What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Antoine Marchand]

No, it is not stupid at all.

You're a good friend. 

The first time I heard the Frydén/Leonhart set (quite many years ago) his vibrato annoyed me somewhat, but to day it annoys me rather much. But when to day I hear these works played on "modern" violin and 20th century harpsichord (e.g. Suk/Ruzickova or Lautenbacher/Galling) the vibrato, which in these examples is at least as pronounced as Frydén´s  does not bother me much. Strange, isn´t it?

I have Suk/Ruzickova and my principal problem is not the vibrato, but the weak articulation.

[Lethevich]

(Loop Rituals: Lithuanian Postminimalism)

[Conor71]

Schumann: Violin Sonatas


A beautiful Disc - listened to this one several times since recieving it a month ago 


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(Loop Rituals: Lithuanian Postminimalism)

What on earth is that? (Great cover,  by the way.)

--Bruce

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(Loop Rituals: Lithuanian Postminimalism)

Who's the composer? What is this supposed to be? A classical release?

[Lethevich]

What on earth is that? (Great cover,  by the way.)

It's a mystery to me. It was a random download, but when I went to look at the label websites that are listed on the back (Bôłt records, Nemu records) I couldn't find a reference it.

Who's the composer? What is this supposed to be? A classical release?

It's a multi-composer release - the title I added for clarity. It's not all classical (some of it is avant-garde electronic), but the crossover between the genres makes it hard to know what to label it as. There are elements of musique concrete, tape looping and the usual. The tracklist is here: link.

I see the site has the comment: Free CD coming with 15th issue of Polish magazine "Glissando". For a freebie it's pretty awesome.

[Mirror Image]

It's a multi-composer release - the title I added for clarity. It's not all classical (some of it is avant-garde electronic), but the crossover between the genres makes it hard to know what to label it as. There are elements of musique concrete, tape looping and the usual. The tracklist is here: link.

Oh, I'll pass. Thanks for the information though.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Martinu, Symphony No. 4 (Järvi). Inspired work.

[AndanteCantabile]

Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 107, "Reformation"

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Listening to Currier's Time Machines right now. Pretty cool work so far.

[DavidRoss]

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Tubin, Symphony No. 4 (Järvi)

[Mirror Image]

That's a good one, but I didn't like Chang's performance of The Lark Ascending. Haitink's accompaniment is almost non-existent. Bryden Thomson and Neville Marriner have recorded the best Lark in my opinion.

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Listening to Janitizio. This work has a gorgeous central section that reveals some unexpected lyrical beauty, which is something that's not often associated with Revueltas's music.

[bhodges]

Keeril Makan: Target (Either/Or, California E.A.R. Unit, Jennifer Choi, David Shively, Alex Waterman, Laurie Rubin) - New disc by young composer with eclectic influences, but seems grounded in minimalism. Performances are excellent, sound quality is fantastic.

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--Bruce

[Brian]

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Ravel: La valse
Debussy: Three Images, book 2
Daniel Mateos: Orion (world premiere)
Rachmaninov: Sonata No 2
Stravinsky: Three Movements from Petrushka

Really excellent playing, well-recorded.

[Lethevich]

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[not edward]

First play for this 'un:



Two arrangements here and one original piece. I don't really think much of the 2nd piano sonata--it's rather gruffly unpianistic with some rather tired 'bashing away at the keyboard' moments. The rest of the disc I enjoyed much more: Quasi una sonata still impresses me more in its original violin/piano version as it loses some of its immediacy in the concertante version. Nonetheless, this performance--definitely the best I've heard--at least shows me there are compensating gains to the arrangement. Similarly, the piano trio (an arragement of the string trio) might lose a bit of tension but gains colour and contrast--and I think it's another very fine performance.

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Listening to La noche de la mayas. The opening section always struck me as VL-like. This is, most definitely, a masterwork of the 20th Century in my opinion.

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First play for this 'un:



Two arrangements here and one original piece. I don't really think much of the 2nd piano sonata--it's rather gruffly unpianistic with some rather tired 'bashing away at the keyboard' moments. The rest of the disc I enjoyed much more: Quasi una sonata still impresses me more in its original violin/piano version as it loses some of its immediacy in the concertante version. Nonetheless, this performance--definitely the best I've heard--at least shows me there are compensating gains to the arrangement. Similarly, the piano trio (an arragement of the string trio) might lose a bit of tension but gains colour and contrast--and I think it's another very fine performance.

I've only seriously liked one Schnittke work so far and it's been his ballet Peer Gynt, which I think is one of the better works written in the last 30 years.