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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Madiel - Today at 09:47:02 PMGetting towards the end of the original Ballets Russes company.
Satie: Mercure (apparently the only time that Diaghilev bought an existing production, which suggests things were going a little downhill)
Prokofiev: The Steel Step
Satie: Mercure (apparently the only time that Diaghilev bought an existing production, which suggests things were going a little downhill)
Prokofiev: The Steel Step
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 08:51:34 PMOp. 106
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Mapman - Today at 07:42:32 PMMozart: Piano Sonata #11, K.331
Katchen
This is the sonata with the famous rondo "alla Turca". The first movement is also familiar to me, as I have played a clarinet duet version of its theme. There's also a passage in the 2nd movement of Mahler's 1st symphony that reminds me of this theme.
Katchen
This is the sonata with the famous rondo "alla Turca". The first movement is also familiar to me, as I have played a clarinet duet version of its theme. There's also a passage in the 2nd movement of Mahler's 1st symphony that reminds me of this theme.
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by JBS - Today at 07:16:43 PMQuote from: mahler10th on Today at 03:44:33 PM
Don't know if this is still in print, Inbal doing Mahler in the 80's on the Denon Label. And then it was issued in the print in the picture above. Anyway, I had a showdown here a long time ago about the merits of Inbal as a conductor. I don't know why this set isn't so well positioned in the World of great Mahler cylcles. Inbals Mahler is almost narrative-like to me, a story is being told, and I can either get with it or put Bernstein on. I always get with it - Inbal is the Agatha Chrisite of Conductors, he will lure you in until you can't get out, you've got to keep going until the end.
I'm not sure I would describe Inbal's cycle like that, but it is one I would suggest to someone new to Mahler: consistently good; there may be no "best ever" performances, but every installment is first-rate, and there are no installments that are less in quality than the others.
TD
Two CDs from the Andsnes Warner box
CD 33
CD 34 with contents thereof
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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Favourite pianist who emer...
Last post by atardecer - Today at 07:14:25 PMQuote from: aukhawk on Today at 09:44:18 AMNo love for Yuja Wang? Her debut recording (YouTube aside) was 2009.
I was wondering the same, to me her sound is better than most of the pianists listed in this thread. Her recorded repertoire though perhaps is relatively underwhelming.
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Symphonic Addict - Today at 06:53:16 PMVaughan Williams: Fantasy for piano and orchestra
This turned out being a most welcome discovery. It sounds nothing like typical of his distinctive style (it was composed in 1896), but it's a totally accomplished composition in a sort of English late-Romantic fashion, and there's a good deal of passion throughout its runtime. Phenomenal performance too.
Rheinberger: Organ Concerto No. 2 in G minor
Something less effusive yet widely charming. This work can't fail to provide good entertainment.
This turned out being a most welcome discovery. It sounds nothing like typical of his distinctive style (it was composed in 1896), but it's a totally accomplished composition in a sort of English late-Romantic fashion, and there's a good deal of passion throughout its runtime. Phenomenal performance too.
Rheinberger: Organ Concerto No. 2 in G minor
Something less effusive yet widely charming. This work can't fail to provide good entertainment.
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The Diner / Re: What TV series are you cur...
Last post by George - Today at 06:28:59 PMBaby Reindeer - Incredible show!!
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The Diner / Re: What TV series are you cur...
Last post by Karl Henning - Today at 06:27:30 PMQuote from: Karl Henning on April 27, 2024, 01:48:17 PMMartin Balsam is a highly experienced TV writer who is afraid that he just keeps recycling ideas and has no more original notions, and who finds himself plagued by the titular mps. Balsam's character's name is Rockne O'Bannon, who is both the author of the screenplay and Story Consultant for the series. Ellison's commentary on "Gramma" is highly illuming. Ellison co-directed the show with series D.P. Bradford May. Wm Friedkin was originally going to direct, and it was at Friedkin's request that a special (and expensive) crane was rented for the show. The titular character (bed-bound) was played by a male actor with some prosthetics, and voiced by Piper Laurie, except for screams, which she did not do to Ellison's satisfaction, so he did them himself, after treating his vocal chords with Brie and half and half. Ellison reports that Stephen King thought well of the adaptation.Something else I learnt from Ellison's commentary: the principal actor in "Gramma" is Barret Oliver, whom I've now at last seen in The Never-Ending Story.
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by classicalgeek - Today at 06:01:45 PMQuote from: vandermolen on Today at 12:58:30 AMNot that I'm aware of although I really like his pioneering recording of 'Ivan the Terrible' with its great cover picture!
(CD and double LP set below). Unlike many I rather like the melodramatic narration.
I should listen to that - it's part of the Warner Muti box!
TD:
Shostakovich
Symphony no. 11
WDR Symphony Orchestra
Rudolf Barshai
(on CD)
Perhaps not my favorite Eleventh, but very good!
J.S. Bach
Keyboard Partitas nos. 1, 2, 4
Angela Hewitt, piano
(on CD)
I'm continuing to enjoy this set immensely!
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