Re: Listening Project? (was:Why do I keep buying the same mu
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:38 pm
Brilliant pic.
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Over the last year I have stiffened my resolve not to buy new versions of music I already know well. My amazon wish-list now contains no Mahler at all, and I haven't bought any Mahler in over a year. Bach is more of a problem! Lately (inspired by the very interesting outing on "Composer of the Week" on Radio 3) I've been listening with great enjoyment to the music of Mieczysław Weinberg, who died as recently as 1996. I've often said that composers tend to write only one piano quintet, but then it's a masterpiece, and Weinberg is a case in point.Diapason wrote:Am I alone on this? I'm browsing through amazon's list of box sets, and I find myself gravitating towards different recordings of music I already own rather than taking the chance to explore new music. Part of it is that the current low-pricing of boxes means I can pick up a set that I've always wanted to own for buttons, but I think it runs a bit deeper than that.
I must force myself to listen to new music again. Anyone fancy bringing back the Listening Project?
Do you have enough limbs to play his organ works? I doubt that the usual quota is sufficient! Glad you enjoyed the Concerto for Piano Solo!Diapason wrote:Alkan might be interesting indeed. I bought the CD you played me and I like it a lot, but I should dig deeper. Actually, in a more general sense, I've been buying piano music again because somewhere along the line I'd forgotten how much I enjoy it. I used to listen to solo piano all the time, now I rarely do. I need to fix that.
Speaking of Alkan, I downloaded some of his organ compositions (sheet music I mean) and I have no idea where I put them. I must have a look at some of them.
My brief perusal suggested that I'd find most of his organ music utterly unplayable, so no surprise there. Speaking of limbs, he actually seems to have written quite a few organ duets. They'd be interesting...Ciaran wrote: Do you have enough limbs to play his organ works? I doubt that the usual quota is sufficient! Glad you enjoyed the Concerto for Piano Solo!