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steve ridgway

#30560
December 24, 2020, 10:13:05 PM
Quote from: steve ridgway on December 24, 2020, 09:03:29 PM
First listen to Maderna - Ausstrahlung. A Christmas present from archive.org. ;D



I like this album a lot, carried on playing Concerto No.1 For Oboe And Chamber Ensemble and Giardino Religioso too. It's like stepping into an absorbing dream world. 8)

Que

#30561
December 24, 2020, 10:50:28 PM Last Edit: December 24, 2020, 10:52:06 PM by Que
Morning listening:



A Christmas mass that is constructed from music from the Papal Chapel in Avignon, home of the Papacy from 1309 to 1376.
The result is a combination of musical styles: that of the earlier Notre Dame School and the newer Ars Nova style.

Excellent performance by Diabolus in Musica back in 1999 for the tiny French label Studio FM, now run by ADF-Bayard Musique.

Q

vandermolen

#30562
December 24, 2020, 11:28:19 PM
Havergal Brian: Gothic Symphony Part 1
New Philharmonia/Groves
Terrific performance:
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Brass Hole

#30563
December 24, 2020, 11:29:53 PM
Gitlis might be a bit over-dramatic here but his technique is dazzling, Rest In Peace! Paganini Violin Concerto No 2:



Que

#30564
December 25, 2020, 12:08:09 AM

Irons

#30565
December 25, 2020, 12:16:19 AM Last Edit: December 25, 2020, 12:19:01 AM by Irons
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 24, 2020, 07:41:57 PM
NP:

Delius
Piano Concerto
Philip Fowke, piano
Royal PO
Norman Del Mar



For the Delian, this set on Heritage and that 150th Anniversary Edition (originally issued on EMI and then a bit later on Warner Classics) released many years ago offer some indispensable performances. This Heritage set is taken from a series originally issued on Unicorn Records. It's an essential acquisition, IMHO, because of Eric Fenby's involvement and I think he conducted many of these works with much authority, emotion and genuine affection. A special set.

An interesting set. Is the violinist Ralph Holmes included? He recorded both the Concerto and Sonatas for Unicorn.
You must have a very good opinion of yourself to write a symphony - John Ireland.

I opened the door people rushed through and I was left holding the knob - Bo Diddley.

pjme

#30566
December 25, 2020, 12:20:53 AM


and RVW Fantasia on christmas carols.

Irons

#30567
December 25, 2020, 12:21:35 AM
Vaughan Williams: 3rd & 4th Symphonies.

I enjoyed the Slatkin 4th, less so 3rd.
You must have a very good opinion of yourself to write a symphony - John Ireland.

I opened the door people rushed through and I was left holding the knob - Bo Diddley.

Mandryka

#30568
December 25, 2020, 01:50:25 AM
https://www.youtube.com/v/odbvoUqq3EA&ab_channel=Tom%C3%A1sOlano

Lecture by Stockhausen on his visit to Japan after a commission, the visit finished with the creation of Telemusik, but whatever you think of the music the lecture is worth hearing because it's such a personal, sensitive and intelligent, testimony -- charismatically delivered.
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

Christo

#30569
December 25, 2020, 02:01:37 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on December 24, 2020, 11:28:19 PM
Havergal Brian: Gothic Symphony Part 1
New Philharmonia/Groves
Terrific performance:
Better than the Lenard and the Brabbins?  ???
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948

Harry

#30570
December 25, 2020, 02:13:34 AM
A Happy and Merry Christmas to all.

New acquisition, first listen.

Johann Kuhnau.
Complete Sacred Works, Volume VI.
Performers:
Opella Musica-Camerata Lipsiensis, Gregor Meyer.

Fits perfectly in the line of the Five volumes before. An amazing venture in all respects. Well sung, instrumental parts sensitively done, and the only quibble I would have is that David Erler the counter is to forwardly recorded. In the best of times I am not a great fan of male altos, for they always get on my nerves, but there are exceptions.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

amw

#30571
December 25, 2020, 03:21:06 AM


Still considering that Mystery Sonatas blind comparison idea.

Harry

#30572
December 25, 2020, 03:23:56 AM
Luis de Los Cobos.
The Complete Orchestral Works.

Sinfonia "Cursus Vitae", opus 8.
Agonia Recurrente, Meditacion Sinfonica, opus 12.
Jungla, opus 11.

Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon, Jose Luis Temes.

This one was the only one that survived in my collection. It came in a bunch I bought cheaply of the label VERSO. Most of them I threw away, this one not.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Biffo

#30573
December 25, 2020, 04:01:52 AM
Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 - For the First Day of Christmas - Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & Soloists directed by John Eliot Gardiner

Traverso

#30574
December 25, 2020, 04:08:35 AM
Bach


Inventionen & Sinfonien

Sergeant Rock

#30575
December 25, 2020, 04:51:42 AM
Fartein Valen Symphony No. 4 op. 43




Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Traverso

#30576
December 25, 2020, 05:07:56 AM
Milhaud

String Quartet 12,14 & 14
String Octet

Quartetto Italiano
Quator Bernède
Quator Parrenin


Sergeant Rock

#30577
December 25, 2020, 05:27:17 AM
A Christmas Celebration with Kathleen Battle, Slatkin conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke's




Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Mirror Image

#30578
December 25, 2020, 06:18:21 AM
Quote from: Irons on December 25, 2020, 12:16:19 AM
An interesting set. Is the violinist Ralph Holmes included? He recorded both the Concerto and Sonatas for Unicorn.

He is, indeed. He also plays the Suite for Violin and Orchestra and Legende.

Thread duty -

The 9th from this set:



I'll save some Christmas-oriented music for a bit later as I'm still thinking of a program.

Traverso

#30579
December 25, 2020, 06:24:57 AM
Gershwin

An American in Paris
Rhapsody in blue
Catish Row-Catfisg Row
Catish Row Porgy-sings
Catish Row Fugue
Catish Row Hurricane
Catish Row Good Mornin',Sistuh
Lullaby
Cuban Overture







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