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[Papy Oli]

Good afternoon all 

Beethoven - Piano sonatas Op.2 No.1, 2, 3.

Jean Bernard Pommier

[Sergeant Rock]

Haydn Symphony #80 D minor




Sarge

[karlhenning]

Haydn Symphony #80 D minor

The "Sidewinder."

[Sergeant Rock]

The "Sidewinder."

[karlhenning]

Cool!
Tonight I listened to Schnittke's 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 6th symphonies. A nice little journey hearing the few I haven't heard before... 

I'm digging the two pieces on this disc (Concerto grosso № 2, Symphony № 6) better than I thought I might. Looking forward to yet more Schnittke coming in!

[karlhenning]

Inspired by Schnittke enthusiasm on the boards recently


Listened to the concerto No 1, written before Schnittke developed his own style, so there is a lot of influence of Shostakovich, perhaps Bartok, and the Soviet style, generally.  Still, a wonderful work, with a vigorous opening movement and a wonderful slow movement containing a lot of tenderness and exaggerated pathos.  Very worthwhile.

This disc probably re-booted my attitude towards Schnittke . . . which I suppose is vindication of my occasionally going out to buy a disc of unknown music by a composer I think I don't much care for, to put that indifference to the test . . . .

[Papy Oli]

"The Stumbling Goat"

Same! I especially like the final movement, where the cattle, no longer hindered by steep cliffside, are able to trot happily into the distance.

Amazon tags addition, here we come ...   

[karlhenning]

Дмитри Дмитриевич [ Dmitri Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]
Симфония № 3 Es-dur «Первомайская», соч. 20 [ Symphony № 3 in E^b, Opus 20 "May the 1^st" ]
Prague Symphony
Максим Дмитриевич [ Maksim Dmitriyevich (Shostakovich) ]

Say, how is everybody liking the new Petrenko disc of the First & Third?

[Mirror Image]

Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra. Eugene Ormandy - conductor.

The first movement is amazing!

A great performance there Sandra. Bartok is one of absolute favorite composers. He's part of the reason I got into classical music. Glad to see you enjoy his music as well.

[Opus106]

Now:

Listening to Metaboles. What a remarkable work.

That's the one that brought Dutilleux into focus for me. I love the way the piece comes to a close. The string quartet on a Belcea Quartet disc, whence this composer came to my attention, didn't appeal to me. But Métaboles was the key. A couple of nights ago, I was listening to some chamber music of his-- preludes, flute sonatine -- which I found to be fine works.

[Antoine Marchand]

Wise words!

Translation: I think the same way as you about this. 

[DavidW]

Best nickname ever-- the Stumbling Goat.

In other news, I have reversed my opinion on Charles Ives.  His music is pretty nifty.   I've listened to this cd three times over now:

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[karlhenning]

Maiden-Listen Mondays!

Schnittke
Symphony № 1 (1969-72)
Russian State Symphony
Rozhdestvensky

[Brian]

Listening to Haydn's great C minor Symphony, 78, "The Stumbling Goat"

Sarge

Man, I really believed that for a moment.

This afternoon I'm running through James Levine's Brahms cycle, from Chicago, in order 1 to 4.

[bhodges]

From Rhapsody, with Dutoit and Montréal:

Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
Gliere: Oriental Rhapsody

From Lost in the Stars, with Chanticleer:

Weill/Anderson: "Lost in the Stars" (arr. Gene Puerling)
Carmichael/Mercer: "In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening" (arr. Gene Puerling)

--Bruce

[Brahmsian]

Say, how is everybody liking the new Petrenko disc of the First & Third?[/font]

Only listened to it once, so far, Karl.  I don't think it is the performance itself (but it could be), but Symphony No. 1 and No. 3 do not 'grab' me nearly as much as some of the other ones.  I'll have a much better idea with several repeated listens.

[Sadko]

Lokshin: Symphony Nos 7 & 10, Songs of Margaret (Sokolenko, Grigorieva, Moscow ChO, Barshai)

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Listening to it again.

[DavidW]

Charles Koechlin le buisson ardent off of youtube, beautiful, atmospheric piece.

[Sergeant Rock]

Best nickname ever-- the Stumbling Goat.

All credit goes to Sarah.

I shall dub the 78th the Stumbling Goat, in tribute to its abrupt opening statement, and following swaying theme.

You heard it here first, ammend your musical dictionaries!

Sarge

[Keemun]

Bruckner
Symphony No. 8
Jochum
Staatskapelle Dresden