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Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 7:33 pm
by fergus
Thank you James; I will check it out on YouTube.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 7:35 pm
by fergus
CD 3 from this set incorporating Symphony No. 3....
Symphony No. 3 has a wonderful menacing opening with snarling brass and Scriabin’s writing for brass is a feature that I have enjoyed throughout my listening to this set.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 10:07 pm
by fergus
So, checked out Drumming and I neither loved it or hated it but found it very interesting. In the opening section I found that the lack of tonal variety due to the writing for only one type of percussion instrument was a problem for me. I understand that one of the elements of minimalism is a focus on rhythms but I found it much more aurally interesting when the marimbas and vocals entered.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 10:08 pm
by fergus
Barry Douglas giving a fine performance of Pictures at an Exhibition....
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:50 am
by fergus
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 11:10 am
by Seán
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintets KV 515, KV 593
Orlando Quartet with Nobuko Imai Viola
The Orlando Quartet's and Imai's playing on these two works is fabulous.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 1:17 pm
by fergus
More reverential than celebratory.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 4:10 pm
by Seán
This is a very enjoyable series on Lyric:
RTÉ lyric fm @RTElyricfm
At 4pm, Sandy Burnett takes the G minor sonata BWV 1001 by JS Bach as his subject for this week’s Great Moments in Classical Music.
In the year 1720, Johann Sebastian Bach wrote a collection of six works for solo violin which have since been recognised as one of the greatest achievements of their kind. Sandy Burnett takes one of them – the G minor sonata BWV 1001 – as his subject for this week’s Great Moments in Classical Music.
Hi Fergus, if this programme is available on podcast I'd recommend you listen to it, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 4:17 pm
by Seán
Before Lyric I wallowed in the opulent joy of my last two Mozart string quintets:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet KV 516 & KV 614
Orlando Quartet with Nobuko Imai viola
I am looking forward to getting alternate recordings.
Re: What are you listening two?
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 7:48 pm
by fergus
Seán wrote:This is a very enjoyable series on Lyric:
RTÉ lyric fm @RTElyricfm
At 4pm, Sandy Burnett takes the G minor sonata BWV 1001 by JS Bach as his subject for this week’s Great Moments in Classical Music.
In the year 1720, Johann Sebastian Bach wrote a collection of six works for solo violin which have since been recognised as one of the greatest achievements of their kind. Sandy Burnett takes one of them – the G minor sonata BWV 1001 – as his subject for this week’s Great Moments in Classical Music.
Hi Fergus, if this programme is available on podcast I'd recommend you listen to it, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
Thank you Seán, I will check it to see if it is on podcast.
