Spinning Today (Classical version)

[Reid Malenfant]

Now then, Mark, you have chosen two excellent pieces. Respighi is one of my favourite composers. If you like Church Windows, treat yourself to Pines of Rome as I highlighted in post #34. Trust me, it'll excercise your sub-amp & woofers very nicely

Martin, you may remember that i got rid of a load of classical stuff that I inherited from my father... I kept the good stuff, or music i could understand if you like

I'll look out for your suggestion, cheers

This stuff is great Thank you...

[jandl100]

OK - I didn't realise this thread existed until Marco poked me in the ribs about it.

So ... listened to yesterday ...

Herzogenberg - Odysseus symphony on CPO. Later on in life his music became fairly boring and unadventurous. OK for background listening, but .... However, this is an early work, full of the grandiose ambition of youth!
Hilding Rosenberg - 4th Symphony "The Revelation of St John" for baritone, chorus & orch. A Caprice CD. Quite a discovery; large scale, tuneful and really very approachable. Def a keeper. I have a CD of some of his string quartets - I shall give those a listen today.
Langgaard - string quartets 2, 3 & 6. I've had these for a couple of years and play them occasionally, last night I finally started to enjoy them!

[jandl100]

I popped into a charity shop in Mold today and got the following on minty vinyl: ....

Bruckner - String Quartet In C Minor/Intermezzo for String Quartet with The Keller Quartet

Ah - one of my fave LPs.

I know it's only 'plinky plonk' string quartet, Marco ... but give it a try, it's oh so wistful and sad, full of gentle melancholy.
... a perfect accompaniment to a glass of red, perhaps.

[Marco]

OK - I didn't realise this thread existed until Marco poked me in the ribs about it.

Haha... Are you blind, boy?? It's a sticky, right at the top of the page!!

I think I'd like to check out Hilding Rosenberg

Marco.

[jandl100]

Haha... Are you blind, boy?? It's a sticky, right at the top of the page!!

Yep, I think I am a bit - blind to stickies anyway ... I tend to skim over those for some reason.

Anyway, I've just made a belated noo year resolution to list my previous day's listening here on a daily basis, unless someone tells me to stf up. My tastes tend to the off-the-beaten track obscurities these days!

[MartinT]

Faure / Durufle Requiems - St John's College Cambridge, Guest, Decca [cd]

My office at work is just next to the school chapel and one of our girls was singing the Pie Jesu from the Faure, accompanied by the organ, very beautifully this morning. So I took my cup of coffee and sat and listened. It inspired me to dig out one of my all-time favourite recordings of these pieces (I have many), recorded in Cambridge. Forgive the occasional traffic noise because the boy alto is just amazing.

[Marco]

Yep, I think I am a bit - blind to stickies anyway ... I tend to skim over those for some reason...

It's funny - I often think that making threads into stickies ends up achieving precisely the opposite from what was intended...

Anyway, I've just made a belated noo year resolution to list my previous day's listening here on a daily basis, unless someone tells me to stf up. My tastes tend to the off-the-beaten track obscurities these days!

Excellent. Let's hear all about those obscurities - it might result in introducing people to something new!

Marco.

[keiths]

It's funny - I often think that making threads into stickies ends up achieving precisely the opposite from what was intended...

I think that too. Also, if people are using Tapatalk to browse the forum on a smartphone, it puts stickies in a seperate tab from the other posts - making it even easier to ignore them

[jandl100]

Yesterday's listening ...

Hilding Rosenberg string quartets 1, 6 & 12, on Caprice. A tougher nut to crack than the 4th symphony listened to 2 days ago. But an interesting listen that I am sure will repay future visits.

Robert Hermann (1869-1912) Symphonies 1 & 2, on a Sterling CD. Oh boy! - where have you been all my life, Robert? Simply perfect late Romantic orchestral writing. Difficult to describe, but imagine a musical melding of Mendelssohn and Brahms ...

Shostakovich 10th symphony - Karajan / berlin Phil DG 1967. Listened to this version as the Shosty 10th is the subject of a current Wigwam thread ... Hmmm, I am not totally convinced. Herbie mauls the tempos round a bit too much for me, the tymp thwacks in the 'Stalin allegro' are almost inaudible greatly reducing the musical impact. Hmmm, my fave is still Jarvi on Chandos. Karajan is an interesting listen, though.

[MartinT]

Shostakovich 10th symphony - Karajan / berlin Phil DG 1967. Listened to this version as the Shosty 10th is the subject of a current Wigwam thread ... Hmmm, I am not totally convinced. Herbie mauls the tempos round a bit too much for me, the tymp thwacks in the 'Stalin allegro' are almost inaudible greatly reducing the musical impact. Hmmm, my fave is still Jarvi on Chandos. Karajan is an interesting listen, though.

I have a wonderful 10th with Previn and the LSO. I've just checked and it's now in a double CD with his 13th, which is exceptional.