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Harry

#113720
July 18, 2024, 10:25:53 PM
Quote from: foxandpeng on July 18, 2024, 04:20:27 PMI find the sound of rain to be the most calming, connective, and contemplative of all backgrounds.


Thats why I have two fountains in my garden, a waterfall and a bowl, for the birds, it has a bubbling sound.
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"

Que

#113721
July 18, 2024, 10:43:33 PM

foxandpeng

#113722
July 18, 2024, 11:35:15 PM
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on July 18, 2024, 07:37:16 PMVasks: String Quartets 4 and 5
Mathias: The two Piano Sonatas




Vasks is sublime. Possibly my favourite living composer.
"A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people ... then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbour — such is my idea of happiness"

Tolstoy

foxandpeng

#113723
July 18, 2024, 11:36:39 PM
Quote from: Harry on July 18, 2024, 10:25:53 PMThats why I have two fountains in my garden, a waterfall and a bowl, for the birds, it has a bubbling sound.

A piece of Olde Merrie Englande, Harry...

Well, a nice garden, anyway 😜
"A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people ... then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbour — such is my idea of happiness"

Tolstoy

Harry

#113724
July 18, 2024, 11:43:51 PM
Quote from: foxandpeng on July 18, 2024, 11:36:39 PMA piece of Olde Merrie Englande, Harry...

Well, a nice garden, anyway 😜

You would rejoice in it, plenty of trees, shrubs, flowers, wildlife aplenty, hidden corners, and most of the time very quiet.
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"

foxandpeng

#113725
July 18, 2024, 11:58:29 PM
Quote from: Harry on July 18, 2024, 11:43:51 PMYou would rejoice in it, plenty of trees, shrubs, flowers, wildlife aplenty, hidden corners, and most of the time very quiet.

Good for MH, good for retreat, and good for maintaining balance in such a busy city, I imagine! I do hope you enjoy greatly.
"A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people ... then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbour — such is my idea of happiness"

Tolstoy

Harry

#113726
July 19, 2024, 12:12:49 AM Last Edit: July 19, 2024, 12:18:16 AM by Harry
Quote from: foxandpeng on July 18, 2024, 11:58:29 PMGood for MH, good for retreat, and good for maintaining balance in such a busy city, I imagine! I do hope you enjoy greatly.

I have to correct a little in your narrative, I live in a village, 12 kilometers from Groningen. So no busy city, thank God. Farmland and woodland around my house, cows, donkeys, sheep, frogs, birds, foxes, bees, butterflies, squirrels, hedgehogs, wildflowers, etc etc,  ;D 
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"

Harry

#113727
July 19, 2024, 12:17:23 AM Last Edit: July 19, 2024, 12:59:22 AM by Harry
Bohemia.
See back cover for details.

TAMSIN WALEY-COHEN VIOLIN
HUW WATKINS PIANO

Recorded in the Britten Studio, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, UK from 13th to 15th March 2017.

To start with this CD after a very busy week, my overworked nerves are getting a proper rest. Fine music, perfectly performed, SOTA recording.
I especially like the Four pieces by Josef Suk, just sample the Fourth movement "Burleske".
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"

vandermolen

#113728
July 19, 2024, 01:12:47 AM
Quote from: Harry on July 16, 2024, 06:57:04 AMI was reminded by Geroosterde Zwaan, @Roasted Swan of this composer. He was long overdue listening too, so thanks and here I go.

Hubert Parry.
Symphony No. 1.
Concert Stück.
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert.
Venue St Jude on the Hill, Hampstead, 1991 & 1992.

I could not find a original back cover, thus I noticed, that in the box they omitted the Konzertstück, and replaced it with Symphonic Variations, equally good, but I have that on another CD.


The Symphonic Variations are my favourite work by Parry (along with the 5th Symphony). I prefer it to Elgar's Enigma Variations which I am over familiar with.
"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).

AnotherSpin

#113729
July 19, 2024, 01:20:22 AM
Quote from: Harry on July 19, 2024, 12:12:49 AMI have to correct a little in your narrative, I live in a village, 12 kilometers from Groningen. So no busy city, thank God. Farmland and woodland around my house, cows, donkeys, sheep, frogs, birds, foxes, bees, butterflies, squirrels, hedgehogs, wildflowers, etc etc,  ;D 

no cats????

Harry

#113730
July 19, 2024, 01:23:56 AM
Quote from: AnotherSpin on July 19, 2024, 01:20:22 AMno cats????

Yes plenty of them, too many even.
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"

AnotherSpin

#113731
July 19, 2024, 01:29:30 AM
Quote from: Harry on July 19, 2024, 01:23:56 AMYes plenty of them, too many even.

