What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[MN Dave]

You just found out that Britney Spears is a singer (and I use the word loosely)? You've been off-planet the last nine years, haven't you 

Sarge

P.S.  I agree, it's a damn fine tune actually.

Her voice is so over-produced, it could be my grandma singing that.

[lukeottevanger]

For my 1000th posting:

Havergal Brian - Lacryma, a purely orchestral piece from his first opera 'The Tigers' (Leopold Hager/Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra)

Congratulations!

And guess what I just listened to - Havergal Brian, symphonies nos 8 and 10. With score, for the first time in nearly 20 years.  Don't usually post on this thread, but I thought that one was worth it...

Lacryma, eh? Don't have that one..... so much Brian, so little time.

[MN Dave]

Hayasaka's Overture in D is very catchy.

[Harry]

Muzio Clementi, (O, what's in a name)
Complete Sonatas, Volume II, The Earliest Sonatas.
Costantinos Mastroprimiano, Forte Piano.

As I wrote earlier, this journey through Clementi's piano sonatas is a joy.
For the sheer musicality, and inventiveness is amazing, although this music will not turn the world, it is nevertheless a healthy experience to undergo this warm bath of precious little melodies.
Mastroprimiano will complete this enormous task, and no doubt will I collect it, if the quality stays at the same level.

[MN Dave]

I bet Harry's heard Hayasaka's Overture in D.

[Harry]

I bet Harry's heard Hayasaka's Overture in D.

I have tried this cd, but somehow I did not connect with the music, but I like to hear what you find of it!

[MN Dave]

I have tried this cd, but somehow I did not connect with the music, but I like to hear what you find of it!

That's the one I have.

[Keemun]

[karlhenning]

Britney Spears' Hit me baby one more time. What the heck does that mean, and what is it with pop songs and babies?? (I just found out that Britney Spears is a singer; it's good tune though).

and Wonder Girls' Kissing you (Korean band, very sweet and simple, well kind-of)

You want the Non-Classical Listening thread in the Diner.

(Just saying.)

[karlhenning]

Her voice is so over-produced, it could be my grandma singing that.

I'm sure your granny has a lovely singing voice, Dave  0:)

[Sergeant Rock]

Her voice is so over-produced, it could be my grandma singing that.

Or Milli Vanilli 

[MN Dave]

I'm sure your granny has a lovely singing voice, Dave  0:)

Well, if she doesn't we can always layer on the effects. 

[ChamberNut]

Bruckner - Symphony No. 5 in B flat major

Jochum/Staatskapelle Dresden
EMI Classics

[karlhenning]

Now appearing at the Pirate's Cove Lounge in Pittsfield, Massachusetts: Dave's Grandma!

[MN Dave]

Now appearing at the Pirate's Cove Lounge in Pittsfield, Massachusetts: Dave's Grandma!

\m/

(I'm throwing up the horns.)

[karlhenning]

Palestrina
Missa Papae Marcelli
Missa Aeterna Christi munera
Oxford Camerata

[karlhenning]

\m/

(I'm throwing up the horns.)

She's opening the second set with "Piano Man" . . . It's a pretty good crowd, for a Saturday . . . .

[Harry]

Antonio Salieri.
Concerto for Fortepiano, and Orchestra in C major.
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano.
Concerto Koln.

Nothing short than spectacular period playing, and very melodious and well written music. This was really a surprise for me, to encounter such quality in Salieri's music, but there it is, topnotch. I played this concerto, duration 22:00 minutes several times in a row, and still cannot get enough of it. Good recording too. The cadenzas were written by Staier, and a good job he did, idiosyncratic, and well integrated into the framework of the composition.

[ChamberNut]

Bruckner - Symphony No. 5 in B flat major

Jochum/Staatskapelle Dresden
EMI Classics

2nd mvt. Adagio, at 2:55, perhaps the most beautiful theme of all Bruckner begins.   

[Harry]

Antonio Salieri.
Concerto for Fortepiano, and Orchestra in B flat major.
Andreas Staier, Fortepiano.
Concerto Koln.

Closely following the C major, this is also a fine concerto, with again very well written cadenzas by Staier.