What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD5 from this set - B6 and Leonore Overture

[jlaurson]

Dude, I've been reading your comments lately ... do you ever get laid?

Between Stockhausen-maniacs and Stockhausen-ignoramuses, I just can't decide who must be the bigger babe-magnet. 

[karlhenning]

If I ever decide that I need a third set of the symphonies, that is the set.

[listener]

after wordless choral music from Holmboe yesterday, a wordless vocal piece from GLIÈRE today in his Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra   with some coloratura arias by Edita Gruberova

[Papy Oli]

Good evening 

Mahler 3rd - last movement.

Before : Haitink/concertgebouw

Now : Bertini / Koln RSO

Next : Bernstein / NYPO

[Lethevich]

If I ever decide that I need a third set of the symphonies, that is the set.

It's a shame that the price is not more tempting. The more recent cycle on Supraphon sells for less, despite being newer (and worse)

[zorzynek]

Orchester-Finalisten Vom Mittwoch aus Licht (1995/96) for orchestral soloists and electronic music (46:37)
A remarkable electronic composition based upon recorded "samples of natural sounds" is heard throughout. The sounds used are linked by the theme of "air" for example bees, steam trains, air conditioners and seagulls, All sounds have been subtly pitch-shifted to follow the 3 melodies of Licht, and the music surrounds the audience from the six directions of the four walls, ceiling and floor. Stockhausen uses an octophonic sound system with speakers in each corner of a cube around the public. By chanelling sounds to four loudspeakers at a time Stockhausen creates separate walls of sound. Twelve instrumental soloists sit behind music stands on stage. They are the "Orchestra-Finalists" and play in turn virtuosic soli based on very severely limited pitch material. All the time a French-horn player appears around the auditorium, until a mysterious mummified figure arrives to strike a gong. Lastly the twelve instrumentalists play all their 12 soli simultaneously and leave the stage.

ASKO ensemble soloists:
Bassoon - Margreet Bongers
Cello - Doris Hochscheid
Clarinet - Jacques Meertens
Double Bass - Piet Smithuysen
Flute - Kathinka Pasveer
Horn - Wim Timmermans
Oboe - Marieke Schut
Trombone - Toon van Ulsen
Trumpet - Hendrik Jan Lindhout
Tuba - Anne Jelle Visser
Viola - Liesbeth Steffens
Violin - Jan Erik Van Regteren Altena

sounds cool. I'll have to check that out. 

[Lethevich]

The concerto performance I recalled being a bit crap on my last listen, and it's not exactly on fire this time either, although the orchestra is rather fine.

Edit: Yes, there is no drive in this performance, especially from the soloist. This violin concerto above so many requires a kind of momentum to it. While the music is excellent, it doesn't seem to be able to be exploited for purely the sake of prettiness as other standard rep VCs can get away with.

[Coopmv]

If I ever decide that I need a third set of the symphonies, that is the set.

I have had this set in my collection for years.  I also have the Kubelik's set on LP and will probably get the CD set later this year ...

[Coopmv]

Now playing CD14 - 19 Polish Songs from this set ...

[zorzynek]

[Lilas Pastia]

Albéric Magnard: Symphony # 3. D'Indy: Symphonie cévenole. OSR, Ernest Ansermet (Casadesus plays in the d'Indy. These are OSR recordings made in 1968 and 1955 respectively. But the older recording is so good that it makes no discernable aural differnece when the second work starts.

I compared the slow introduction of the Magnard to the other versions I own (Plasson and Ossonce). I heard some excellent things in the Plasson (low wwinds in particular), but the Ossonce soundedvery generic in comparison. But both are not on the level of Ansermet's obvious mastery of the work's structure as well as its incidentals. superb playing by the OSR and excellent recorded soound (from Geneva's fabled Victoria Hall).

BTW is it me, or isn't Shostakovich's 11th symphony's beginning eeraily similar to Magnard's bleak introduction to I ?

[zorzynek]

The electronic music is pretty 'sick', very impressive ... on disc like all of his electronic music, it's reduced to 2-channel pretty much unless you can afford a fancier set-up, must be a trip to experience this live though, to be surrounded from all sides with the electronic music at full volume and watch the soloists on stage taking turns doing their thing within that 'pool' of electronic music...

I don't mind 'sick'. One of my favorite recordings is Feedbacker by Boris w/ Merzbow. But yeah, I know such stuff should be experienced live. schönberg ensemble played Karlheinz Stockhausen's Glanz and Orchester-finalisten during last Warsaw Autumn, but I couldn't go.

[greg]

Going down the wikipedia list of late Romantic composers...
I discovered this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/NNs8H60vQTM&feature=related
Usually I hate music like this, but something about it is so carefree and graceful-sounding that I thought it sounded really nice. 
(i guess there is a pretty fine line there)

[greg]

Okay, so now I'm listening to the album. 
Only listened to the first few tracks so far, but this is very great stuff...

[Conor71]

Rautavaara: Symphony No. 4, "Arabescata"
Vine: Symphony No. 1, "MicroSymphony"

[Que]

And a good morning/afternoon all.

A nice sturdy & "digging" performance this, maybe sometimes a bit too straight but good performances are thin on the ground.

Q

[listener]

BRITTEN  Sinfonia da Requiem, Suite on English Folk Tunes, Occasional Overture, American Overture             some of his rarely heard orchestral music
BUSONI    Piano music from the Naxos series with Wolf Harden, includes the Ballet Scenes 1,2 &4, Indian Diary bk.1, and the transcription of Bach's Toccata, Adagio and Fugue

[Harry]

Authentic Romanian Folk Music.

Love Song: "What befell me last night", and Dance tune Sarba.
Epic song: Miu the Outlaw and a suite of Dance Tunes.
Lyric song: Cloudy Today, sunny Tomorrow.
Epic Song: Toma Dalimos.
Lyric Song: What do I love most in the World.
Dance with Steps and Strigaturi, : Hora Nutii/Nutza's Hora.

These CD'S where bought by a Romanian friend in Timisoara December 2009, which she took with here when she came back.

[Harry]

Maria Dragomiroiu.
Romanian Folk music.