What are you listening 2 now?

[vandermolen]

Hans Eklund: Symphony 11 'Piccola' In Memoriam Lars-Erik Larsson.
My favourite of the three symphonies on this CD although I like them all.
This one has a craggy defiance about it that I find very moving, especially towards the end of the slow movement.

[Karl Henning]

Malipiero
5th String Quartet

[vandermolen]

Malipiero
5th String Quartet

So, what do you think Karl? I love the sad ostinato passage about 13 mins. into the recording that I have.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Janacek's Glagolitic Mass from the CD below.  Been ages since I've listened to a recording of it.  So powerful!  To me, it feels more like what I would think of as a kind of pagan mass?  Does this make sense to others here who know this work?  Here's a bit from the liner notes:

The Glagolitic Mass of Leos Janacek is one of his most famous and most original works.  It was written in 1926, during the final stage of Janacek's life.  When, though, Ludvik Kundera mentioned, in his review of the Mass's premiere, "old man Janacek, man of profound religious faith," the composer made an angry and blunt retort (which has survived on a postcard):  "No old man, no man of faith!  Mind you, young lad!"

In a column published by the Lidove novena newspaper in November 1927, Janacek contrasted his Glagolitic Mass to other masses, in his own terms, as he felt it:  "Without the bleakness of Mediaeval monastic cells in its motifs, without echoes of imitational sameness, without echoes of Bachian fugal tangles, without echoes of Beethovenian pathos, without Haydn's playfulness; set against the barriers erected by Witt's reform which separated us from Krizkovsky!"

Commentary by Zdenek Nouza

Pardon the lack of accent marks:  I'd still be typing into tomorrow!

A few more things to do and then I'll 'hit' the Kabelac.   

  And in excellent sound too!

[vandermolen]

Ciurlionis: 'The Sea'
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[Florestan]

And of course the instrument itself was created by the belgian, Adolphe Sax.

The creator and his instrument in front of his home in Dinant, Belgium.



I've sat next to Monsieur Sax a few times  .

Dinant, home of the saxophone:

Drat! I visited Dinant in 2001 or 2002 but didn't spot that one. Anyway, a charming city.

[Florestan]

Un cadou pentru Florestan.

https://www.youtube.com/v/3gdcyCEfIqY

Mesajul Prințului de Wales pentru susținerea turismului românesc.

Why, thank you very much, sir! Greatly appreciated.

[André]

PD, that's the disc I own, too: a fantastic one indeed !

[André]

Drat! I visited Dinant in 2001 or 2002 but didn't spot that one. Anyway, a charming city.

Indeed. My wife has family in the region, and it's a great offense not to visit relatives (all of them) when you're in the country  .

[André]

Symphonies 2 and 4. Overall this fares better than the 1st and 3rd symphonies. Karajan has the nasty habit of drawing out the concluding chord in 1 and 2 to absurd length and  con tutta la forza, as if he wanted to establish some kind of record.

[Christo]

Drat! I visited Dinant in 2001 or 2002 but didn't spot that one. Anyway, a charming city.

I was there in 1979 and again in 2011; saw good old Sax, of course (not sure if his museum & statue were there already at the first occasion). 

[Todd]

World class performances of second-rate works.

[ritter]

Marius Constant & Charles Dutoit conduct Honegger; shorter  orchestral pieces, including the captivating Prélude, fugue et postlude (which is a suite of extracts from Amphion). CD 2 of this set:

[Karl Henning]

So, what do you think Karl? I love the sad ostinato passage about 13 mins. into the recording that I have.

It is a beauty, Jeffrey!

[vers la flamme]

Gustav Holst: Invocation for Cello & Orchestra; Fugal Overture. David Lloyd-Jones, Royal Scottish National Orchestra; w/ Tim Hugh on cello

Pretty nice works. The Invocation strikes me as a bit Wagnerian with the overture being a bit more on the jaunty, playful side. I have yet to really fall for any of Holst's music but I'm enjoying it all well enough.

[kyjo]

Gustav Holst: Invocation for Cello & Orchestra; Fugal Overture. David Lloyd-Jones, Royal Scottish National Orchestra; w/ Tim Hugh on cello

Pretty nice works. The Invocation strikes me as a bit Wagnerian with the overture being a bit more on the jaunty, playful side. I have yet to really fall for any of Holst's music but I'm enjoying it all well enough.

That's an excellent disc and I enjoy all the works on it.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

World class performances of second-rate works.

Pardon, (and I'm saying/asking this kindly) but you really think that Elgar's cello concerto is second-rate?  I'm rather surprised.  Walton's I don't know well.  A favorite version of the Elgar is with du Pré ....and yes, I know that some folks aren't fond of that version.  To me:  honestly, it often brings me to tears...and in a good way.

Which cello concerto works do you enjoy Todd?

Best wishes,

PD

[Irons]

Ciurlionis: 'The Sea'
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I may be mistaken but wasn't he principally an artist, Jeffrey?

[kyjo]

Pardon, (and I'm saying/asking this kindly) but you really think that Elgar's cello concerto is second-rate?  I'm rather surprised.  Walton's I don't know well.  A favorite version of the Elgar is with du Pré ....and yes, I know that some folks aren't fond of that version.  To me:  honestly, it often brings me to tears...and in a good way.

Which cello concerto works do you enjoy Todd?

Best wishes,

PD

Folks here will know that the Elgar isn't one of my preferred cello concerti (or works of his), but that is more due to over-exposure than anything else. I would never call it second-rate. Ditto the magnificent Walton concerto. Well, I'm not surprised, as it seems Todd thinks that most music that isn't by a select few composers is second-rate...

[Irons]

Janacek's Glagolitic Mass from the CD below.  Been ages since I've listened to a recording of it.  So powerful!  To me, it feels more like what I would think of as a kind of pagan mass?  Does this make sense to others here who know this work?  Here's a bit from the liner notes:

The Glagolitic Mass of Leos Janacek is one of his most famous and most original works.  It was written in 1926, during the final stage of Janacek's life.  When, though, Ludvik Kundera mentioned, in his review of the Mass's premiere, "old man Janacek, man of profound religious faith," the composer made an angry and blunt retort (which has survived on a postcard):  "No old man, no man of faith!  Mind you, young lad!"

In a column published by the Lidove novena newspaper in November 1927, Janacek contrasted his Glagolitic Mass to other masses, in his own terms, as he felt it:  "Without the bleakness of Mediaeval monastic cells in its motifs, without echoes of imitational sameness, without echoes of Bachian fugal tangles, without echoes of Beethovenian pathos, without Haydn's playfulness; set against the barriers erected by Witt's reform which separated us from Krizkovsky!"

Commentary by Zdenek Nouza

Pardon the lack of accent marks:  I'd still be typing into tomorrow!

A few more things to do and then I'll 'hit' the Kabelac.   

  And in excellent sound too!

It would be something to hear it in a Czech cathedral, P.