What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Catison]

No.6 - which kicks so much butt! It is now one of my favourites. I still can't get into the über wooly Romanticism of 2-4

Listening to this now!

Wow, our tastes are very similar.  I went back through this thread to find all the stuff I was going to listen to, and it was all from your posts.   

[Fëanor]

Nope, I still don't like the War Requiem.  Maybe someday?!

At least we can agree on that.  I'm not a huge Britten fan in general

[Catison]

At least we can agree on that.  I'm not a huge Britten fan in general

[Lethevich]

Listening to this now!

Wow, our tastes are very similar.  I went back through this thread to find all the stuff I was going to listen to, and it was all from your posts.   

There's nothing like exploring all the wonderful cranks and kooks in the byways of the 20th century! 0:) However, there is a risk that they might grab you and not let go - which Langgaard did with me from my first listen, and now I am pondering whether I can justify purchasing every available symphony recording of his (which in the case of no.4 would leave me with four recordings of the same thing) - music admiration can become pathological

[karlhenning]

Nope, I still don't like the War Requiem.  Maybe someday?!

Maybe, maybe not.

It may have helped in my case, that the first I really listened to it, was a live performance.

[karlhenning]

At least we can agree on that.  I'm not a huge Britten fan in general

There's a large patch of his oeuvre that I have had to warm to.

But, when I was in Virginia, my composition teacher had me study Curlew River, and that somehow got right in amongst me.  The writing for the instruments is stunning.

[Dr. Dread]

Goodness. This album cover looks familiar.



All you need is Bach.

Bach is all you need...

[ChamberNut]

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 7 in E major
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra|Herbert Blomstedt

Live at the Konzert und Kongreshalle, Bamberg
21 August 2008

How do you like it Mr. HK? 

[karlhenning]

Goodness. This album cover looks familiar.

Who moved my inverted cheese?

[Bunny]

Quatuor Turner - Beethoven Op. 18 String Quartets

[jlaurson]

Goodness. This album cover looks familiar.



All you need is Bach.

Bach is all you need...

For some reason I associate this recording with empty and meaningless phrases, utter triviality, and insignificant apropos.

But perhaps I have the wrong impression of Fretwork's performance.

[Opus106]

How do you like it Mr. HK?  

It's my favourite AB symphony, CN, and I already have, if I remember the number correctly, four versions of this work. One of my favourite moments though, is from a recording by Sinoploi: it's at the beginning of the third movement -- I'll see if I can upload a clip -- and after listening to other performances and clips online, I haven't found another one that does the same thing. Of course, my favourite movement is the second.



Edit: Oh, yeah, thread duty: I just loaded the first disc of Hewitt's WTC (I).

*Shout-out to the dude on the scale*

[ChamberNut]

It's my favourite AB symphony, CN, and I already have, if I remember the number correctly, four versions of this work. One of my favourite moments though, is from a recording by Sinoploi: it's at the beginning of the third movement -- I'll see if I can upload a clip -- and after listening to other performances and clips online, I haven't found another one that does the same thing. Of course, my favourite movement is the second.

*Pounds the table of his privateless cubicle!*  

[Dr. Dread]

Who moved my inverted cheese?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1zL13LvxS8

[Dr. Dread]

For some reason I associate this recording with empty and meaningless phrases, utter triviality, and insignificant apropos.

But perhaps I have the wrong impression of Fretwork's performance.

Yeah, I think there are some folks who would disagree. But me, I will allow this opinion from you.

[Dr. Dread]

*Shout-out to the dude on the scale*

Yesss...a shout-out... 

[Opus106]

Quatuor Turner - Beethoven Op. 18 String Quartets

I didn't know the young Jay Leno was part of a string quartet... and that he had curly hair and very light-coloured eyes.

[owlice]

Leno's eyes are blue.

[karlhenning]

Blue-eyed Massachusetts boy

[Dana]

:: lusts after the Arrau set ::

      I listened to a few of these and found them to be unmoving, but maybe that's just me. Funny story though, at least it didn't cost me anything. The university has a certain number of items on lone for only four-hour stints, and this is one of them - what do they honestly expect you to do with a 14 box set in four hours?!