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karlhenning

#10301
September 17, 2007, 11:47:32 AM
Tippett
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
English String Orchestra
Wm Boughton

dtwilbanks

#10302
September 17, 2007, 11:50:24 AM
Sokolov playing Scriabin, Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff

Not all at the same time.

Papy Oli

#10303
September 17, 2007, 11:54:33 AM


Not bowled over by the piece as such...
Olivier

pjme

#10304
September 17, 2007, 11:58:29 AM


Very elegant and refined music. Beautiful voices ( Piau, Banditelli)

karlhenning

#10306
September 17, 2007, 12:08:55 PM
Gangsta Brahms!  8)

Que

#10307
September 17, 2007, 12:54:18 PM Last Edit: September 17, 2007, 12:55:51 PM by Que
Quote from: Corey on September 17, 2007, 12:00:45 PM
What an odd cover.  ???

According to the booklet Brahms wrote in 1875 to his editor Simrock that Simrock should place on the front cover (of a music edition) an image of a (man's) head with a gun in front of it....
He added that he would send his own picture to be used for that purpose. ::)

I guess Brahms was in one of his moods.

Great recording btw!  8)

Q

Kullervo

#10308
September 17, 2007, 12:56:54 PM
Quote from: Que on September 17, 2007, 12:54:18 PM
According to the booklet Brahms wrote in 1875 to his editor Simrock that Simrock should place on the front cover (of a music edition) an image of a (man's) head with a gun in front of it....
He added that he would send his own picture to be used for that purpose. ::)

I guess Brahms was in one of his moods.

Q

Probably too much correspondence with Hugo Wolf...

not edward

#10309
September 17, 2007, 01:28:16 PM
Quote from: Drasko on September 17, 2007, 10:43:25 AM


Scherchen at his absolute extreme
Yeah, that one's a bit too much for me, with the 15-minute Adagietto and all those cuts, even though I am amazed by the intensity of the performance.
"I don't at all mind actively disliking a piece of contemporary music, but in order to feel happy about it I must consciously understand why I dislike it. Otherwise it remains in my mind as unfinished business."
-- Aaron Copland, The Pleasures of Music

Solitary Wanderer

#10310
September 17, 2007, 02:12:59 PM
'I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.' ~ Emily Bronte

Solitary Wanderer

#10311
September 17, 2007, 02:13:24 PM


Acts 1,2 & 3
'I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.' ~ Emily Bronte

Bogey

#10312
September 17, 2007, 02:36:09 PM


So overplayed that it has become conciously underplayed.  ;)  But I love it!
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

karlhenning

#10313
September 17, 2007, 02:41:48 PM
I love the Solemn Overture "1812" and the Capriccio italien, Bill, and I don't care who knows it!  :)

Bogey

#10314
September 17, 2007, 02:49:01 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 17, 2007, 02:41:48 PM
I love the Solemn Overture "1812" and the Capriccio italien, Bill, and I don't care who knows it!  :)

To your station man!  ;D



Typical British field artillery of the War of 1812 - brass six-pounder field gun
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Gurn Blanston

#10315
September 17, 2007, 02:50:30 PM
Quote from: Bogey on September 17, 2007, 02:36:09 PM


So overplayed that it has become conciously underplayed.  ;)  But I love it!

Great disk. You better darn well have it turned down a bit when the cannon start!  Like Karl, I like those works, and don't care who knows it. But like you, I don't overplay it either.

Right now, it is Schubert - D 957 - Schwanengesang (Swan Song) - Jose van Dam & Valery Afanassiev. (Forlane)  Lovely rendering of a lovely work.

8)
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Solitary Wanderer

#10316
September 17, 2007, 02:51:54 PM
Quote from: Bogey on September 17, 2007, 02:36:09 PM


So overplayed that it has become conciously underplayed.  ;)  But I love it!

Bill, I have that Telarc version on SACD which is sensational! The canons!!!
'I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.' ~ Emily Bronte

DavidW

#10317
September 17, 2007, 03:53:55 PM
Harry, I like your choice in Frankel, he is a highly underrated Neoromantic not quite tonal composer.  Great stuff!

For me I'm still wallowing in Caldara, fantastic music powerful, stirring stuff. :)

SonicMan46

#10318
September 17, 2007, 05:15:03 PM
Kiel, Friedrich (1821-1885) Cello & Piano Works w/ Zentgraf (cello) & Ullrich (piano) on the always wonderful MDG label -  :D

Eybler, Joseph (1765-1846) - friend of Mozart & Haydn but living to his 80s! Played by the excellent group 'Quintett Momento Musicale' - again, the MDG label -  :)

Probably both Harry recommendations that were on my list & just arrived - great stuff!  I already own some Kiel CDs, but would love to look more into Eybler, my first experience! -  :D

 
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