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vandermolen

Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. I'd forgotten just how good this work is:
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Harry

Quote from: vandermolen on January 24, 2020, 12:20:19 AM
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. I'd forgotten just how good this work is:


Funny enough Jeffrey, Bernstein's music leaves me stone cold. Could not explain this sentiment though.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Papy Oli

Good morning all,

Revisiting Richard Arnell - symphony No.3 (Yates)

[asin]B000ECWY9O[/asin]
Olivier

Roasted Swan

Quote from: vandermolen on January 24, 2020, 12:20:19 AM
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. I'd forgotten just how good this work is:


+1 Vandermolen.  It was this recording that blew me away and made me aware of Bernstein as a composer and West Side as a show.  I remember they played this version one Saturday morning on Radio 3 - probably some time in the mid 70's and I was knocked out.  Saved up my pennies and went to Rushworth's in Liverpool and bought this LP;



Odd how familiar this cover is.  Also odd - and I've never understood why - on this version the orchestra don't shout "Mambo" - perhaps CBS thought it was a tad too populist!  Every other performance I know includes the shout - and it is in the score.

Harry

Quote from: Papy Oli on January 24, 2020, 12:41:51 AM
Good morning all,

Revisiting Richard Arnell - symphony No.3 (Yates)

[asin]B000ECWY9O[/asin]

Richard Arnell is one of my favourite British composers. Found so much comfort and musical satisfaction in his compositions.
Enjoy.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Traverso


Mandryka

Quote from: deprofundis on January 23, 2020, 09:24:26 PM
Juan Vasquez two albums on Brilliant Classical a composer so
under rated, no one talk about or like, it's should be criminal, since Juan Vasquez wrote some very pretty polyphony, and Brilliant Classical done wonder in is case, I have the secular album and sacred music.Trust me whit a blindfold on walking on a tight rope, this is that good, a stranger  name we never hear about, great polyphony, superb offering, clear and fluid voice. Quink vocal ensemble does secular and La Vandalia does his sacred music , two awesome albums, by a forgotten composer, not to be miss out on!

Listening to this I thought to say that if you haven't heard it you should, you'll appreciate it.

Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darĂ¼ber muss man schweigen

Irons

Quote from: aligreto on January 23, 2020, 07:58:30 AM
Schubert: Sonata in A minor D.664 [Ashkenazy]




Possibly the most difficult LP ever for a cartridge to track due to being cut at such a high level. Solo piano is difficult anyway but that recording is the most difficult.
You must have a very good opinion of yourself to write a symphony - John Ireland.

I opened the door people rushed through and I was left holding the knob - Bo Diddley.

vandermolen

Quote from: "Harry" on January 24, 2020, 12:48:29 AM
Richard Arnell is one of my favourite British composers. Found so much comfort and musical satisfaction in his compositions.
Enjoy.
+1

I had a lovely card from him in response to my fan mail addressed to the musician's care home where he spent his last days (I phoned them up first to see if it was ok to write to him). He's such an interesting composer.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

#8709
Quote from: Roasted Swan on January 24, 2020, 12:46:38 AM
+1 Vandermolen.  It was this recording that blew me away and made me aware of Bernstein as a composer and West Side as a show.  I remember they played this version one Saturday morning on Radio 3 - probably some time in the mid 70's and I was knocked out.  Saved up my pennies and went to Rushworth's in Liverpool and bought this LP;



Odd how familiar this cover is.  Also odd - and I've never understood why - on this version the orchestra don't shout "Mambo" - perhaps CBS thought it was a tad too populist!  Every other performance I know includes the shout - and it is in the score.
RS my experiences were very similar with that great old LP. Seeing the West Side Story Symphonic Dances live probably in the 70s or early 80s was such fun - especially with the bongo drums! As a child it was my favourite film. I've just ordered the new RLPO recording.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Roasted Swan

Quote from: "Harry" on January 24, 2020, 12:48:29 AM
Richard Arnell is one of my favourite British composers. Found so much comfort and musical satisfaction in his compositions.
Enjoy.

I discovered Richard Arnell playing his "Variations of an American Theme" for my Grade 5 violin when I was about 13!



I loved this piece so much!

Harry

Quote from: vandermolen on January 24, 2020, 01:00:21 AM
+1

I had a lovely card from him in response to my fan mail addressed to the musician's care home where he spent his last days (I phoned them up first to see if it was ok to write to him). He's such an interesting composer.

Heart warming memory. You surely treasure this.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Traverso

Mendelssohn & Schumann

piano concertos 1 & 2
London Symphony orchestra / Aldo Ceccato

piano concerto in A minor Op.54
New Philharmonia orchestra / Berglund




Madiel

Unless otherwise stated, it's either Ravel orchestral works or Schubert piano sonatas.

I'm in a deeply weird mood this week and not doing much else listening. There was one Sting album yesterday...
Every single post on the forum is unnecessary. Including the ones that are interesting or useful.

San Antone

Quote from: Mirror Image on January 23, 2020, 07:22:42 PM
Nice! Would love to hear your thoughts on this opera (once you've heard it all and absorbed the music).

I posted in the Bernstein thread my reaction to this version of AQP.

TD

Lucas Debarque - Scarlatti, K. 534


Traverso

Schubert

Symphony 4 & 6

The Hannover Band Roy Goodman


Harry

NEW ARRIVAL.

Friedrich Gernsheim.

Cello Sonatas, 1-3, complete.
Elohenu.
Andante.
Sonate.


Alexander Hulshoff, Cello.
Oliver Triendl, Piano.


I have a lot of music of Gernsheim already, but these Chamberworks escaped me somehow.  So it was a stroke of luck that I saw them in the budget department and quickly snatched it up. And wonderful works they are. Stylistically they are very interesting, because they were written in different periods of Gernsheim's life. From romantic to the fin de siecle, in all its variations. Satisfying compositions, very rewarding to the senses. Elohenu was the answer from Gernsheim to the piece by Bloch, Kol Nidrei, which is an impressive piece, more so as Gernsheim's go at the material. But rewarding also when you know where it is coming from.
The performances are topnotch, as to expect from  these musicians. Sound is very good too.
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

San Antone



Arias and Barcarolles: Songs And Duets From "On The Town", "Wonderful Town", "Songfest", and more
Judy Kaye (sop), William Sharp (bar), Michael Barrett & Steven Blier

Roasted Swan

Quote from: Madiel on January 24, 2020, 01:41:26 AM
Unless otherwise stated, it's either Ravel orchestral works or Schubert piano sonatas.

I'm in a deeply weird mood this week and not doing much else listening. There was one Sting album yesterday...

As long as it wasn't this Sting......



a disc for which the phrase "vanity project" was surely invented   ;)

Madiel

No, it wasn't that. Though I must try it sometime.
Every single post on the forum is unnecessary. Including the ones that are interesting or useful.