What are you listening 2 now?

[André]

I'm not really too familiar with Corigliano either. Anyway, thanks for the feedback.

One of my favourite american composers. Try Coloured Field or Musica celestis. The latter exists in different guises It originated as the slow movement of a string quartet, like Barber's Adagio. It's Kernis' best known work and has been recorded a dozen times. Both are on YT:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPsgWjyKFdk


https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=musica+celestis+kernis

[Symphonic Addict]

Piano Quintet

I've struggled with the 1st movement before, and that doesn't seem to be changing now either. I'm more keen on the other movements. A good performance but I wouldn't say essential.

[Mirror Image]

One of my favourite american composers. Try Coloured Field or Musica celestis. The latter exists in different guises It originated as the slow movement of a string quartet, like Barber's Adagio. It's Kernis' best known work and has been recorded a dozen times. Both are on YT:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPsgWjyKFdk


https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=musica+celestis+kernis

Cool, Andre. Thanks for the feedback.

[JBS]

One of my favourite american composers. Try Coloured Field or Musica celestis. The latter exists in different guises It originated as the slow movement of a string quartet, like Barber's Adagio. It's Kernis' best known work and has been recorded a dozen times. Both are on YT:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPsgWjyKFdk


https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=musica+celestis+kernis

I have those works with Truls Mork. Memory may deceive me, but the works on the Naxos CD seemed much thornier.

[Karl Henning]

First listen


Both works are a bit gnarly. Probably need a few listens to give any opinion on it.

Interesting. A friend I've fallen out of touch with, studied with Kernis.

[Madiel]

WELL, I did not want to do it - BUT bought another Beethoven Sonata set[/img]

Between this and the reported murder of the Debussy-loving MI... the forum has been infiltrated. By a very aggressive classical music terrorism group, possibly hired by record companies.

[Symphonic Addict]

Symphony No. 7 in F major

This symphony has a gorgeous slow movement with a certain tinge of nostalgic. I also perceive a much more subtle writing (especially for the woodwinds) and not as overtly tuneful as some of his previous symphonies.

[Karl Henning]

Between this and the reported murder of the Debussy-loving MI... the forum has been infiltrated. By a very aggressive classical music terrorism group, possibly hired by record companies.

antifa = Anti-Fauré

[SimonNZ]

Found a set of records called "Beethoven's Sketchbooks" at the secondhand store. Hadn't seen them before so took the Eroica one home to sample.

Like Leonard's program/record on the early sketches of Beethoven's Fifth, which is what I was expecting. Interesting, but not so much that I feel the need to go back for more.

[JBS]

antifa = Anti-Fauré

Or a tone row consisting of the notes G through E.

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[Madiel]

antifa = Anti-Fauré

Sir, that is going MUCH too far. We must fight back.

[Mirror Image]

Symphony No. 7 in F major

This symphony has a gorgeous slow movement with a certain tinge of nostalgic. I also perceive a much more subtle writing (especially for the woodwinds) and not as overtly tuneful as some of his previous symphonies.

I LOVE this symphony from Glazunov. That slow movement is gorgeous and I think Svetlanov's performance really brought out that nostalgia you speak of --- almost a yearning type of quality to the music. Love it!

Thread duty -

Self-Portrait



Interesting work, but not really a work that I'd consider great by any means like any others from this composer I had heard previously.

[Mirror Image]

Between this and the reported murder of the Debussy-loving MI... the forum has been infiltrated. By a very aggressive classical music terrorism group, possibly hired by record companies.

Yes, I'm a member of the UMG task force and was hired to rub out a couple of forum members based on their rightfully assumed duel identities. These members were traitors and broke their contracts with UMG. If you have any questions, call 1-887-2329 (ext. 874). This should get you in touch with one of the heads of the investigation, Mr. Jeffrey Vandermolen.

[vandermolen]

Pounds the table! Not only is this one of my favorite works from Schnittke but it's one of my favorite symphonies of all-time. A truly special listening experience from start to finish. The centerpiece of the symphony, the 17-minute Lento, is devastating. I'm going to speak figuratively but I personally feel this entire symphony is like 'a walk with death' and reading about Schnittke's own life, it does feel this way as, in reality, this is exactly what happened.

Well, I've now heard it twice and I find that your interpretation rings true with my own listening experience John. I am already looking forward to hearing it again but maybe a bit too early in the morning here for Schnittke. So, I'm listening to Magnard's Third Symphony.

I love the liturgical-sounding opening of the work and remained gripped by it throughout. I discovered it a long time after the powerful 4th Symphony but enjoy it just as much. What a loss to music it was when Magnard was killed in the First World War (defending his property) but I guess, as with George Butterworth, that we should be grateful for what we do have (another fine Ansermet recording):

[vandermolen]

Excellent! I should revisit that, meself.

It's quite an extraordinary work Karl with an authenticity of feeling which I find darkly moving considering how ill Schnittke was when he composed it.

[vandermolen]

From the Chandos set

I think that Bridge is a very fine composer and the Sea is a most enjoyable work. His two orchestral masterpieces, in my view, are the inspiriting 'Enter Spring' and the moving threnody to his friends killed in World War One 'Oration' with its beautifully consoling epilogue (apparently an after-thought).

[vandermolen]

Yes, I'm a member of the UMG task force and was hired to rub out a couple of forum members based on their rightfully assumed duel identities. These members were traitors and broke their contracts with UMG. If you have any questions, call 1-887-2329 (ext. 874). This should get you in touch with one of the heads of the investigation, Mr. Jeffrey Vandermolen.

I'm too busy listening to Schnittke so my secretary is dealing with these calls. Alternatively they go straight to answer-phone 'Your call is very important to us - you are held in a queue - you are number one hundred and fifty seven'.

[vandermolen]

Symphony No. 7 in F major

This symphony has a gorgeous slow movement with a certain tinge of nostalgic. I also perceive a much more subtle writing (especially for the woodwinds) and not as overtly tuneful as some of his previous symphonies.

No.7 is one of my favourites but I like them all. I've just collected No.1 and 'The Kremlin' in that fine Melodiya series.

[Madiel]

Yes, I'm a member of the UMG task force and was hired to rub out a couple of forum members based on their rightfully assumed duel identities. These members were traitors and broke their contracts with UMG. If you have any questions, call 1-887-2329 (ext. 874). This should get you in touch with one of the heads of the investigation, Mr. Jeffrey Vandermolen.

And for international enquiries?

[Maestro267]

Moyzes: Symphony No. 2
Slovak RSO/Slovák