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Le Buisson Ardent

Quote from: steve ridgway on May 18, 2024, 08:25:00 PMWelcome to the forum @Le Buisson Ardent  :) .

Thanks! I've been here before. I plan to stay this time around and just ignore the negativity that seems to permeate from certain corners of the forum.

steve ridgway

Quote from: Le Buisson Ardent on May 18, 2024, 08:27:20 PMThanks! I've been here before. I plan to stay this time around and just ignore the negativity that seems to permeate from certain corners of the forum.

Good idea, there is plenty of value but the ability to ignore is well worth developing in today's society 8) .

Le Buisson Ardent

Last work for the night:

Ben-Haim
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 21
Carmel Quartet




I can't thank @vandermolen enough for turning me onto this composer several years ago. Ben-Haim doesn't get enough mentions, so I always try to promote lesser-known composers when I'm afforded the opportunity.

steve ridgway

Messiaen: Le Livre Du Saint Sacrement

I may be some time...


Le Buisson Ardent

Quote from: Spotted Horses on May 18, 2024, 07:57:25 AMWeinberg, Symphony No 5



Spooky!

Definitely give a listen to the Kondrashin performance sometime. This is one of my favorite symphonies from Weinberg.

Que

#110545


This was posted by Harry the other day - I was curious.

OK, I guess. Repertoire is not very original. Harry was right about the horrible singing. ..

And another:



Macardi use a lot of hesitations and rhythmic accents, but it doesn't elevate the music beyond mildly entertaining.

Are we really hitting the bottom of the barrel, Harry :o 

I feel encouraged to dig deeper! :laugh:

SimonNZ


vandermolen

Quote from: Le Buisson Ardent on May 18, 2024, 08:48:12 PMLast work for the night:

Ben-Haim
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 21
Carmel Quartet




I can't thank @vandermolen enough for turning me onto this composer several years ago. Ben-Haim doesn't get enough mentions, so I always try to promote lesser-known composers when I'm afforded the opportunity.
Happy to hear this  :)
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

Quote from: Linz on May 18, 2024, 08:18:44 AMVaughan Williams Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, New York Phiharmonic, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis for double String Orchestra, The Strings of the New York Philharmonic, Dimitri Metropoulos
Symphony No 6 in E Minor, New York Philharmonic, Leopold Stokowski
That's a great CD. I prefer Mitropolous's recording of the 4th Symphony to the composer's own one. Stokowaki's No.6 is excellent although rushed in the finale.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Harry

Quote from: Que on May 18, 2024, 10:28:25 PM

This was posted by Harry the other day - I was curious.

OK, I guess. Repertoire is not very original. Harry was right about the horrible singing. ..

And another:



Macardi use a lot of hesitations and rhythmic accents, but it doesn't elevate the music beyond mildly entertaining.

Are we really hitting the bottom of the barrel, Harry :o 

I feel encouraged to dig deeper! :laugh:

One would think so Que, it's really hard to find decent new Lute recordings.
Quote from Manuel, born in Spain, currently working at Fawlty Towers.

" I am from Barcelona, I know nothing.............."

Que


Que



Secondo Libro di Toccate, Francesco Cera, harpsichord and organ - two different ones of each.

Lisztianwagner

Richard Wagner
Der fliegende Holländer

Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker


"You cannot expect the Form before the Idea, for they will come into being together." - Arnold Schönberg

prémont

Quote from: Le Buisson Ardent on May 18, 2024, 08:27:20 PMThanks! I've been here before. I plan to stay this time around and just ignore the negativity that seems to permeate from certain corners of the forum.

Welcome! If you are the one I believe you to be, I value your return to GMG.
Any so-called free choice is only a choice between the available options.

DavidW

Quote from: Le Buisson Ardent on May 18, 2024, 09:01:43 PMDefinitely give a listen to the Kondrashin performance sometime. This is one of my favorite symphonies from Weinberg.

I've looked for it after I think Jeffrey also recommended Kondrashin's recording... but I can't stream it.  I guess physical ownership for the win.  As for me I recently listened to Weinberg's solo cello sonatas and his symphonies #2 and 21.  Just phenomenal music!

Le Buisson Ardent

NP:

Berlioz
Harold en italie
William Lincer, viola
New York Philharmonic
Bernstein


From this Japan import -


Le Buisson Ardent

Quote from: DavidW on May 19, 2024, 06:00:58 AMI've looked for it after I think Jeffrey also recommended Kondrashin's recording... but I can't stream it.  I guess physical ownership for the win.  As for me I recently listened to Weinberg's solo cello sonatas and his symphonies #2 and 21.  Just phenomenal music!

Yeah, I'm not a subscriber of any streaming service (I own thousands of classical recordings, so I really have no need for it), but if you can find the Kondrashin performance on CD, then that would be awesome. There are at least two iterations of the recording: one is on the defunct Russian Disc label (featuring an excellent account of the Trumpet Concerto) and the other is a remastered issue on Melodiya (coupled with Symphony No. 10 conducted by Barshai). I'd try to go for the remastered issue on Melodiya --- if you can find it since Melodiya recordings are now so difficult to obtain.

Le Buisson Ardent

NP:

Britten
Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 15
Vilde Frang, violin
Frankfurt RSO
James Gaffigan




I haven't heard Britten's VC is ages. Great performance from Frang/Gaffigan.

Karl Henning

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

VonStupp

#110559
Frederick Delius
Suite for Violin & Orchestra
Légende for Violin & Orchestra

Tasmin Little, violin (Suite)
BBC PO - Sir Andrew Davis

Philippe Graffin, violin (Légende)
BBC CO - David Lloyd-Jones

I have to be in a certain mood to fully appreciate some of Delius' music, but his earlier works, like these violin concertante ones, are for anytime.
VS

"All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff."