What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Choo Choo]

Well we always warn against listening to Pettersson when in a bad mood.

More balm for the frazzled spirit:

   

[Sergeant Rock]

Having had somewhat of a fraught day, I'm afraid I found the Pettersson intensely irritating - all that running up and down scales - and so have taken it off and substituted Szymanowski's Stabat Mater: a sure-fire pleaser.  Will return to the Pettersson when I'm in a better mood.

I'm in a good mood so I put on Pettersson's Ninth. I'm daring it to drag me down 

Sarge

[Harry]

I'm in a good mood so I put on Pettersson's Ninth. I'm daring it to drag me down 

Sarge

That will not happen, you are a tough guy.

[karlhenning]

I'm in a good mood so I put on Pettersson's Ninth. I'm daring it to drag me down 

You're in a stronger posish, Sarge, than if you were down in the trough daring Pettersson to elevate you  

[PerfectWagnerite]

Bax: Sym#4, Scottish National Orch., David Lloyd-Jones, Naxos
Marvelously evocative music !

[karlhenning]

Dmitri Dmitriyevich
Four Romances to Words of Pushkin, Opus 46
Mikhail Lukonin, bass
Yuri Serov, piano

[karlhenning]

Dmitri Dmitriyevich

Ophelia's Song (from Incidental Music to Hamlet, Opus 32)
Lyudmila Shkirtil, mezzo
Yuri Serov, piano

Songs of the Fool (from Incidental Music to King Lear, Opus 58)
Mikhail Lukonin, baritone
Yuri Serov, piano

[karlhenning]

Sibelius
Tapiola, Opus 112
SFSO / Blomstedt

[Sergeant Rock]

You're in a stronger posish, Sarge, than if you were down in the trough daring Pettersson to elevate you 

True, true...

Well...I survived a Pettersson symphony with my good humor intact. I think that's a first with this composer. I have to say, though, that the beginning of this piece is almost like an aural version of Chinese water torture. If that first 20 minutes doesn't break you, nothing will: Bring on the rack! bring on the testicle electrodes! Do your worst: I heard Pettersson's Ninth and survived, secrets intact!

Seriously, it is a bit of a trial at first but then it's smooth sailing all the way to that gorgeous conclusion.

Sarge

[karlhenning]

Sibelius
Valse triste, Opus 44 No. 1
SFSO / Blomstedt

[Charles]

Sibelius
Valse triste, Opus 44 No. 1
SFSO / Blomstedt

Buona sera Karl,

  I have the Blomstedt set of the symphonies which is wonderful ... I'm sure his Valse triste is great huh?

Charles

[karlhenning]

Buona sera Karl,

  I have the Blomstedt set of the symphonies which is wonderful ... I'm sure his Valse triste is great huh?

Charles

Certamente, Carlo!  I have both Tapiola and the Valse triste on the same disc as the Second, in the box symphony set.

Now listening to:

Milhaud
Little Symphony No. 6 for Soprano, Contralto, Tenor, Bass, Oboe & Cello, Opus 79

[karlhenning]

Milhaud
L'homme et son désir
for Soprano, Contralto, Tenor, Bass & Orchestra, Opus 48
Josette Doemer, soprano
Marie-Jeanne Klien, mezzo
Venent Arend, tenor
Ramond Koster, bass
Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg
Milhaud conducting

[Sergeant Rock]

After Pettersson, a leap back 350 years, winding down the evening with Glenn Gould's favorite composers:




Sarge

[DavidW]

It had me riveted to my seat. 

Do you have the set? Care to comment on it (sound/performance)? Perhaps on Karl's DSCH thread in great recordings?

I skipped talking about it because a bunch of others did.  And those posters are cooler than me, so I brought up Mravinsky instead.

[George]

I skipped talking about it because a bunch of others did.  And those posters are cooler than me, so I brought up Mravinsky instead.

Pleaes feel free to PM me any thoughts on the Kondrashin. I am still on the fence.

[bhodges]

So last night, I'm at Galapagos (a performance art space in Brooklyn), getting ready to hear an excellent program of music for flute and electronics by Claire Chase, of the International Contemporary Ensemble.  It's the first bar I've ever been in that had the following playing on the sound system (thanks to my pal, a Xenakis expert, who identified the recordings):

Xenakis: Metastasis (Le Roux/OTRF Philharmonic)
Xenakis: Kassandra (Debart/Anjou Ensemble)
Xenakis: Troorkh (Rundel/Bavarian Radio)

Loved it. 

--Bruce

[Wanderer]

BTW, I finally got my Pires/Impromptus and certainly enjoyed her performances.

Did you notice the glassy sound on that one? It seems like the highs were filtered out, resulting in a less bright sound. I'm not sure if like it...

I don't recall having noticed anything like that in my system... But I'll listen again in search for it. I hope you didn't regret your purchase. 

For me, Pires' Schubert is really something special. She has a special affinity for his music and she manages to deliver interpretations devoid of sentimentalism yet full of the most profound sentiment.

[Sergeant Rock]

So, I'm not the only person who listens to Mutter's Beethoven. Wow...I'm so relieved. I was beginning to doubt my sanity

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Almost ashamed to admit it, but I pulled this CD off the shelf tonight after a long thread in another forum about that hysterical Pachelbel Rant on youtube that hornteacher posted here.



Cleo Laine's lusty alto, jazzing up the Canon, actually makes this CD listenable.

Sarge