What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Brahmsian]

Oh my...I've hit the big Seven O O O...I feel so old.

Sarge

  Shhhhh.......that might upset Karl and Gurn.

[karlhenning]

Gurn and I share a most philosophical outlook on this . . . .

[marvinbrown]

No. Permission denied. But I understand your passion for the tone poems.

Sarge

  Ok I shall defer to Sarge! But my God I am addicted to those tone poems!!!!!  I can't stop listening to them!

  marvin

[karlhenning]

  Ok I shall defer to Sarge! But my God I am addicted to those tone poems!!!!!  I can't stop listening to them!

Nothing wrong with that in the least, Marvin!

[mahler10th]

  WOW WOW WOW.....



I can not say that I am severely passionate about Sibelius' symphonies but I am listening for the first time to his tone poems and I have fallen in love with them.  The Oceanides, Finlandia, Night Ride and Sunrise, Pohjola's Daughter and the Lemminkainen Suite have left me breathless!  I much prefer the tone poems to his symphonies.

   Fellow Sibelians would you kindly permit me to make the argument that Sibelius is a far more accomplished composer of tone poems than of symphonies?  If I am not permitted to make this argument would you allow me to argue that Sibelius is the finest composer of tone poems there ever was??  (I have heard Richard Strauss', Tchaikovsky's, and Dvorak's tone/symphonic poems and I must say that Sibelius has got them beat!!
  Well??
  marvin

What?
Whaaaat?
You love his Tone Poems but don't care much for his Symphonies?  Crikey, that must be difficult to maintain!  Listen to his Symphonies again.  That same Sibelian logic was in everything he did.  I disagree with your 'greatest ever' assessment, but for sure he's one of the most popular given the depth he manages to achieve in the listeners soul.

[Harry]

Exactly right. I could even listen to Dorothee's Dittersdorf 

Indeed I do 




Sarge

Dear O. dear, I would love to spend my listening hours with her, so much to take hold of.

[marvinbrown]

Nothing wrong with that in the least, Marvin!

  Fellow Sibelians,   I need to hear more of the tone poems so I just ordered these:

 

 

 

  Where else do I need to go?

  marvin

[mahler10th]

BOHM
VPO, et al
Beethoven - Symphony 9

I think Bohm brings a magnificent grandiosity to Beethoven, fitting of the musics character.  Bohm has a fine grip of the Orchestra, I don't think much slipped by him, and he's still my favourite for Bruckners 8th too.

[marvinbrown]

I too prefer his non-symphonic orchestral music, but I wouldn't venture to say it is better (or even equal) to the symphonies. The magnitude of his achievement with the cycle of seven I feel is greater, regardless of how much I enjoy the other works. Try to listen to the Bard if you have access to it, it's my favourite alongside the Oceanides.

  Lethe I have the Bard op.64, its on CD3 but much like a heroin addict I keep replaying CDs 1 and 2 and especially CD2! When music is this powerfully engaging I like to drown myself in it!  No need to throw me a a flotation device of any kind  !

  marvin   

[Lethevich]

Hehe, enjoy And nice choice with the Chandos/Gibson disc - he is a great Sibelian and very underrated.

[marvinbrown]

What?
Whaaaat?
You love his Tone Poems but don't care much for his Symphonies?  Crikey, that must be difficult to maintain!  Listen to his Symphonies again.  That same Sibelian logic was in everything he did.  I disagree with your 'greatest ever' assessment, but for sure he's one of the most popular given the depth he manages to achieve in the listeners soul.

  It's not that I don't care much for the Symphonies, I love the 3rd, 5th and 6th symphonies the most.  But so far I have found the tone poems to be irresistibly engaging! Fear not though for I shall revisit the symphonies again.....and again and again  !!

  marvin

[Brahmsian]

Brahms

Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op.11

Frans Bruggen
Radio Kamerorkest
Brilliant Classics

[Opus106]

Oh my...I've hit the big Seven O O O...I feel so old.

Sarge

Didn't know you were older than the Pyramids, Sarge.

BOHM
VPO, et al
Beethoven - Symphony 9

Oh, my. That one brings back nightmares!

[Sergeant Rock]

After reading your first post I was going to suggest The Wood Nymph which isn't included in the Järvi box...but I see you've read my mind 

Sarge

[mahler10th]

Oh, my. That one brings back nightmares!

This is the actual cover of the piece I am listening to.  I published the one above as a matter of it being quicker to find.  Is it the same version as your nightmare?  If so, you could enhance my understanding by putting me right, if necessary.   

[Opus106]

This is the actual cover of the piece I am listening to.  I published the one above as a matter of it being quicker to find.  Is it the same version as your nightmare?  If so, you could enhance my understanding by putting me right, if necessary.   

I checked for Domingo's name on the cover, and it's there. Bohm's last recorded version, right? Nothing right or wrong here; the last movement was too slow for my liking. To the extent, it made me turn the radio off.

[bhodges]

Oh my...I've hit the big Seven O O O...I feel so old.

Sarge

Congratulations!  Almost missed this factoid (and for a moment, thought I was reading that you turned 7,000 years old...)



--Bruce

[Brahmsian]

Congratulations!  Almost missed this factoid (and for a moment, thought I was reading that you turned 7,000 years old...)



--Bruce

I think you misread that Bruce.  I'm pretty sure what Sarge meant was 7,000 years would be the age he would be if he was able to listen to all of his music collection at least once.   

[bhodges]

I think you misread that Bruce.  I'm pretty sure what Sarge meant was 7,000 years would be the age he would be if he was able to listen to all of his music collection at least once.   

Oh...DOH.  But of course.  (And I forgot about all those Wagner boxes.)



--Bruce

[Brian]

Sibelius | Number Four
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein

A simply fantastic performance... had to get the comparatively dull, listless new Inkinen account out of my ears.