What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[karlhenning]

Britney Spears and the whole school uniform thing was intended to make young school girl listeners open up to sex and loose their moral boundary of being too young. In the context of the song, 'Hit me one more time' means simply to have sex one more time. How modern society has lost touch with it's own innocence.

I wonder about the innocence of the lower classes in late-18th-c. London, for instance.  Lenses directed hindly may be rosy.

[Haffner]

I wonder about the innocence of the lower classes in late-18th-c. London, for instance.  Lenses directed hindly may be rosy.

Double Aye and upping the rose to a putrid poop-house lilly be-stench'd with 18th century riff-raffery!


_{^{i'm honestly sorry, and really weird (it's all the Wagner, I'm sure)}}

[rubio]

Harris Symphony No. 3. A fascinating, short 1-movement symphony. I love the ending of this piece.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Is it a symphony, though?

Is any of it a movement?

No, Karl, I wouldn't call it it a symphony (if it's simply the three suites drawn from the soundtracks). Neither would I call any of its constituent parts a movement in the symphonic sense. Listening to the whole of it is a bit like listening to nothing but juicy 'bleeding chunks'. Which is quite enjoyable... So, although there are 'motives' of course, and Shore sometimes does alter them, no, that doesn't a symphony make.

[Papy Oli]

received that one today, just gone through the 1st movement :




A bit puzzled with that one so far... the tempi seem completely all over the shop...it feels very sluggish at most of times, you'd just wished he'd find 2nd gear, and then suddenly he's rushing through the next section... something doesn't feel quite right ...let's see how the rest shapes up... 

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Frederick Delius - Paris, The Song of a Great City (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Norman Del Mar)

This is early, extravert Delius, with two extremely beautiful and wistful passages that look forward to the mature composer. A pity there are so few Delians on this board...

[Kullervo]

A pity there are so few Delians on this board...

What's a great set that you would recommend?

[Sergeant Rock]

received that one today, just gone through the 1st movement :




A bit puzzled with that one so far...something doesn't feel quite right...

Welcome to Rattle's world    That's my problem with many Rattle performances...they just don't feel right. They're just...odd. Now, I like odd (Maazel's Mahler, Sinopoli's...Klemperer's Seventh!)...but Rattle just puts me off the music.

Sarge

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

What's a great set that you would recommend?

For most Delius lovers Sir Thomas Beecham is the finest interpreter Delius ever had, apart from being responsible for bringing him to the attention of the English-speaking world and keeping him there. So you could do worse than listen to this to get acquainted with Delius's very personal and poetic sound-world:

[Kullervo]

For most Delius lovers Sir Thomas Beecham is the finest interpreter Delius ever had, apart from being responsible for bringing him to the attention of the English-speaking world and keeping him there. So you could do worse than listen to this to get acquainted with Delius's very personal and poetic sound-world:

Added to my wishlist!

[bhodges]

For most Delius lovers Sir Thomas Beecham is the finest interpreter Delius ever had, apart from being responsible for bringing him to the attention of the English-speaking world and keeping him there. So you could do worse than listen to this to get acquainted with Delius's very personal and poetic sound-world:

I believe I have this disc, too, and it is absolutely lovely. 

--Bruce

[MN Dave]

I thought that was spelled Deliuzzzzz.


*runs away*

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Thank you, Corey (for considering Delius) and Bruce (for endorsing him)!

I thought that was spelled Deliuzzzzz.


*runs away*

Gotcha!!

[bhodges]

I thought that was spelled Deliuzzzzz.


*runs away*

[catches Dave and pelts him with Delius recordings] 

--Bruce

[Papy Oli]

Welcome to Rattle's world    That's my problem with many Rattle performances...they just don't feel right. They're just...odd. Now, I like odd (Maazel's Mahler, Sinopoli's...Klemperer's Seventh!)...but Rattle just puts me off the music.

Sarge

The closing of the 1st movement was just painful...
the 2nd movement went by unnoticed...
the 3rd movement is very erratic again...

Der Mensch liegt in grösster Pein.... oh yes indeed... 

Thank Goodness Mrs Baker is doing a great Urlicht again ! 

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Der Mensch liegt in grösster Pein.... oh yes indeed... 

I fear Gielen has spoiled it for the competition, papy.

[Brian]

ZEMLINSKY | Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in D minor
Ernst Ottensamer, clarinet; Othmar Muller, cello; Christopher Hinterhuber, piano

Wonderful music from a new Naxos release. 

[Renfield]

The closing of the 1st movement was just painful...
the 2nd movement went by unnoticed...
the 3rd movement is very erratic again...

Der Mensch liegt in grösster Pein.... oh yes indeed... 

Thank Goodness Mrs Baker is doing a great Urlicht again ! 

I dare opine you're listening for the wrong thing, so to speak. Rattle is a conductor of nuance, very analytical (though not as "intellectual" as Gielen, at least in Mahler); if you're looking for "espressivo" of the Bernstein sort with him, you won't really find it.

[The new erato]

Tchaikovsky/Brahms with Heifetz/Reiner on Living Stereo. Awesome stuff.

[Papy Oli]

I fear Gielen has spoiled it for the competition, papy.

it won't, don't worry...there's something good in all of them... i am just struggling with that last one at the moment   

I dare opine you're listening for the wrong thing, so to speak. Rattle is a conductor of nuance, very analytical (though not as "intellectual" as Gielen, at least in Mahler); if you're looking for "espressivo" of the Bernstein sort with him, you won't really find it.

Renfield,
I was not looking for anything in particular in Rattle's version to be honest. I read so many varying opinions on this recording, and him as a conductor (to say the least) that i wanted to hear what it was all about. The playing and the singing (now listening to the last movement) are absolutely fine, but the change of pace throughout is unsettling... As it is only my first listening and will give it other few fair tries anyway, i'll demote my general impression to "challenging" instead... for now