Unsomnambulist
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Yes. It's equipped with its own Destitute Desk.
Haydn In Plain Sight: The Classical Music Thread
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Yes. It's equipped with its own Destitute Desk.
Ojai Sam
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axolotl
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The Best Contemporary Classical Albums of 2020
The best composer-driven music this year has provided excitement, asked questions, and delivered disparate sorts of beauty.
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Zeeba Neighba
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Johann Sebastian Bach - Goldberg Variations (Pierre Hantai)
Although I enjoy the harpsichord in baroque ensembles, don’t usually gravitate to it solo typically turning to pianists like Gould on the Goldbergs, but Hantai’s rep is so big on the instrument decided to listen this AM (I believe like Gould he’s recording these twice)
Although I enjoy the harpsichord in baroque ensembles, don’t usually gravitate to it solo typically turning to pianists like Gould on the Goldbergs, but Hantai’s rep is so big on the instrument decided to listen this AM (I believe like Gould he’s recording these twice)
Zeeba Neighba
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Guide to Best Recordings of Beeethoven’s 3rd
www.gramophone.co.uk
And currently spinning their top choice, the 1944 Furtwangler/Vienna Philharmonic
A guide to the best recordings of Beethoven's Symphony No 3, 'Eroica'
The ‘tremendous’ Third Symphony is both great music and a force beyond music. How, asks Richard Osborne, have conductors met this challenge during the work’s 90-year-long recorded history?
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And currently spinning their top choice, the 1944 Furtwangler/Vienna Philharmonic
axolotl
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To those who do not know his story, I would like to introduce you to the music of Hikaro Oe.
A book was written about him, which "[t]ells the story of Hikari Oe, the brain-damaged son who inspired the work of novelist Kenzaburo Oe, and who became the world's only disabled prodigy in classical music."
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
I have two CDs of his music, gathered within the last six weeks. I bought them out-of-order:
You can hear them, here. It is music that is as impressive as it is simple, at least in my opinion.
A book was written about him, which "[t]ells the story of Hikari Oe, the brain-damaged son who inspired the work of novelist Kenzaburo Oe, and who became the world's only disabled prodigy in classical music."
From Publishers Weekly:
Born in 1963 with a severe brain hernia, composer Hikari Oe, son of Nobel Prize-winning Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe, was saved from death by an operation that left him brain-damaged and autistic. Today, Hikari, with an IQ measured at 65, limited speech faculties, a mental age of 12 and prone to epileptic seizures, nevertheless composes musical pieces that are mature and steeped in the Western classical idiom, and which have won him a worldwide following among CD collectors. A remarkable testament to the human spirit, Hikari's creative unfolding, as Cameron makes clear in this delicately written report, was made possible largely by Kenzaburo's all-consuming devotion, combined with constant, imaginative care from the child's mother. Freelancer Cameron sensitively uses Japanese culture to mirror American ambivalence toward the handicapped, and she documents the extraordinary degree to which Kenzaburo's involvement with his son has shaped the themes and direction of his own life and his fiction. Her inspirational account also draws on brain and cognitive research to help explain savants' singular gifts.Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
I have two CDs of his music, gathered within the last six weeks. I bought them out-of-order:
You can hear them, here. It is music that is as impressive as it is simple, at least in my opinion.
Unsomnambulist
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What a long, strange trip it's been -- (Robert Hunter)
I finally cleaned the LPs I bought of Berlioz's Beatrice et Benedict - with Colin Davis conducting. A bit scratchy at first, but after about 10 minutes it got a lot better. As with my 1942 Tannhauser (which I heard with Mike at the Schiitr), the LP is slightly faster than the CD. Not quite sure...
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@Ojai Sam
The unfurled info is incorrect, the post is about the Furtwangler Box Set.
Ojai Sam
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Thanks! I have that box on order.What a long, strange trip it's been -- (Robert Hunter)
I finally cleaned the LPs I bought of Berlioz's Beatrice et Benedict - with Colin Davis conducting. A bit scratchy at first, but after about 10 minutes it got a lot better. As with my 1942 Tannhauser (which I heard with Mike at the Schiitr), the LP is slightly faster than the CD. Not quite sure...
@Ojai Sam
The unfurled info is incorrect, the post is about the Furtwangler Box Set.
Ojai Sam
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Anne-Sophie Mutter, Staatskapelle Dresden (Andre Previn, cond.) - Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Serenades, Humoresque (1995)
I stumbled across this album by accident while I was researching something else. It's one of those very few special records that one could spend pages dissecting. I don't have the time for that (and I doubt that you have the patience) so let's hit the high spots.
