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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: New Releases
Last post by Madiel - Today at 09:59:23 AMI don't think whether or not 28 is young depends on the age at which you died.
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Todd - Today at 09:44:10 AM
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Composer Discussion / Re: Sir Arnold Bax
Last post by Pohjolas Daughter - Today at 09:31:59 AMEnjoyed listening to his Sonata for Cello and Piano today (posted a youtube video of it on the WAYLTN thread).
Whilst poking around in my CD collection I found that I have a bit more Bax than I had remembered including a Lyrita one of "Boult Conducts Bax" and two Chandos' ones (some duplications) which include Northern Ballad No. 3, Cortège, Mediterranean, and Overture to a Picaresque Commedy, and his Cello Concerto (with Wallfisch). The other Chandos one has the Violin Concerto, the Cello (again with Wallfisch, etc.) and Morning Song.
More exploring for me ahead. By the way, what do others here think of his cello concerto?
PD
Whilst poking around in my CD collection I found that I have a bit more Bax than I had remembered including a Lyrita one of "Boult Conducts Bax" and two Chandos' ones (some duplications) which include Northern Ballad No. 3, Cortège, Mediterranean, and Overture to a Picaresque Commedy, and his Cello Concerto (with Wallfisch). The other Chandos one has the Violin Concerto, the Cello (again with Wallfisch, etc.) and Morning Song.
More exploring for me ahead. By the way, what do others here think of his cello concerto?
PD
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Spotted Horses - Today at 09:02:25 AMI've also been dipping into Savall's recording of Bach's musical offering,
Based on listening to this music years ago, I tend to think of it as dry and academic, but under Savall is sparkles.
Based on listening to this music years ago, I tend to think of it as dry and academic, but under Savall is sparkles.
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Pohjolas Daughter - Today at 08:59:16 AMQuote from: vandermolen on Today at 01:46:24 AMOf the Kalevala - Kalevalasta - Ur Kalevla (Finnish Sketches)Thanks...I'll look into it.
PD
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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...
Last post by Pohjolas Daughter - Today at 08:56:16 AMQuote from: Irons on May 03, 2024, 11:34:11 PMBax: Cello Sonata.Hi Irons,
... Not star of the show though as that accolade goes to Arnold Bax! At an hour of symphonic listening my admittedly short attention span is on the wane and it would take something special to perk me up (so to speak). Middle movement of the Bax Cello Sonata is stunningly beautiful.
Well, after digging around (both in LPs and CDs), no Bax Cello Sonata.
I did find it on Youtube though (with Bernard Gregor-Smith and Yolande Wrigley (which I think someone here posted listening to recently as the cover looked familiar).I've been enjoying it.
Perfect music for a rainy/cloudy day.PD
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The Diner / Re: Cato's Grammar Grumble
Last post by Mandryka - Today at 08:52:36 AMQuote from: steve ridgway on Today at 08:07:38 AMHouses starting at £1,850,000 don't get any more attention to detail than less expensive homes.
The only known use of the verb elavate is in the late 1500s. OED's only evidence for elavate is from 1599, in a translation by A. M.
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/elavate_v?tl=true
I don't pay the subscription so I don't actually know what elavate means.
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Composer Discussion / Re: Gabriel Fauré (Faure)
Last post by Mandryka - Today at 08:49:18 AMI actually only just found out, thanks to Debargue's chronological arrangement, that the 8th nocturne is in fact the final part of the op 84 Pièces Brèves. The whole op 84 is new to me in fact - I'm appreciating Debargue's piano more.
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Classical YouTube Video Library / Mendelssohn - Op. 72 - 6 Child...
Last post by W.A. Mozart - Today at 08:48:22 AMDuring his summer vacations in 1842, Mendelssohn wrote 6 pieces for piano in the notebooks of two children of his family. After some years he revised the pieces and he deleted two of them (MWV U165 + MWV U167).
The video contains a performance of the revised versions, with the two deleted pieces at the end.
Performer: Aldo Roberto Pessolano
Mendelssohn - Op. 72 - 6 Children's pieces (1842):
00:00 I. Allegro non troppo, MWV U 171
00:58 II. Andante sostenuto, MWV U 170
02:31 III. Allegretto, MWV U 164
03:28 IV. Andante con moto, MWV U 169
04:40 V. Allegro assai, MWV U 166
06:18 VI. Vivace, MWV U 168
7:51 Andante, MWV U 165
9:43 Sostenuto MWV U 167
The video contains a performance of the revised versions, with the two deleted pieces at the end.
Performer: Aldo Roberto Pessolano
Mendelssohn - Op. 72 - 6 Children's pieces (1842):
00:00 I. Allegro non troppo, MWV U 171
00:58 II. Andante sostenuto, MWV U 170
02:31 III. Allegretto, MWV U 164
03:28 IV. Andante con moto, MWV U 169
04:40 V. Allegro assai, MWV U 166
06:18 VI. Vivace, MWV U 168
7:51 Andante, MWV U 165
9:43 Sostenuto MWV U 167
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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Favourite pianist who emer...
Last post by Brian - Today at 08:27:06 AMFukuma is a perfect fit with his debut recording in 2004 and his Iberia in 2007. I agree entirely about your description. Now I will probably have to stream his Iberia again this week. I own most of the other Hortus recordings: the Chopin, Debussy, and "Dumka" mixed Russian repertoire.