic, Italian performances of this great music by Andrea Gabrieli (uncle of Giovanni). 

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2015/Nov/Gabrieli_mass_TC530701.htm

Q

Easily recommended.

Thx!  Looks like something I would like.

[Tsaraslondon]

Disc 2

Piano Quartet in A major - Richards Piano Quartet
Concert, for violin, piano and sting quartet - Pierre Amoyal - violin, Pascal Rogé - piano, Quatuor Ysaÿe

Both lovely works, but the concert is really something special.

[vandermolen]

George Antheil, Symphony No.1 'Zingareska' (1920-22, revised 1923).
Shows a lot of influence of Stravinsky ('Petrushka') but also an original work.
Very enjoyable with a hauntingly atmospheric slow movement.

[Mandryka]

What do you think of a slight drone even if not purist format, just voices hey?

Maybe a catholic (San Antone?)  could answer this for me. When people are chanting in a ritual, are other people muttering prayers at the same time? What I'm asking is - does everyone listen in silence to chant, like a concert of music, or do some people pray  - with all the noises that that implies?

I ask because in fact on some Schola Gregoriana Cambridge recordings of Gregorian chant there's the sound of a priest muttering a prayer in the background as the chanting happens - they even warn you on the CD. At first I thought there was a problem with the amp.

As far as drones and purism goes, without drones the result is more austere, but other than that I don't believe there's any interesting sense in which you can say that drone free chanting is purer than chant with drone, other than some conservative (closed minded? Uninformed?) Roman catholics prefer it without drone, indeed they get their knickers in a twist about the matter! 

[Mandryka]

Never seen that before - how is it? 

Q

Spotify is your friend.

[Tsaraslondon]

Superb performances, recorded live in 1972 and 1976. As usual with Melodiya, the production values of the CD aren't great. The notes include a detailed breakdown of the 8th symphony, which isn't on the disc.

[vers la flamme]

Yes, indeed. If I were vers la flamme, I would check out some of Britten's operas (amongst other works). The Turn of the Screw I would imagine would win another fan if he gave it a listen. Then there's Death in Venice, which is a flat-out masterpiece, IMHO.

It's coming, believe me. I find the idea of these operas fascinating. But as a guy who has only listened to 3 or 4 full operas in my life, I don't think opera will be the way for me to get into any composer. So I'll be sticking to the "amongst other works" for now. 

Current listening:



Franz Schubert: Symphony No.9 in C major, D944, the "Great". A good recording, I enjoy the sounds of the orchestra, but unfortunately the music comes off as slightly sprawling under Goodman's baton. I think he is far more successful with the shorter symphonies. Still I shall be returning to this recording.

[vers la flamme]

Georges Enescu: Dixtuor à vents, op.14. Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists. First listen to this work. So far, I like it. Lots of lush wind sounds. Reminds me of Brahms, with its tonal fluidity, maybe a little bit more modern harmonically.

Edit: Actually, what I am more so reminded of is the music of the great Hungarian composer and former faculty member at my alma mater, Ernst von Dohnányi. I need to explore that composer's music in more depth, along with Enescu, Janáček, and a million other composers I've been neglecting. So much music, so little time...