What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[gmstudio]

Absolutely great stuff!


Listening to this:


click picture for link with samples.

Q

Wow, great link!  The Coro sample was quite a wake up this morning.

[sidoze]

Are these worth a try? I'm interested but afraid it might be just for those that "get off" on virtuoso violinists.

well, I think you'd have to really like violin music to get into these. But it's a lot better than the violin lollipops which you're referring to. This disc is fine, but not as good as the one of Grumiaux playing VCs 4 and 5. That one's pretty wicked actually. 

[Wanderer]

Click on image for a lukewarm review (in French). Others have been more (or much more) positive. I'm liking it a great deal, such exuberant music-making!


Que, that Zelenka disc looks positively thrilling. Did you purchase it from that site or is it available elsewhere, too?

[Lethevich]

Alfred Schnittke - Peer Gynt (BIS)


I can't imagine this with choreography, I treat it as an immense and strange dream-like creation of absolute music...

[Peregrine]

Mozart Pico, K.482 - Casadesus/Szell

[not edward]

Alfred Schnittke - Peer Gynt (BIS)


I can't imagine this with choreography, I treat it as an immense and strange dream-like creation of absolute music...

I'd just settle for a chance to hear it live before I die, choreography or no choreography: as far as I'm concerned it's one of the most overwhelming pieces of music from any era.

On a rather lower level of inspiration, I'm listening to the Korngold violin concerto. I wouldn't necessarily go as far as to echo the "more corn than gold" quip, but it isn't the most subtle of pieces.

[Lethevich]

On a rather lower level of inspiration, I'm listening to the Korngold violin concerto. I wouldn't necessarily go as far as to echo the "more corn than gold" quip, but it isn't the most subtle of pieces.

I have an ASV disc of his cello concerto on my to-listen pile - hope it doesn't suck too much

[Thom]

[Que]

Que, that Zelenka disc looks positively thrilling. Did you purchase it from that site or is it available elsewhere, too?

Wanderer, I got it from a local shop which does special imports.
But it has been reviewed and is available in France (it received a Diapson d'Or) - saw it on Fnac and Alapage, and an Italian on-line shop (la Bottega) as well.
For members in the US: It has also been reviewed in Fanfare, so there has to be an US-source as well.

But the price of the Czechs - €11 - seems pretty attractive to me.

Q

[not edward]

Rihm: Vers une Symphonie fleuve IV.
One of the pieces that makes me think neoromanticism is often done best by composers with considerable modernist chops (Schnittke's more conservative work makes me think the same thing).

As it's not available on disc anywhere, I finally remembered to post a link to it in the Broadcast Corner.

[Peregrine]

Beethoven - Op.132 +Op.135/Juilliard String Quartet

[wintersway]

[Kullervo]

I have an ASV disc of his cello concerto on my to-listen pile - hope it doesn't suck too much

The violin concerto doesn't suck, but it would not be incorrect to accuse it of schmaltz — but then, I am no stranger to schmaltz. Probably why I like the films of Douglas Sirk so much. 

EDIT: I realize you were talking about the cello concerto, but I can't comment on it since I haven't heard it.

[Que]

Of course the concept is as simple as it is brilliant and unique: you are an Italian singer, you want to sing "Lieder", why not sing the songs that are in Italian? (Few Italian speaking singers sing natural German - Lisa della Casa could, but then she was Swiss!)
The result is just perfect, these songs never sounded as natural as here. I doubt if this is ever to be surpassed.

Q

[PaulR]

Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem Previn/LSO

[Lilas Pastia]

Rihm: Vers une Symphonie fleuve IV.
One of the pieces that makes me think neoromanticism is often done best by composers with considerable modernist chops (Schnittke's more conservative work makes me think the same thing).

As it's not available on disc anywhere, I finally remembered to post a link to it in the Broadcast Corner.

Thanks for the link, Edward. I yet have to discover Rihm. I have a disc of his music I haven't listened to yet (Erste Doppelgänger, Dritte Musik, Styx und Lethe, etc). Here's what the ARG reviewer has to say on one of these pieces: "ominous, terrifying, and promising death and taxes for all. There is no escape."

[not edward]

Thanks for the link, Edward. I yet have to discover Rihm. I have a disc of his music I haven't listened to yet (Erste Doppelgänger, Dritte Musik, Styx und Lethe, etc). Here's what the ARG reviewer has to say on one of these pieces: "ominous, terrifying, and promising death and taxes for all. There is no escape."

That's not a terrible description of Rihm in the neoromantic mode. He does tend to just keep ratcheting up the tension way beyond the point it should break. (Of course, he also does something similar when writing sparsely textured pieces influenced by late Nono--though I don't think he does it as well as his model there.)

[longears]

Gardiner's LvB 6--lovely, even if the first movement seems more like a country ride on a motorcycle than a stroll through pastoral countryside.  That I may prefer other recordings does not mean I'm insensitive to the virtues of this one, particularly tight ensemble play, very good sound quality, and a liveliness all too often missing in big band Beethoven.

[Peregrine]

Gekic - Tokyo recital. This boy can play a bit...

[rubio]

First time I hear some Samuel Barber works. I find the music to be delightful and interesting.