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#91
The Diner / Re: Last Movie You Watched
Last post by Pohjolas Daughter - September 15, 2024, 10:35:02 AMClose Encounters of the Third Kind
Had never seen it before, but I really enjoyed it.
Thought that it was pretty neat that François Truffaut was an actor in the film. And apparently (according to Wiki), Dreyfuss was not the first choice for RN and had to keep pestering Spielberg to be cast in the roll.
PD
Had never seen it before, but I really enjoyed it.
Thought that it was pretty neat that François Truffaut was an actor in the film. And apparently (according to Wiki), Dreyfuss was not the first choice for RN and had to keep pestering Spielberg to be cast in the roll.
PD
#92
Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: New Releases
Last post by kyjo - September 15, 2024, 10:10:50 AMQuote from: Symphonic Addict on September 14, 2024, 05:24:36 PMOh, that recording of Maximilian Steinberg's Symphony No. 3 is unmissable for me and others I'm thinking of! Looking forward to it.
Yes, that caught my eye too! It's about time someone recorded his other symphonies besides Nos. 1, 2, and 4. If it's in the same league as his excellent 2nd Symphony, we're in for a real treat!
#93
Composer Discussion / Re: Scriabins Temple
Last post by Iota - September 15, 2024, 10:07:45 AMQuote from: Mandryka on September 15, 2024, 02:03:41 AMIs this one of the best Vers la Flamme, or is it one of the worst? Pietro Scarpini
Wild! I like it.
#94
Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Great wrongheaded recordin...
Last post by San Antone - September 15, 2024, 09:54:12 AMFor me one of the most wrong-headed recordings is Bernstein's DG recording of West Side Story, starring José Carreras (as Tony) and Kiri Te Kanawa (Maria). Kanawa is not the problem. What was Lenny thinking having Tony sung with a Spanish accent and a singer incapable of singing the jazzy syncopation of the music?
#95
General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Karl Henning - September 15, 2024, 09:53:37 AMQuote from: ritter on September 15, 2024, 07:19:10 AMSpurred by recent posts of @Cato and @André ...High time I listen to these myself!
Goffredo Petrassi: Fifth Concerto for Orchestra & Invenzione Concertata (Sixth Concerto for Strings, Brass and Percussion).
Zotán Peskó conducts the RAI Milan Orchestra.
#96
General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Karl Henning - September 15, 2024, 09:50:09 AMQuote from: Iota on September 14, 2024, 03:12:55 AMIn belated honour of AS' birthday, though he seems to be one handing out the gifts -I'm celebrating all weekend:
Five Pieces for Orchestra
Then from this:
Drei Volkslieder Op. 49, multilayered a capella songs whose parts seem as natural as seaweed in a current.
Verbundenheit Op.35, No.6 and Dreimal tausend jahre, Op. 50a, which wander into the intoxicating sombre hinterland of AS' later style.
#97
General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Karl Henning - September 15, 2024, 09:48:42 AMQuote from: ritter on September 14, 2024, 12:30:12 AMAs Boulez once said, "the only thing that could make the Helicopter Quartet interesting would be that one of the helicopters crashed or something like that...".An iconic "It seemed a good idea when I had just taken a hit" composition.
#98
General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by VonStupp - September 15, 2024, 09:11:28 AMGioachino Rossini
Choral Music
Die Singphoniker
A little bit of Swingle Singers-esque kitsch by adding Rossini's overtures for voice. Otherwise, these are mostly arrangements of Rossini's choral music for male ensemble, plus some Italian-influenced Schubert partsongs too.
VS
Choral Music
Die Singphoniker
A little bit of Swingle Singers-esque kitsch by adding Rossini's overtures for voice. Otherwise, these are mostly arrangements of Rossini's choral music for male ensemble, plus some Italian-influenced Schubert partsongs too.
VS
#99
Composer Discussion / Re: Adolphus Hailstork (1941-)
Last post by kyjo - September 15, 2024, 09:04:34 AMQuote from: Symphonic Addict on September 14, 2024, 04:11:51 PMTo be released on November 15th:
-Piano Quintet 'Detroit'
-Nobody Know
Only 43 minutes of music!
That's pretty inexcusable, considering both the capacity of CD timings these days and the large amount of other chamber works Mr. Hailstork has written. But it's better than nothing I guess...
While I'm here, I'll put in another plug for the marvelous Naxos CD of Hailstork's Symphonies nos. 2 and 3. These works - especially the truly powerful 2nd - prove that the symphony is indeed alive and well! They're accessible without being simplistic or aiming for cheap effects, convincingly argued, and atmospherically orchestrated. In comparison, I wasn't as taken with the Naxos CD containing his 1st Symphony and some shorter orchestral works, but it's still enjoyable enough.
#100
Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Schumann: (Grosse) Humores...
Last post by Mandryka - September 15, 2024, 09:01:45 AMBut here's one as unforgettable as the Feinberg, and less of an assault. Annerose Schmidt - what a fabulous Schumannist!