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Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:57 am
by Seán
fergus wrote:
It took me how many years of being like the broken record Seán but I eventually got you there in the end LOL!!!
I know that you have just bought a 9 CD set but one other CD that YOU need is the Gardiner version of Bach's Magnificat just to add to those "big" works.
I agree. I loved it when you played it for me in the car.
Anyway enjoy the box set!
Thanks, I will.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:58 am
by Seán
fergus wrote:Tonight on CD....
Who is that?
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:59 am
by Seán
Diapason wrote:I don't remember the last time I listened to the entire B minor mass in one sitting, but I've just done exactly that. For many of you this probably wouldn't be a big deal, but I'm actually proud of myself!
It's hard work for me, I'm afraid.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 2:00 am
by Seán
mcq wrote:But aren't we blessed to have so many great interpretations to enjoy at will. To my mind, there is no "best" version - there only ever exists the version that you listen to in the here and now and which sustains you in the present moment and from which you derive spiritual nourishment. And each successive listening of favoured interpretations feeds into our subjective and ever-incremental understanding of the work. And yet, I personally find it astonishing that the sum of knowledge that we learn from a lifetime of listening to a great artistic work - however life-enhancing and rewarding this experience may be - pales in comparison to the instant comprehension of the musical and emotional architecture of the work in the composer's mind over a relatively short space of time.
Agreed, well said.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:07 am
by Jared
mcq wrote: There's a sense of studied contemplation to her playing which - somehow - never impedes the dancelike flow of this timeless music. I'm hoping she'll record the Britten cello suites for the great man's anniversary year. There's an understated lightness of touch to her playing married with a sense of contemplative grace that I find particularly affecting. Her version of the Elgar concerto is the polar opposite of Du Pre's - more introspective, not so outwardly expressive but just as powerful in conveying the emotional weight of the piece.
I think in those sentences, you have really nailed the essence and importance of Gastinel as a cellist... someone on CMG put me on to her some 3 or 4 years ago, and this Schumann disk is rather special. I will look out for other recordings in the future. Thanks, Paul.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:08 pm
by fergus
Seán wrote:fergus wrote:
Who is that?
Reinhold Gliere....he lived 1875-1956 and was probably the last of the Soviet Romantic composers. I would know of him best through his Harp concerto.
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:28 pm
by Jared
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:15 pm
by Jared
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:24 pm
by fergus
Jared wrote:
Masses in abundance....do you have a guilty conscience which you are trying to expunge Jared LOL???
Seriously good music there in all honesty!
Re: What are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:28 pm
by fergus
Concluding my "Russian" sessions for the moment with this LP....
Admittedly not a great image and the only one that I could find but the album has some really wonderful music on it; wonderful playing and great textures throughout. I was particularly taken with Dumbarton Oaks which is a work that I have not come across before.
