What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Bogey]

with atrocious songs,

I washed dishes and packed the kids' lunches during these David. 

[longears]

I washed dishes and packed the kids' lunches during these David. 

I was doing laundry and cleaning the kitchen, Bill. 

[Harry]

I was doing laundry and cleaning the kitchen, Bill. 

And I was sleeping.....

[springrite]

And I was sleeping.....

Me, too. Thank goodness for the time difference. Besides, I watch no more than a couple of movies a year anyway, and none this year, so I have never been one who has any reason to be interested.

[karlhenning]

As usual I was appalled at the crassness of cutting off people they're supposedly honoring . . . .

I was so glad that when they made it up to the Czech girl who was cut off by Bill Conti at the mic after the Irish chap had had his say.  That was appalling manners.

[Harry]

Me, too. Thank goodness for the time difference. Besides, I watch no more than a couple of movies a year anyway, and none this year, so I have never been one who has any reason to be interested.

I watch about 10 films a week, and still I was not interested, Paul
Good day to you, and your pregnant wife.
Hope all is well?

[MISHUGINA]

Listened to free CD that comes with my BBC Music CD (maybe it's Jan issue) featuring Bartok and Lutoslawski's Concerto for Orchestras.


Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, BBC Wales Symphony Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka
Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Witold Lutoslawski

Maybe it's just me but I'm already quite spoiled listening to too many top-notch orchestras and conductors. The Bartok bored me to death and I had to cleanse my ears by listening to Boulez/BPO (live concert). Despite Lutoslawski himself conduct, it's still a numbfest compared with the Antoni Wit recording I heard.

[Harry]

Hans Huber.
Symphony No. 6 opus 134. (1911)
Stuttgarter Philharmoniker/Jorg-Peter Weigle.

Yet another fine example of Hans Huber his genial writing.
What I said about the second Symphony also applies to the third really.
And I don't want to repeat myself, so if interested PM me.

Hans Huber Day.

[ChamberNut]

Golijov - Three songs for soprano and orchestra

1. Night of the Flying Horses:  Close Yourn Eyes - Doina - Gallop

2. Lua descolorida

3. How Slow the Wind

Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor

DG label

[karlhenning]

Nielsen
Helios Overture, Opus 17 [ FS 32 ]
Danish National Radio
Thos Jensen

Simple beauty!

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Hans Huber Day.

I just listened to some samples on emusic. You're right, Harry - this is excellent music. The fragments of the Second and Fourth I heard are very good, and also that Böcklin piece. A real find. His voice reminds me of Strauss, and Elgar, and still he is different - there is a colourful clarity there. It is fascinating how the best of these late-romantic composers manage to sound individual, whilst sharing a common language.

[Ephemerid]

Great avatar Josh!

*GROWL!*  Thanks!     (I love Sendak's work)

Just downloaded and listening to...

Bach: The Art of Fugue
Karl Munchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Interesting hearing contrapunctus I at such a slooowwww tempo-- I can savor it a bit more this way. 

[Harry]

I just listened to some samples on emusic. You're right, Harry - this is excellent music. The fragments of the Second and Fourth I heard are very good, and also that Böcklin piece. A real find. His voice reminds me of Strauss, and Elgar, and still he is different - there is a colourful clarity there. It is fascinating how the best of these late-romantic composers manage to sound individual, whilst sharing a common language.

Without knowing it my dear friend, you made me very happy by writing this.
The Bocklin piece is indeed overwhelming, as many of his compositions are.
I have at least the complete set of Symphonies, and with that, I would never part again.

[Harry]

Max Reger.
Volume VIII.
Aus meinem Tagebuch, opus 82
Part I, 12 small pieces.
Part II, 6 small pieces.

Markus Becker, Piano.

I said it before, and will do it again, Max Reger's piano music is sublime. After Chopin, Reger is for me the next best, so to speak. I know of no composer that can touch me so deep as Max Reger does. Whatever emotions you experienced, this composer has put it in music.
Markus Becker is a awesome musician, and I urge you to listen to the samples I provide. Not knowing him is missing a major part of 20th century music.
Very well recorded.
Samples

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/hnum/1852791?rk=classic&rsk=hitlist

[Hector]

I just listened to some samples on emusic. You're right, Harry - this is excellent music. The fragments of the Second and Fourth I heard are very good, and also that Böcklin piece. A real find. His voice reminds me of Strauss, and Elgar, and still he is different - there is a colourful clarity there. It is fascinating how the best of these late-romantic composers manage to sound individual, whilst sharing a common language.

Please, please, I beg of you not to contaminate the names of Strauss and Elgar with this bland bore.

Beecham on the radio in three pieces from 'Pelleas and Mellisande' including the incredible 'At the Castle Gate.'

'Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra' on CD in the car. The composer on Decca. Hadn't played this for some time.

Ending the afternoon, on and off, with Svendsen's Symphonies 1 and 2 with Jansons' in Oslo on iPod.

These are such tuneful and engaging works and should be programmed by concert promoters. Svendsen was seen as the natural heir to Grieg.

[Wanderer]

A glorious sunset flooding my room with light... and listening to:

Schumann: Symphony No. 4 (arr.Mahler) (Gewandhausorchester/MasurChailly).

[PerfectWagnerite]

A glorious sunset flooding my room with light... and listening to:

Schumann: Symphony No. 4 (arr.Mahler) (Gewandhausorchester/Masur).

Where did you get that one? The one I have is conducted by Chailly.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Please, please, I beg of you not to contaminate the names of Strauss and Elgar with this bland bore.

I hope you won't lose any sleep over my contamination! But I really liked what I heard of the 'bland bore' from Switzerland. Only the fragments of the Eighth sounded a bit weaker.

[Wanderer]

Where did you get that one? The one I have is conducted by Chailly.

My mistake. 
It is, of course, Chailly.

Next in line will be:

Bruckner: Symphony No.8 (VPO/Boulez).
Mahler: Symphony No.8 (Staatskapelle Berlin/Boulez).

[Harry]

I hope you won't lose any sleep over my contamination! But I really liked what I heard of the 'bland bore' from Switzerland. Only the fragments of the Eighth sounded a bit weaker.

As I said, you have to immerse yourself in this music, nothing else will do, to find the true genius.
And of course every composer has its weak moments, right?
The posting by Hector is one of the many I have read, and even people PM ing me, to tell me how terrible his music is. Well......
People often talk about Hans Huber and having heard only a few fragments.