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[Lisztianwagner]

Dvorak: Overtures


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

I listened to that set, Kubelik made a very brilliant performance there, I think he is certainly one of the best conductors of Dvorák's music; but I personally prefer Karajan for the Slavonic Dances.....

Anyway Happy 170th Birthday to Antonín Dvořák 

To celebrate: Dvořák, Symphony No.8 in G major
                      Herbert von Karajan
                      Berliner Philharmoniker

                      EMI Classics

[Lisztianwagner]

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

Ah, that piece sounds really interesting, I'm not very familiar with Dvořák's chamber music, I usually focus on his orchestral works; what is it like?

Ilaria

[Brahmsian]

Ah, that piece sounds really interesting, I'm not very familiar with Dvořák's chamber music, I usually focus on his orchestral works; what is it like?

Ilaria

RE: Bagatelles, Op. 47

It is delightful, Ilaria.   

Again, very Czech in flavor, particularly the first and third movement (3rd mvt. is a semi repeat of the first movement), and the final movement.  I believe there maybe an orchestral string version of this piece as well, but I'm not 100% on that.

Dvorak's chamber music is amazing!

[Todd]

Midway through a second listen to Harnoncourt's early and middle Haydn symphny set.  Good stuff.

[North Star]

Totentanz. Bolet is great in this stuff.
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[not edward]

Re: Lutoslawski:

IMO too much is made of his controlled aleatory technique, which only dominates a couple or so of his works (Jeux venetiens and the string quartet, IIRC). Certainly, there's a clear element in his mature music that involves contrasting  partially ad libitum passages and strictly-notated ones as part of a dialectical process. (The later works, it has to be said, are mostly strictly notated, with shorter and fewer ad libitum passages, but listen to Partita and Chain II for fine examples of how he intensifies climaxes by having the coordination between instrumental lines break down.)

It's probably only my own personal interpretation, but I think after the earlier use of the technique, Lutoslawski found it a great benefit in building the large-scale breathing of a work; allowing more fluid structures that could help mediate lowering and raising of tension while still keeping total control of the harmonic landscape of the work.


Thread duty:

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Haven't listened to this one in quite a while. Very fine account of the slow movement in the Bruckner; though I confess to preferring the controlled yet explosive buildup of Fricsay in the Hartmann.

[Coopmv]

Skipping a few CD's, now playing CD7 - Goldberg Variations from the following set, which just arrived today for a first listen ...

[KeithW]

Disc 2: Brahms with Vengerov and Zilberstein
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Coming up: Janacek with the ACO, bought at a recent concert of theirs in Brisbane
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[KeithW]

Planning ahead.  Later today I am chairing a session at the Brisbane Writer's Festival.  My author is a distinguished artist and critic.  In her new book she writes, in part, about Piero Della Francesca's use of the Golden Ratio in painting.  I thought I should listen to some music where this ratio is also evident.  Two come to mind:

Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106.  For that I thought I'd try my recording of Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic
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Topically, from other discussions here this week, I've laos lined up Satie's Sonneries de la Rose + Croix - performed by Aldo Ciccolini - my disc from the big box:
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Wikipedia also tells me that Debussy used the rule in his Reflets dans l-eau - I have a Richter recording which I might listen to if time permits.

Any other suggestions?

[PaulSC]

... I thought I should listen to some music where this ratio is also evident....
Any other suggestions?

Stockhausen's Klavierstucke IX

[KeithW]

Stockhausen's Klavierstucke IX

Thanks - not in my collection but listening to it on NML just now.  I read that he used the Fibonacci sequence in this work, which has an integral relationship with the golden ratio.  Fascinating stuff.

[Mirror Image]

Now:

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Listening to Dance Suite. This is such a cool work.

[Mirror Image]

Re: Lutoslawski:

IMO too much is made of his controlled aleatory technique, which only dominates a couple or so of his works (Jeux venetiens and the string quartet, IIRC). Certainly, there's a clear element in his mature music that involves contrasting  partially ad libitum passages and strictly-notated ones as part of a dialectical process. (The later works, it has to be said, are mostly strictly notated, with shorter and fewer ad libitum passages, but listen to Partita and Chain II for fine examples of how he intensifies climaxes by having the coordination between instrumental lines break down.)

It's probably only my own personal interpretation, but I think after the earlier use of the technique, Lutoslawski found it a great benefit in building the large-scale breathing of a work; allowing more fluid structures that could help mediate lowering and raising of tension while still keeping total control of the harmonic landscape of the work.

Very interesting, Edward. This was great to read. Thanks for your help.

[eyeresist]

It isn't your typical Dvorak Dvorak, but please, please try the 3rd symphony. It is utterly adorable, and I MO the best and most perfectly realised of his early symphs. The Wagner force is strong in that one, but not detrimentlly so, and the first movement, with is luscious flat keys and suptuous divided strings, is in its own way one of Dvorak's greatest symphonic movements, I think. Do listen!

(Been waiting to try this one)

[Brahmsian]

(Been waiting to try this one)

Oh yeah?  Well, try this!     It's still birthday time for Antonin Dvorak in my neck of the woods, so:

Dvorak

Othello Overture, Op. 93
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 13

Libor Pesek
Czech Philharmonic

Virgin Classics

[Coopmv]

Now playing the following CD, which just arrived today for a first listen ...

[Brahmsian]

Oh yeah?  Well, try this!     It's still birthday time for Antonin Dvorak in my neck of the woods, so:

Dvorak

Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 13

Libor Pesek
Czech Philharmonic

Virgin Classics

Absolutely one of my favorite themes in classical music (the theme that starts about 1 minute 24 seconds into the opening movement).  Just LOVE it beyond words!! 

[listener]

still an appropriate day here for more DVORAK:  Te Deum   op.100
with JANACEK Glagolitic Mass
Atlanta Symphony Orch and Chorus     / Robert Shaw
and the same composer pairing:
DVORAK  Rondo in g, op. 84    Waldesruhe ex- From the Bohemian Forest op. 68/5  Polonaise in A
2 Slavonic Dance transcriptions  op. 46/3 and 87
JANACEK  Pohadka,  Presto in e
Klaus Storck, cello     Karl Engel, piano

[Brian]

My completed day-long Dvořák-a-thon! *Starred works are pieces I had somehow never heard before - the only dud was the A minor string quartet, which I found pretty boring.

Dvořák: Te Deum. New Jersey SO, Westminster Choir; Zdenek Macal
Dvořák: My Home, overture. Czech Philharmonic; Libor Pesek
*Dvořák: Piano Trio No 1. Guarneri Trio Prague
Dvořák: Sextet. Panocha Quartet; Josef Kluson, viola; Michal Kanka, cello
Dvořák: Piano Concerto. Sviatoslav Richter, piano; Bavarian Radio SO, Carlos Kleiber
Dvořák: The Water Goblin. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Mackerras
Dvořák: The Golden Spinning-Wheel. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Mackerras
*Dvořák: Bagatelles. Louise Bessette, harmonium; Alcan Quartet
Dvořák: Nocturne in B. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop
Dvořák: Scherzo capriccioso. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Rafael Kubelik
*Dvořák: String Quartet No 7 in A minor. Stamitz Quartet
Dvořák: Cello Concerto. Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; London PO, Carlo Maria Giulini
Dvořák: String Quartet No 13 in G. Pavel Haas Quartet

[Brahmsian]

My completed day-long Dvořák-a-thon! *Starred works are pieces I had somehow never heard before

*Dvořák: Bagatelles. Louise Bessette, harmonium; Alcan Quartet

Love this piece, Brian!