What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[DavidW]

Yes agree about the SQs Ray and the string serenade!

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Dvorak attention alert!  He's always been around a Top 10 composer for me, but he could over the long run creep up even higher.

Besides his 7th and 8th symphonies, I absolutely adore the 4th symphony (there is a most glorious, sublime theme in the 1st movement).  And I personally think his String Quartet No. 10 belongs in the God tier.     Really, string quartets 7 or 8-14 are fantastic.  And so is most of his chamber music.  Also, the Serenade(s) for strings (not sure if there is more than one).  Apparently, Rusalka is a top notch opera (although I myself have not heard it).  Not sure if you are into opera or not, Johan?

Oh yes, do check out the 4 tone poems, and the Czech and American Suites.  Also, the Slavonic Dances are delightful.

Yes, I like opera, mainly Wagner. But I like Mozart, Weber, Verdi, Debussy, too...


The list is growing ever longer!

[Lethevich]

I've never been too keen on No 9...

I agree with this - not sure what it is about the 9th. The finale, for example, feels a bit more plastic than the previous few symphonies - it has the rhetoric of the 7th, but it doesn't quite dance in the same way - it feels slightly square or flat. I second David with his endorsement of the Stabat Mater, if you don't like this piece - it's gorgeous when in the right mood, although in the wrong one is a bit of a slog.

[Brian]

I second David with his endorsement of the Stabat Mater, if you don't like this piece - it's gorgeous when in the right mood, although in the wrong one is a bit of a slog.

I will definitely try to get in the right mood. I saw the LPO and Neeme Jarvi do it in London, but the coupling was the Te Deum, and the Te Deum just gets me in the mood for more short, snappy, cheery music. Also, the London Philharmonic Choir had been sadly misled about the pronunciation of the Latin word "fac"... with hilarious results...

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Now you tell me? Yes, that is rather shocking, I have to say....   

[listener]

DVORAK  A Hero's Song, op.111  Czech Suite op. 39   Hussite Overture op. 67
Festival March  op. 54
Polish Radio O- Katowice     / Antoni Wit
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ROSSINI   4 Quartets for Woodwinds
looks like the NY Woodwind Quintet members:Samuel Baron, David Glazer, Bernard Garfield, John Barrows
Robert CASADESUS  Nonetto op. 45    sextuor op. 58i
Casadesus and a French ensemble

[Lethevich]

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[Brian]

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[karlhenning]

Time I revisited that disc, Brian.

[Papy Oli]

One for the Birthday boy then :




...and good evening everyone 

[kishnevi]

Rusalka is god tier. 

Now to figure out what I'm going to play later to honor The Birthday.

Oh, thread duty:
First listen
Schoenberg, Gurrelieder, Ozawa/BSO.

[karlhenning]

Oh, thread duty:
First listen
Schoenberg, Gurrelieder, Ozawa/BSO.

Nice, Jeffrey!

Thread duty:

First listen!

Elgar-Payne
The Sketches for Symphony № 3
Bournemouth Symphony
Paul Daniel

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[jwinter]

All the hip kids are doing it, you know...
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Earlier
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Sinfonia concertante from
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Going through my Szell CDs and re-ripping them at a higher bitrate.  I should have Sarge's vote of approval, at least... 

[kishnevi]

Nice, Jeffrey!

Hmm, maybe not.  Perhaps it's just under the influence of my latest order (see Purchases or Super Duper Bargain threads for details) but my reaction at the moment is "if I wanted to listen to Wagner, I'd play Wagner."  I actually like it, but the influences and echoes of Der Meister rather overwhelm anything that sounds like Schoenberg--oh, wait, we're into the "Orchestral Interlude" near the end of Part I--okay, Schoenberg is definitely sounding like Schoenberg here and not anyone else, thank G-d.

[karlhenning]

You see, more often than not, I think, If I think I want Wagner, early Schoenberg will do even better ; )

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

You see, more often than not, I think, If I think I want Wagner, early Schoenberg will do even better ; )

[Brian]

One for the Birthday boy then :




...and good evening everyone 

Just putting that one on myself, now!

[Conor71]

Dvorak: Overtures


Now playing Disc 2 of this fine set to celebrate for the birthday boy! 

[Lethevich]

A few Silhouettes before sleep.

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[Brahmsian]

Happy Birthday, Antonin!

Dvorak

Bagatelles, Op. 47 for 2 violins, cello & harmonium (one of my favorite Dvorak chamber works) 

Alberni String Quartet
Virginia Black, Harmonium

Brilliant Classics