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Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 12:45 pm
by Jared
fergus wrote:Jared wrote:DonKC wrote:There were lots of horns.....
was there a Matterhorn?
Groan indeed.....but good!
I aim to please, Gentlemen.... ;-)
Brahms: Eine Deutsche Requiem op.45
Runnicles/ BBC Scottish/ Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 12:46 pm
by Jared
fergus wrote:Some Charpentier this morning....
Two beautiful works, Fergus... lovely choice for a Sunday morning, my friend.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 2:00 pm
by fergus
Jared wrote:fergus wrote:Some Charpentier this morning....
Two beautiful works, Fergus... lovely choice for a Sunday morning, my friend.
One cannot go too far wrong with Charpentier.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 2:05 pm
by fergus
DonKC wrote:Always welcome, a new release of Havergal Brian's admitted quirky and clunky but always fascinating Symphonies:
Symphonies # 22, 23 and 24. English Suite #1
Russia State SO, Alexander Walker
Naxos
Following on from Don's post about a month ago I went off looking some of Havergal Brian's music as I had none in my collection and his name had come onto my radar a number of times over the last year or so. I was able to find this vinyl LP recently and I have given it its first listen....
I thoroughly enjoyed and was captivated by the sound world of Brian. He certainly has a voice of his own and I really enjoyed the orchestral textures in the music.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 3:55 pm
by Jared
Elgar:
Enigma Variations
Grania & Diarmid
Falstaff
Violin Concerto
RVW:
Lark Ascending
SSR, CBSO, Nigel Kennedy
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 6:04 pm
by DonKC
fergus wrote:DonKC wrote:Always welcome, a new release of Havergal Brian's admitted quirky and clunky but always fascinating Symphonies:
Symphonies # 22, 23 and 24. English Suite #1
Russia State SO, Alexander Walker
Naxos
Following on from Don's post about a month ago I went off looking some of Havergal Brian's music as I had none in my collection and his name had come onto my radar a number of times over the last year or so. I was able to find this vinyl LP recently and I have given it its first listen....
I thoroughly enjoyed and was captivated by the sound world of Brian. He certainly has a voice of his own and I really enjoyed the orchestral textures in the music.
The 21st is an incredible work, in my opinion. As good as this one is, it really needs a new recording or at least release on CD. The slightly surprising ending of the 4th and final movement is one of most clever and satisfying in all of symphonic music.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 8:16 pm
by Jared
Walton: Cello Concerto
Rattle/ Harrell
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Rattle/ Janet Baker
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 9:04 pm
by Jared
Walton:
Symphony No.1
Belshazzar's Feast
Rattle/ Hampson/ CBSO
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 8:12 pm
by Jared
something else I initially struggled with, 5 years ago but now find perfectly accessible... and frankly, quite wonderful!
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:36 pm
by fergus
DonKC wrote:fergus wrote:
I thoroughly enjoyed and was captivated by the sound world of Brian. He certainly has a voice of his own and I really enjoyed the orchestral textures in the music.
The 21st is an incredible work, in my opinion. As good as this one is, it really needs a new recording or at least release on CD. The slightly surprising ending of the 4th and final movement is one of most clever and satisfying in all of symphonic music.
It is funny that you should say that Don because as I was listening to that album I said to myself "I wonder what this would sound like with one of the Big Orchestras?" Not that this is a poor performance mind.
