What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[The new erato]

It could be worse, you could have Your the Inspiration stuck in your head. 

Oh shit. Now you've done it.

[George]

Oh shit. Now you've done it.

 

[Brian]

BEETHOVEN | Sonatas 14 "Moonlight," 17 "Tempest," and 21 "Waldstein"
Ronald Brautigam, fortepiano

Taken from three different CDs.

Now I need to get back to work - this paper needs to be written, and pronto 

[RussellG]

Warming up for tonight's concert - Ashkenazy & Janine Jansen with the Melbourne Symphony: http://www.mso.com.au/cpa/htm/htm_event_list.asp?page_id=76&event_date=2009/3/13

Listening to the Saint-Saens from this (recorded 1983):

[Lethevich]

So far this is weird, evasive, atypical stuff - a lot of quiet passages, unusual structure.



This is EXTREMELY typical, the first concerto is morbidly obese, but very appealingly melodic and dramatic if you have the time for it. I haven't heard the second before, but the times are shorter (phew).

[Maciek]

Earlier today I was comparing four versions of Gorecki's 1st String Quartet:

Dafo on DUX
Kronos on Nonesuch
Silesians on Olympia (1994)
Silesians on EMI (2008)

Some of the differences are quite striking (harmonics? I think). This quartet does not always convince me to a full extent. The Dafo version, especially, while extremely lyrical and touching at the beginning grows far too lax and monotonous towards the end. However, I find that the earlier Silesians recording (Olympia) is quite irresistible. It turns out I actually prefer it to the recent one.

[karlhenning]

Sergei Vasilyevich
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Opus 43
Howard Shelley, pf
RSNO
Bryden Thomson

[mahler10th]

Schoenberg
Serenade for clarinet, bass clarinet, mandolin, guitar, violin, viola, cello and baritone voice, Opus 24 (1920-23)
Craft, cond
Just so John doesn't think I suggest this only for others 

  Aye, I've just been decoding and transposing this to normal all day... ...er...that's yesterday now...but I'm still at it.
Right Now:

Variations for Piano Op. 27

[Brian]

My friend and I are studying and doing homework together tonight, because neither of us has had a chance to listen to music all week and we needed some. We chose the letter M to explore...

MOSZKOWSKI | Selected piano music
Seta Tanyel, piano

MENDELSSOHN | Octet
Concertante Chamber Players

MANUEL DE FALLA | Three Dances from "The Three Cornered Hat"
Mexican State Symphony Orchestra, Enrique Batiz

We cheated on the last one.

[Dr. Dread]

Sergej Rachmaninoff His Complete Recordings Disc 6 Chopin Schumann 

[Dundonnell]

So far this is weird, evasive, atypical stuff - a lot of quiet passages, unusual structure.



This is EXTREMELY typical, the first concerto is morbidly obese, but very appealingly melodic and dramatic if you have the time for it. I haven't heard the second before, but the times are shorter (phew).

"...morbidly obese..."

What an interesting description! Let me chew on that one for a little

[Coopmv]

Now playing ...

[Dr. Dread]

"...morbidly obese..."

What an interesting description! Let me chew on that one for a little

Good lord, man. What time is it there?

[Coopmv]

Good lord, man. What time is it there?

Scotland is probably 5 hours ahead of New York ...

[Dr. Dread]

Scotland is probably 5 hours ahead of New York ...

Don't they sleep? 

[Coopmv]

Don't they sleep? 

I have noticed a number of our members from the British Isles are up way past midnight their time routinely ...

[Lethevich]

"...morbidly obese..."

What an interesting description! Let me chew on that one for a little

The movement timings speak for themselves

I. Adagio maestoso. Allegro. Adagio (17'55)
II. Andante (9'58)
III. Vivace. Cadenza con orchestra. Vivace (17'03)

Don't they sleep? 

In my case, I woke up at 12am. Not having a 9-5 job has both perks and perculiarities 0:)

[Coopmv]

The movement timings speak for themselves

I. Adagio maestoso. Allegro. Adagio (17'55)
II. Andante (9'58)
III. Vivace. Cadenza con orchestra. Vivace (17'03)

In my case, I woke up at 12am. Not having a 9-5 job has both perks and perculiarities 0:)

Working on a graveyard shift has some peculiar rewards ...

[Dr. Dread]

In my case, I woke up at 12am. Not having a 9-5 job has both perks and perculiarities 0:)

You're my hero.

[Coopmv]

You're my hero.

I have this CD.  It is quite nice ...