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Balladeer Posted February 17, 2016 Report Posted February 17, 2016 Damocles Trio - Trio Brasileiros: Villa-Lobos & Fernandez (Claves) Quote
soulpope Posted February 17, 2016 Report Posted February 17, 2016 10 hours ago, alankin said: Jean Sibelius – Symphony No.1 in E minor Op.39 – Karelia Suite Op.11  – Symphony No.4 in A minor Op.63 — Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra – Lorin Maazel (Decca Records)  Especially Symphony 4 is very well executed .... Quote
soulpope Posted February 17, 2016 Report Posted February 17, 2016 Cerha: Tagebuch für Orchester Uraufführung ∙Auftragswerk des Hessischen Rundfunks ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) ∙ Andrés Orozco-Strada, Dirigent ∙ Alte Oper Frankfurt, 7. Februar 2014 ∙ Quote
Balladeer Posted February 17, 2016 Report Posted February 17, 2016 Villa-Lobos - Complete Works for Violin and Piano - Paul Klinck, Claude Koppens (Cypres) Quote
alankin Posted February 17, 2016 Report Posted February 17, 2016 (edited) Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.21 in C Op.53 "Waldstein", Piano Sonata No.18 in E flat Op.31 No.3 "The Hunt" — Arthur Rubinstein (RCA Victor Red Seal Records – Sony Music), CD 65.  Edited February 17, 2016 by alankin Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted February 17, 2016 Report Posted February 17, 2016 Ended up listening to SQ1 three times. Preceded first listen by reading a couple of guides that were either discursive without pinpointing the structure (designed for people who already had technical knowledge) or too brief to help much. Then, by chance, stumbled on this:   Exactly what I needed. You get the whole quartet with the sections clearly marked and colour coded so you can see how each part is interlinked. Went back to the CD and listened again after that. Don't recall ever getting so much out of the music in the many times I've previously listened to it. It won't help with harmonic or thematic development or even how the voices work together (over my head!); but as a structural guide for the non-musician, brilliant. The site it comes from is Beethoven-centric - quite a few others like this. Mainly Beethoven but a few other things as well.   Quote
StarThrower Posted February 17, 2016 Author Report Posted February 17, 2016 Symphonies Antarctica/No.8 Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted February 18, 2016 Report Posted February 18, 2016 Disc 1. Very old recordings (I suspect the correct adjective to use is 'classic'!). I'm always surprised Martin has not been more widely recorded in recent times given that there is a substantial market for recorded music outside the best known. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted February 18, 2016 Report Posted February 18, 2016 (edited) Sq 2 of the middle one (and a follow up listen to the online colour-coded analysis) - absolute gem from the almost Vaughan Williamsy theme at the end of the exposition of movement 1 through the thrilling motor rhythms and off-kilter accenting of the middle movement to the strange passage in the middle of the finale where the strings seem to slide micro-tonally creating the weirdest effects. 'Kossuth' is very enthralled by Strauss; I like 'The Wooden Prince' better though its still quite an episodic piece. Just started reading this so I imagine Bartok will be a regular for a few weeks:   Something different but very appropriate as the sun went down: No. 1 Edited February 18, 2016 by A Lark Ascending Quote
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