Seán wrote:
Ah, yes, I had forgotten that you had that set Seán.
Do not forget Harnoncourt who is also very good with this music. Both Gardiner and Harnoncourt have that raw energy which brings this music alive for me.
What are you listening two?
Re: What are you listening two?
Ah, yes, I had forgotten that you had that set Seán.
Do not forget Harnoncourt who is also very good with this music. Both Gardiner and Harnoncourt have that raw energy which brings this music alive for me.
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?
Vanhal: Missa Pastoralis....
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?
The cello concerto is both a discursive and a conversational affair with the orchestra and the mixture is both intriguing and successful.
The chamber music was also exciting and accessible if a bit stark in its musical language at times.
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?
Johann Sebastian Bach
Piano Concerto No. 1, 2 & 4
Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields
Murray Perahia Piano and directing
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Re: What are you listening two?
Something quite beautiful to transmute this dismal day into a spiritual and contemplative one.
And a cracking good introduction to the great composer too!
Mark
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I do not have any of Arvo Pärt's music in my collection and until now would not have known where to start. Thanks Mark.markof wrote:
Something quite beautiful to transmute this dismal day into a spiritual and contemplative one.
And a cracking good introduction to the great composer too!
Mark
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
Re: What are you listening two?
markof wrote:
Were you celebrating his recent birthday Mark?
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?
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein conducting.
Magnificent performance, this is about as good as it gets.
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Hi Fergus,fergus wrote:markof wrote:
Were you celebrating his recent birthday Mark?
In a way yes. With his 80th. in mind, I was browsing through the selection available for streaming and was struck by the cover.
I sampled the version of "Fratres" and was moved by the performance and then went back to the beginning of the album and played the whole thing through and was very impressed.
There is a gravitas and power to Russian choirs which is present here and which I really like.
The album, which mainly represents some of his earlier sacred work, sits in my favourites list now.
Mark.
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I agree Seán, Bernstein's Sibelius is wonderful.
A bit of early Dvorak tonight: the long, slightly clunky but still full of Dvorak melody and rhythm, Symphony # 1 "The Bells of Zlonice"
Kertesz/London SO
A bit of early Dvorak tonight: the long, slightly clunky but still full of Dvorak melody and rhythm, Symphony # 1 "The Bells of Zlonice"
Kertesz/London SO