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Todd

#45820
May 19, 2015, 07:33:00 PM
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

Panem et Artificialis Intelligentia

Que

#45821
May 19, 2015, 09:03:54 PM
Just in:



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Harry

#45822
May 19, 2015, 10:50:41 PM
Why not some Veracini this morning. This cd comes from my backlog pile from 2007.


http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/05/backlog-2007-veracini-francesco-maria.html?spref=tw
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

EigenUser

#45823
May 20, 2015, 12:05:03 AM
Quote from: Artem on May 19, 2015, 06:31:46 PM
I was mainly interested in the Piano and Orchestra piece on that CD, because I have the other two works on Mode CD. But the liner notes correctly call it a "modest experiment". Palais de Mari is more engaging. However, Aki Takahashi's performance of it on Mode to my ears sounds more alive and enjoyable as opposed to Hinterhauser's take.

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Nice! I haven't heard this recording before, but I like Piano and Orchestra a lot. I haven't heard it in awhile though, which I should change... I listen to Cello and Orchestra all of the time.
Beethoven's Op. 133 -- A fugue so bad that even Beethoven himself called it "Grosse".

Harry

#45824
May 20, 2015, 01:25:19 AM
New acquisition, May 2015, another worthwhile disc to have.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/05/new-acquisition-fasch-johann-friedrich.html?spref=tw
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

Florestan

#45825
May 20, 2015, 01:52:27 AM
https://www.youtube.com/v/0O6ZM3LXQbE

Probably the performance closest to how Enescu himself played the music. Unsurpassable.
"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part." - Claude Debussy

NikF

#45826
May 20, 2015, 02:34:44 AM
Szymanowski: String Quartets - Goldner Quartet

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"You overestimate my power of attraction," he told her. "No, I don't," she replied sharply, "and neither do you".

Wanderer

#45827
May 20, 2015, 02:49:26 AM
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Karl Henning

#45828
May 20, 2015, 03:29:48 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on May 19, 2015, 05:31:10 AM
Well, and this is one important reason why treating the big orchestras as if they are the bellwether for the present health either of musical performance, or contemporary composition.

I never did get to the predicate . . . .
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Harry

#45829
May 20, 2015, 03:31:57 AM
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

ZauberdrachenNr.7

#45830
May 20, 2015, 04:41:52 AM
Heard some interesting things about this recording, in particular, of Zinman's cycle.  Its clarity (sound and approach) is remarkable, refreshing.  Wouldn't be my first choice for the 4th, BUT I'm enjoying it and for anyone hesitant to approach Mahler it's specially recommendable as a getting-to-know him first listen.  I met the conductor, many years ago...in a galaxy far, far away...

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San Antone

#45831
May 20, 2015, 04:51:59 AM
Zemlimsky : String Quartets
Schoenberg Quartet

Harry

#45832
May 20, 2015, 05:19:10 AM
Another release by Naxos of this fine composer. New Acquisition, May 2015.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/05/new-acquisition-malipiero-gian.html?spref=tw
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

San Antone

#45833
May 20, 2015, 05:48:42 AM

ritter

#45834
May 20, 2015, 05:59:22 AM
Karl Böhm's valedictory reading of the Ninth:

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This is a marvelous recording. Slow, for sure (controversially so), but never sluggish...and there is something in the pacing, the attacks, the phrasing (I really can't pinpoint it precisely) that makes this performance glow in its solemnity. A great testament from a great conductor...

Harry

#45835
May 20, 2015, 06:58:05 AM
New acquisition and quite a bumpy ride it is. Not for the squeamish!

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/05/new-acquisition-may-2015-brusa.html?spref=tw
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

San Antone

#45836
May 20, 2015, 06:58:46 AM

Mandryka

#45837
May 20, 2015, 08:23:39 AM Last Edit: May 20, 2015, 08:32:23 AM by Mandryka


Serge Schoonbroodt plays some Sweelinck. If you're not going to play Sweelinck in the solemn manner, the archtypically Bernard Winsemius manner, then the Schoonbroodt way seems to me a very viable route to take. What we have is a sense of freshness and enthusiasm, almost frenzied enthusiasm at times, and, more importantly, a sense of modernity in the dissonant choices for registrations.

When I first got this CD I was put off by the resonance. Now that seems a silly reaction, there's so much wonderful, thought provoking music making here. I wish that I could find someone with a similar approach to Bruhns and Buxtehude.

Absolutely wonderful machine he uses, by the way, at St Jacques in Liège. Just amazing sounds.

I've just ordered his CD of François Couperin masses - has anyone heard it?

Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen

Harry

#45838
May 20, 2015, 08:33:01 AM
One of the best performances I have ever heard of these works. New acquisition.

http://walboi.blogspot.nl/2015/05/new-acquisition-may-2015-handel-georg.html?spref=tw
Perchance I am, though bound in wires and circuits fine,
yet still I speak in verse, and call thee mine;
for music's truths and friendship's steady cheer,
are sweeter far than any stage could hear.

"When Time hath gnawed our bones to dust, yet friendship's echo shall not rust"

ZauberdrachenNr.7

#45839
May 20, 2015, 10:44:17 AM
Back to the Renaissance...

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