Oh, you've relieved me. Cats are a necessary element of the environment, they harmonise and give meaning to the material world.

Harry

#113732
July 19, 2024, 01:44:56 AM
HANS PFITZNER (1869 –1949).
Cello Concerto in A minor Op posth. (1888).
Cello Concerto in A minor Op 52 (1943).
Cello Concerto in G major Op 42 (1935).
Duo Op 43 (1937) for violin, cello and small orchestra.

ALBAN GERHARDT cello.
GERGANA GERGOVA violin (Duo).
RUNDFUNK-SINFONIEORCHESTER BERLIN, SEBASTIAN WEIGLE.
Recorded in the Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin, on 18 –21 June 2012.

Hans Pfitzner to me is a composer to know, for he writes beautiful music, which the Cello concertos give proof. Every since I got hold of a CPO disc with some of his orchestral works I was hooked on his particular stance in musical terms. There is really no excuse for the criminal neglect of his music even in German musical life. The Cello concertos are beautiful, well performed and recorded.
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"

Harry

#113733
July 19, 2024, 01:46:46 AM
Quote from: AnotherSpin on July 19, 2024, 01:29:30 AMOh, you've relieved me. Cats are a necessary element of the environment, they harmonise and give meaning to the material world.

The trouble with stray cats is that they eat a lot of small birds, and my wife definitely doesn't like that!
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

#113734
July 19, 2024, 02:19:42 AM
Gesualdo





Harry

#113735
July 19, 2024, 03:04:35 AM
Kurt Atterberg.
Orchestral Works.
See back cover for details.


Certainly one of my favourite recording with music by Atterberg. Well performed and recorded.
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"

Harry

#113736
July 19, 2024, 04:01:50 AM
Joachim Raff.
Orchestral works.
Volume I.
Bamberger Symphoniker, Hans Stadlmair.
Recorded: 2002 at Sinfonie an der Regnitz, Bamberg, Germany.

Still my set to go for, despite other attempts. Stadlmair and the Bambergers are superb as an interpretation. Enchanting, and correct tempos, with a fine feeling for tonal delicacy, and wonderfully balanced, multi-layered and highly detailed. Good sound 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"

VonStupp

#113737
July 19, 2024, 04:51:49 AM
Pablo de Sarasate
Fantasy on Mozart's Die Zauberflöte
Fantasy on Gounod's Faust
Gondoliéra Veneziana
Navarra
Muiñiera
Caprice-Jota

Tianwa Yang, violin
Navarra SO - Ernest Martínez Izquierdo

My favorite volume in the series thus far.
VS

All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff. - Frank Zappa

My Musical Musings

Harry

#113738
July 19, 2024, 05:30:42 AM Last Edit: July 20, 2024, 12:51:55 AM by Harry
Alexander Glazunov.
Complete Symphonies.
CD I.
Symphony No.1, "Slavyanskaya".
Symphony No.2.
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bamberger Symphoniker, Neeme Järvi.
Recorded in 1983.

A set I still cherish. It was the first complete set I bought, and I remember how enthusiastic I was about the music, but when I played it and posted it, there was very little interest in his music. Did not Stravinsky say that Glazunov's music was the cornerstone to which all Russian composers must measure themselves! Still fine performances and good sound.
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"

Roasted Swan

#113739
July 19, 2024, 05:56:08 AM
Quote from: Harry on July 19, 2024, 05:30:42 AMAlexander Glazunov.
Complete Symphonies.
CD I.
Symphony No.1, "Slavyanskaya".
Symphony No.2.
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bamberger Symphoniker, Neeme Järvi.
Recorded in 1983.

A set I still cherish. It was the first complete set I bought, and I remember how enthusiastic I was about the music, but when I played it and posted it, there was very little interest in his music. Did not Stravinsky say that Glazunov's music was the cornerstone to which all russian composer must measure themselves! Still fine performance and good sound.

I agree - a set of fine performances in very good sound.  Overall Glazunov has been "lucky" with the recorded cycles - the Serebrier is very good, I love the authentic Russian sound of Svetlanov and Rohzdestvensky (not so keen on the over-rotund Polyansky) and the Otaka on BIS is likewise rather good.  Don't know the Naxos cycle.  Yondani Butt's partial cycle - 3-6 with the Philharmonia is genuinely fine as well.  But with all that said - when did you last hear a Glazunov Symphony in the concert hall!?  For reference at the BBC Proms (which start their season tonight) only Symhponies 5&6 have EVER been performed - No.5 got an airing in 2019 and before that it was exactly 100 years since the most recent performance of No.6..........!!!
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