What are you listening 2 now?

[Symphonic Addict]

The posts of that resentful member are getting obnoxious and ridiculous more and more.

[Christo]

Not for someone living in Odesa & with its daily ordeals, in my humble opinion. 

[Symphonic Addict]

Respighi: Cinq Études-tableaux after Rachmaninov and Huntingtower, for concert band

Glorious orchestrations of these five études-tableaux. IIRC, Rachmaninov wasn't completely convinced by them which surprises me a lot. They couldn't be more splendorous, atmospheric and precise.

I didn't know that Respighi had composed a piece for concert band, and it's quite interesting I  must say.

[Wanderer]

Fresken des Dionysos Dionysios is a chamber work for 4 winds (fl, ob, cl, bs), horn, viola, cello, celesta and crotales(*). It doesn't refer to the Greek god of wine, but to frescoes by the 16th century russian iconographer Dionysus Dionysios in the Ferapontov Monastery - partial view of which appears on the cd cover. The overall sound picture is delicate, refined, structured a bit like some religious Pictures at an Exhibition, with a pensive 'Promenade' in the form of muted string chords heard between sections.

Grammar grumble post! : )

It doesn't refer to the Greek god of wine, because Dionysos (the god) and Dionysios (a common given name in antiquity as well as later on due to Christian saints - meaning "of Dionysos"*) are not the same and are not interchangeable.

I see this particular mistake often made here - and elsewhere!


*The names of the gods were not given to people. Same as with the Dionysos - Dionysios distinction, there is also Apollon (god of light) and Apollonios ("of Apollon") (also Apollodoros, "gift of Apollon") or Artemis (goddess of the hunt) and Artemios/Artemisios ("of Artemis") (also Artemidoros, "gift of Artemis"). This later form was more prevalent with gods' names: Diodoros ("gift of Zeus"), Herodotos ("gift of Hera"), Athenodoros ("gift of Athena"), Isidoros ("gift of Isis").

[Lisztianwagner]

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No.3

John Barbirolli & Wiener Philharmoniker

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major, 1878 Version Ed. Leopold Nowak
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Eugen Jochum

[Karl Henning]

[Traverso]

Mozart

what a delight to be back...

[Florestan]

This later form was more prevalent with gods' names: Diodoros ("gift of Zeus"), Herodotos ("gift of Hera"), Athenodoros ("gift of Athena"), Isidoros ("gift of Isis").

Why Herodotos and not Herodoros, just like all others?

[Karl Henning]

The posts of that resentful member are getting obnoxious and ridiculous more and more.

He needs a better hobby, he appears to enjoy the delusion that his spewing of bile is somehow a contribution.

[DavidW]

Inspired by @Der lächelnde Schatten I just have to listen to Mendelssohn's cello sonatas (and Grieg and Hough apparently):

[ritter]

Canti della stagione alta (plus other works) by Idebrando Pizzetti. Bruno Canino is the piano soloist, with Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicale conducted by Antonio Ballista.

[foxandpeng]

Malcolm Arnold
Complete Symphonies
Symphony 6
Richard Hickox
London Symphony Orchestra
Chandos

[Linz]

Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108
String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Nikolay Yakovlevich Myaskovsky String Quartet No. 13 in A minor Op. 86
Pacifica Quartet Volume 1 CD 2

[AnotherSpin]

CD1 from this set:

[André]

Not for someone living in Odesa & with its daily ordeals, in my humble opinion. 

WRONG.

Do YOU rail in this forum against Turkish composers ? Do Jewish members rail against 20th century German ones ? Should Vietnamese music lovers trash every work composed by an American composer ?

Shchedrin was 8 when Germany invaded Russia. That's probably when he stopped hearing those shepherd melodies that he remembers from his youth. Please respect the memories of an 8 yo kid.

Shchedrin stopped teaching at the Moscow Conservatoire because of conflicts with the Soviet authorities. In 1968 he got into trouble again when he refused to sign the letter supporting the invasion of Czechoslovakia.

Must 200-300 million people be consigned to scorn and oblivion for the next generations because of things that happened in their time almost 100 years ago? Must every wrong be passed down generations ? For Christ's sake, let's get away from that 'Sins of the Father' cancer.

Intelligent people should be able to differentiate between a State and its leaders vs the ordinary people that had little or nothing to do with what was happening in their homeland.

So, no: even if he lives in Odessa he ought to be able to distinguish between the truly despicable (beyond the political leaders of course - people like Valery Gergiev, Alexander Ovechkin for example) and someone who was BORN unwittingly in that country/people/family.

Hatred based on bigotry, racism, history, ethnicity, religion etc should be banned from this forum.

[Karl Henning]

Hatred based on bigotry, racism, history, ethnicity, religion etc should be banned from this forum.

Indeed. Especially, here, resulting in near-harassment of users who listen to the music of composers he wants to rail against.
This thread is What Are You Listening 2 now? not What composer am I listening to, to whom a pathetic malcontent will now object?

TD:

[Christo]

Actually, I met Shchedrin once in my life. It was in the Summer of 1997 or 1998 and it was in Lithunia, Trakai castle, where his music for Carmen was to be performed. Not every Russian composer would, now or then, be so friendly with his Lithuanian hosts. Nice memory to share, thanks for that. 

[Henk]

The posts of that resentful member are getting obnoxious and ridiculous more and more.

Resentment is power and in that sense useful, Nietzsche tells us. Might make the difference between losing or winning a war. 

[AnotherSpin]

WRONG.

Do YOU rail in this forum against Turkish composers ? Do Jewish members rail against 20th century German ones ? Should Vietnamese music lovers trash every work composed by an American composer ?

Shchedrin was 8 when Germany invaded Russia. That's probably when he stopped hearing those shepherd melodies that he remembers from his youth. Please respect the memories of an 8 yo kid.

Shchedrin stopped teaching at the Moscow Conservatoire because of conflicts with the Soviet authorities. In 1968 he got into trouble again when he refused to sign the letter supporting the invasion of Czechoslovakia.

Must 200-300 million people be consigned to scorn and oblivion for the next generations because of things that happened in their time almost 100 years ago? Must every wrong be passed down generations ? For Christ's sake, let's get away from that 'Sins of the Father' cancer.

Intelligent people should be able to differentiate between a State and its leaders vs the ordinary people that had little or nothing to do with what was happening in their homeland.

So, no: even if he lives in Odessa he ought to be able to distinguish between the truly despicable (beyond the political leaders of course - people like Valery Gergiev, Alexander Ovechkin for example) and someone who was BORN unwittingly in that country/people/family.

Hatred based on bigotry, racism, history, ethnicity, religion etc should be banned from this forum.

I don't hate Shchedrin or any other Russian. Hate is too strong a word.

I know the main facts of Shchedrin's life. He's a few years older than my father. My father had seven brothers and sisters. He was the youngest. He survived, six died of hunger. You may find memories of shepherd melodies in the 1930s USSR sweet. I don't.