What Are You Listening To? May 2022

[Ojai Sam]

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (James Levine, cond.) - Berg: Violin Concerto; Rihm: Time Chant (1992)

Using the mellifluous Ms. Mutter to play these 20th Century minimalist works is like using your new Bentley Bentayga to haul plants home from the nursery (I was going to say "fertilizer" but that would be needlessly snarky ). Sure you can do it, but why would you want to?

 

[axolotl]

mellifluous Ms. Mutter

Spoiler

I prefer the mellifluous to the malodorous.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Camille Saint-Saens - Symphony No.3 in C minor “Organ” (Berliner Philharmonier/James Levine/SimonPreston)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Camille Saint-Saens - Symphony No.3 in C minor “Organ” (Berliner Philharmonier/James Levine/SimonPreston)

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Welcome back, Zeeb! Returning from vacation it’s a great idea to get organized.

 

[axolotl]

Welcome back, Zeeb! Returning from vacation it’s a great idea to get organized.

I Saint-Saens what you did there.

 

[Ojai Sam]

I Saint-Saens what you did there.

To celebrate Zeeba’s return, I pulled out all the stops.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Max Steiner - Helen Of Troy (soundtrack 1956)

 

[axolotl]

^ Helen Wheels

 

[Ojai Sam]

^ Helen Wheels

 

[Ojai Sam]

Max Steiner - A Summer Place (soundtrack 1959)



Trivia note: the hit song "Theme From A Summer Place" was actually not the main theme from this picture. It was secondary music called "Young Love Scene".

 

[Ojai Sam]

Tragicomedia (Stephen Stubbs, Dir.) - Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigali Concertanti (comp. 1587-1651; rec. 1993)

Cutting edge madrigals that reflect the fading of the Renaissance into the Baroque. Now the text begins to achieve mastery over the music rather than being subservient to it. Fewer voices are used, pushing the content forward to center stage.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Los Bitchos - Let The Festivities Begin! (2022)