What are you listening 2 now?

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Milhaud
Viola Sonata No. 2, Op. 244
Mauro Tortorelli (viola), Angela Meluso (piano)

[Madiel]

Schubert, Badura-Skoda (RCA cycle), D.784 in A minor.

[aukhawk]

I found the birds recently in chocolate eggs... 

Is that une petite ligne d'oiseaux or une ligne des oiseaux petits ??  (Asking for a friend.)

Now playing:
Rite of Spring, Heras-Casado, Orchestre de Paris

Top-notch.


Rite of Spring, Heras-Casado, Orchestre de Paris

[Florestan]

Is that une petite ligne d'oiseaux or une ligne des oiseaux petits ??

I'd say une ligne de p'tits oiseaux. 

[Biffo]

Kabelac: Symphony No 6 'Concertante' for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op 44 - Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marko Ivanovic with Karel Dohnal clarinet . Don't know why Kabelac didn't call this a concerto but labels don't really matter, this is a gripping work.

[The new erato]

To this very day, there's a region in France called Languedoc-Roussillon, capital city Montpellier. Very beautiful, worth a visit (both region and city, that is).

Langue d'oc  is actually what the troubadours spoke and sung.

I saw the 2006 soccer finale between  Italy and France on the 9th July on big screens in the main square of Montpellier together with 20.000 crazy Frenchmen.

When France's Zinedine Zidane headbutted  Italy's Marco Materazzi the crowd went crazy and gave me a memory for life.

I saw Germany beat Brazil 7-2 in a "pub" in Porto as well in 2015. The Portuguese weren't too happy.........

[Mirror Image]

NP:

Strauss
Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24
New York Phil.
Sinopoli

[steve ridgway]

Varese: Tuning Up [Chailly]





I have read the story behind this work, which in itself is interesting, but I actually really like the work a lot. I find it quite powerful, exciting and compelling and it has a great presence.

Yes, it turned out very well, like a little Varèse sampler to introduce the album.

[Biffo]

Fauré: Piano Quintet No 1 in D minor, Op 89 - Pascal Rogé piano and Quatuor Ysaÿe

[Florestan]

I saw the 2006 soccer finale between  Italy and France on the 9th July on big screens in the main square of Montpellier together with 20.000 crazy Frenchmen.

When France's Zinedine Zidane headbutted  Italy's Marco Materazzi the crord went crazy and gave me a memory for life.

A great career ending in such a disgraceful way... That was a really sad moment.

[The new erato]

For both of them really. Not quite without shame for Materazzi either.

[Florestan]

For both of them really. Not quite without shame for Materazzi either.

Yes, of course, but I think no mater what Materazzi allegedly said, Zidane should have ignored him altogether. He was so high above poor M on all levels, he should have behaved as a king pricked by a mosquito.

Btw, I rooted for Italy back then. 

[Traverso]

Stravinsky

Les Noces

Quatre Chants paysants russes  ( les Soucoupes ) (1914-1917)

Quatre Chants paysants russes  ( les Soucoupes ) arranged 1954

La baiser de la Fée

Philharmonia orchestra  André Vandernoot

[kyjo]

Dag Wiren: Symphony No.3 (1943-44)
Ages since I listened to this and I'd forgotten what a fine work it is.
There are a number of Swedish composers whose work means a lot to me including Wiren (especially symphonies 3 and 4), Rosenberg, Pettersson, Peterson-Berger, Atterberg, Nystroem (Sinfonia del Mare) and Alfven (Symphony No.4). Wiren was probably done no favours by the late Robert Layton who, erroneously in my opinion, described his symphonies as 'short-breathed' - he did much the same for Pettersson with his oft-repeated 'rampant self-pity' description of his music:

Totally agree, Jeffrey. Wirén was always able to pack a lot of incident in a short span of time, and certain works like the 3rd Symphony have an "epic" feel to them despite their brief duration. Definitely not "short-breathed" at all! As you know, Swedish composers are very dear to my heart as well and there are very few of them whose music I do not cherish. It is a travesty to me that a country that has produced so many fine composers goes pretty much unmentioned in most accounts of Western music history and is rarely represented in today's concert programs.

[kyjo]

The 2nd SQ

This is the meaning of exquisiteness. Sheer delight!

I really enjoy Schumann's SQs as well, and his chamber music generally. The first two quartets may have some "dead spots", but they're more than made up for by music of great vitality, character, and even humor. The almost Sousa-like (!) trio of the scherzo of the 2nd quartet never fails to put a smile on my face!

[Florestan]

It is a travesty to me that a country that has produced so many fine composers goes pretty much unmentioned in most accounts of Western music history and is rarely represented in today's concert programs.

Read this (admittedly controversial) book, Kyle --- and you'll have the answer to your first question...

http://www.musicweb-international.com/books/Pauls_two_centuries_in_one.pdf

As for the second one, the answer is possibly a mixture of intellectual laziness, artistic complacency and copyright issues.

[ritter]

Just delivered, and now playing:


So far (I've reached El Corpus Christi en Sevilla) this is first-rate. Olivier Chauzu avoids excesses, but brings out the polyphony of Albéniz's extraordinary piano writing in a very clear way, while maintaining the flow of the musical discourse in a very natural way. One of the great Iberia recordings I know (and I know quite a few).

Up next, what for me is the high point of the suite, Rondeña (but I already sampled that on YouTube—that's what led me to order the CDs  ).

[Florestan]

Just delivered, and now playing:


So far (I've reached El Corpus Christi en Sevilla) this is first-rate. Olivier Chauzu avoids excesses, but brings out the polyphony of Albéniz's extraordinary piano writing in a very clear way, while maintaining the flow of the musical discourse in a very natural way. One of the great Iberia recordings I know (and I know quite a few).

Up next, what for me is the high point of the suite, Rondeña (but I already sampled that on YouTube—that's what led me to order the CDs  ).

Set in seek-and-capture mode, thank you and good evening, Rafael.

[ritter]

Set in seek-and-capture mode, thank you and good evening, Rafael.

A good evening to you as well, querido amigo.

[Alek Hidell]

Good to see you posting again, Alex. Sorry to hear of your medical issues. I hope you're feeling better now?

Thanks, John. I've been lurking, of course, just catching up.

As for my medical issues, thank you again. The irony is that I've never felt "sick" in any way - but I learned about three weeks ago that I have cancer in my parotid (salivary) glands. Fortunately a PET scan showed that it seems to be limited to those two areas (one on each side, of course) and should be treatable.

Anyway, I'm thinking I'll let some of the recent discussions in this thread influence me, and I'll listen to some Messiaen next: the catalogue of birds, of course!