Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:06 pm
It is nice to have you back posting Jared!
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Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:17 pm
Monteverdi’s Fourth Book of Madrigals beautifully sung by Concerto Italiano/Alessandrini....
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:19 pm
Sibelius: Symph 2
BBC Scottish Symph/ Jerzy Maksymiuk
BBC Scottish Symph/ Jerzy Maksymiuk
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 1:43 pm
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 9:57 pm
This evening I listened to JS Bach’s Cello Suites Nos. 1 & 2 played by Fournier, Casals and Rostropovich....
....pure self indulgence I know but I savoured every moment!!!
....pure self indulgence I know but I savoured every moment!!!
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 10:03 pm
RVW: 'A Sea Symphony'
BBC Symphony Orch
Leonard Slatkin
BBC Symphony Orch
Leonard Slatkin
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 10:08 pm
I must give this one another try....it is a work that I just cannot appreciate ( which is relatively unusual for me).....all help to appreciate it would be greatfully received!!Jared wrote:RVW: 'A Sea Symphony'
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 10:12 pm
I will be perfectly honest, it has never completely convinced me, either... as I've said before, 40 mins worth of ideas, stuck in 65 mins worth of music, tbh... I do enjoy it, but unlike his Symph No 3, it has never grown on me in stature, with each listen...fergus wrote:I must give this one another try....it is a work that I just cannot appreciate ( which is relatively unusual for me).....all help to appreciate it would be greatfully received!!Jared wrote:RVW: 'A Sea Symphony'
anyhow, if you want to give this one another try, the Bernard Haitink version is very dramatic..
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 10:18 pm
Thanks for that Jared....I am always open to trying something new....Jared wrote:.... if you want to give this one another try, the Bernard Haitink version is very dramatic..
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 10:30 pm
my personal view would be to try out Symph Nos 5&6 first... don't give up until you understand his style. these two are generally considered to be amongst his most accessible... then perhaps try No 2 'London'.fergus wrote:Thanks for that Jared....I am always open to trying something new....Jared wrote:.... if you want to give this one another try, the Bernard Haitink version is very dramatic..
I was only thinking earlier on today that it was just over 2 years ago that I borrowed RVW No 3 from the local library, and remembered thinking how turgid, limp and uninspiring it was ... 4 slow movements of almost complete boredom. Now, I think its wonderful... but that's after 30 plus listens, and a determination to understand what it was he was trying to say. Now, the trumpet sound of 'the last post', sends complete shivers down my spine...
Like some of Sibelius' tone poems, much of his music just requires quite a few listens to access the subtleties, which is ironic because initially you can think 'there doesn't sound much to this'