First and foremost, this is a brilliant performance. Mutter crawls inside this work like a spelunker with a carbide lamp, illuminating every tiny crevice with her glowing musical personality. Andre Previn guides the Dresden Staatskapelle into complete sympathy with Mutter's deeply personal interpretation. Perhaps this isn't surprising, since Andre would make Anne-Sophie the last of his five wives despite a 34 year difference in their ages.
Like Previn, Mutter herself was a style setter. Her mentor, Herbert von Karajan, featured her on stage at age 13. Early in her career he advised her to “go to Paris and get a decent dress". Obviously she took his advice.
I was surprised to learn that Jean Sibelius died in 1957 at age 91. I always thought of him as a late 19th-early 20th century composer. My instinct was right: his last major works were written during the 1920's. What happened after that? The answer can be found here:
www.theguardian.com
I won't spoil the mystery for you. But I suspect part of the darkness that shrouded his later years stemmed from his overenthusiastic embrace of fascistic nationalism. This Violin Concerto was written about 1905 when he was at the peak of his powers. It presents a real challenge to the skills of any violinist brave enough to take it on. Mutter is more than up to the task.
on the Sam-O-Meter.
I stumbled across this album by accident while I was researching something else. It's one of those very few special records that one could spend pages dissecting. I don't have the time for that (and I doubt that you have the patience) so let's hit the high spots.
First and foremost, this is a brilliant performance. Mutter crawls inside this work like a spelunker with a carbide lamp, illuminating every tiny crevice with her glowing musical personality. Andre Previn guides the Dresden Staatskapelle into complete sympathy with Mutter's deeply personal interpretation. Perhaps this isn't surprising, since Andre would make Anne-Sophie the last of his five wives despite a 34 year difference in their ages.
Like Previn, Mutter herself was a style setter. Her mentor, Herbert von Karajan, featured her on stage at age 13. Early in her career he advised her to “go to Paris and get a decent dress". Obviously she took his advice.
I was surprised to learn that Jean Sibelius died in 1957 at age 91. I always thought of him as a late 19th-early 20th century composer. My instinct was right: his last major works were written during the 1920's. What happened after that? The answer can be found here:
Tom Service on Finnish composer Jean Sibelius
Why did Sibelius produce nothing in his last 30 years? On the 50th anniversary of the great composer's death, Tom Service travels to Finland to unravel one of classical music's biggest mysteries.
I won't spoil the mystery for you. But I suspect part of the darkness that shrouded his later years stemmed from his overenthusiastic embrace of fascistic nationalism. This Violin Concerto was written about 1905 when he was at the peak of his powers. It presents a real challenge to the skills of any violinist brave enough to take it on. Mutter is more than up to the task.
on the Sam-O-Meter.
axolotl
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Handel's Messiah: a complete guide to the best recordings - Gramophone
The perennial fame of Handel’s oratorio has inspired a host of contrasting approaches to text and performance. David Vickers mulls over the finest recordings
www.gramophone.co.uk
Ojai Sam
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Hallelujah!Handel's Messiah: a complete guide to the best recordings - Gramophone
The perennial fame of Handel’s oratorio has inspired a host of contrasting approaches to text and performance. David Vickers mulls over the finest recordings
Great article, Axo. Of the modern performances, I like Colin Davis while in the traditional instrument realm, Christopher Hogwood toots my oboe d'amore.
Unsomnambulist
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So classical is annoying while on drugs?
axolotl
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nOT THAT i KNOW, but... N A H !This smart home fitness device helps keep your motivation up
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So classical is annoying while on drugs?
P. S. If they listened to the words of Pagliacci, they would experience enlightenment.
P. P. S. Trust me. I have not.
Ojai Sam
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Yesterday:
Today:
Both of these are on the 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear list. So I figured that was as good an excuse as any to bump this thread. I'm now nearly 20% through but, since I'm not as disciplined as Dr. Zeeba, I haven't tried to post each entry. These two works by Haydn, the 11th and 12th so far, neatly illustrate one of the key benefits of this listening project. Hearing his compositions in chronological order surrounded by those of his peers gives me a new respect and appreciation for Haydn's depth and variety.
Today:
Both of these are on the 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear list. So I figured that was as good an excuse as any to bump this thread. I'm now nearly 20% through but, since I'm not as disciplined as Dr. Zeeba, I haven't tried to post each entry. These two works by Haydn, the 11th and 12th so far, neatly illustrate one of the key benefits of this listening project. Hearing his compositions in chronological order surrounded by those of his peers gives me a new respect and appreciation for Haydn's depth and variety.
