What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[The new erato]

I decided today would be well-spent surfing Naxos Music Library and finding music that I didn't even know existed! Like Englund's Concerto for 12 Cellos:



So far, it's awesome.

I like Englund a big lot, as I've reported on various occasions, but didn't know about this. Oh for a big Finlandia box from Warner.

[Brian]

I like Englund a big lot, as I've reported on various occasions, but didn't know about this. Oh for a big Finlandia box from Warner.

I'm now on the "Nostalgic" Fourth Symphony, so I didn't listen to the sonata or suite, but the Concerto was really terrific. The first three movements were maybe better than the last two, but I thought the writing of the various parts was phenomenal.

[North Star]

I decided today would be well-spent surfing Naxos Music Library and finding music that I didn't even know existed! Like Englund's Concerto for 12 Cellos:



So far, it's awesome.

That Englund looks interesting. I've only heard a piano concerto from him (Raekallio's recording), should explore more.

Thread duty:

Ravel
Piano Concerto in G major
Piano Concerto for the left hand*
Argerich & Abbado
*Beroff & Abbado

[bhodges]

Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy (Sinaisky / BBC Philharmonic) - Live recording, full of polish and power.
R. Strauss: Lieder (Jessye Norman / Geoffrey Parsons) - One of my favorite recordings, period. Norman sounds completely at home in these songs, and Parsons is the kind of attentive partner singers must dream about.

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--Bruce

[KeithW]

Listening to Falstaff. I'm still trying to grasp this work. Barbirolli is the man for the job.

John, if you would like to explore Elgar's Falstaff more thoroughly, you might be interested in the following article, by a musicologist from Royal Holloway in London.

http://www.jpehs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/harper-scott-2005.pdf

You can also read Elgar's own essay on the work at http://www.jstor.org/stable/908045

[Brian]

That Englund looks interesting. I've only heard a piano concerto from him (Raekallio's recording), should explore more.

...which I just listened to! I love the 'larghissimo' of the first concerto, especially the very haunting ending. The finale sounds like it would fit in on a Shostakofiev album.

[KeithW]

In this anniversary year, I should be starting out by listening to Britten, Wagner or Verdi - but as Jessica Duchen pointed out in her blog today, these form the acronym BWV, so that gives me a good excuse (not that one is needed) to listen to Bach:

Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Mass in B minor, BWV232

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[Karl Henning]

John, if you would like to explore Elgar's Falstaff more thoroughly, you might be interested in the following article, by a musicologist from Royal Holloway in London.

http://www.jpehs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/harper-scott-2005.pdf

You can also read Elgar's own essay on the work at http://www.jstor.org/stable/908045

Thank you for these!

[Opus106]

R. Strauss: Lieder (Jessye Norman / Geoffrey Parsons) - One of my favorite recordings, period. Norman sounds completely at home in these songs, and Parsons is the kind of attentive partner singers must dream about.

--Bruce

Which reminds me to give it a spin. Surprisingly for me, I have three discs which haven't been listened to even once since their purchase many months ago. All involve the human voice and two of them are of Norman's.

[North Star]

...which I just listened to! I love the 'larghissimo' of the first concerto, especially the very haunting ending. The finale sounds like it would fit in on a Shostakofiev album.

I remember thinking that it reminded me of Shostakovich, too. 

[The new erato]

...which I just listened to! I love the 'larghissimo' of the first concerto, especially the very haunting ending. The finale sounds like it would fit in on a Shostakofiev album.

Shostakofiev is a good reference. If you can find "The Great Wall of China" you will find a hilarious Shostakovich spoof in it.

[bhodges]

Which reminds me to give it a spin. Surprisingly for me, I have three discs which haven't been listened to even once since their purchase many months ago. All involve the human voice and two of them are of Norman's.

When Norman was good, she was really something. I played this last night for a friend who had never heard Norman before, and she thought it was gorgeous. (What are your other two recordings?)

--Bruce

[TheGSMoeller]

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[listener]

MUSSORGSKY;  Pictures at an Exhibition
and a batch of (mainly salon-style) short pieces for piano
from a 2-LP box by Michel Beroff

[Brian]

Shostakofiev is a good reference. If you can find "The Great Wall of China" you will find a hilarious Shostakovich spoof in it.

It's on NML. Here we go!

[Conor71]

Quote from: James on January 02, 2013, 08:19:01 PM>If you like Stockhausen's intuitive thing .. you might want to check out CD 17.1



Samples >> http://www.stockhausencds.com/Stockhausen_Edition_CD17.htm

Also of interest, connected to that EMI set are:
Spiral Integral CD46A-B
Spiral for oboe CD45
Kurzwellen CD13 & CD61
Ceylon, Procezzion CD11
Zyklus, Refrain, Kontakte CD6

And there are many, many editions of both Tierkreis & In Freundschaft available:
Tierkreis for 12 music boxes CD24
Tierkreis for clarinet & piano CD32A
Tierkreis for trio CD35
Tierkreis for tenor & synthesizer CD77
Tierkreis for orchestra CD100
In Freundschaft for clarinet CD27
In Freundschaft for flute CD28
In Freundschaft for trombone CD44
In Freundschaft for sax CD78
In Freundschaft versions for recorder, horn, bassoon, double-bass CD101
Sirius CD26A-B

Thanks James! 

[Mirror Image]

John, if you would like to explore Elgar's Falstaff more thoroughly, you might be interested in the following article, by a musicologist from Royal Holloway in London.

http://www.jpehs.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/harper-scott-2005.pdf

You can also read Elgar's own essay on the work at http://www.jstor.org/stable/908045

Yikes! Looks like some informative articles, Keith. Thanks a lot.

[Karl Henning]

January is for Shostakovich SQs and Symphonies!

Дмитри Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
Симфония № 4 c-moll, соч. 43 [ Symphony № 4 in c minor, Opus 43 ]
Moscow Phil
Кирилл Петрович [ Kirill Petrovich (Kondrashin) ]
Recorded in 1966

[Conor71]

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 14 In F# Major, Op. 142


Bit late to the party as usual so glad to see the Shostakovich SQ listening has been extended another month! - I am starting on the last Disc of my set and working backwards. 1 Disc a day for the next week then 


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[Brian]

Shostakofiev is a good reference. If you can find "The Great Wall of China" you will find a hilarious Shostakovich spoof in it.

Oh god this is FANTASTIC!

And it keeps getting better as it goes along! Aaaaaa I want to put it on repeat.