What are you listening 2 now?

[steve ridgway]

Xenakis - Linaia Agon

[steve ridgway]

Penderecki - Serenade

[steve ridgway]

Messiaen - Quatre Etudes De Rythme

[AnotherSpin]

Just another ordinary night in Odesa. Some drones decided to drop by — courtesy of the Russian military.

A food storage warehouse went up in flames: roughly a thousand square meters of fire. Ice cream, frozen goods, all gone. Well, who needs food anyway? Call it an early diet plan for the region.

One drone, ever so thoughtfully, crashed into the garden of a private home. It tore through nearby buildings, shattered windows in a neighboring high-rise, and ripped off a gas pipe. But—good news—no fatalities. Just another miracle in a country running on miracles and duct tape.

Oh, and here's the real punchline: debris from the attack hit a local educational center for children with disabilities. Yes, really. Because if you're going to terrorize civilians, why not make sure you hit the most vulnerable? The center was damaged — because nothing says "strategic military objective" like a place that helps children who already struggle more than most.

Some nice music now, to change the subject:

[Traverso]

Mozart

Symphonies 24-26-29 & 32 + KV 196

Mozart Akademie Amsterdam

Jaap ter Linden

[AnotherSpin]

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP: Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 followed by Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63

[Iota]

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 92,
Mandelring Quartet

Such a good piece, a first movement that bubbles with ear-catching ideas which dance around each other with great charm.  A hauntingly elegiac slow movement follows, the ashes of whose grief seem to attempt to spark into flickering life at times, but never for long. Last movement fine too, though not quite as charismatic as the previous two imo.

[SonicMan46]

Boccherini, Luigi (1743-1805) - Symphonies w/ Goritzki and the orchestra below - more complete listing HERE - 28 works on 8 discs - these are mostly under 20 mins in length (longest 25 mins); just picking a few CDs the last couple of days - reviews attached and a Hurwitz video at the bottom.  Dave

 

[Traverso]

Peggy Ashcroft * Julian Bream

[Karl Henning]

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP: Revueltas Itinerarios

[Karl Henning]

Well, and:

[Harry]

Alfred Brendel died, 94 years old. RIP

[Harry]

And at the same time @Que has his Birthday. Many happy returns my friend!

[Der lächelnde Schatten]

NP: Ginastera Piano Quintet, Op. 29

[Karl Henning]

[Iota]

Stravinsky: Agon
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Gielen

Thanks to @ChamberNut's alerting me that today is Igor's birthday, out came Agon. Love the charismatic sourness of Stravinsky's harmonies at times, and the contrasting fairy lights of Gaillarde e.g. May see if there's a good danced version on youtube later.

[Iota]

Alfred Brendel died, 94 years old. RIP

Sorry to hear that! He seemed like one of those characters who might last forever. I remember wandering past his house in Hampstead sometimes, and hearing his playing come floating down the path, always a nice kind of moment. RIP

[Karl Henning]

Stravinsky: Agon
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Gielen

Thanks to @ChamberNut's alerting me that today is Igor's birthday, out came Agon. Love the charismatic sourness of Stravinsky's harmonies at times, and the contrasting fairy lights of Gaillarde e.g. May see if there's a good danced version on youtube later.

A superb disc!