[science]

The results of previous (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12) totally random polls have all interested, surprised, and great assisted, me, so I now begin a totally new totally random poll. As always, the question is:

Of the recordings listed, which do you think should be the highest priorities for me as a listener?

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I will confess that these polls are nothing like "totally random" and that there is a measure of method mixed into a great deal of madness. By voting sincerely, you really are helping me prioritize my listening.

And, truly, y'all have surprised me in one way or another on every single poll. It has been enlightening for me.

So, thank you very much!

 

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[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

The Boulez Répons disc is one of my favourite recordings of his music, so I'll pick that one. I'm also a great fan of Birtwistle and Weill, so there ya go, three choices. Those are what I would listen to most out of the ones listed anyway.

 

[SimonNZ]

The Boulez and the Weill from me also.

 

[MagneticGhost]

Everybody should have a copy of Malcolm Arnold's Dances. Fun-filled Exuberence.
As always in your random polls. I've just chosen the 3 I'd like the most - or like the most if I already own them.

 

[science]

Every single one of these polls has surprises for me, so it's hard to measure... but I think this one might be shaping up to be the most surprising yet!

 

[GioCar]

I voted for The ECM recording of Birtwistle's chamber music, for the Boulez, for the Lutoslawski and for the Kurt Weill.

Science, re. these polls, If the mountain won't come to Muhammad then Muhammad must go to the mountain?


A good idea anyway.

 

[Guest]

Aho, Birtwistle, Boulez.

 

[science]

Science, re. these polls, If the mountain won't come to Muhammad then Muhammad must go to the mountain?

I'm usually pretty good at this kind of thing, but I don't know what you mean!

 

[Weston]

I voted the Boulez as I have recently acquired a fascination for his music. Also the Aho as I have enjoyed some of those works. The rest are a little "meh" for me, with the possible exception of the Lutoslawski.

 

[GioCar]

I'm usually pretty good at this kind of thing, but I don't know what you mean!

Well, I wasn't sure you had in in English (in Italian is quite common) but then I've found this:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/if_the_mountain_won't_come_to_Muhammad

Still no clues? I was thinking of your polls vs your thread - the one you have in your signature.

 

[Dim7]

I wouldn't call your polls exactly random. I'm slowly starting to discern a certain pattern here.

 

[science]

Well, I wasn't sure you had in in English (in Italian is quite common) but then I've found this:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/if_the_mountain_won't_come_to_Muhammad

Still no clues? I was thinking of your polls vs your thread - the one you have in your signature.

Oh, I see! Similar projects to be sure. I'm actually planning to bump that one soon because I've almost done a round of listening....

 

[science]

I wouldn't call your polls exactly random. I'm slowly starting to discern a certain pattern here.

Oh, no! They really are almost random. I've been trying to avoid having too much of any particular composer on a single poll, and to match things up that in my own mind are approximately equal priorities (although sometimes I have my own ideas about what should be prioritized or not prioritized, or what I think the community would choose to prioritize or not prioritize, and I'm often surprised; for example, Hyperion/Helios recordings are far less popular than I'd thought), but otherwise it's about as random as I can make it.

 

[joen_cph]

As a supplement to my vote, Boccherini´s chamber music is often wonderful, but I´d prefer a modern piano in those works.

 

[Bruce]

I didn't even know Chopin wrote songs until a few years ago, and when I heard them I was really impressed. So that's one of my choices.

If you go with the Franck Quintet, I'd recommend the recording by the Peterson Quartet with Arthur Pizzaro. It's an astounding recording.

My third choice is Boulez's Repons, because I just heard this for the first time today and was quite surprised to find that I really enjoyed it.

 

[Ukko]

This may be the first of the series that didn't rate a 'should' from me The likely works have unlikely recordings.

 

[ArtMusic]

The Boccherini quintet played on period instruments. Beautiful stuff.