What are you listening 2 now?

[bhodges]

Must be a nice disc!

*chiming in*

It is!

--Bruce

[bhodges]

Reinbert de Leeuw died at 81 r.i.p.

Goebaidoelina

Jetzt Immer Schnee

Perception

Such sad news. This is one of his best recordings, too.

--Bruce

[Traverso]

A Master!

He was certainly a musician who could make people enthusiastic and introduce them into new sound worlds.
Listening to him when he spoke about music was always fascinating and educational.
He was genuinely surprised that most people could not enjoy modern music, it was for him
no different than Beethoven or Mozart.
His conversations about the composers with whom he had collaborated, for example Messiaen for whom he had great admiration, have been eye openers for me.
You knew that someone was speaking here who knew what he was talking about without showing the authority he undoubtedly was.
In this respect, he has also been a guide to me

[Traverso]

Such sad news. This is one of his best recordings, too.

--Bruce

Yes,I thought it was an appropriate choice

[HIPster]

He was certainly a musician who could make people enthusiastic and introduce them into new sound worlds.
Listening to him when he spoke about music was always fascinating and educational.
He was genuinely surprised that most people could not enjoy modern music, it was for him
no different than Beethoven or Mozart.
His conversations about the composers with whom he had collaborated, for example Messiaen for whom he had great admiration, have been eye openers for me.
You knew that someone was speaking here who knew what he was talking about without showing the authority he undoubtedly was.
In this respect, he has also been a guide to me

Well said Traverso. 

RIP indeed.

Currently playing:

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[San Antone]

Reinbert de Leeuw died at 81 r.i.p.

Very sad news.

[San Antone]

[Florestan]

I disagree Andrei, most vehemently!

No problem. 

[Florestan]

Schubert feels always so close to me.

Welcome to the club! 

[André]

Recorded in Carnegie Hall on 15 October 1944, barely a year after the work's composition - this was contemporary music back in the day! Despite some technical fallibilities the recording is quite good, as good as anything I've heard from that vintage. Rodzinski and the NY Phil really deliver the goods, living dangerously throughout. The central Allegretto is taken at a breakneck speed and erupts manically at the end. The concluding movement is beautifully noble and powerful. One of the reference interpretations for this work with Kondrashin, Rozhdestvensky, Mrawinsky, Sanderling...

[André]

Good, solid versions. I found the edges slightly blunted. Haitink emphasizes the dourness, the pessimism inherent to Shostakovich's musical language - even when jollity or sarcasm is intended.

[Sergeant Rock]

In memoriam Reinbert de Leeuw: Gnossienne No. 4




Sarge

[Christo]

In memoriam Reinbert de Leeuw: Gnossienne No. 4
Sarge

What made him especially beloved/popular, these last years, were his highly concentrated - with accents and stresses only he dared to lay - of the Matthäus Passion (a 'Dutch passion' anyway, I recall fifteen performances over three or four weeks in my home town of Utrecht alone, sang three myself in two weeks time. E.g. is 'Erbarme dich' on Youtube in memoriam:

https://www.youtube.com/v/hfEn3IpSK3o

[SonicMan46]

Field, John (1782-1837) - Nocturnes & Piano Concertos w/ Miceal O'Rourke on piano + Matthias Bamert/London Mozart Players in the concertos; also have O'Rourke doing the Piano Sonatas - the Field Nocturnes have been a long time favorite of mine (still own the John O'Conor recording bought many years ago) - of course, somewhat of an inspiration for Chopin's Nocturnes.  Dave

   

[Sergeant Rock]

What made him especially beloved/popular, these last years, were his highly concentrated - with accents and stresses only he dared to lay - of the Matthäus Passion (a 'Dutch passion' anyway, I recall fifteen performances over three or four weeks in my home town of Utrecht alone, sang three myself in two weeks time. E.g. is 'Erbarme dich' on Youtube in memoriam:

https://www.youtube.com/v/hfEn3IpSK3o

Beautiful. A fitting memorial indeed. Thanks for posting this.

Sarge

[Papy Oli]

In memoriam Reinbert de Leeuw: Gnossienne No. 4




Sarge

*Taps the table very gently and very slowly*

[Karl Henning]

First-Listen Fridays
Berg
Lyric Suite
Alban Berg Quartet

To be sure, I could not say with certainty that I never listened to this before.
But today is the first I gave it undivided attention.

[SimonNZ]

[JBS]

CD 26
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Halfway through this big box of little treasures. Wonderful how many little gems JSII wrote, compared to how few of them are generally known to audiences.  For instance, of the dozen works on this CD, I have only heard one before (Artist's Life Waltz, Opus 316).

A big thank you to Harry for this set.

[Madiel]

More selections from this gorgeous set:

So it's working out, then?