What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[DavidRoss]

Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra|Michael Tilson Thomas

Live|c. February 2004

The pastoral sounding opening reminds me of early Mahler.

Much as I love MTT, I don't think he quite gets Sibelius.  Maybe you have to be Finnish, or Scandinavian, or a drunk...?

Why are people choosing such scary avatars, these days? Guys, doing this will NOT ward off Robert Newman.

edit:  Whoops, I see you really liked that 5th.  You're not Scandinavian, or a drunk, are you?  (Not necessarily redundant )

[Bogey]

[Opus106]

Much as I love MTT, I don't think he quite gets Sibelius.  Maybe you have to be Finnish, or Scandinavian, or a drunk...?

Not really a problem for me, at least right now, since this was my proper first listen. (Oops, forgot to mention, that was a FLF!) And the good thing is, I liked it.  

By the way, do you think Glazunov would have made a great premier out of this symphony?

[Lethevich]

Listening on a crummy radio while sitting outside. Any passers by probably think a funeral is being held or something.

You will upset Lethe

Indeed 0:)

[karlhenning]

Sweet av, Sara!

[Tapio Dmitriyevich]

Got this BIS 8-CD box from my local library.

EDVARD GRIEG - COMPLETE ORCHESTRAL WORKS
OLE CHRISTIAN RUUD - BERGEN PO

[karlhenning]

Again!

Mozart‡
Viola Quintet in E-flat Major, K.614
Amadeus Quartet & Cecil Aronowitz

[Opus106]

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 106 - Hammerklavier
Friedrich Gulda [Brilliant Classics]

[George]

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 106 - Hammerklavier
Friedrich Gulda [Brilliant Classics]

Yeah baby! 

[Opus106]

Adagio sostenuto: there were a couple of moments that I felt the music was very Chopinesque - or should I say that Chopin was very Hammerklavier-istic(!) in most of his music?

[karlhenning]

Mozart‡
Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio, K.384
New Philharmony Orchestra (St Petersburg)
Alexander Titov

Not the greatest recording.

[Opus106]

I must have missed it: what's the significance of the double dagger, Karl?

Thread Duty:

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 101
Friedrich Gulda

[Dr. Dread]

I must have missed it: what's the significance of the double dagger, Karl?

Thread Duty:

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 101
Friedrich Gulda

If he tells you, he has to kill you.

[karlhenning]

Britten
War Requiem, Opus 66
The composer conducting

If he tells you, he has to kill you.

Why all this gloom, baby? 

I must have missed it: what's the significance of the double dagger, Karl?

We owe it all to Ray . . . .

[Opus106]

If he tells you, he has to kill you.

Karl will have to send me a Shosty symphony set for revealing the secret?!

[Dr. Dread]

Shouldn't it be "Mozart"? In quotes.

[Opus106]

Why all this gloom, baby? 

The baby just turned into a wolf (is that of the T- kind?)... creepy baby, that.

We owe it all to Ray . . . .

Ah.

[ChamberNut]

Karl will have to send me a Shosty symphony set for revealing the secret?!

That's it!  I'm sending over the Hoffmeister to India to rough you up!   

[ChamberNut]

The baby just turned into a wolf (is that of the T- kind?)... creepy baby, that.

The wolf eats Newmans for breakfast.

[karlhenning]

The wolf eats Newmans for breakfast.

Though he cannot really enjoy the meal, of course . . . .