What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[offbeat]

I'm working on a musical playlist to indoctrinate my mom into enjoying 20th century music. She currently associates the 20th century with dissonant, discordant things that she hates, like Stravinsky, Schonberg, Hindemith, Sibelius (!)*, etc. so it's been fun assembling 80 minutes of stuff I know will win her over to the dark side. Giving it a listen now to see if it coheres. If there's something you think I should add to the playlist, let me know!

SHOSTAKOVICH | Festive Overture [Philharmonia, Ashkenazy]
SIBELIUS | Valse Triste [Philadelphia, Ormandy]
LAURIDSEN | O Nata Lux [Elora, Edison]
BERNSTEIN | On the Waterfront, Suite [New York, Bernstein]**
SIBELIUS | Violin Concerto, slow movement [Shaham, Philharmonia, Sinopoli]
MARQUEZ | Danzon No 2 [Simon Bolivar Youth Orch, Dudamel]
BARBER | Adagio for Strings [Royal Scottish, Alsop]
ATTERBERG | Symphony No 3, finale [NDR, Rasilainen]

*The first and only Sibelius she ever heard was Tapiola. Not for beginners!
**she already loves Bernstein (and Shostakovich's 10th)

im certain there is many 20th century easy listening  pieces heres just three imo
1) Part- Canctus in memorium of Benjamin Britten
2)Vaughan Williams Tallis Fantasy
3) butterworth - Banks of green willow
anyway whichever you choose hope yr mum enjoys 

[Keemun]

Rachmaninov
Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9 "Trio Elégiaque"
Evgeny Svetlanov, piano
Leonid Kogan, violin
Fedor Luzanov, cello

[karlhenning]

. . .  and definitely no composer born after 1950, period.

You're making me cry, here.

[Coopmv]

CD8 from this set - Bruckner 8th

[jlaurson]

R.Strauss
Eine Alpensinfonie
Bernard Haitink / LSO
LSO Live SACD

http://lso.co.uk/detailedrecordinginfo&showdetailstype=recording&detailID=207

Some really gutsy playing... trombones that go all out. Quite raunchy for a Haitink recording.

[SonicMan46]

Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765-1846) - String Quartets, Op. 1, Nos. 1-3 w/ the Eybler Quartet - our dinner music tonight & stimulated by the thread on this composer, recently updated on these works, if interested:

[Coopmv]

CD1 from this set ...

[Coopmv]

Now playing this CD, which just arrived today ...

[Conor71]

Listening to this again :
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20

[Bogey]

[listener]

My favourite Janáček recording, I think: the Glagolitic Mass and Taras Bulba conducted by Ančerl  (1963/64 recordings).   Great intensity, and the superior sound compared to the earlier LP's.   I have another 4 or 5 recordings of the Mass to revisit, will comment as they come up.
then Moscheles piano pieces 

[Brian]

My favourite Janáček recording, I think: the Glagolitic Mass and Taras Bulba conducted by Ančerl  (1963/64 recordings).   Great intensity, and the superior sound compared to the earlier LP's.

*pounds the table!!!*

Look forward to your thoughts on other recordings of the Mass - I can't bring myself to listen to others more than once, because they make me miss the masterful Ančerl reading...

[listener]

I'm working on a musical playlist to indoctrinate my mom into enjoying 20th century music. She currently associates the 20th century with dissonant, discordant things that she hates, like Stravinsky, Schonberg, Hindemith, Sibelius (!)*, etc. so it's been fun assembling 80 minutes of stuff I know will win her over to the dark side. Giving it a listen now to see if it coheres. If there's something you think I should add to the playlist, let me know!

SHOSTAKOVICH | Festive Overture [Philharmonia, Ashkenazy]
SIBELIUS | Valse Triste [Philadelphia, Ormandy]
LAURIDSEN | O Nata Lux [Elora, Edison]
BERNSTEIN | On the Waterfront, Suite [New York, Bernstein]**
SIBELIUS | Violin Concerto, slow movement [Shaham, Philharmonia, Sinopoli]
MARQUEZ | Danzon No 2 [Simon Bolivar Youth Orch, Dudamel]
BARBER | Adagio for Strings [Royal Scottish, Alsop]
ATTERBERG | Symphony No 3, finale [NDR, Rasilainen]

*The first and only Sibelius she ever heard was Tapiola. Not for beginners!
**she already loves Bernstein (and Shostakovich's 10th)

some more suggestions:
Ravel: Piano Concerto  2nd mvt
Poulenc: Sextet for piano and winds  (there's what sounds like a quote of an old pop song "Should I.." in the last movement)
Rodrigo: Guitar Concertos:  ...de Aranjuez, Fantasia para un gentilhombre
Britten: Soirées Musicales, Matinées Musicales    - after Rossini;, Simple Symphony
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras 5  (cellos and soprano)
Shchedrin: Carmen for percussion ensemble  (if she wants something more lively)
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela

[Lethevich]

Refamiliarising...

[Harry]

Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck.
Second Book of Psalms by David.
CD III
Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam, Harry van der Kamp.

Insanely beautiful, and well performed, this is giving me a huge amount of pleasure, with every voice so perfectly pitched, and blended. The scoring is amazing.

[Henk]

[Que]

One of the highligths of a set with many superb things!

Absolutely! I'm generally not a fan of big "mixed" boxes, but this one is ideal: amazing music with previous issues in their entirety and in superb performances. Incredible value!

This morning CD10: Music from the Court of Charles V with sacred music by Nicolas Gombert (c.1500-1557), another composer of the Franco-Flemish School.

 

Q

[The new erato]

Absolutely! I'm generally not a fan of big "mixed" boxes, but this one is ideal: amazing music with previous issues in their entirety and in superb performances. Incredible value!

My feelings exactly. Ths box is sui generis in only including little known music in superb performances.

[Que]

Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck.
Second Book of Psalms by David.
CD III
Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam, Harry van der Kamp.

Insanely beautiful, and well performed, this is giving me a huge amount of pleasure, with every voice so perfectly pitched, and blended. The scoring is amazing.

I'm looking into this one, Harry!

But saw it somewhere for 50 whopping euros, which made me have to catch my breath for a moment! So I'm looking fo a slighty better price. Any Dutchies that might have a tip are kindly invited to PM me.

Q

[val]

HAYDN:     Symphonies n. 41, 44 & 47               / Heidelberger Sinfoniker, Thomas Fey


A very artificial version, exaggerating systematically the contrasts in the phrasing, the articulation, the dynamic.