What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[karlhenning]

And again:

Walton
Variations on a Theme by Hindemith
Bournemouth Symphony
Andrew Litton

Walton – Centenary Edition

[Saul]

Mozart : Symphony No.20 in D major,K.133

Conductor : Trevor Pinnock
Player : The English Concert
Recording : Henry Wood Hall, London, January, 1993

W. A. Mozart's Symphony No.20 in D major,K.133 was composed in July, 1772 at Salzbourg.

The scenery
Georges Seurat (1859 - 1891)
Le Chahut

http://www.youtube.com/v/AFC-Ne12bCE

[Sergeant Rock]

Continuing the ugly degeneracy by the grifter Schoenberg: Erwartung op.17, Mitropoulos, Dorothy Dow, recorded November 18th, 1951, at Carnegie Hall.


Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

After the nightmarish (in the good sense ) Erwartung, a little Bartholdy: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage:




Sarge

[karlhenning]

After the nightmarish (in the good sense ) Erwartung . . . .

Yes, it's a beauty!

[Sergeant Rock]

Hello, fellow degenerates! 

Hey, Nut! You should be chipper today...Spain created history last night 

Sarge

[jlaurson]

Earlier:


"Gods, Angels, and Emperors"
A. Vivaldi
Concertos for Recorder,
Bassoon, Violin, and Strings
La Serenissima,
Adrian Chandler
Avie
Found their other three albums, especially The French Connection [http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2009/12/best-recordings-of-2008-almost-list.html], superb... can't wait to hear this one. In fact, I'll put it in right now.


Now:


Richard Strauss
Alpine Symphony
P.Jordan
Paris Opera Orchestra
Naive
Getting ready for a huge Alpine Symphony comparison of a dozen recent recordings and a Christian Thielemann Live Performance.

[Saul]

After the nightmarish (in the good sense ) Erwartung, a little Bartholdy: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage:




Sarge

GREAT!

[Brahmsian]

Hey, Nut! You should be chipper today...Spain created history last night 

Sarge

I am.  Normally at work, I check on the internet for score updates, and completely forgot yesterday to do so.  Coming off the bus, two cars sped by honking and honking and had two very large Spain flags attached to their vehicles.  I couldn't believe it!

I saw the replay of the goal Puyol scored.  First, I couldn't believe Puyol scored, and secondly, I could not believe how great of a goal Puyol scored! 

[karlhenning]

Ain't Waitin' 'Til Friday First Listen:

Walton
Symphony № 1 (1932-35)
Bournemouth Symphony
Andrew Litton

Walton – Centenary Edition

[Sergeant Rock]

I saw the replay of the goal Puyol scored.  First, I couldn't believe Puyol scored, and secondly, I could not believe how great of a goal Puyol scored! 

Yes, that was incredible. I was as stunned as the German defense when they realized what had happened. A beautiful goal.

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

GREAT!

It is....the music and the peformance. Maag has a way with Mendelssohn.

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande.




Sarge

[kishnevi]

Arnie "The Scammer"
Kol Nidre, Opus 39 (1938)
(text: Arnold Schoenberg . . . nothing degenerate about this baby)
John Shirley-Quirk, reciter
BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra
Boulez

For the sake of that which killed the cat--
Do you happen to know if Schonberg made any changes or interpolations into the traditional text? And did he use the traditional melody, or one he came up with.
(If you need a reference, the text, minus the introductory paragraph regarding the "permission of the Heavenly Tribunal" can be found here:
http://hebrewsongs.com/song-kolnidre.htm
and transcriptions of the traditional melody can be found as part of the images here:
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=340&letter=K


Thread duty:
Bach: Ouverture dans le style Francais BWV 831   Piotr Anderszewski, piano

[karlhenning]

Walton
Crown Imperial (Coronation March, 1937)
Bournemouth Symphony
Andrew Litton

Walton – Centenary Edition

We played this (in an arrangement, of course) in my high school band.  It was a musical thrill then, and its powers are undimmed today.

[The new erato]

A really great disc which I stumbled upon while googling the Auser Musici ensemble after buying their fine Cavalli L'Ormindo on Pan.

[jlaurson]

"Vivat rex!"
Sacred Choral Music of
Jean Mouton
The Suspicious Cheese Lords
SCL-503
The best early music acapella group in North America. Well... one of the very best, at least...
Which is all the more surprising since it's an amateur group, in the literal sense.

[Scarpia]

Another piece from this release



This time the dance suite. 

Well, the transition from the Concerto for Orchestra to the Dance suite was a precipitous drop.  Such a dull piece of music.  The point of it eludes me entirely.

[The new erato]

The point of it eludes me entirely.

Dancing? Did you try?

[Scarpia]

Dancing? Did you try?

I'm afraid it didn't even stimulate me to tap my foot.     It sits a sort of no man's land between being catchy and being profound and original.  It doesn't strike me as succeeding against either criteria.

I assume there are people who like this work, but given that it's quality and originality is so far below that of the Concerto for Orchestra and other top drawer works by Bartok, I wonder how musicians muster the enthusiasm to take these pieces into the studio and record them.