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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by steve ridgway - April 22, 2024, 11:02:15 PMMessiaen: Le Rousserolle Effarvatte
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by AnotherSpin - April 22, 2024, 10:55:41 PMCD3
#13
General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Que - April 22, 2024, 10:42:53 PMFor me lute (and theorbo) music as well:
The recordings by Luca Pianca on Passacaille caught my eye a while ago This is a new one, focusing on French instead of Italian repertoire.
The recordings by Luca Pianca on Passacaille caught my eye a while ago This is a new one, focusing on French instead of Italian repertoire.
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Harry - April 22, 2024, 10:34:52 PMLAURENT DE SAINT-LUC, (Bruxelles, 1669 - Vienne (?), après 1708).
Lute music.
See back cover for details.
Evangelina Mascardi – Baroque Lute, Cezar Mateus 1999.
Recording : 2017, église de Franc-Warêt, Belgique.
She has a pleasant tone, just the right tempi, and a balance in warmth and poise. To my ears perfect.
This composer is not that often heard, but belongs to a famous circle of Lute specialists. He was appreciated as a representative of the French lutenist school in the 17th century. Clear sound. I like it very much.
Lute music.
See back cover for details.
Evangelina Mascardi – Baroque Lute, Cezar Mateus 1999.
Recording : 2017, église de Franc-Warêt, Belgique.
She has a pleasant tone, just the right tempi, and a balance in warmth and poise. To my ears perfect.
This composer is not that often heard, but belongs to a famous circle of Lute specialists. He was appreciated as a representative of the French lutenist school in the 17th century. Clear sound. I like it very much.
#15
General Classical Music Discussion / Re: Your favourite Tchaikovsky...
Last post by AnotherSpin - April 22, 2024, 10:11:37 PMQuote from: Florestan on April 22, 2024, 04:25:15 AMOh, I wasn't talking about conductors, but about people who complain about Tchaikovsky being schmaltzy and melodramatic.
Re-listened to the 4th yesterday, in parts, couldn't do it completely. Particularly repulsive are all these "folk" songs and motifs, as Во поле березка стояла. Mother Russia, the stench of gutalin and manure, ruddy, pimply, sweaty девки, short and crooked drunken мужики with sparse beards, vodka flowing straight from the samovar.
#16
General Classical Music Discussion / Re: Your favourite Tchaikovsky...
Last post by Wanderer - April 22, 2024, 10:06:59 PMI see that I'd voted for Symphony No.1 in the poll (who are the other three voters? 
). It is still the Tchaikovsky symphony I cherish the most - his most balletic, and without the soul-crushing dourness of later works.
Of the last three symphonies, I used to like the 4th the best, but it's the Currentzis 6 I return to the most nowadays; he manages to convey the hurricane of a tormented, desperate soul (which I assume is what Tchaikovsky would've wanted) and not make it sound like a histrionic tantrum, which is what usually turns out in modern performances.
). It is still the Tchaikovsky symphony I cherish the most - his most balletic, and without the soul-crushing dourness of later works.Of the last three symphonies, I used to like the 4th the best, but it's the Currentzis 6 I return to the most nowadays; he manages to convey the hurricane of a tormented, desperate soul (which I assume is what Tchaikovsky would've wanted) and not make it sound like a histrionic tantrum, which is what usually turns out in modern performances.
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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Chopin Recordings
Last post by Mandryka - April 22, 2024, 09:48:09 PM #18
General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by steve ridgway - April 22, 2024, 09:24:02 PMScelsi: Riti: I Funerali Di Alessandro Magno
#19
General Classical Music Discussion / Re: Your favourite Tchaikovsky...
Last post by Florestan - April 22, 2024, 08:34:27 PMQuote from: DavidW on April 22, 2024, 02:57:12 PMThe absolute best:
Maybe, but I wouldn't recommend it as the first, let alone the only, choice to people with no special interest in Tchaikovsky, a category to which Poju obviously belongs. Besides, it's incomplete, and Winter Dreams and Manfred are unmissable. IMO Poju's best option is this:
Complete symphonies including Manfred, all the important overtures, two ballet suites, the charming string serenade and PC1 with Andrei Gavrilov. Solid, no-nonsense performances in excellent sound. One could really not wish more, who is not particularly a fan of Tchaikovsky.
#20
The Diner / Re: What game are you playing?
Last post by LKB - April 22, 2024, 08:04:02 PMI've stepped away from Diablo 4 for a few days ( or perhaps a few weeks... ), since Diablo 3 is into Season 31.
D3 is still a hoot. Some of the NPC dialogue is better than anything my coworkers ever come up with, and the game still look's good enough to not leave me wishing for better visuals.
Say what you like about Blizzard ( and I have certainly said enough that's been negative over the last couple years ), but I've used very few products which have given me as much value as D3 has over the years.
D3 is still a hoot. Some of the NPC dialogue is better than anything my coworkers ever come up with, and the game still look's good enough to not leave me wishing for better visuals.
Say what you like about Blizzard ( and I have certainly said enough that's been negative over the last couple years ), but I've used very few products which have given me as much value as D3 has over the years.