What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Sergeant Rock]

Dance suite gridlock?  It was one for, three against.  Unless your opinion counts for three there is no gridlock.   

No, Karl's opinion only counts one. It's MY opinion that overrides everyone else 

Sarge

[Scarpia]

No, Karl's opinion only counts one. It's MY opinion that overrides everyone else 

Does Mrs. Rock know about this?

[Sergeant Rock]

Does Mrs. Rock know about this?

I've thought it prudent to keep that information from her.

Sarge

[Daverz]

Just for the hell of it, every recording of the Hindemith Violin Concerto that I have. So far, Gertler/Ancerl is much better than the Oistrakh/Hindemith, which sounds quite cool and uninvolved in comparison.  And the sound of the Supraphon recording is much better.

EDIT: Stern/Bernstein has the most brilliant and exciting orchestral execution of the 3 (though the Czech Phil plays very beautifully).  Very present recording.

EDIT: Oistrakh plays very beautifully, but this recording places the orchestra so far in the background that I find it hard to enjoy as much as the others.

[listener]

PADEREWSKI: Symphony in b minor - "Polonia"  op. 24
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra      Jerzy Maksymiuk, cond.
Both this and the Glière 3rd  Symphony premiered in 1911, so the occasional theme similarities are just co-incidental. They are both about the same duration, 74 to 75 min. which is one of the factors against either being programmed.  One would expect Paderewski to follow in tradition of most other composer-pianists and write for a standard orchestra with provision for doubling, but he requires an organ, tonitruon (his version of a thunder-sheet), and three sarrusophones.   There are appearances of the Polish national anthem, Jeszcze Polska nie Zginela.
Fans of the symphonies of Glière and Rachmanoff should find this quite worthwhile.  It's on Hyperion's budget-price label, Helios.

[greg]

Takemitsu: How Slow the Wind (Knussen, London)
http://www.youtube.com/v/pQ_cSTWIcfo
Possibly my favorite Takemitsu. Pure beauty... 

[karlhenning]

I've thought it prudent to keep that information from her.

Sarge

Strictly need-to-know.

[karlhenning]

Dance suite gridlock?  It was one for, three against.  Unless your opinion counts for three there is no gridlock.   

I am obliged to you; I had not kept track.

I am at roughly equal ease participating in a minority, of course

[Mirror Image]

I've thought it prudent to keep that information from her.

Sarge

Wise decision. 

[Sid]

Heard last night on radio 2mbs fm Sydney
www.2mbs.com

ROMANTIC INITIATIVES The good die young with Andrew Bukenya

Schumann, R. Requiem; Fantasy in C, op 17 (1836-38).

Wieniawski, H. Polonaise in A, op 21 (pub. 1870).

Nicolai, O. O süsser Mond, from The merry wives of Windsor (1849).

Chopin, F. Sonata in G minor for cello & piano, op 65 (1846); Andante spiniato and Grande polonaise brillante, op 22 (1830-31; 1834).

BAROQUE AND BEFORE with Charles Barton

Corelli, A. Concerto grosso in F, op 6 no 6 (pub. 1714).

Handel, G. Concerto grosso in G minor, op 6 no 6 (1739).

& this morning:

LANDMARKS with Ron Walledge

Strauss, R. Till Eulenspiegel's merry pranks, op 28 (1895).

Britten, B. Four sea interludes, from Peter Grimes, op 33a (1945).

Mozart, W. Symphony no 41 in C, K551, [Jupiter] (1788).

Brahms, J. Piano concerto no 2 in B flat, op 83 (1881).

WINDS OF CHANGE with Debbie Scholem

Reicha, A. 18 Variations and a fantaisie on Mozart's Se vuol ballare, op 51 (1804).

Bach, J.S. Double concerto in C minor, BWV1060 (1736).

Beethoven, L. Quintet in E flat, op 16 (1796).

Reicha, A. Symphony in C minor.

- I enjoyed all of these pieces, but the highlight was the Chopin - the cello sonata was excellent, as was the andante spinato. The Bach double concerto is my favourite piece by him, especially the final movement.

[The new erato]

Very fine recordings of beautiful and introspective (just what you would expect from Rubbra) of one of mye favorite British 20th century composers.

[Que]

Q

[Harry]

Well my renovation of the bathroom is finished, so technically I could listen, only two problems. My NuVista Musical Fidelity CD player is in repair, the receiving unit for the remote is defect. I was called by a close friend who works there, that the business will go bankrupt, probably in the coming weeks, so before that happens I have to get my player back otherwise its lost forever, such is the law in the Netherlands. And there is another problem why I cannot listen, we having a heatwave with almost 34 degrees Celsius, so the listening room is way to hot to be, its in the top of the house. My wife is on her way to get my player back, its waiting to be taken, so I keep my fingers crossed, otherwise I have a major problem on my hands.  i]

[Sergeant Rock]

I'm about to listen to Bartok's Dance Suite.




Tune in. We'll have the verdict at eleven.

Sarge

[mc ukrneal]

While we wait for the verdict ( ), I'm listening to British light music (volume 4 of this very satisfying Hyperion series). Happy music - I find myself tapping and 'dancing' along with it, so quite in the right spirit of things! Highly recommended!

[George]

Tune in. We'll have the verdict at eleven.

Sarge

"Who told you to put the Bartok on? I didn't tell you to put the Bartok on?"

[Sergeant Rock]

"Who told you to put the Bartok on? I didn't tell you to put the Bartok on?"

[Scarpia]

I'm about to listen to Bartok's Dance Suite.




Tune in. We'll have the verdict at eleven.

Sarge

Given that you are going to listen to that recording, I think the prospects are bleak.  If you had the Solti....   

[George]

[kishnevi]

Prompted by discussions over the last couple of days
Mendelssohn String Quartets/Emerson SQ

now playing; Octet, Op. 20 [they double all the parts--the box set includes a little film on the last CD documenting the process]
prior to that
Quartet 3, Op. 44/1
Capriccio Op. 80/3
Quartet 6, Op. 80
Tema con variazoni (Andante) Op. 81/1
Scherzo Op. 81/2

Regarding the Op. 80, specifically, put me in the camp of people who like it.  Reminds me mostly of the late Schubert quartets or of middle period Beethoven--or better yet, late Beethoven, but more cheerful than usual.