What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

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Fafner

Beethoven - String Quartets No. 9 & No. 12
Kodály Quartet

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"Remember Fafner? Remember he built Valhalla? A giant? Well, he's a dragon now. Don't ask me why. Anyway, he's dead."
   --- Anna Russell

North Star

#125641
Jumping the gun on First-listen Friday...

Bruckner
Symphony No. 6
Wand & Köln


8) The more music I hear from this guy, the more I love it, a brilliant composer!
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"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

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Karl Henning

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Fafner

"Remember Fafner? Remember he built Valhalla? A giant? Well, he's a dragon now. Don't ask me why. Anyway, he's dead."
   --- Anna Russell

Sergeant Rock

Quote from: karlhenning on February 14, 2013, 01:29:49 PM
Woo-hoo! Bruckner!

Those are two (three?)words I never thought I'd see issue from Karl  ;D

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Lisztianwagner

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.1


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"Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire." - Gustav Mahler

Sammy

Quote from: Opus106 on February 14, 2013, 08:19:13 AM
Thread duty:

BWV 1019 - Gould-Laredo

http://www.youtube.com/v/820VBcJqTLQ

It's okay, I'm only going to listen to the third movement. 0:) I was particularly taken by this movement this morning. I was listening to Koopman then.

Not bad at all.  Put another way, Gould alone is better than Gould with Laredo on modern violin.  In Bach's music, a non-period violin is my no. 1 enemy.

Fafner

What the hell, why not listen to some French musique...

CHAUSSON, E.: Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet / Piano Trio
Stephen Shipps, Eric Larsen
Wihan Quartet, Meadowmount Trio

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"Remember Fafner? Remember he built Valhalla? A giant? Well, he's a dragon now. Don't ask me why. Anyway, he's dead."
   --- Anna Russell

jlaurson

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 14, 2013, 01:33:42 PM
Those are two (three?)words I never thought I'd see issue from Karl  ;D


Our job here is done!

Wakefield

Quote from: Sammy on February 14, 2013, 02:36:06 PM
Not bad at all.  Put another way, Gould alone is better than Gould with Laredo on modern violin.  In Bach's music, a non-period violin is my no. 1 enemy.

c'mon, Don, this interpretation doesn't have nothing to do with the flamboyant flair required by this movement.  :)
"One of the greatest misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowards. They complain, keep quiet, dine and forget."
-- Voltaire

Wakefield

#125650
This lovely (and totally OOP) disc:


Jaap Schroeder, violin
Marilyn McDonald, violin
Stephen Hammer, oboe
Kenneth Slowick, violoncello

Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra
Jaap Schroeder

Repackaged here:

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8)

P.S.: Some additional exploration - in order to get a cover for the iPod files - brought me to these links:

http://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Vol-Sinfonia-Concertante-Concertone/dp/B00000E6W9/ref=sr_1_10?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1360895081&sr=1-10

http://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Concertante-Concertone-Smithsonian-Orchestra/dp/B0011ZLF1Q/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1360894610&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Sinfonia-Concertante-K-364-Concertone/dp/B006X6T03S/ref=sr_1_16?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1360894939&sr=1-16



"One of the greatest misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowards. They complain, keep quiet, dine and forget."
-- Voltaire

Todd

The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

TheGSMoeller

#125652



A massive performance. Broad phrasing with a bold LPO sound, a truly majestic 6th with an exquisite 20-minute Adagio
Live recording, great sound with great range, very few coughs.

Wakefield



Terrifically well done, a real contender for Bilson/Gardiner

Included here:

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"One of the greatest misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowards. They complain, keep quiet, dine and forget."
-- Voltaire

NJ Joe



listening to this on the way home from an aggravating, frustrating day at work made everything right with the world.
"Music can inspire love, religious ecstasy, cathartic release, social bonding, and a glimpse of another dimension. A sense that there is another time, another space and another, better universe."
-David Byrne

Bogey

Quote from: Jersey Joe on February 14, 2013, 07:20:02 PM


listening to this on the way home from an aggravating, frustrating day at work made everything right with the world.

Of course it did.  Better than any medication available.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

listener

more misc lps
TALLIS: Mass for 4 Voices;  Lamentations of Jeremiah; In jejunio et fletu
New York Pro Musica     Noah Greenberg, cond.
CLEMENTI: Piano sonatas op. 26/3 in D, op.36/1 in A, op. 40/2 in b, op. 50/3 in g
Artur Balsam, piano (Steinway)
NADERMAN: Duo espagnol, TURINA: Ciclo Plateresco: 1 - Variations,  BAZELAIRE: Fantasiestück for harp andpiano
SAINT-SAËNS`Fantaise  op. 95 for harp    LISZT: Czardas Macabre for piano
Brigitte Langnickel-Köhler, harp;  Reinhard Langnickel, piano
SAINT-SAËNS: Part-songs (5), POULENC: Chansons françaises,  DEBUSSY: Trois chansons de Charles d'Orléans
The Light Blurs Blues
"Keep your hand on the throttle and your eye on the rail as you walk through life's pathway."

Opus106

Quote from: Sammy on February 14, 2013, 02:36:06 PM
[Gould in BWV 1019/III] Not bad at all. 

That doesn't surprise me. :D

QuoteIn Bach's music, a non-period violin is my no. 1 enemy.

On that point, I am with you. :)
Regards,
Navneeth

kishnevi

Quote from: Gordon Shumway on February 14, 2013, 06:50:10 PM


Terrifically well done, a real contender for Bilson/Gardiner


Side note: does anyone know what building is shown in that cover picture? I'm pretty sure that it's the same building seen in fuller view on the cover of the Hogwood/AAM Symphonies box.

Thread duty:
Beethoven, String Quartets  9 (Razumovsky) and 11 (Serioso)
Tokyo String Quartet
rec. 1989/90

Opus106

Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on February 14, 2013, 09:14:18 PM
Side note: does anyone know what building is shown in that cover picture? I'm pretty sure that it's the same building seen in fuller view on the cover of the Hogwood/AAM Symphonies box.

I think that's Eszterháza. The connection to Mozart is rather diffuse, I know.
Regards,
Navneeth