What are you listening 2 now?

[Symphonic Addict]

Oh yes, this CD is proving to be a complete success. The Brazilian flavour, lyrical feel to it and rhythmic distinctiveness at their best.

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It's not a mediocre work by any means, just that I'm getting more analytical and, eventually, critic towards one of my favorite passions in life.

You see, I totally relate to this and this is something I haven't been able to word correctly, but when I speak out against a work I dislike, I've got a lot of listening experience to back up such a dislike. I feel that I've reached the point where I can criticize it. There's nothing wrong with saying you dislike something or that something was just flat-out boring. I'll be honest, I don't think much of Peterson-Berger. When I want to heard a Swede, he's not someone I turn to --- that honor would go to composers like Pettersson, Atterberg, Stenhammer, Nystroem et. al.

[Symphonic Addict]

Btw, I'm listening to Jolivet's Cello Concerto no. 2 right now. All I can say is, I'm much less inclined towards the avant-garde than you, Cesar.... I prefer my melody and harmony, thank you! (I will make some exceptions for certain works by Schnittke and Lutoslawski, though.)

I was expecting that reaction regarding the Jolivet from you. But don't worry. We can keep being friends.  0:)

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On tonight's menu --- albeit a strange program perhaps:

Penderecki
Te Deum
Jadwiga Gadulanka (soprano), Andrzej Hiolski (baritone), Ewa Podles (mezzo-soprano), Wieslav Ochmann (tenor)
Polish Radio Chorus, Krakow, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Krakow
Krzysztof Penderecki



Vasks
Vox amoris
Alina Pogostkina (violin)
Sinfonietta Riga
Juha Kangas



Tabakova
Cello Concerto
Kristina Blaumane (cello)
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Maxim Rysanov

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All I can say is, I'm much less inclined towards the avant-garde than you, Cesar.... I prefer my melody and harmony, thank you! (I will make some exceptions for certain works by Schnittke and Lutoslawski, though.)

I have no doubt that you're attitude towards avant-garde music will soften in time. I love a lot of avant-garde music, but there's some of it that I just can't stand just like there's music from Late-Romantics, Impressionists, etc. that I can't stand. I think if a piece of music moves you, then whether it's avant-garde or not becomes irrelevant and not important.

[JBS]

On tonight's menu --- albeit a strange program perhaps:

Penderecki
Te Deum
Jadwiga Gadulanka (soprano), Andrzej Hiolski (baritone), Ewa Podles (mezzo-soprano), Wieslav Ochmann (tenor)
Polish Radio Chorus, Krakow, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Krakow
Krzysztof Penderecki



Vasks
Vox amoris
Alina Pogostkina (violin)
Sinfonietta Riga
Juha Kangas



Tabakova
Cello Concerto
Kristina Blaumane (cello)
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Maxim Rysanov

A tour of the Baltics? Perhaps Part to finish it off in Estonia?

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A tour of the Baltics? Perhaps Part to finish it off in Estonia?

Well, Poland isn't a part of the Baltics.

[JBS]

Well, Poland isn't a part of the Baltics.

But it's right next door.

[Symphonic Addict]

You see, I totally relate to this and this is something I haven't been able to word correctly, but when I speak out against a work I dislike, I've got a lot of listening experience to back up such a dislike. I feel that I've reached the point where I can criticize it. There's nothing wrong with saying you dislike something or that something was just flat-out boring. I'll be honest, I don't think much of Peterson-Berger. When I want to heard a Swede, he's not someone I turn to --- that honor would go to composers like Pettersson, Atterberg, Stenhammer, Nystroem et. al.

As a therapy I use this forum to express how I feel or react with music or composers in general ever wanting to not to be offensive beyond an own opinion as everyone has theirs.

BTW, some terrific names there! I also include Wirén, Berwald, Rangström, Rosenberg, Blomdahl, etc.

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But it's right next door.

But this doesn't mean it's a part of the Baltics. The Baltics, as I understand it, is made up of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.

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As a therapy I use this forum to express how I feel or react with music or composers in general ever wanting to not to be offensive beyond an own opinion as everyone has theirs.

BTW, some terrific names there! I also include Wirén, Berwald, Rangström, Rosenberg, Blomdahl, etc.

Yep, the day that I can't come here and express myself freely will be the same day that I never return. What some members here (not Kyle but another member who shall remain nameless) don't understand is if we make a critique of something they enjoy, it's not meant to offend them, but just give a different perspective. I'll be straight up honest here, I dislike Renaissance, Baroque and most Classical Era composers, but this dislike shouldn't be taken to heart and should be taken with a grain of salt. If we cannot tell people how we feel about something, then there's no use in having a voice.

[Mapman]

Mahler: Symphony #9
Gielen (DVD)

[JBS]

But this doesn't mean it's a part of the Baltics. The Baltics, as I understand it, is made up of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.

The Baltic States.

But as a region, it really stretches from Finland through Pomerania.

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The Baltic States.

But as a region, it really stretches from Finland through Pomerania.

Okay, well I'm enjoying my program of Polish, Bulgarian-British and Latvian music right now.

[Symphonic Addict]

Yep, the day that I can't come here and express myself freely will be the same day that I never return. What some members here (not Kyle but another member who shall remain nameless) don't understand is if we make a critique of something they enjoy, it's not meant to offend them, but just give a different perspective. I'll be straight up honest here, I dislike Renaissance, Baroque and most Classical Era composers, but this dislike shouldn't be taken to heart and should be taken with a grain of salt. If we cannot tell people how we feel about something, then there's no use in having a voice.

Precisely, it's also a matter of being mature and tolerant enough to understand that tastes are tastes, and as them, as many as each of us exist.

Anyway, let's continue enjoying music as ever!

[Symphonic Addict]

Beethoven: String Quintet in C major

First-rate Beethoven. Beethoven could be quite tuneful as he was. It's a regreshing alternative to the quartets.

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Precisely, it's also a matter of being mature and tolerant enough to understand that tastes are tastes, and as them, as many as each of us exist.

Anyway, let's continue enjoying music as ever!

Indeed!

[Operafreak]

Debussy: Children's Corner, Estampes & Suite bergamasque-Samson François (piano)

[Symphonic Addict]

Berlioz: Te Deum

Towering masterpiece in a most imposing performance and recording.





Schulhoff: Violin Sonata No. 2

Schulhoff did know how to write music with personality. A wonderful work.

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Berlioz: Te Deum

Towering masterpiece in a most imposing performance and recording.





Schulhoff: Violin Sonata No. 2

Schulhoff did know how to write music with personality. A wonderful work.

Great stuff! I should revisit Davis' Berlioz. And Schulhoff is, quite simply, one of the more underrated 20th Century composers I think. Unlike many who had died in a concentration camp, he already had quite a good career in the 20s and 30s. I have a feeling that he would've continued down a fascinating path had he lived longer.

*Just a quick note, while Schulhoff did die in a concentration camp, he didn't die by execution, but by tuberculosis. I've read many articles that say he was executed by the Nazis, but this didn't happen as TB got him first. A tragic loss for classical music (along with many others who, too, like Haas, Klein et. al.).