Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Frieburg
Michael Gielen conducting
Beethoven's Eighth is given the full big band treatment here by Gielen and the Frieburgers.
What are you listening two?
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Frieburg
Michael Gielen conducting
Beethoven's Eighth is given the full big band treatment here by Gielen and the Frieburgers.
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
Re: What are you listening two?
Seán wrote:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Frieburg
Michael Gielen conducting
Beethoven's Eighth is given the full big band treatment here by Gielen and the Frieburgers.
Interesting; the work was not written for the big band treatment so I wonder how that went.
To be is to do: Socrates
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
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Do be do be do: Sinatra
Re: What are you listening two?
First listen to two wonderful works. Both composers were unknown to me until now.
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 two?
I am not keen on the big band approach to Beethoven's Eighth and so far my favourites are Vänskä's and Brüggen's:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8
Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado conducting.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Franz Brüggen conducting.
Sensationally good, it is a wonderful listening experience.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8
Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado conducting.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Franz Brüggen conducting.
Sensationally good, it is a wonderful listening experience.
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
Re: What are you listening two?
Did the Vanbrugh String Quartet perform May's SQ in the Museum a wee while ago?fergus wrote:
First listen to two wonderful works. Both composers were unknown to me until now.
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
Re: What are you listening two?
Very pleasant but the Vänskä MO performance is far more to my liking.fergus wrote:Seán wrote:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Frieburg
Michael Gielen conducting
Beethoven's Eighth is given the full big band treatment here by Gielen and the Frieburgers.
Interesting; the work was not written for the big band treatment so I wonder how that went.
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
Re: What are you listening two?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting.
Lovely performance.
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
Re: What are you listening two?
Good Lord I forgot I owned that set. Must get back to it.
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Re: What are you listening two?
The Symphony # 5 is a bold, colorful, rhapsodic statement much in the style of Khachaturian with some Prokofiev and Myaskovksy thrown in. Vladimir Jurowski (1915-1971) is the father of conductor Michail Jurowski and grandfather of conductor Vladimir Jurowski. Russian Painters is a multi movement tone poem, akin to "Pictures at an Exhibition".
Here is hoping for a continuation of this cycle.
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I honestly do not know Seán.Seán wrote:Did the Vanbrugh String Quartet perform May's SQ in the Museum a wee while ago?fergus wrote:
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