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[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn Symphony No. 31 in D major "Hornsignal" Goodman conducting the Hanover  Band




Sarge

[Carlo Gesualdo]

           Good morning, Listening to:
      -
    Arnold & Hugo DE Lantins -
        Secular
               Works on RICECARE,
           just got in mail this morning
         I see similarity whit Ciconia &
         Lymburgia which is fading out
       Ars Subtilior & early renaissance,
      in between music, this is amazing.
                         
 

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NP:

Strauss
Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64
Berliners
HvK



Glorious beyond words! This is still the performance to better. I remember listening to this recording when I was around 12 or 13 yrs. old as my dad owned (and still owns) this 'Karajan Gold' edition and being mesmerized by the music.

[Traverso]

Messiaen

What a special occasion it must have been and how I would have liked to be there. 

In love

Loriod and Messiaen first met on May 7, 1941. Messiaen taught the first of his famous music analysis classes at the Paris Conservatory. And although the traces of his imprisonment in Görlitz, where he wrote his famous Quatuor pour la fin du temps, were still more than visible, he made a big impression. "The students waited impatiently for the new teacher," Loriod once wrote. "Eventually he arrived with a music bag and seriously swollen fingers, a remnant of his captivity. He put the score for Debussy's Prélude á l'apres-Midi d'un Faune on the piano and played all the voices. The whole class was amazed and enchanted and everyone fell in love with him right there. "

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Messiaen

What a special occasion it must have been and how I would have liked to be there. 

In love

Loriod and Messiaen first met on May 7, 1941. Messiaen taught the first of his famous music analysis classes at the Paris Conservatory. And although the traces of his imprisonment in Görlitz, where he wrote his famous Quatuor pour la fin du temps, were still more than visible, he made a big impression. "The students waited impatiently for the new teacher," Loriod once wrote. "Eventually he arrived with a music bag and seriously swollen fingers, a remnant of his captivity. He put the score for Debussy's Prélude á l'apres-Midi d'un Faune on the piano and played all the voices. The whole class was amazed and enchanted and everyone fell in love with him right there. "

Messiaen

You see, I told you that you're Messiaen man around here, Jan. By the way, I just bought this box set --- it seems like a nice hybrid between the older EMI and Erato sets. Looking forward to digging into it. I already have the DG Complete box set ripped to my computer, but I think this will be another good one to do.

[steve ridgway]

Scelsi - Uaxuctum - The Legend Of The Mayan City Which They Themselves Destroyed For Religious Reasons - For Ondes Martenot, Seven Percussionists, Timpanist, Chorus And 23 Musicians. What a super title, and to think that before I discovered classical music I was impressed by rock titles like Eloy's Atlantis' Agony At June 5th - 8498, 13 P.M. Gregorian Earthtime.

[bhodges]

Scelsi - Uaxuctum - The Legend Of The Mayan City Which They Themselves Destroyed For Religious Reasons - For Ondes Martenot, Seven Percussionists, Timpanist, Chorus And 23 Musicians. What a super title, and to think that before I discovered classical music I was impressed by rock titles like Eloy's Atlantis' Agony At June 5th - 8498, 13 P.M. Gregorian Earthtime.

Definitely a winning title. This is one of the few Scelsi recordings I've heard; bought it for the Quattro Pezzi, which lived up to expectations. He's hardly a composer for casual listening, but heavens, what an original.

--Bruce

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NP:

Stravinsky
Canticum sacrum
John Mark Ainsley, Stephen Roberts
Iain Simcock, organ
Westminster Cathedral Choir
City of London Sinfonia
James O'Donnell

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Scelsi - Uaxuctum - The Legend Of The Mayan City Which They Themselves Destroyed For Religious Reasons - For Ondes Martenot, Seven Percussionists, Timpanist, Chorus And 23 Musicians. What a super title, and to think that before I discovered classical music I was impressed by rock titles like Eloy's Atlantis' Agony At June 5th - 8498, 13 P.M. Gregorian Earthtime.

