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

Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 11:19:24 PM

[Messiaen: Le Merle De Roche]

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

Last post by steve ridgway - Today at 10:54:37 PM

Messiaen: Le Merle De Roche



Just listening to the music now, there are too many birds to follow .

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The Diner / Re: Reaction Videos

Last post by LKB - Today at 10:54:11 PM

I just now pulled that up here at work, and laughed at the sight of Cassie in a TNG uniform. ( Well, sort of... no visible rank insignia. Perhaps Starfleet has no such insignia for the rank of Elven Princess. ) 

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

Last post by Que - Today at 10:35:29 PM

[Ligeti: Melodien]

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

Last post by steve ridgway - Today at 09:56:33 PM

Ligeti: Melodien

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Composer Discussion / Re: Lesser known Russian/Sovie...

Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 09:54:40 PM

I submit to moderation and respectfully point out that most of the works regard the period before 1992 when Moldova was part of the USSR and had not still been annexed to Romania so much so that on the previous page we talk about eduard lazarev,Khachaturian,Lidiya Auster

Your argument may be correct. Until the end of 1991 Moldavia was part of USSR. Unlike some other republics of the former USSR, Moldavia never fought for its independence, only took advantage of the collapse of the USSR. It became independent Moldova Republic after 1991. It was never annexed by Romania. However, the pro-Moscow part of Moldavia along the Dniester River also declared its own independence after the short war with central Moldovan government in the early 1990s.

[Tenth]

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

Last post by classicalgeek - Today at 09:48:42 PM

I agree! I have that CD too. I like the cover picture.

Did Muti do a Prokofiev 6? I don't think he did - and too bad, because I think it would have been great!

I just listened to the Kondrashin 10th which delivered... but I recommend Haitink if you want more oomph.

I also I've been listening to Pettersson's 5th and Penderecki's works for cello and orchestra... so I am now just worn out on depressing neoromantic music.  I think I'm just going to focus on Bach, Haydn and Mozart for awhile.

I understand what you mean about needing a break once in a while! I've been mixing in listening to Angela Hewitt's Bach and some Schumann symphonies with the Shostakovich and Prokofiev. Not to mention Mahler 7 in the near future!

I'll see if Haitink is available for streaming - his Eighth is my go-to recording for that symphony, but it's been a long time since I've heard his other Shostakovich.

I don't believe I've listened yet to the e minor symphony in that set, so I'm in!

Agreed that it is a good but not outstanding Tenth.

I haven't listened too all of the Barshai set, but still a good deal of it - and the Tenth is the first one I recall falling short for me. Still an excellent cycle, though - the Eleventh is next on tap.


TD:
Schumann
Symphony no. 3
Symphony no. 4
Manfred Overture
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik
(on CD)



A really good Third, and a so-so Fourth - I don't think Kubelik messes with Schumann's orchestration, which has its plusses and minuses!

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

Last post by AnotherSpin - Today at 09:24:04 PM

Op. 106

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

Last post by SimonNZ - Today at 09:19:06 PM

(Full disclosure: I am an Orthodox Christian myself, so I might be biased --- yet I urge anyone with an interest in Byzantine history to read this book --- @SimonNZ)

Thanks for that. I've read four or five Runcimans, but got know that one.

Read the fall on Constantinople one just a couple of years ago - coincidentally in the Cambridge Canto series.

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The Diner / Re: Last Movie You Watched

Last post by drogulus - Today at 07:44:43 PM

I do not speak French, and the version I own does not have subtitles, yet, I was still moved by the powerful performance of the main character and the tragedy of her existence, especially with the interactions with her mother and the true desperation you see when she is forced to confront the ethical dilemma of honor and survival. A striking film. A beautiful film. Rosetta (1999).

    I don't know which edition you have, but these are from Criterion.

    https://dl.subdl.com/subtitle/687810-1909948.zip

     These might fit a European source.

     https://dl.subdl.com/subtitle/687823-6867.zip