What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Christo]

Eric Whitacre's Lux Aurumque performed by the virtual choir he assembled via the web

Interesting and quite beautiful. I think of buying the new Naxos release with his choral music.

Am following the results of the British elections all day - still twelve constituencies to go and very much a hung parliament, with very narrow margins for whoever is forced to find a majority.  In honour of that playing  music of the four countries plus a highly interesting English symphonist turned into a real Scot (well, almost), namely William Wordsworth (yes, relative of) whose Second and Third symphonies are the only one ever recorded:

                 
                 

[Opus106]

Happy birthday Pyotr Ilyich!

And wishes to Johannes, too!

[Keemun]

Good morning, all.  I've been too busy to post regularly, but it's Friday, and here I am.    I heard a Brahms symphony on the radio this morning and decided I should listen to them again.  First up:

[Franco]

Golijov

[Keemun]

Just finished this:



Now onto this:

[jlaurson]

Now onto this:

That face says a lot about how she must feel conducting Brahms' 3rd. 

http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2005/02/hilary-hahn-at-strathmore.html

...Brahms's Symphony No. 3, as announced by the associate principle horn's preconcert speech (too long by nine-tenths), is indeed a difficult work to bring off successfully. I found that phrases in the opening got lost because of some odd accentuations. Unlike the Prokofiev, where the orchestra was either marvelous or Hilary Hahn too good for me to notice weakness behind her, the Brahms exposed rather limp and blasé playing. Bowings among violins were just approximately in sync and the first violinist's engaged moves (antics?) became more a distraction than anything else. Successive movements had moments of real beauty—like the clarinets in the opening of the Andante—but were brought home more safely than with inspiration. The finale (Allegro) had admirable drive and energy. With all the bravos hurled at Marin Alsop, she felt compelled to delight the audience with a Hungarian Dance as an encore...

[Opus106]

That face says a lot about how she must feel conducting Brahms' 3rd. 

There's a reason why I have this cover in my iPod, instead.



Thread duty: Nielsen 5. Vänskä|Minnesota SO|c. Feb. 2009

[jlaurson]

That face says a lot about how she must feel conducting Brahms' 3rd. 

http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2005/02/hilary-hahn-at-strathmore.html

Oh.   how.     I.    love.    Brahms'.  Third.
No.         re   all   y.              I             do.


Thread duty:

Disc 2:


Listen what the cat (via idiotic customs) dragged in:


L.v.Beethoven
Complete String Quartets
Alexander String Quartet
Foghorn

[DavidRoss]

I like this one, and her Brahms 4, too.  Note that Jens's post above is about a live performance with Baltimore in 2005 before she took over the orchestra, not about this recording with the LPO.

Now playing: op 130

[prémont]

Concertos for 2 Harpsichords & Strings
1-3 in C major BWV 1061 18:34
4-6 in C minor BWV 1062 14:34

Concertos for 3 Harpsichords & Strings
7-9 in D major BWV 1063 13:51
10-12 in D major BWV 1064 16:27

Concerto for 4 Harpsichords & Strings
13-15 in A minor BWV 1065 9:37

Thank you very much for the invaluable timings.

BTW what did you think of the interpretation?

[CD]

Thank you very much for the invaluable timings.

[Novi]

Seven, We are Seven - visceral and brutal, perfect for a Friday evening with nothing else to do.

[Marc]

Oh.   how.     I.    love.    Brahms'.  Third.
No.         re   all   y.              I             do.

Watching a Tex Avery cartoon would be very good for my health right now .... Droopy, Screwy Squirrel and that scary mouse from Slap Happy Lion! Man, I always needed to buy some new underwear after seeing one of those!

Of course, it's a good laugh with Brahms' Third, too!

Topic duty -> also good for the health: Rachmaninov's Vespers.

[SonicMan46]

That face says a lot about how she must feel conducting Brahms' 3rd. 

Jens - LOL!     Great comment & indeed a 'horrible' pic to use - maybe she just tired of smiling?  Dave 

[Bulldog]

Jens - LOL!     Great comment & indeed a 'horrible' pic to use - maybe she just tired of smiling?  Dave 

I think the photo is fine - a serious conductor performing a serious work. 

[SonicMan46]

I think the photo is fine - a serious conductor performing a serious work.

Oh, Don - you can be a 'stick in the mud' (or the adobe from NM) -    Actually, she has done some wonderful interviews on NPR - maybe the photographer was 'on a budget' and could snap just one 'digital' photo? Dave 

For myself tonight some new arrivals & 'renewed interest & time travel' - the Bach JS - Gamba Sonatas - love the 'tangent' piano w/ Spanyi & now listening to the Quintana/Frisch recording - 

 

[Coopmv]

Now playing this SACD, which has been sitting around unopen for weeks ...

[Bogey]

Now playing: op 130

[Antoine Marchand]

Nathan Milstein – Aristocrat of the Violin
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8 CDs

Now playing CD7:

Beethoven
Romance No.1 in G, Op.40
Romance No.2 in F, Op.50

Saint-Saëns
Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, Op.28

Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64

Bruch
Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op.26

[greg]

Sergei Prokofiev: Ballad of an Unknown Boy, for soprano, tenor, chorus and orchestra, Op 93 , Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (cond) , USSR Radio/TV Large Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Radio Chorus , Recorded in Studio .
Sergei Prokofiev: On Guard for Peace, Oratorio for narrator, contralto, boy alto, boy's chorus, mixed adult chorus and orchestra., Op 124 , Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (cond) , USSR Radio/TV Large Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Radio Chorus , Recorded in Studio .


Composer(s): Sergei Prokofiev
Artist(s): N. Poliakova (soprano), V. Markhov (tenor)
Conductor: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Orchestra/Ensemble: USSR Radio/TV Large Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Radio Chorus
Label: BMG/Melodiya

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