What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[Brahmsian]

I find the 2nd, 3rd, 11th, and 14th to be his weakest efforts.

That may be so, but I've really come to admire and enjoy the much maligned 2nd and 3rd.  I know, I'm weird. 

By the way, my set of smilies has changed?  I don't remember changing them.  Has it changed for everyone?

[Mirror Image]

That may be so, but I've really come to admire and enjoy the much maligned 2nd and 3rd.  I know, I'm weird. 

By the way, my set of smilies has changed?  I don't remember changing them.  Has it changed for everyone?

Yeah there are two new emoticons:  and 

[TheGSMoeller]

Ray and John...

where's the love for the 9th? 

[Brahmsian]

Ray and John...

where's the love for the 9th? 

It is there.  Always liked it Greg.  Maybe not loved, but always liked it! 

[Todd]

Hot damn!

[TheGSMoeller]

It is there.  Always liked it Greg.  Maybe not loved, but always liked it! 

BTW, Ray, the 10th is amazing. It's an interesting structure, with no real Adagio or completely slow movement, and with the right conductor this piece can soar with energy up to the final minutes. It's a good one to see live if you ever have the chance.

[Brahmsian]

BTW, Ray, the 10th is amazing. It's an interesting structure, with no real Adagio or completely slow movement, and with the right conductor this piece can soar with energy up to the final minutes. It's a good one to see live if you ever have the chance.

I have seen it live.  An amazing experience, it was! 

[TheGSMoeller]

I have seen it live.  An amazing experience, it was! 

Shazzam! 

[The new erato]

I used to be pretty enthusiastic about Shostakovich's 11th, and I do still like parts of it, but it doesn't hold a candle to the 5th, 8th, or 10th IMHO. I find the 2nd, 3rd, 11th, and 14th to be his weakest efforts.

The 14th? One of mye four favorites??

[mahler10th]

Disc 1 from this...loud.

[Mirror Image]

The 14th? One of my four favorites??

Yeah, I've just never connected with, but I'm still trying to grasp it. It's definitely as grim as any of Pettersson's works. Again, I can never really say if something will click for me or not, but the 14th never has done anything for me. The 13th and 15th, on the hand, I really enjoy.

[Mirror Image]

Ray and John...

where's the love for the 9th? 

I like the 9th a lot, Greg, but I seldom listen to it. It's a great, little work with some biting sarcasm and comic mischief.

[North Star]

The 14th? One of mye four favorites??

+1!

Just listened to that one (Jansons)


Now some Bartók by Boulez (thanks a lot John    )

[TheGSMoeller]

I love this recording, haven't heard this combo's 4th or 5th, but they have No. 7 down. Some truly lovely playing.

[Coopmv]

Now playing the following CD, a recent arrival for a first listen ...

[jlaurson]

A. Bruckner,
Symphony #7,
P. Herreweghe
Harmonia Mundi


I love this recording, haven't heard this combo's 4th or 5th, but they have No. 7 down. Some truly lovely playing.

Easy to make fun of, the idea... but in practice it works very nicely, indeed.

Dip Your Ears, No. 17
http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2004/11/dip-your-ears-no-17.html

...good enough even to make a first choice.

[mahler10th]

Previously, on Scots John: Senseless cacophonies and irregular rhythms and bizarre moments.  I am listening to Webern right now, loud, and why I bought this a couple of years ago may yet take me some more years to find out.  I have visions of death, hellfire, strange and lonely people in vast surroundings when I listen to this kind of stuff.  Even as I listen, my body is experiencing certain mutations and irregular pulse.  LOL  But I will keep listening at the moment.

I have put it off now, in favor of playing actual music  until the Superbowl comes on...

[Fafner]

Hello, I hope you are all having a great Sunday!

Now listening to:

Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 2
Philharmonia Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov, 1993

[Lisztianwagner]

Maurice Ravel
Miroirs

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[Coopmv]

Now playing the following CD, which arrived yesterday for a first listen ...