What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Henk]

Again this one:

[karlhenning]

Peter Mennin
Concertato, Moby-Dick (1952)
Albany Symphony
David Alan Miller

[karlhenning]

Sergei Sergeyevich
Sonata for Violoncello & Piano, Opus 119
Mischa Maisky, vc
Martha Argerich, pf

[Bogey]

Mozart Symphonies 39 and 40
Bernstein/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
DG

[mn dave]

Nielsen

Symphony 1 in G Minor

Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Blomstedt

[karlhenning]

Nielsen

Symphony 1 in G Minor

Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Blomstedt

[mn dave]

Not thorny at all. Not yet anyway. We're still in the first movement.

[karlhenning]

No, a lot of vitality, but no thorns. Happy listening, Dave!

[mn dave]

No, a lot of vitality, but no thorns. Happy listening, Dave!

Thanks, Karl.

LOL. I had the tracks reversed on my computer and was listening to the last movement first.

[Henk]

[Bogey]

[Kullervo]

[Christo]

Still complete, with all Jewish musicians in their ranks - they were thrown out immediately after, leaving behind a severely handicapped orchestra. And as for the plight of these musicians themselves ....   

[Henk]

I don't like the violin concerto but the other pieces I do like.

[Bogey]

Still enjoying this one Karl.  I believe you would enjoy it as well Corey.  Here is the line-up on this disc:

Canticum Canticorum l Surge, propera amica mea
Composed by Ivan Moody

Canticum Canticorum l Descendi in hortum meum
Composed by Ivan Moody

Canticum Canticorum l Ego dilecto meo
Composed by Ivan Moody

Yo m'asento en mi ventana (Sephardic instrumental)
Composed by Sephardic Traditional  

Rex Salomon
Composed by Worcester Antiphonarium Anonymous  

Uri Tsafon, Hebrew cantillation
Composed by Hebrew Anonymous

Awake, North Wind North Wind
Composed by Shira Kammen  

Shir Hashirim, Hebrew cantillation
Composed by Hebrew Anonymous

Shir Hashirim
Composed by William Sharlin  

Hinach Yafah, Hebrew cantillation
Composed by Hebrew Anonymous

O ecclesia occuli tui, sequence for Saint Ursula & her Companions
Composed by Hildegard of Bingen

Yonat B'chagvey, Hebrew cantillation
Composed by Hebrew Anonymous

Dodi Li
Composed by Nira Chen  

Osculetur Me (from St. Martial Repertory)
Composed by Anonymous

Hisbati Etchem, Hebrew cantillation
Composed by Hebrew Anonymous  

Dilectus Meus (Weinhauser Liederbuch)
Composed by Anonymous  

Kol Dodi, Hebrew cantillation
Composed by Hebrew Anonymous

Set Me As a Seal, for voice & piano
Composed by Max Helfman

[Kullervo]

I don't like the violin concerto but the other pieces I do like.

Keep listening. Ligeti's VC is one of my favorite pieces of the last 50 years.

Still enjoying this one Karl.  I believe you would enjoy it as well Corey.

Thanks for the rec, B. The samples on Amazon sound so gorgeous I might have to break out of my current Early 20th C. binge and pick this up next time around.

P.S. I must admit I had to quote your post before I could read most of it.

[Kullervo]

Hindemith - Nusch-Nuschi Dances, Konzertmusik Op. 50, Die Harmonie der Welt Symphony (W.A. Albert, Melbourne SO)

[Lilas Pastia]

Peter Mennin
Concertato, Moby-Dick (1952)
Albany Symphony
David Alan Miller

Karl, do you like that? I haven't listened to it in ages. Memory suggests me it was rather dishwater stuff.

[M forever]

Still complete, with all Jewish musicians in their ranks - they were thrown out immediately after, leaving behind a severely handicapped orchestra. And as for the plight of these musicians themselves ....   

How many Jewish musicians did the orchestra have at that time? Why was the orchestra "severely handicapped"? Do you think that non-Jewish Netherlanders can not play music?

[Christo]

Do you think that non-Jewish Netherlanders can not play music?

No. Beyond my imagination. 

How many Jewish musicians did the orchestra have at that time? Why was the orchestra "severely handicapped"? 

Have to check it, but lack the time to do so. My rough estimation would be, from what I read: a quarter till a third, the principal violist & Konzertmeister Jo Juda and other prominent musicians among them.