What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Opus106]

Cage, composing a symphony? Perish the thought 

Sarge

But with that particular piece, it's not Cage who is composing, you, the listener, ___*.




*Would Cato write are or is here? As an homage to Cage, I shall leave it to the reader.

[Mirror Image]

Thread Duty:



E.P. Salonen
Helix, Piano Concerto (WP rec.), Dichotomie (piano solo)
Bronfman, EPSalonen, LA Phil
DG

diggit!

Yes, Jens. This is a good recording. I'm eagerly anticipating a recording of Salonen's Violin Concerto.

[Todd]

I didn't know this existed - how can it be so obscure?

It was a limited release done for charity, or something along those lines.  Hyperion has never reissued it.  It is better than the EMI recording, though the EMI is very close in all respects.

[nesf]

Continuing with Prokofiev today:

Listened to the 5th already, couldn't get into it. Needs further listening before I can make up my mind about it. Very much enjoying the 7th at the moment.

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Now:

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Overall, not one of my favorite VL works, but the first two movements (The Earth and Its Creatures, Outcry) are premium VL.

[Lisztianwagner]

I listened to that very same thing last week.  My honest opinion is that the severely strict looking Shoenberg was a writer of such good music that narration wasn't necessary.  He could use pure music to tell the same story.

Yes, maybe; as a matter of fact, just the music, with that beautiful orchestration, is perfectly able to be as thrilling and impressive as it is necessary to create a deeply dramatic atmosphere.
But certainly the narrator and the chorus at the end make the emotional impact even stronger.

[Mirror Image]

Ilaria, I'm seriously surprised you don't listen to any Villa-Lobos.

[Lethevich]

It was a limited release done for charity, or something along those lines.  Hyperion has never reissued it.  It is better than the EMI recording, though the EMI is very close in all respects.

Thanks, if it is never reissued I'm sure it will surface online somewhere eventually, the EMI will easily make do until then

[Mirror Image]

Continuing with Prokofiev today:

Listened to the 5th already, couldn't get into it. Needs further listening before I can make up my mind about it. Very much enjoying the 7th at the moment.

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I do hope you spend more time with the 5th. It's certainly a masterwork IMHO.

[Lisztianwagner]

Ilaria, I'm seriously surprised you don't listen to any Villa-Lobos.

Seriously surprised, why?

Well, I should try to get to know Villa-Lobos better, I don't know his music very much, but he seems to be a fine composer; I only listened to his Bachianas Brasileiras so far, and they were good though.
Could you suggest other V-L's works?

P.S. I could say the same about you and Mozart

[KeithW]

Thanks, if it is never reissued I'm sure it will surface online somewhere eventually, the EMI will easily make do until then

Hyperion still sell the disc through their archive service (GBP14) and as a lossless (CD quality) download for GBP5

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA66004&vw=dc

[Karl Henning]

P.S. I could say the same about you and Mozart

Surgically done : )

[Karl Henning]

Birthday boy!

“Wolferl”
String Quartet in C « Dissonance », K.465
String Quartet in D « Hoffmeister », K.499
The Amadeus Quartet

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Seriously surprised, why?

Well, I should try to get to know Villa-Lobos better, I don't know his music very much, but he seems to be a fine composer; I only listened to his Bachianas Brasileiras so far, and they were good though.
Could you suggest other V-L's works?

P.S. I could say the same about you and Mozart

Why am I surprised you don't listen to VL, because I think he's right up your alley. He composed so much passionate, gorgeous music. I'm actually surprised by how little recognition Latin American composers get from you and Daniel. You guys are just way too Euro-centric. There's more to classical music than what happened in Europe.

Villa-Lobos wrote a lot of music that would give Respighi a run for his money. If you want orchestral brilliance, then VL is your man. The man was a genius and I don't like to use that term, but it's true. I would listen to all of the Choros next. From here, I would listen to Forest of the Amazon and his ballet/symphonic poems Genesis and Erosao. He wrote music in almost every genre, so there's so much to explore. His string quartets are, in my opinion, right up there with Shostakovich and Bartok. Some of the best written in the 20th Century.

[jlaurson]

Seriously surprised, why?

Well, I should try to get to know Villa-Lobos better, I don't know his music very much, but he seems to be a fine composer; I only listened to his Bachianas Brasileiras so far, and they were good though.
Could you suggest other V-L's works?

The String Quartets! Masterpieces of the 20th Ct. in that genre. And among the more even body of his works.

[springrite]

Today, per Kimi's request, again and again:

Beethoven Symphony #5 (Cluyten)
Beethoven Symphony #5 (Klemperer)
Beethoven Symphony #5 (Kleiber)
Liszt piano transcription of Beethoven Symphony #5 (Scherbakov)

All with vocal obligato by Kimi

[The new erato]

The String Quartets! Masterpieces of the 20th Ct. in that genre. And among the more even body of his works.

13 euros for the complete set on amazon.es. At least when I posted that in the bargains thread a week ago.

[Lethevich]

Hyperion still sell the disc through their archive service (GBP14) and as a lossless (CD quality) download for GBP5

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA66004&vw=dc

Oh ideal, thanks. I'm not a great fan of Hyperion's downloader (it seems to cause glitches sometimes) but £5 is a nice price.

[Opus106]

Pyotr Ilyich
Mozartiana
Stuttgart Radio SO | Neville Marriner

http://www.youtube.com/v/j38uG6CriM0

[KeithW]

OK, a choice of birthday celebrations - Mozart or Delius (Sunday).  Let's start with Mozart:

Jupiter, Krips Concertgebouw from this box:

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