What are you listening to now?

[SonicMan46]

Escampies & Danses Royales w/ Jordi Savall & his colleagues - a Harry recommendations a few pages back - first listen; this is instrumental Medieval music based on a manuscript, Le Manuscrit du Roi, ca. 1270-1320 - a wide variety of 'period' instruments are used; now whether this music really sounded like performed in this recording can be debated (and was been in the liner notes & elsewhere - see links); BUT, it is enjoyable and may represent some of the only 'early' extant music from this period; excellent reviews from AllMusic & ClassicalNet - Dave

[North Star]

What do you think, Karlo?

I don't own other recordings, although I have heard a few others once or twice, but I like these recordings very much - from Schiff's playing, the conducting and the orchestra to the recorded sound.
And what do you think of it, Karl?

I find these discs endlessly fascinating.

And enjoyable, too.


Thread duty

Brahms
Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano in E-flat major, Op. 40
Susan Tomes (pf), Anthony Marwood (vln), Stephen Stirling (horn)

[Todd]

http://www.youtube.com/v/MZZ3cePHilc

http://www.youtube.com/v/niddbgY4a7o


More dueling Handel Variations today, both of which I prefer to yesterday's twofer.  Kovacevich gets the nod today.

[Que]

I find these discs endlessly fascinating.

Me too! Alpha is reissuing as a set:



Q

[North Star]

Me too! Alpha is reissuing as a set:

Q

That must be cheap - just look how they managed to put a typo in his name..

[listener]

Eduardo Fernandez, guitar transcriptions of Suites for Lute by BACH
interwoven with SPOHR  String Quintets op. 33/1&2
and BEETHOVEN Violin concerto
Herman Krebbers, violin     Concertgebouw Orch.,  Haitink, cond.

[Lisztianwagner]

Carlos Chavez
Sinfonia India

https://www.youtube.com/v/TKoq4KOHUEU

[Karl Henning]

Сергей Сергеевич [ Sergei Sergeyevich (Prokofiev) ]
Symphony № 1 in D, Op.25 « Classical » (1916-17)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Ozawa

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[Todd]

http://www.youtube.com/v/wssrWj6xU0c



Very good, but I've heard better.

[Que]

That must be cheap - just look how they managed to put a typo in his name..

I didn't notice -terrible. .    Very unlike Alpha, perhaps they will still correct it......

Q

[Ken B]

In light of the recent Messiaen bashing by Nate and John and Ken B, time to point out he wrote some beautiful stuff.

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[Ken B]

From this wonderful beast of a box (that finally arrived today from the UK)   
I know what I am doing for the next couple of weeks (err -- summer, ummm year)
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Note my new avatar. Draw your own conclusions Baklavaboy!

[Sergeant Rock]

Mahler Symphony No.3 D minor, Honeck conducting the Pittsburgh




Sarge

[EigenUser]

In light of the recent Messiaen bashing by Nate and John and Ken B, time to point out he wrote some beautiful stuff.

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Hey!!! I love Messiaen! When did I bash Messiaen? He's becoming a favorite of mine, actually. I even added him to my "Currently Listening To".

[Mirror Image]

Hey!!! I love Messiaen! When did I bash Messiaen? He's becoming a favorite of mine, actually. I even added him to my "Currently Listening To".

And I don't recall bashing him just simply pointing out why I don't enjoy his music.

[Ken B]

Hey!!! I love Messiaen! When did I bash Messiaen? He's becoming a favorite of mine, actually. I even added him to my "Currently Listening To".

As you might recall I suggested Messyann to you long ago ... But you were complaining about Turangalila and a few of the other bloated great whales on his conscience.

And I don't recall bashing him just simply pointing out why I don't enjoy his music.

Exactly. Bashing. 

[Sergeant Rock]

Prokofiev Symphony № 1 in D, Op.25 « Classical »Berliner Philharmoniker Ozawa

Ah...my favorite "Classical."

Sarge

[Ken B]

Did Nate or John read my fine print? 

[EigenUser]

And I don't recall bashing him just simply pointing out why I don't enjoy his music.

Yeah, I mean I did point out some flaws I find in some things he wrote (repetition and length), but I try to push those aside because I think that his sense of "stained-glass" harmony is so unique. Not bashing 0:).

Exactly. Bashing. 

lol

Did Nate or John read my fine print? 

Yes.

As you might recall I suggested Messyann to you long ago ... But you were complaining about Turangalila and a few of the other bloated great whales on his conscience.

It's just that Turangalila is too long. I also find the eighth movement to be an abomination. For me, listening to it is like sorting through Lucky Charms when I was little -- you know, trying to pick out the marshmallows amid the filler.

[ritter]

Tonight:

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Bruno Maderna: Giardino religioso. Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, Hans Zender (cond.)

...followed by:

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Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 10 - adagio. SWR SO Baden-Baden and Freiburg, Michael Gielen (cond.)