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#11

Great Recordings and Reviews / The deepest performances of th...

Last post by Mandryka - Today at 12:19:40 AM

A composer I know nothing about - the last time I enjoyed to a Bruckner symphony was in 1984. I just can't hear anything significant in the music. He may just not be my sort of composer, a blind spot, but it is time to explore that a bit more maybe. Recommendations appreciated.

#12

Composer Discussion / Re: Adolphus Hailstork (1941-)

Last post by calyptorhynchus - September 15, 2024, 11:59:09 PM

Great name! I shall certainly have a listen to his Symphonies 2 & 3.

[Alfred H. Barr Jr.]

#13

The Diner / Re: What are you currently rea...

Last post by Florestan - September 15, 2024, 11:57:14 PM

As a complement to the biography of Alfred H. Barr Jr. I read a couple of months ago.



The dissemination and acceptance of avant-garde painting in the US in the 30s and 40s is a topic I find rather interesting, and this book on the subject by Hugh Eakin has received very good reviews (even if the title may be misleading).

Indeed, I was expecting a book about Picasso and the Spanish Civil War.

#14

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by vandermolen - September 15, 2024, 11:25:18 PM

Rubbra: Symphony No.2 New Philharmonia Orchestra, Vernon Handley (Lyrita CD, although I had both of the original LPs)

[Takemitsu: Far Calls, Coming, Far!]

#15

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by steve ridgway - September 15, 2024, 10:55:33 PM

Takemitsu: Far Calls, Coming, Far!

[Boulez: Dérive 1 (Pour 6 Instruments)]

#16

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by steve ridgway - September 15, 2024, 10:39:00 PM

Boulez: Dérive 1 (Pour 6 Instruments)

[The Fall]

#17

The Diner / Re: Last Movie You Watched

Last post by Wanderer - September 15, 2024, 10:37:36 PM

There's a new 4K director's cut of Tarsem's The Fall (a masterpiece, in my opinion, which hasn't aged a day) and it is to be shown "on the biggest screen in the UK" (the BFI IMAX) on 28 September. I'd definitely go if I were in London! Not sure if there are plans for wider theatrical distribution, but I'd certainly welcome an eventual physical release in 4K UHD.

#18

The Diner / Re: Non-Classical Music Listen...

Last post by KevinP - September 15, 2024, 10:37:11 PM

Really don't like country music, nor bluegrass. But when your favourite living artist does a bluegrass album, you gotta listen. He certainly puts his stamp on it, just as he does with R&B and soul and everything else he touches.

Plus, an artist who cut his first sides in 1953 and his latest in 2024 deserves a shout-out.

[Don Pasquale]

#19

Opera and Vocal / Re: What Opera Are You Listeni...

Last post by NumberSix - September 15, 2024, 10:27:33 PM

And if you did, who could blame you?

Listening to Don Pasquale with my morning coffee.

I did end up listening to nearly all of it. 

[The Very Best of Maria Callas]

#20

Opera and Vocal / Re: What Opera Are You Listeni...

Last post by Wanderer - September 15, 2024, 10:26:14 PM

The Very Best of Maria Callas


Sometimes, a bit of a compilation hits the spot.

No doubt I won't listen to all 2+ hours tonight, but you never know. . .

And if you did, who could blame you?

Listening to Don Pasquale with my morning coffee.