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Composer Discussion / Re: Dmitri's Dacha

Last post by relm1 - Today at 05:34:48 AM

I am curious, is there a list of all the external musical references within Symphony No. 15?  We all know about William Tell and Gotterdammerung but am curious about the others and self references to Shostakovich too.  I thought I heard his Symphony No. 13 in here too.

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

Last post by 71 dB - Today at 05:22:31 AM

THE NARADA COLLECTION TWO (1989)

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

Last post by Que - Today at 05:10:01 AM

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Composer Discussion / Re: Gabriel Fauré (Faure)

Last post by 71 dB - Today at 04:56:43 AM

A nice collection.

Thanks!

I find that for solo piano music, it is worth having more than one recording, because different pianists can find very different things in the sophisticated texture of his music.

You are probably correct, thanks for trying to help, but unlike in the past I won't let advices like this cause myself anxiety and feeling of inferiority. Chamber music is what I listen to the most by Fauré (the area he excels the most imo) and as you can see I have more than one performance of many of those works. If I listened to classical music only, I probably would have a bigger Fauré collection, but classical music is only one (but very important) genre of music I listen to. For a person like me my Fauré collection is adequate I'd say. How many of all 8 billion people in the World have a larger/better Fauré CD collection than what I listed? 800,000? That would put me in the top 0.1 promille. If I start to feel I need more Fauré I will do something about it, but at the moment I just don't feel that way...

I'm enjoying the late spring which has been nicely summer-like in Helsinki lately. I'm cycling and trying to live without anxiety after several darker years. I'm listening to the Narada New Age CDs I was able to buy cheap online. Works for me! 

[Samara Joy]

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

Last post by Pohjolas Daughter - Today at 04:51:19 AM

Samara Joy: "Guess Who I Saw Today" — Just exquisite.

-Bruce

Hadn't heard that song before now nor heard of Samara Joy, but I thoroughly enjoyed it (No pun intended).

PD

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

Last post by Traverso - Today at 04:33:57 AM

Very nice!

Hello Karl, good to see your appreciation for this music from Iran that does not get the attention it deserves. I recently also paid a lot of attention to the music of India, for which a special thread has been opened. However,it's getting very little attention so  I'm considering to stop.
This is not a complaint, there was a proposal to open a separate thread for classical music from India so that it is not lost, but given the lack of attention it seems pointless to me.

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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Does anyone like Schubert'...

Last post by Todd - Today at 04:30:34 AM

D887 is Schubert's supreme chamber music masterpiece.  I have adored it since the first time I heard it.  Most versions I've heard include the repeat.  Something critical seems missing if there is no repeat, just like with the first movement of D960.  The opening movement can sound too slow and too long, but that's down to ensemble (eg, the Aviv Quartet at ~24'.)

The best are the Czechs:

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What concerts are you look...

Last post by Florestan - Today at 04:25:07 AM

Yesterday night I greatly enjoyed this concert:



I believe there is no need for translation other than Seară = Evening and Tricornul = The Three-Cornered Hat.

Next I'll attend this, on May 31:



(The Stravinsky work is The Firebird)

[Tchaikovsky]

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

Last post by Linz - Today at 03:52:36 AM

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35
Sibelius Vilolin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47, Viktoria Mullova, Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What concerts are you look...

Last post by Ian - Today at 03:43:41 AM

I've bought tickets for all these upcoming Orchestre Philharmonique Royale de Liège performances:

November 16th
BERLIOZ, Symphonie fantastique


January 10th
RAVEL, Rapsodie espagnole
RAVEL, Concerto en sol
STRAVINSKY, Le sacre du printemps


February 14th
RAVEL, Valses nobles et sentimentales
PROKOFIEV, Concerto pour piano n° 3
MOUSSORGSKI / RAVEL, Tableaux d'une exposition


April 25th
LALO, Symphonie espagnole
SAINT-SAËNS, Symphonie n° 3 « avec orgue »


May 8th
DELIUS, The Walk to the Paradise Garden
YSAŸE, Poème nocturne
DVOŘÁK, Symphonie no 9 « du Nouveau Monde »