Current Listening Vol V
Current Listening Vol V
A new thread for the same subject matter.
The previous thread, Current Listening Vol IV, has become another huge file, and because this particular thread is the most popular one on the site, we have created this new volume to continue posting.
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Music begins where words leave off. Music expresses the inexpressible.
Shostakovich, Symphony # 8 In C Minor, Op. 65, Vasily Petrenko, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra:
Second and final part of Gabriel Fauré's chamber works, plus one apiece by Bedřich Smetana and Antonín Dvořák.
Note how all of Fauré's works are in minor keys. In fact, out of the ten major chamber works that he wrote only the first (Violin Sonata no. 1 in A) was in a major key.
Violin Sonata no. 2 in E-minor op.108 (1916-17):
Cello Sonata no. 1 in D-minor op.109 (1917):
Piano Quintet no. 2 in C-minor op.115 (1919–21):
Cello Sonata no. 2 in G-minor op.117 (1921):
Piano Trio in D-minor op.120 (1922-23):
String Quartet in E-minor op.121 (1923-24):
Piano Trio in G-minor op.15 (1855 - rev. 1857):
String Sextet in A op.48 (1878):
'...a violator of his word, a libertine over head and ears in debt and disgrace, a despiser of domestic ties, the companion of gamblers and demireps, a man who has just closed half a century without a single claim on the gratitude of his country or the respect of posterity...' - Leigh Hunt on the Prince Regent (later George IV).
Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610. McCreesh/Gabrieli Consort. Fine performance.
Listened to this (Moeran's Symphony in G Major + a couple of other pieces) a bit ago and enjoyed it...
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Now listening to this, and also enjoying it... (William Grant Still's 1st Symphony)
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Interesting rather unknown organ music by Sigismond Neukomm (1778-1858).
Allüberall und ewig blauen licht die Fernen! Ewig ... ewig ...
Rogier: Missa Ego sum qui sum. Choir of King's College London/ Trendell (hyperion)
I have been a huge fan of Nielsen's symphonies for years now. But I am just getting into some of his other major works. His Clarinet and Flute concerti are amazing. The Wind Quintet is also quite nice, more traditional than I have come to expect from Nielsen. The violin concerto seems a bit bloated on first listening but I'll see what I think after a few more listens.
FROM 'SLEEP'
Excerpts from Sleep, to be listened to while awake.
Max Richter
Max Richter - piano, organ, synthesisers, electronics
American Contemporary Music Ensemble
Grace Davidson - soprano
Deutsche Grammophon
P.M. Summer
simul justus et peccator
Bruckner Symphony no
Riccardo Muti
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Very powerful especially second movement which I love
Joan Sutherland, soprano
One of Mozart's loveliest compositions, with a performance to match.
Mozart: Exultate, jubilate...Tandem avenit hora...Tu virginum corona...Alleluja (K165)
December 1959 Broadcast
Kölner Rundfunk Symfonie Orchester des WDR
Conductor: Alberto Erede
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXtijpCF7TA
Richard Strauss, Tod und Verklarung, Op. 24: Rudolf Kempe, Dresden Staatskapelle:
"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have." Thomas Jefferson
“A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned — this is the sum of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, 1801
Jussi Björling (1911-1960), En svane, op.25 nº2, (Edvard Grieg), piano: Frederick Schauwecker, Glenn Memorial Auditorium, Atlanta (Georgia), live in 13-4-1959.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzSANgxzIPQ
Symphony No. 5 by Malcolm Arnold to end the listening day...
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No idea why my attachments are no longer showing up in-line... Plus each time I try to post it takes me to a screen that says I have to wait 30 seconds between posts.
Cristina Deutekom - Son Vergin Vezzosa (Bellini, I Puritani) Eb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8YhDnE3GIA
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