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Daverz

#26060
October 12, 2020, 11:51:46 PM Last Edit: October 13, 2020, 05:48:23 AM by Daverz
Haydn: Symphony No. 6


https://open.qobuz.com/album/0886445052251

Beautiful first desk playing and recording.  I think the most beautiful Symphony No. 6 I've ever heard. 

vandermolen

#26061
October 13, 2020, 12:02:26 AM
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Listening to this, what became clear is how much early Sibelius owes to Tchaikovsky:
"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

#26062
October 13, 2020, 12:13:01 AM
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on October 12, 2020, 04:40:26 PM
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6
Dvorák: Symphony No. 7



On his birthday I wanted to hear this symphony. Is it me or is this performance pure fire? The Philharmonia has the best timpani I've ever heard in any orchestra, and how potent they sound here! It could be my favorite performance of this stunning symphony. That Scherzo is something else!

This performance of the Dvorák is nice but it's not among my favorites. For some reason I didn't feel too excited.

In the last but one edition of the Vaughan Williams Society Journal producer Andrew Keener (who was at the desk for Handley, Slatkin, and Brabbins so far as well as several single RVW releases) says that he felt the Slatkin is a finer cycle than general opinion would say.....

Irons

#26063
October 13, 2020, 12:51:21 AM
Quote from: Daverz on October 12, 2020, 11:51:46 PM
Haydn: Symphony No. 6


https://open.qobuz.com/album/0886445052251

Beautiful first desk playing and recording.  I think the beautiful Symphony No. 6 I've ever heard.

Highly thought of. I believe the plan was for Goberman to record the complete cycle. 
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.

Irons

#26064
October 13, 2020, 01:07:37 AM
On a bit of a Glazunov (Glazounov?) mini-fest.

So far (not heard 2 & 6) the 5th is far and away my first choice.



A rarity, a work written for a string quartet that is not a string quartet ???. in the third movement "In Oriental Style" Glazunov produces a unique sound-world from a string quartet.



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

#26065
October 13, 2020, 01:24:10 AM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on October 13, 2020, 12:13:01 AM
In the last but one edition of the Vaughan Williams Society Journal producer Andrew Keener (who was at the desk for Handley, Slatkin, and Brabbins so far as well as several single RVW releases) says that he felt the Slatkin is a finer cycle than general opinion would say.....
I think that he's probably right.
"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

#26066
October 13, 2020, 01:24:52 AM
Quote from: Irons on October 13, 2020, 01:07:37 AM
On a bit of a Glazunov (Glazounov?) mini-fest.

So far (not heard 2 & 6) the 5th is far and away my first choice.



A rarity, a work written for a string quartet that is not a string quartet ???. in the third movement "In Oriental Style" Glazunov produces a unique sound-world from a string quartet.


No.2 is one of my favourites.
"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

#26067
October 13, 2020, 01:51:51 AM
Paul Ben-Haim
Symphony No. 2
RPO, Kenneth Alwyn
"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).

Madiel

#26068
October 13, 2020, 02:21:14 AM Last Edit: October 13, 2020, 02:32:05 AM by Madiel
Jumping on the Koechlin train.

First thing I've tried was a bassoon sonata. And very nice it was too.

EDIT: Now a quintet for flute, violin, viola, cello and harp. Which is beguiling.
Every single post on the forum is unnecessary. Including the ones that are interesting or useful.

vandermolen

#26069
October 13, 2020, 02:50:56 AM Last Edit: October 13, 2020, 03:18:32 AM by vandermolen
Bax: Symphonic Variations

The opening section of Part 2 'The Temple' includes one of the great Bax moments IMO.
"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).

Papy Oli

#26070
October 13, 2020, 03:11:35 AM
Good morning all,

Quote from: Madiel on October 13, 2020, 02:21:14 AM
Jumping on the Koechlin train.

First thing I've tried was a bassoon sonata. And very nice it was too.

EDIT: Now a quintet for flute, violin, viola, cello and harp. Which is beguiling.

Oboe sonata Op.58 to kick off today's listening for me. Much better start than yesterday  :-X

The Bassoon sonata will follow.


Olivier

Biffo

#26071
October 13, 2020, 04:20:45 AM
Purcell: The Tempest - Soloists, Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra directed by John Eliot Gardiner - this is Disc 8, the last one, in the Erato/Gardiner Purcell box. Though attributed to Purcell it is now thought to be largely written by Purcell's pupil John Weldon - still an enjoyable disc.

Madiel

#26072
October 13, 2020, 04:34:07 AM
Debussy

Images, book 2 - arguably improved by listening to it completely separately from book 1.


Every single post on the forum is unnecessary. Including the ones that are interesting or useful.

Papy Oli

#26073
October 13, 2020, 04:38:54 AM Last Edit: October 13, 2020, 05:28:57 AM by Papy Oli
Koechlin

Clarinet Sonata No.1, op.85
Les Confidences d'un joueur de Clarinette Op.141
Clarinet Sonata No. 2, Op. 86
Idylle for 2 Clarinets, Op. 155bis
14 Pieces for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 178


Olivier

Todd

#26074
October 13, 2020, 04:54:39 AM
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

Florestan

#26075
October 13, 2020, 05:06:24 AM
"Ja, sehr komisch, hahaha,
ist die Sache, hahaha,
drum verzeihn Sie, hahaha,
wenn ich lache, hahaha! "

Artem

#26076
October 13, 2020, 05:21:16 AM
My first try at Lutoslawski. From what I'd read so far, the pieces on that disk aren't the best ones to get acquainted with his music. Most of it sounded like Stravinsky/Szymanowsky to me, with the exception of the 2nd Symphony, perhaps.

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André

#26077
October 13, 2020, 05:27:28 AM
Quote from: Roasted Swan on October 13, 2020, 12:13:01 AM
In the last but one edition of the Vaughan Williams Society Journal producer Andrew Keener (who was at the desk for Handley, Slatkin, and Brabbins so far as well as several single RVW releases) says that he felt the Slatkin is a finer cycle than general opinion would say.....

I certainly agree. It's my favourite of the 6 cycles I have (10% of vandermolen's, I think :D). It nudged Andrew Davis from 1st place.

Papy Oli

#26078
October 13, 2020, 06:04:51 AM
A first listen to the Langgaard symphonies :

Olivier
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