What are you listening 2 now?

[vers la flamme]

Luciano Berio: Sinfonia. Ludovic Morlot, Seattle Symphony, Roomful of Teeth

God damn, this is a masterpiece. I can't get enough of it.

[Todd]

[aligreto]

Cavalli: La Calisto [Leppard]

[aligreto]

Boulez

Répons




I am not an expert in the field of Boulez's music, but I would like to give my opinion.
Einstein said that time only exists because otherwise everything would happen simultaneously.
For example, if you listen to Répons or sur Incises, it is as if you listen to a sound, captured in time, in one instant.
How you experience this is purely personal and depends on your ability to let go and at the same time fully immerse yourself in an indivisible sound flow.
The music has no face or underlying emotions and is nevertheless music in the fullest sense of the word.

Music is essentially ordered sound and in that respect is not bound by laws except that it must be communicable.
A new musical language opens up all kinds of new ways of experiencing music that are, as it were, separate from tradition.
The tradition that forms the basis of this new music that seems so detached from the past and requires a different participation from the listener.
No themes you can hum along with.
They are musical vistas, vistas that are not fixed but hang out in the air.
Yes music is rightly the most abstract art form.
These are just my (some) thoughts on the subject.

To give an example, "not everyone is given to see beauty in mathematics but it is there".
Life is a journey and a discovery and Boulez's music is certainly part of that.

Very good post, Jan.

[aligreto]

Switching to this Lilburn instead. The previous one was too much shrieking for my liking.

Ah, the dreaded Shrieking Sopranos strike again?

[Papy Oli]

Ah, the dreaded Shrieking Sopranos strike again?

shrieking violins...too strident for me.

That orchestral CD is much much more pleasant to me 

You'll enjoy this one more Olivier - fabulous disc.

I confirm...great atmospheres in those works. A new composer to add to the my "good" list 

[vandermolen]

Vaughan Williams: Violin Sonata
Good to have another recording of one of my very favourite chamber works and not just by Vaughan Williams.
However, I have to say that I'm slightly disappointed by the performance which felt rushed and unreflective at the start and then too slow. Maybe I have been spoilt by my familiarity (since LP days - it may have been the first chamber music that I ever bought) of the unmatched IMO performance by the Music Group of London. I may warm to this recording on further plays (it only arrived today) and others may enjoy it more:

[aligreto]

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 [Barenboim/Barbirolli]





The third movement is such an interesting and intriguing piece of music, I find.

[aligreto]

shrieking violins...too strident for me.

Cheers, Olivier. I do not know the works or, indeed, the composer.

[Biffo]

Rubbra: Symphony No 5 in B flat - Halle Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli - it's a long time since I listened to this disc and I don't remember the sound being as poor as this. Time for a modern version.

[vandermolen]

Rubbra: Symphony No 5 in B flat - Halle Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli - it's a long time since I listened to this disc and I don't remember the sound being as poor as this. Time for a modern version.

Hickox and the underrated Schoenzeler are both excellent.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Vaughan Williams: Violin Sonata
Good to have another recording of one of my very favourite chamber works and not just by Vaughan Williams.
However, I have to say that I'm slightly disappointed by the performance which felt rushed and unreflective at the start and then too slow. Maybe I have been spoilt by my familiarity (since LP days - it may have been the first chamber music that I ever bought) of the unmatched IMO performance by the Music Group of London. I may warm to this recording on further plays (it only arrived today) and others may enjoy it more:

Jeffrey,

Were there any major changes to the Lark Ascending?  This is a first time that I've seen an original version of it.

PD

[vandermolen]

Jeffrey,

Were there any major changes to the Lark Ascending?  This is a first time that I've seen an original version of it.

PD

Haven't got on to it yet PD. Having another listen to the Violin Sonata. Will let you know later 

[aligreto]

Dittersdorf: Sinfonias on Ovid's Metamorphosis, No. 6 [Gmur]

[Todd]

[Que]

Charpentier: Les Plaisirs de Versailles [Christie] from the box set below:





It always amazes me how wonderful that set is even after so many years of listening to it.

OH YES !! 

[Symphonic Addict]

This is the kind of discoveries I like to come across. A spectacular, epic, moving and memorable tonal modern symphony. It has very positive reviews on Amazon. Another ravishing find this year.

[vandermolen]

Jeffrey,

Were there any major changes to the Lark Ascending?  This is a first time that I've seen an original version of it.

PD

It is a lovely performance CD and refreshing to hear the version for Violin and Piano. It's also beautifully played. Hearing the orchestral version over and over again on Classical FM etc meant that it had lost much of its appeal to me through over-familiarity. However hearing this version was so refreshing - in some ways I find it more moving and intimate than the orchestral version. This to me is the highlight of the disc. So, strongly recommended for this.

[Biffo]

Hickox and the underrated Schoenzeler are both excellent.

Thanks. I have bought Hickox as a lossless download.

[Traverso]

Very good post, Jan.

Thank you Fergus,I had nothing else to do