Yes, one of Scelsi's great works. What do you think of this performance compared with the Jörg Wyttenbach on Accord? Personally, I can't imagine the Wyttenbach being bettered --- it's so atmospheric and menacing.

[steve ridgway]

Yes, one of Scelsi's great works. What do you think of this performance compared with the Jörg Wyttenbach on Accord? Personally, I can't imagine the Wyttenbach being bettered --- it's so atmospheric and menacing.

I'm quite happy with this one as well, alternate between the two of them.

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I'm quite happy with this one as well, alternate between the two of them.

Hmmm...I might have to check this one out. In the meantime...

Thread duty -

Scelsi
Trio per archi
Arditti

[Traverso]

You see, I told you that you're Messiaen man around here, Jan. By the way, I just bought this box set --- it seems like a nice hybrid between the older EMI and Erato sets. Looking forward to digging into it. I already have the DG Complete box set ripped to my computer, but I think this will be another good one to do.

HI John,I sold the older EMI set,the Warner edition has the same recordings and 7 more.
I have the Messiaen Orchestral Works  (DG) and the very good set from hänssler Cambreling.Listening to these recordings today was very rewarding and every time that I listen to it it reveals more sense and beauty.It is the first time that I listened to the complete cataloque d'oiseaux and I never felt a moment of feeling lost.
Music is the most abstract art form and bearing this in mind I cannot help but feel that I was listening to meaningful music that did not feel abstract, I felt part of all the strange birds, felt stillness and wonder

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HI John,I sold the older EMI set,the Warner edition has the same recordings and 7 more.
I have the Messiaen Orchestral Works  (DG) and the very good set from hänssler Cambreling.Listening to these recordings today was very rewarding and every time that I listen to it it reveals more sense and beauty.It is the first time that I listened to the complete cataloque d'oiseaux and I never felt a moment of feeling lost.
Music is the most abstract art form and bearing this in mind I cannot help but feel that I was listening to meaningful music that did not feel abstract, I felt part of all the strange birds, felt stillness and wonder

Yeah, I should gift the older EMI set to someone. Anyway, that's great read. Looking forward to digging into the set.

[listener]

another recording of the MENDELSSOHN Organ Sonatas op. 65
Sauer organ at the Thomaskirche Leipzig
Sonatas for Solo Cello by YSAŸE (op. 28) CRUMB and KODALY (op.
Gordon Epperson, cello

[Iota]

Hindemith: Flute Sonata

Emannuel Pahud (flute), Eric le Sage (piano)


What a lovely, Spring-like piece, completely captivated me. The highly appealing pairing of instrumentalists live up to their reputations. Slightly revealing/odd/nice for me this, because this may have been the piece that put me off Hindemith for some while after I accompanied it when I was about 15. This was probably in part me sight-reading badly, and in part my innate stupidity, but whatever, it's a very nice stone to turn over and discover a pearl.

[DavidW]

Rach marathon




Strongly disliked Gergiev for the tempo choices.  Liked the Litton. I really liked the Jurowsky, and loved the Trifonov.

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Hindemith: Flute Sonata

Emannuel Pahud (flute), Eric le Sage (piano)


What a lovely, Spring-like piece, completely captivated me. The highly appealing pairing of instrumentalists live up to their reputations. Slightly revealing/odd/nice for me this, because this may have been the piece that put me off Hindemith for some while after I accompanied it when I was about 15. This was probably in part me sight-reading badly, and in part my innate stupidity, but whatever, it's a very nice stone to turn over and discover a pearl.

Very nice, iota. I should revisit that sonata.

[ritter]

Joining Traverso with some Messiaen tonight: Peter Serkin plays Vingt regards sur l'Enfant Jésus.



From the big box:

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NP:

Strauss
Dance of the Seven Veils from 'Salome'
Staatskapelle Dresden
Kempe

From the Tower Records Japanese hybrid SACD set:



Special note: My set is actually all black where the blue trim is in the photo above. This one that is all black is actually a reissue of the one pictured above.

[Irons]

Martinu: 5th String Quartet.



The urgency took me by surprise by both the Janacek SQ and the work itself.