What are you listening 2 now?

[AnotherSpin]

Majestic performance of a great symphony.

[Traverso]

Next up:

Are you still learning? 

[Harry]

STEVE ELCOCK.
Orchestral Music, Volume One.
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Mann.
Richard Casey, Harpsichord.
Recorded May 2017, in The Friary, Everton, Liverpool.

[Madiel]

The 4th and final book of Iberia.



I didn't go to any of the places in this book... I passed through Jerez on a train, twice in one day.

[Iota]

Maderna: Concerto per violino 
Myriam dal Don (violin), Sandro Gorli (cond.)

I've taken my time to get round to this work, but prompted by @ritter's listen to a live La Scala performance (#119524) I got there in the end. And what an intensely beautiful and poetic work it is. His music seems always so focussed and full of vivid ideas and textures, and here it finishes with a long elegiac passage of great bewitchment whose end comes very effectively, without any notice. Another great demonstration of Maderna's art.

[Traverso]

Bach

The  Die Kunst der Fuge is a wonderful work, it has a sad and serene undertone and yet it awakens a deep joy in you, you are embraced as it were.
It is moving, and all the technique that Bach had at his disposal is fully used to  affect you.
The many dance forms in which all kinds of dialogues seem to reside and evoke a smile in you, it can perhaps be compared to looking at an icon.
They are indeed only vibrations but they suggest that there is something hidden behind things that makes contact with our inner self. After all, music is the most abstract art form and in that it is also seen as an abstract work within music.
For me it is accessible and always overwhelms me with a deep joy.
Today's recording is the first I have performed with an ensemble. Leonhardt was convinced that this work was meant to be performed on a keyboard instrument.
I do have a few that have been performed on organ such as the one with Thiry. I listened to large parts of today's recording on YouTube and I liked it.



Let's just say that I love  Die Kunst der Fuge.

[Kalevala]

Haydn: Piano sonata no.19 in E minor

How do you like that set overall?  I've been tempted to buy it (along with his Debussy).

K

[Madiel]

How do you like that set overall?  I've been tempted to buy it (along with his Debussy).

K

Well, I still have 9 and a bit discs to go, but so far I'm pretty satisified. There's only been 1 sonata out of 8 where I wasn't completely sold on it.

I have and thoroughly enjoy his Debussy. That was one reason I was interested in his Haydn!

Missed him playing in Canberra a week ago. Sigh.

[Kalevala]

Well, I still have 9 and a bit discs to go, but so far I'm pretty satisified. There's only been 1 sonata out of 8 where I wasn't completely sold on it.

I have and thoroughly enjoy his Debussy. That was one reason I was interested in his Haydn!

Missed him playing in Canberra a week ago. Sigh.

Thanks.  So sorry that you missed seeing him.  Live concerts are a treat. 

K

[Madiel]

Thanks.  So sorry that you missed seeing him.  Live concerts are a treat. 

K

Well, I couldn't go because I was at the opening night of the musical I've been repetiteur for, and it was an outstanding success with all 3 published reviews full of praise. So I wasn't exactly having a bad time.

[Que]

Are you still learning? 

You're never too old! 

Anyway, I find the 2nd run of these recordings very instructive. This is another one in the very-nice-but-not-extra-special category.

[Kalevala]

Well, I couldn't go because I was at the opening night of the musical I've been repetiteur for, and it was an outstanding success with all 3 published reviews full of praise. So I wasn't exactly having a bad time.

Oh, excellent!  Kudos to you and all of your ensemble/cast! 

And perhaps you might be able to listen to it online?  Via local radio station or whatever might be the equivalent of NPR in Australia or ?

K

[Madiel]

Oh, excellent!  Kudos to you and all of your ensemble/cast! 

And perhaps you might be able to listen to it online?  Via local radio station or whatever might be the equivalent of NPR in Australia or ?

K

Probably not that particular concert, but possibly other ones on this tour.

[Harry]

RODNEY NEWTON,
Orchestral Music, Volume I.
Symphony No. 1 (1967–69).
Symphony No. 4 (1975),
Distant Nebulae (1979).

Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Mann.
Andrea Šestaková, Violin.
David Llavata, Trumpet.
Recorded on 18–22 September 2017 in the Sala Beethoven, Sala de Ensayos de Carranque, Plaza Pio XII, Málaga.

[Madiel]

RODNEY NEWTON,
Orchestral Music, Volume I.
Symphony No. 1 (1967–69).
Symphony No. 4 (1975),
Distant Nebulae (1979).

Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Mann.
Andrea Šestaková, Violin.
David Llavata, Trumpet.
Recorded on 18–22 September 2017 in the Sala Beethoven, Sala de Ensayos de Carranque, Plaza Pio XII, Málaga.

I see from your signature you misunderstand the nature of freedom of speech. It has never been the case that people are forbidden from being offended by what you say.

Freedom of speech is about whether the government punishes you. Not whether your fellow citizens express their disapproval.

In fact, you're probably about to be offended and disapproving of what I just said, which will only prove my point.

[Linz]

Bruckner Symphony No 1 in C Minor, 1877 Linz version with revisions - Ed. Robert Haas, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

[Papy Oli]

Finishing from yesterday:

Beethoven 9
Reiner / Chicago SO

[Roasted Swan]

Well, I couldn't go because I was at the opening night of the musical I've been repetiteur for, and it was an outstanding success with all 3 published reviews full of praise. So I wasn't exactly having a bad time.

Which Musical? (Musicals get far too little attention/appreciation here I reckon!)

[Irons]

Lennox Berkeley.
A Centenary Tribute.
The Nash Ensemble.
Recorded on 13 14 June 1983.

Spot the difference.

[Papy Oli]

A maiden listen to this work:

Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kijé (suite).

Still from the Reiner/Chicago box.


Edit: Oh! "i.e. when one eventually works out that Sting used one of the segments for one of his songs in the 80's"