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[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

And to honour coming Christmas, I start playing CD'S fro this festive period.

I start with a very fine performance of Johann Heinrich Rolle. ( 1716-1785) Christmas Oratorio.
Sung by some very welcome voices, to boot, Gundula Anders, Dorothee Mields, (yummy voice), Britta Schwarz, Wilfried Jochens, and Dirk Schmidt, together with Kammerchor Michaelstein, & Telemann-Kammerorchester Michaelstein, directed by Ludger Remy. It is well recorded, and just a gorgeous oratorio. (Just 8 euro's on JPC) Recommended.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Goede middag, mijn vriend!

Bună ziua, prietenul meu!

[Florestan]

Bună ziua, prietenul meu!

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

I hope that was okay , my Romanian is still very rudimentary!

[Florestan]

I hope that was okay , my Romanian is still very rudimentary!

It is absolutely correct but rarely used as such. Bună ziua, prietene! is the way to go (you can even omit ziua if you want to be informal).

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

It is absolutely correct but rarely used as such. Bună ziua, prietene! is the way to go (you can even omit ziua if you want to be informal).

Thanks Andrei, duly noted.

[Wanderer]

GOOD MORNING TO ALL AND EVERYONE.

Goede middag, mijn vriend!

And a very great day to you both! 

Listening to:
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[Sadko]

Klemperer

Romantic Symphonies & Overtures



CD 1

Schubert: Symphonies 8 & 9

[Florestan]

Vincenzo Bellini

Mass no. 2 in G minor (1825)

Soprano: Katia Ricciarelli
Alto: Francesca Aparo
Tenor: Salvatore Fisichella
Baritone: Furio Zanasi

Camerata Polifonica Siciliana, Conductor: Douglas Bostock

Despite the key, this is one of the most joyous and uplifting masses I've ever heard.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

From my collection, bought in 2010, Third listen.

Its a bleak Symphony, raw and uncensored I might add. Chaotic, demonstrative, highly provocative, and utterly disconcerting. All this and much more. Its never easy for me to approach the first and last movement, for they depict the nature of the whole work, and it shows to me that this work is a strong hold that is defended by such strong motives, that it seems like I will never conquer this work, but that it has me defeated. Its not as if this Symphony abhors me, but there is something almost forbidden about it, and never to my ears so much as with this performance. Kitajenko makes it into a rational technical exercise, with no respite to breath properly, so he leaves you no time to adjust, but takes out all his energy, to make it into a very driven maniacally and determined performance. When listen to say Jarvi, he seems to have found a middle way into the matter, and thus I connect more easily with it, and does not leave me hanging in mid air like Kitajenko does.
The sound is smashing, especially the brass, which is top notch. Still don't know what to make of the performance though.

Symphony No. 2 in D minor, opus 40

[Florestan]

http://www.youtube.com/v/7B4ArQQZG6U

[TheGSMoeller]

Paul Newman organic blend from the Keurig machine, and some Vivaldi to get the morning blood flowing. I concerti di Dresda disc from this Naïve set...

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[Brahmsian]

Paul Newman organic blend from the Keurig machine

Yup, I had a cup of it meself, this morning!    Along with a cup of Nantucket blend! 

[TheGSMoeller]

Yup, I had a cup of it meself, this morning!    Along with a cup of Nantucket blend! 

Keurig, FTW! 

[Karl Henning]

First listen (this recording, bien sûr):

Berg
Three Pieces for large orchestra, Op.6
Berliner Philharmoniker
HvK

[Brahmsian]

Keurig, FTW! 

Perhaps I'm still groggy and need another cup!    FTW? 

[TheGSMoeller]

First listen (this recording, bien sûr):

Berg
Three Pieces for large orchestra, Op.6
Berliner Philharmoniker
HvK

Great minds listen (almost) alike. 

This has become a favorite disc of mine, a perfect display of Webern's style morphing with time. Not a dull moment in here.

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[TheGSMoeller]

Perhaps I'm still groggy and need another cup!    FTW? 

Leftover from my MMORPG days... For The Win!

[Brahmsian]

Leftover from my MMORPG days... For The Win!

Ah!    For a minute, I thought it meant either "For the World" or "F&$k the World"   

[Karl Henning]

Great minds listen (almost) alike. 

: ) I've found (refreshingly) that the Shostakovich string quartet gala this month has readily driven a parallel passion to re-visit the Second Viennese School.

And now:

Berg
Three Pieces for large orchestra, Op.6
Wiener Philharmoniker
Abbado

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