if you have to ask you've probably answered....
I'll try anything twice.... except Scriabin...
What are you listening to?
Re: What are you listening to?
Brass Bands are all very well in their place -
outdoors and several miles away....
outdoors and several miles away....
Re: What are you listening to?
^^ I think it's probably strictly for the nerds, Simon... ;-)
and in that, I include Fergus of course, who spent most of last year working his way through a 15 CD boxset of Buxtehude's organ works... the man has the constitution of an ox...
seriously though, it is great when you land upon something a little esoteric to your liking, especially when the company concerned has gone to some trouble with the presentation; you feel you're not alone in the world. I hope you enjoy it.
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor
Llyr Williams
This is a perfectly reasonable performance of this structurally complex little work, however I can feel the purchase of a recording of the very highest quality coming on... any suggestions, people?
and in that, I include Fergus of course, who spent most of last year working his way through a 15 CD boxset of Buxtehude's organ works... the man has the constitution of an ox...
seriously though, it is great when you land upon something a little esoteric to your liking, especially when the company concerned has gone to some trouble with the presentation; you feel you're not alone in the world. I hope you enjoy it.
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor
Llyr Williams
This is a perfectly reasonable performance of this structurally complex little work, however I can feel the purchase of a recording of the very highest quality coming on... any suggestions, people?
Re: What are you listening to?
I think that would be Messiaen for me... I'm still getting over the trauma...jaybee wrote:if you have to ask you've probably answered....
I'll try anything twice.... except Scriabin...
I'd say Debussy, but I've tried and tried and tried....
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But, but, his piano concerto is FAB!jaybee wrote: I'll try anything twice.... except Scriabin...
On the nerd front, I think you're right, although I haven't managed a full Buxtehude traversal yet, so I've a lot of catching up to do!
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Re: What are you listening to?
Jared wrote:
yes, I was curious about the dating. With 1978, we're talking just a few years before the HIP movement got under way and I can imabine the Brandenburgs in particular will sound a bit dated in such a version.... a little like the Menuhin cycle I recently heard; probably quite well performed, but with a style 'of their time'. The interpretations of some of Bach's work in particular, seems to have benefitted from the HIP movement.
I think that there is absolutely no doubt about that Jared.
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Diapason wrote:Finally beginning this Odyssey!
I will follow your comments on that set with interest Simon!
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Jared wrote:^^ I think it's probably strictly for the nerds, Simon... ;-)
and in that, I include Fergus of course, who spent most of last year working his way through a 15 CD boxset of Buxtehude's organ works... the man has the constitution of an ox...
I am always up for a challenge!!!
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To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
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Re: What are you listening to?
To be is to do: Socrates
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
Re: What are you listening to?
Diapason wrote:But, but, his piano concerto is FAB!jaybee wrote: I'll try anything twice.... except Scriabin...
On the nerd front, I think you're right, although I haven't managed a full Buxtehude traversal yet, so I've a lot of catching up to do!
I got as far a Vella Flamma... first 3/4 minutes were lovely.... after that, not so much
Brass Bands are all very well in their place -
outdoors and several miles away....
outdoors and several miles away....
Re: What are you listening to?
Liszt: Via Crucis
Andrew Parrott
Taverner Consort
listened to this very interesting piece of music twice in the car today, on the way to a meeting. A fine recording to be fair, in a piece which is quite unlike Liszt, or frankly anything else I've heard! I'll reserve judgement until my Accentus version arrives in the post...
Andrew Parrott
Taverner Consort
listened to this very interesting piece of music twice in the car today, on the way to a meeting. A fine recording to be fair, in a piece which is quite unlike Liszt, or frankly anything else I've heard! I'll reserve judgement until my Accentus version arrives in the post...