What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[bhodges]

Reservoir (Isabelle O'Connell, piano) - Works by nine contemporary Irish composers. Now listening to Ian Wilson's BIG, and Donnacha Dennehy's piece that is the CD's title.

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--Bruce

[DavidW]

I finished Prokofiev's 5th and WOW what a performance.  It has that sense of space and depth to the sound world that I like in the symphony, layers of instruments playing emotionally deep themes that weave in and out of each other.  I can't express myself well, just consider that I loved it!  An awesome performance from Ozawa.

[karlhenning]

Happy birthday some more!

Сергей Сергеевич [ Sergei Sergeyevich (Prokofiev) ]
Sonata for violoncello & piano, Opus 119
Misha Maisky & Martha Argerich

[karlhenning]

Happy birthday!

Сергей Сергеевич [ Sergei Sergeyevich (Prokofiev) ]
Piano Sonata № 8 in B^b, Opus 84
Piano Sonata № 9 in C, Opus 103
Anne-Marie M^cDermott

[prémont]

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It is Reinken to the right, but there is some dispute as to whether the one on the left (the gamba player) should be Buxtehude or the composer Johann Theile.

Reinken is a composer who left only a few but fine works, not the least his Hortus Musicus, and I am of course interested to know, if this recording is one I should consider.

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And this as well.

[Coco]

[Conor71]

Xenakis: Chamber Music

Good morning   - something a bit different for me to start the day! 

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Listening to Symphony No. 4. I like this music! It's individual and uses the orchestra to great effect. An organ also makes a concertante appearance.

[Sadko]

...

I am really liking ALL of them, and I haven't felt that way before.

[Prokofiev - Ozawa]

Yes, I could say the same!

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

This first version, with the (in)famous Wagnerian quotations, remains one of my favourites.

[PaulR]

Symphony #2, then eventually to 7.

After a 8 hour break for no reason, onto the 7th, which may be one of my favorite Prokofiev Symphonies

[DavidW]

Awesome Paul, that is the final one I have left in the cycle too.

[Coco]

Xenakis: Chamber Music

Good morning   - something a bit different for me to start the day! 

and?

[PaulR]

Awesome Paul, that is the final one I have left in the cycle too.

I got this set like 5 or 6 years ago, didn't touch it because I didn't particularly care for it.  But now, I much prefer it to the Gergiev/LSO (although that one isn't horrible).   

Plus, The Lieutenant Kije suite is great fun!  Especially since it's not the typical suite, it features a vocal soloist. 

[DavidW]

I forgot that suite is in the set, I'll have to listen to that too tonight.

[PaulR]

Weinberg:  Violin Sonata #3

[karlhenning]

After a 8 hour break for no reason, onto the 7th, which may be one of my favorite Prokofiev Symphonies

Good man! Some people are reluctant to shower love upon the Seventh!  One detail of the Ozawa is, I like that he plays the original, desolate ending . . . one quarrel I have with Järvi is that he takes the tacked-on upbeat ending.

[karlhenning]

I got this set like 5 or 6 years ago, didn't touch it because I didn't particularly care for it.  But now, I much prefer it to the Gergiev/LSO (although that one isn't horrible).   

Plus, The Lieutenant Kije suite is great fun!  Especially since it's not the typical suite, it features a vocal soloist. 

Yes, it seems counterintuitive, but the Ozawa set is simply better than the Gergiev.

And I love those two numbers in the Kizhe suite sung!

[PaulR]

Yes, it seems counterintuitive, but the Ozawa set is simply better than the Gergiev.

And I love those two numbers in the Kizhe suite sung!

I prefer the orchestral version, well, because I am a tad biased  (mainly about the "Romance") But the two movements sung are great in their own way.

Good man! Some people are reluctant to shower love upon the Seventh!  One detail of the Ozawa is, I like that he plays the original, desolate ending . . . one quarrel I have with Järvi is that he takes the tacked-on upbeat ending.

For what it's worth, I think the 7th is actually my favorite symphony of his, at least as of this date.  With that said, I am still relatively new to Prokofiev symphonies, as I have neglected them over the years.  But hey, gotta start somewhere.   

[listener]

joining in with PROKOFIEV this evening
a disc that looks like it should not play, but does
Carole Farley, sop.   Roger Vignoles, piano
The Ugly Duckling, op. 18    5 Poems, op. 23     5 Melodies, op.35     3 Children's Songs, op. 68     2 Russian Songs op. 104
........and for the piano
Piano Sonatas 1, op. 1   & 8, op. 54       4 Pieces, op. 3    3 Pieces, op. 59
"Old Grandmother's Tales" op. 84
Oleg Marshev, piano