What are you listening 2 now?

[Madiel]

Guys, please, don't go there! I didn't mean my innocuous joke to be the start of a kerfuffle.   

There's a difference between commenting on artwork and trying to change it.

But given that you're the third person to comment on that particular album, it clearly does its job of attracting attention. I probably won't have reason to post it again in this thread for a couple of years, after which we can have another round.

[Madiel]

Sibelius: incidental music for Belshazzar's Feast



I'm listening to the larger scores in this theatre music series, partly because for a lot of them I can't remember much detail from however many years ago I last listened to them. Belshazzar's Feast is definitely a lot more colourful than either Kuolema or King Christian II, so more suited to casual listening.

[Wanderer]

Guys, please, don't go there! I didn't mean my innocuous joke to be the start of a kerfuffle.   

Don't apologize. It was clearly understood as a well-meaning joke and I saw the perfect opportunity to expand and - best part - insert the exquisite La Bella by Palma Vecchio. 

Not to mention that criticism of an album cover, humorous or not, is no reason for a meltdown. Some people are just that quarrelsome.

[Traverso]

Killer album!

It was an unknown recording for me but I was pleasantly surprised.

[Papy Oli]

Schütz - Carus Edition Vol.16 - Schwanengesang (Op. 13, SWV 482-494)

[Christo]

Lots of snow over the Low Countries this morning....!
Several years ago Braga Santos was regularly discussed on GMG.  Here is a reminder.

As an honorary member, you should know that the Braga Santos Experts Club still meets regularly in secret locations around the North Sea.

[Madiel]

Some people are just that quarrelsome.

LOL. That narrative in your head is still playing I see.

Some people are so hyperbolic they use words like "meltdown" when I write a couple of sentences. Do you have nothing better to do than deliberately aim for a reaction from me and then congratulate yourself for getting even a small one?

No, don't answer. Done here.

[Madiel]

Poulenc: Metamorphoses



The second song is stunningly beautiful, even by Poulenc's standards.

[AnotherSpin]

Don't apologize. It was clearly understood as a well-meaning joke and I saw the perfect opportunity to expand and - best part - insert the exquisite La Bella by Palma Vecchio. 

Not to mention that criticism of an album cover, humorous or not, is no reason for a meltdown. Some people are just that quarrelsome.

Quite.

To my eye, the cover is utterly tasteless. If it stirs up any associations at all, they lean more towards adult video content than anything remotely baroque.

[Madiel]

Heterosexuals are weird sometimes.

Poulenc: Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon

[Harry]

Sonatas and Dances from the 17th century Italy and Slovakia.
By, Corelli,  Giulio Caccini, Maurizio Cazzati, Farina, Giovanni Paolo Foscarini, Giovanni Battista Granata, Johann Caspar Horn,  Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz, and improvisations on the Folia Bass.

Teatro Lirico.
Stephen Stubbs (Baroque guitar), Milos Valent (violin & viola), Erin Headley (viola da gamba & lirone).
Recorded: 2004, at the Propstei, St. Gerold.

An open fire, hot tea or mulled wine and a cozy sofa, if you're looking for the right music for this scenario of a perfectly cozy winter evening, this would be the recording to listen to.
The fact that the transitions between the Teatro Lirico's own improvisations and the presentation of fixed musical texts are seamless, testifies to a completely successful approach to the old dances. It will not be to everyone's liking, but it worked for me. The choice of composers and compositions is a mix of known and unknown material, and that makes it extra attractive, plus ECM's excellent sound, and an ensemble who feel their way in the music, that it almost becomes a religious experience.

[prémont]

To my eye, the cover is utterly tasteless. If it stirs up any associations at all, they lean more towards adult video content than anything remotely baroque.

Oh, yes. At least she is sufficiently covered. We often see bad CD covers with girls who need a better cover.

[Traverso]

Beethoven

Symphony 1 & 2

[AnotherSpin]

[Madiel]

Faure: The Birth of Venus (orchestral version)



Later commentators haven't thought much of the work, but apparently the composer was quite fond of it. The excellent liner notes point out that what Faure has done is akin to the cantatas for the Prix de Rome. Though even by those standards it's all a bit willowy, especially with the soft-focused acoustic of this recording. Much pleasant harmonies.

[Traverso]

 

Bach and Bram Beekman, one of the roads to paradise.........beek means bach in Deutsch...Bachmann.

[AnotherSpin]

[Florestan]

Heterosexuals are weird sometimes.

Guilty as charged. I confess the yawn was my second thought. The first was quite x-rated. 

[pjme]

As an honorary member, you should know that the Braga Santos Experts Club still meets regularly in secret locations around the North Sea.

Thanks, that's a relief in these deeply troubled times (Venezuela oil , shocking Vivaldi cd covers , Beethoven piano sonata - exuberance in aeternum , organ opulence , gay conductors in Vienna! , post Christmas & new year depressions... 2026 won't be easy ).

A big symphony often clears my mind. So did this morning Mme. Yvonne Lefebure and her Bach/Vivaldi transcription...even if I prefer Bach on the harpsichord. The music wonderfully matched yet another snow shower.

[Harry]

Silenced Voices
Works by: Dick Kattenburg (1919-1944), Sandor Kuti (1908-1945), Hans Krasa (1899-1944), Gideon Klein (1919-1945), Paul Hermann (1902-1944), Geza Frid (1904-1989).
Black Oak Ensemble.
Recorded, 2018, at Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall at Northwestern University.

An impressive release, voices from the past, memories and feelings, translated into music. Deeply moving.
Pristine sound, excellent interpretations. What a talent was lost and destroyed.