What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[lukeottevanger]

You're one of a very few to notice, and you make me blush, friend 

Der Ottevanger bin ich, ja.....

[Harry]

Nobody calls me dude! ~

Well, I did, dude, and what are you going to do about that huh?

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

I'm going to read your short essay AFTER I have listened to the whole work, Luke. Then I can compare what you have written with my own experiences and with the recording.

And - surprises are nice...

Expect my reaction in a few days' time.

[Harry]

Der Ottevanger bin ich, ja.....

von Heisa, heisa, hopsasa........

[karlhenning]

JS Bach
Sonata No. 1 in G Minor for violin solo, BWV 1001
Arthur Grumiaux

[Harry]

This Dude, is a playing this, not to everyones liking, but since I am a addict I may, right?
Good afternoon all that like me, and those that do not.

Franz Lehar.
Wiener Frauen, operetta in three acts.
Overture "Der Gottergatte".
Overture "Wo die Lerche singt".
WDR Rundfunk Choir, & WDR Rundfunkorchester, Helmuth Froschauer & Curt Cremer.
Anke Hoffmann, Anneli Pfeffer, sopranos.
Peter Minich, Thomas Dewald, Boris Leisenheimer, Tenors.
Elsbieta Kalvelage, Piano.

What a refreshing whirl through the room, this fantastic music, and adorable singing, makes you glad in a instant, and jolly in a second. Why not join me?

[karlhenning]

There are worse addictions than Lehar, mijn vriend 

[Christo]

There are worse addictions than Lehar, mijn vriend 

Like e.g. Wiener Frauen ... ? 

Mind what Papageno is really singing:

            Ein Netz für Mädchen möchte ich;
            Ich fing sie dutzendweis für mich!
            Dann sperrte ich sie bei mir ein
            Und alle Mädchen wären mein.

[Harry]

There are worse addictions than Lehar, mijn vriend 

That is all to true, alas, as I know full well!

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Okay, I'll come clean - I'm a member of LA (Leharists Anonymous).

[Renfield]

Okay, I'll come clean - I'm a member of LA (Leharists Anonymous).

That almost sounds lewd.

[orbital]

[mn dave]

LvB

P Son 3

Arrau

[karlhenning]

Very nice Pärt disc!

[mn dave]

Very nice Pärt disc!

If they were trying to sell it with the cover, they blew it.

[karlhenning]

If they were trying to sell it with the cover, they blew it.

Yeah, Arvo; take a hint from Vivaldi:

[orbital]

I quite like the cover, very suiting to the music it holds. But somehow its incarnations on the web cannot reflect the actual colors 

[Moldyoldie]

Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano
New York Choral Artists
Brooklyn Boys Chorus
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, cond.
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON
I decided to take a break this morning from my purposeful traversal of the Sibelian oeuvre and make a rare return to this "symphony that encompasses the universe" (or was that the Eighth?).   I must say, comparatively speaking and despite the plethora of written rhetoric concerning Mahlerian interpretation, the Symphony No. 3 sounds incredibly simplistic!   It's not that I don't like the Third; it's really quite enjoyable (and long!), but it's like listening to a b-movie -- emotionally transparent, texturally plain, and singularly melodramatic.  Howzabout I just leave it at that for now.  I've heard only two recorded performances in my lifetime, this one and my original LPs of the work with Horenstein/LSO.   Just for curiosity's sake, I've recently ordered a used copy of the more recent Boulez/VPO; let's see what he has to "say" about it.

[karlhenning]

I quite like the cover, very suiting to the music it holds. But somehow its incarnations on the web cannot reflect the actual colors 

Yes, on both counts.

[lukeottevanger]

I quite like the cover, very suiting to the music it holds. But somehow its incarnations on the web cannot reflect the actual colors 

Yes, it's a funny disc cover, that one - it usually looks like a square of vomit when one sees an image online, but the reality is different. ECM have some of the finest, most subtle artwork of all record companies, so let's cut them some slack on this one! It's possibly the greatest Part disc of all, too, and 'the' major disc in his career in that it was the first to seriously raise his profile in the west.