What are you listening 2 now?

[Traverso]

As long as it wasn't this Sting......



a disc for which the phrase "vanity project" was surely invented   

With the claim that it was probably sung in a way that was common in Dowland's time.
I can't listen to it and the once-respected chic "Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft" makes clear what their present idea of culture is.
I once listened to this acclaimed singer, a hit from him "Roxanne" it was one of my darkest moments ever experienced. 

[steve ridgway]

Boulez: Répons

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[San Antone]

Fun stuff.

[Traverso]

Schubert

Symphony No.9  "The Great"

[Madiel]

I once listened to this acclaimed singer, a hit from him "Roxanne" it was one of my darkest moments ever experienced. 

That was not a hit from him as such, but from The Police.

Here is probably not the place for an extensive discussion about the differences between The Police and Sting's solo career, but the differences are considerable. There's only about one album in either direction where the styles are vaguely comparable.

My favourite work of his is also amongst the least commercially successful.

[prémont]

I am liking it, which surprised me since I haven't been a fan of Say.  But the sound acoustic was nicely present, live sound-stage and the playing came across as confident and capable.  I can't say more than that at this time since I have only sampled the box, here and there.

You have the say, so I shall keep quiet.

[Harry]

NEW ARRIVAL.

Benjamin Bilse.
Waltzes-Marches-Polkas.

WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln, Christian Simonis

As my friend Elliot would say, a CD full of rubbish,  but to my ears delightful rubbish.
Benjamin Bilse was a celebrity in his time, and a mega one too. His music was favoured by the common man and the nobility alike. Being a workaholic Bilse journeyed all over the world to perform with orchestras he founded, and trained them in such a way, that in their time they were considered the best orchestras in Germany and beyond. He was showered with accolades from Emperors, Kings, Queens, and all that followed in rank, even the military were extremely pleased with him, being that for his marches primarily.
For his time Bilse wrote fine music, not so ebulliently  as the family Strauss, but  close enough. Not many foot taping material, and the waltzes are a bit stretched, repeating melody lines short in measure, but all in all I liked what I heard. Christian Simonis is the right guy for this kind of music, he seems to have found the right vein, to make this kind of music work.
The orchestra however does not really warm to Bilse's compositions, it rather sounds a bit cold and distanced, though their technical abilities keep the music flowing. Sound is good, details are all audible, and Bilse wrote a lot of them to be sure.

[steve ridgway]

Penderecki: Canticum canticorum Salomonis.

[Karl Henning]

I once listened to this acclaimed singer, a hit from him "Roxanne" it was one of my darkest moments ever experienced. 

And then, there are the layers of kitsch added by Baz Luhrmann's gratuitous use of "Roxanne" in his "Revolutionary Spectacular," "Moulin Rouge"

[Karl Henning]

TD:

The Hyperion two-fer of the Nash Ensemble playing Saint-Saëns, which seems to me fairly self-recommending.

[Traverso]

That was not a hit from him as such, but from The Police.

Here is probably not the place for an extensive discussion about the differences between The Police and Sting's solo career, but the differences are considerable. There's only about one album in either direction where the styles are vaguely comparable.

My favourite work of his is also amongst the least commercially successful.

I'm just ignorent  hope nobody is offended 

[Papy Oli]

Previn playing Gershwin with the LSO.

[Karl Henning]

Chopin
Ballades
Scherzi
& c# minor Prelude, Op. 45
Volodya Ashkenazi

[j winter]

You have the say, so I shall keep quiet.

Sigh.

TD:  More of Walter's Mozart...

[Traverso]

Beethoven

piano sonatas 25-26-27-28

[Traverso]

And then, there are the layers of kitsch added by Baz Luhrmann's gratuitous use of "Roxanne" in his "Revolutionary Spectacular," "Moulin Rouge"

I'm afraid many go for  the fast and fleeting flash, rooted rooted in the complete absence of reflection wich is necessary for good taste instead of bloodless commerce.

https://www.youtube.com/v/FlGf3xXl0BA

[aligreto]

Stockhausen: Stimmung [Singcircle/Rose]





This work would be mildly interesting if it were not so overly long.

[Mandryka]

Stockhausen: Stimmung [Singcircle/Rose]





This work would be mildly interesting if it were not so overly long.

A joint may help.

[aligreto]

A joint may help.

I think that I might need something stronger"

[steve ridgway]

Stockhausen: Stimmung [Singcircle/Rose]





This work would be mildly interesting if it were not so overly long.

Try the free download Stockhausen remixes on here http://centrebombe.org/remixed.html  .