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« Reply #3060 on: 14:30:20, 07-07-2008 » |
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Elgar, the Music Makers. Janet baker, LPO & Choir Sir Adrian Boult.
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« Reply #3061 on: 14:53:15, 07-07-2008 » |
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I have recently been spinning this:  The Te Deum is by Zelenka, and is up there with any of his other church music, but the real discovery for me was J D Heinichen's Mass no.9 (the only one I've heard but I should put that right if possible) which is a stunning piece of work, not entirely different from Zelenka in manner but somewhat smmoother in texture. The colourful instrumentation, overall shape and melodic qualities of it put me somewhat in mind of the larger Masses by Mozart as well, though the style is clearly baroque and quite individual. Anyone interested in baroque vocal music should really give this a go. To my mind it's much more interesting than Heinichen's sporadically inspired instrumental music, much more of which has been recorded. I have also been spinning Stockhausen's Spiral in the (only) complete recording by the vocalist Michael Vetter, which strikes me as one of the most amazing performances of anything by anyone that I've ever heard. What this mnan does with his voice and Stockhausen's score is often quite literally unbelievable. |
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« Reply #3062 on: 15:59:24, 07-07-2008 » |
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Sounds very interesting, RB!
Currently playing beethoven, Piano Sonata no.5 , Op.10, n0.1, Emil Gilels, piano.
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« Reply #3063 on: 20:11:01, 07-07-2008 » |
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 Gustav MahlerSymphony No. 4Joan Carlyle and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten |
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"People hate anything well made. It gives them a guilty conscience." John Betjeman
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« Reply #3064 on: 08:47:43, 08-07-2008 » |
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pim-derks, is that Britten's arrangement of it, because, did'nt he provide ones that were used for normal sized symphony orchestras?
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« Reply #3065 on: 09:16:19, 08-07-2008 » |
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pim-derks, is that Britten's arrangement of it, because, did'nt he provide ones that were used for normal sized symphony orchestras? I read nothing about this in the CD's booklet, b-b-m. It's a very fine performance, especially the in the last two movements, but I have problems with the second movement. The sound quality of this recording isn't very good. It was recorded at the Aldeburgh Festival in 1961. |
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"People hate anything well made. It gives them a guilty conscience." John Betjeman
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« Reply #3066 on: 09:38:43, 08-07-2008 » |
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You may be thinking of Mahler's Symphony No 3 there, BBM. Britten made a 'reduced orchestra' arrangement of the second movement (only) of that.
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« Reply #3067 on: 08:53:50, 09-07-2008 » |
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Ah, thanks for that George. I thought that in a Prom season a few years back they broadcast an edition that Britten wrote. He on yl did one movement then? Oh right.
As me and MrsBBM are off to Cornwall, i have a few cds by Cornish brass bands. At the moment, I have Camborne Town Band. Not bad at all.
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« Reply #3068 on: 18:57:38, 12-07-2008 » |
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http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/414K8W6B2GL._SL500_AA240_.jpgHave been working my way through the 5 volumes I possess of this series entitled The Greek folk instruments. (There are at least a dozen CDs, each concentrating on a separate instrument). Probably the most impressive are Vol 11 - Clarinet and Vol 1 - Lyra, but the others - Vol 2 - Santouri, Vol 5 - Violin and Vol 7 - Outi are pretty strong as well. Actually they're all pretty sensational - no duff tracks, well chosen material etc. Here are a few clips for tasters - http://www.amazon.com/Greek-Folk-Instruments-Vol-11/dp/B000003YI3
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« Reply #3069 on: 01:52:23, 13-07-2008 » |
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Inks, you said over at M&S that you were on something of a world music jag at the moment. Care to recommend other recent spinnings in that line?
Hmm. Not in particular. The 'Music of Islam' series I've found very interesting overall, and quite accessible, though it leaves some rather important styles out. This album of south-indian classical music I've found quite richly enjoyable (but I don't know if classical indian music really counts as world music proper anymore). The afghan CD I found really weird melodically. And catchy, but not in a way I've found enjoyable. But I do find it quite remarkable all the same. |
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« Reply #3070 on: 01:22:29, 14-07-2008 » |
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Inks, you said over at M&S that you were on something of a world music jag at the moment. Care to recommend other recent spinnings in that line?
martle, you might like to try Saturday's World Routes http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldroutes/pip/b1p57/ - highlights from the recent Ethiopiques concert at London's Barbican. Mary Ann Kennedy played some Mahmoud Ahmed from The Very Best of Ethiopiques last November and it was really stunning - I've just been listening to my recording again. |
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« Reply #3071 on: 09:17:55, 14-07-2008 » |
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« Reply #3072 on: 09:42:00, 14-07-2008 » |
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Now Spinning: Music of Mic Spencer, volume III
A prolific and imaginative pen. Definitely worth several listens!
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« Reply #3073 on: 15:32:58, 14-07-2008 » |
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Tchaikovsky 6 LSO/ Gergiev. Proms 2006. The 'March' is so fast, it's not surprising that the applause after it on this occasion is particularly widespread. They play over it though, which is great  My abiding memory of the actual concert is (unfortunately) that at the very end, Gergiev's breathing was louder than the chords which followed. |
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« Reply #3074 on: 15:53:48, 14-07-2008 » |
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I don't know if classical indian music really counts as world music proper anymore
Did it ever? I'm not sure anything counts as 'world music proper'; 'world music' is one of the most pernicious and counterproductive marketing terms ever coined. |
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The city is a process which always veers away from the form envisaged and desired, ... whose revenge upon its architects and planners undoes every dream of mastery. It is [also] one of the sites where Dasein is assigned the impossible task of putting right what can never be put right. - Rob Lapsley
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