What are you listening 2 now?

[Traverso]

A first listen to Messiaen's organ music.

Messiaen - Les Corps Glorieux
(Louis Thiry, organ)

I hope you will enjoy it,Thiry is a fine choice.

[Spotted Horses]

That happened when I copied the address and opened it in another tab and it asked me; at the time, I said no.

I did go back and try some things.  I checked my settings in Safari for Amazon and I had had content blocking "On" for both this forum and Amazon.  I tried enabling both of them (turning CB "off") and that didn't make any difference as to what I could see vs. not in terms of images.  I'm not certain what else I could try changing?  Anyway, I don't want to sidetrack this thread any further.  Perhaps one of the mods could shift the relevant postings elsewhere?

PD

The issue may be related to the issues you discussed on your YouTube thread, having a version of Safari which is too far out of date to handle some protocols now in use. (We also had a computer that failed to work with Youtube until Safari was updated.) I'd suggest trying Firefox.

[Traverso]

De Leidse Koorboeken


Volume 1 CD 1

[Todd]

The First from:



The entire Abravanel Brahms cycle launches this set.  An addition to my collection I did not know I needed.

[Traverso]

Mozart


Overture - Cosi fan tutte

Symphony No.25

Adagio and Fugue KV 546

Symphony No.29

Symphony No.31

[VonStupp]

Arthur Honegger
Symphony 5 'Di tre re'
USSR Ministry of Culture SO - Gennady Rozhdestvensky

VS



From this set:

[Pohjolas Daughter]

The issue may be related to the issues you discussed on your YouTube thread, having a version of Safari which is too far out of date to handle some protocols now in use. (We also had a computer that failed to work with Youtube until Safari was updated.) I'd suggest trying Firefox.

Thanks, I might go back to using FF (had used it on Windows).  As far as youtube goes, I've been able to search again there (probs only lasted for a few days).    Also, I haven't haven't been able to see certain images from the get go here; it's not new.  So???

Anyway, thank you for your suggestions.  I appreciate it!

PD

[SonicMan46]

Last night watched the Great Courses on Sacred Music, streaming from Wondrium - only 16 lectures (could have been twice that length) - but Monteverdi was the main discussion in the talk viewed - so for a nice Sunday morning playing the 2-CD set of Claudio's music w/ Suzuki and his gang!  Dave

   

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Ned Rorem Symphony 1.

[Traverso]

Debussy


Pelléas et Mélisande

[Todd]

[Karl Henning]

Continue to enjoy these very concise trio sonatas from Albinoni, performed by Parnassi Musici



Sonatas No 2, 3, 4 this early morning.

Nice!

TD:

Malipiero
Ricercari per undici istrumenti (1925)

Casella
Scarlattiana, Op. 44 (1926)
Hogwood & al.

[Papy Oli]

I hope you will enjoy it,Thiry is a fine choice.

Hello Jan
Not necessarily enjoying yet but Messiaen's music is intriguing for sure, a similar feeling to what I felt recently with some of Muraro's set of his piano works. I'll persevere 

[VonStupp]

Arthur Honegger
King David

Netania Davrath, soprano
Martial Singher & Madeleine Milhaud, narrators
University of Utah Chorus
Utah SO - Maurice Abravanel

VS

[Traverso]

Hello Jan
Not necessarily enjoying yet but Messiaen's music is intriguing for sure, a similar feeling to what I felt recently with some of Muraro's set of his piano works. I'll persevere 

That's the spirit, the curtains will open and the reward awaits you. One work is more accessible than the other, let it come to you without effort, without wanting to grab it.
You could also listen to Jennifer Bate, she has an approach that sounds less abstract, I would almost say more lyrical and clearly reflects her love for this music. Hard to describe but if you listen to it you know what I mean.
Muraro is a very good interpreter, but it is recommended to also listen to the recordings with Messiaen's wife, Yvonne Loriod. In these works, another interpreter can also be helpful in getting into this complex music.
Important.....enjoy the ride.

[VonStupp]

A great disc! Jurowski is the only conductor whom I have ever met - he was very friendly and a delight to meet.

Of my recent Honegger outing, it has been an easy favorite. The symphony is so cheerful, although it is probably the darkest start to a Christmas Cantata that I can remember.

Very good to hear about Jurowski! Kindness isn't a prerequisite for listening to music, but it doesn't hurt to associate an amiable personality with it.

VS

[Mandryka]

I think the best cantigas recording I know - and it's a crowded field. The quality of Japanese early music performance is astonishing, they must have some top researchers, top conservatories.

[Karl Henning]

Malipiero
Ricercari per undici istrumenti (1925)

Casella
Scarlattiana, Op. 44 (1926)
Hogwood & al.

And, I like these a lot, and the programming with Stravinsky's Pulcinella Suite is (of course) perfectly natural.

[Todd]

Disc two equivalent.

[Lisztianwagner]

J.S. Bach
French Suites No.1 & 2

Pianist: Vladimir Ashkenazy