What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[karlhenning]

Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise

One of my favorite tone-poems, from the first I heard the Segerstam/Helsinki recording!

[Kullervo]

Two Songs op.8 (1910) for medium voice & 8 instruments (2'08)
Heather Harper (soprano) / Ensemble conducted by Pierre Boulez

Two Songs op.8 (1910) for medium voice & 8 instruments (2'08)
Heather Harper (soprano) / Ensemble conducted by Pierre Boulez

Cantata #1 op.29 (1939) for soprano, mixed choir & orchestra (7'50)
Halina Lukomska (soprano) / John Alldis Choir / London Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez (conductor)

Franz Schubert: German Dances (1824) orchestrated by Webern (1932), total time: 8'35
Frankfurter Funkorchester / Anton Webern (conductor)

Do you really have to make a new post every time you listen to one little 5 minute piece in that set?

[karlhenning]

Do you really have to make a new post every time you listen to one little 5 minute piece in that set?

[ChamberNut]

Do you really have to make a new post every time you listen to one little 5 minute piece in that set?

Corey, it's just his way of saying he's really into this composer right now.  Similar to when he was on his Stockhausen binge.

[Kullervo]

Corey, it's just his way of saying he's really into this composer right now.  Similar to when he was on his Stockhausen binge.

Yes, but the Stockhausen pieces were of considerable length; the Webern pieces are almost always less than 10 minutes long.

[karlhenning]

Igor Fyodorovich: L'oiseau de feu (1910), Introduction, total time: 2'21
Columbia Symphony (Jan 1961) / Stravinsky (conductor)

[karlhenning]

Igor Fyodorovich: L'oiseau de feu (1910), Kashchei's enchanted garden, total time: 1'36
Columbia Symphony (Jan 1961) / Stravinsky (conductor)

[karlhenning]

Igor Fyodorovich: L'oiseau de feu (1910), The Firebird appears, pursued by Ivan Tsarevich, total time: 2'15
Columbia Symphony (Jan 1961) / Stravinsky (conductor)

[karlhenning]

(I'll stop now . . . .)

[Kullervo]

You just don't have the stamina, Karl.

[karlhenning]

I've probably got the stamina; but not the will 

[Opus106]

What's even funnier (I find it funny) is that the same cover shot (including the ones Mr. Henning posted a few minutes ago) have been viewed multiple times. (Or maybe the respective poster just wanted to click on the image every time he visited this thread. )

Oh, and to contribute to this thread:

Schubert
Symphony No. 8
RCO, Harnoncourt
Live 1997

[Catison]

Some string quartets:

Hindemith - String Quartet No. 3
Carter - String Quartet No. 2 (Julliard)
Simpson - String Quartet No. 14

[bhodges]

Gubaidulina: Concerto for Bassoon and Low Strings (Michael Matushek, bassoon - recorded October 12, 2008 at Oberlin College, and on YouTube here, the first of four parts.)

Is YouTube just great for classical music, or what?  There was a great back page in a recent Opera News by a writer who logged on YouTube at midnight and started exploring videos of vocalists, and before he knew it, it was six in the morning.

--Bruce

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Tubin, Symphony No. 4, 'Sinfonia lirica' (Järvi/BIS)

Joyous, uplifting music as an antidote to Luke's departure from this board.

[Que]

Q

[ezodisy]

I've probably got the stamina; but not the will 

lol! nice

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Tubin, Symphony No. 1 in C minor (Järvi/BIS)

A very strong work, one of Tubin's best, I think.

[mozartsneighbor]

Mozart, Symphonies 38 & 39, Harnoncourt, Concertgebouw Orchestra

[Kullervo]

Waiting for the Järvi set to drop in price, Johan — or if, failing that, someone else recording the cycle.