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richard barrett
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« Reply #76 on: 15:32:44, 15-02-2007 » |
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Tippett Concerto for Orchestra. Never heard it before. Definitely in the mosaic-like Priam/Second Sonata mode, but more radical in form than either, owing to there being no guarantee of at least some kind of continuity which the consistency of narrative and instrumentation provide respectively in those works. I hear in the first movement a distant foreshadowing not just of Birtwistle ("Verses for Ensembles") but also of recent Ferneyhough ("Plötzlichkeit").
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« Reply #77 on: 16:37:17, 15-02-2007 » |
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It certainly is an extraordinary work isn't it, Richard. Just popped it on myself for the first time in quite a while. Those three works (the Concerto, 2nd Sonata and King Priam) seem to form a little sub-category of their own in his output. Nothing really like them before or after, and I suppose the former two can in some respects be heard as warm-ups for the opera (and the all-strings second movement of the concerto in particular seems a dry run for the all-strings second Act of KP). All three share some not just similar but identical thematic material. I hear Stravinsky, Symphonies of Wind Instruments as one model for that type of discontinuity.
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MeKurwenal
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« Reply #78 on: 20:03:44, 16-02-2007 » |
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Been a long hard day in the office.....
Food simmering nicely in the oven
so at the mo', I am relaxing with Fred Wedlock : The Folker
His take on Cutler : Thees Got'n Wur Thee Casn't Back'n Asn't
Is hilariously uplifting.
After eats....some Haydn.
MK
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aaron cassidy
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« Reply #79 on: 21:40:06, 17-02-2007 » |
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Jenůfa w/ Söderström, Vienna Phil., & Mackerras.
Not at all sure what inspired me to put this on.
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aaron cassidy
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« Reply #80 on: 21:48:01, 17-02-2007 » |
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An amusing coincidence. I just sat down at the computer to do a bit of copying work and needed something to keep my brain busy while I dragged Finale bits around pixel by pixel. Was choosing b/t the Mackerras Jenůfa & Solti Salome ....
Anyhow ... back to work ...
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Tam Pollard
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« Reply #81 on: 23:01:49, 17-02-2007 » |
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Prokofiev symphonies 1&4 from the LSO under Gergiev. Can't say how they compare to any others (since the works are entirely new to me), but I'm enjoying them very much.
regards, Tam
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« Reply #82 on: 23:44:40, 17-02-2007 » |
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Live recording of Tosca from the Met in 1956, with Tebaldi, Tucker and Warren, conducted by Mitropoulos - wonderful  |
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« Reply #83 on: 23:58:24, 17-02-2007 » |
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Prokofiev symphonies 1&4 from the LSO under Gergiev. Can't say how they compare to any others (since the works are entirely new to me), but I'm enjoying them very much.
regards, Tam
Hey Tam I found that set to be most enjoyable! I love the Jarvi too, but Gergiev has plenty to say about these weird and wonderful works. Have you got the complete set? The fifth and sixth really are something special. Nick |
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Tam Pollard
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« Reply #84 on: 00:10:00, 18-02-2007 » |
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Yes, the complete set (actually, I'm not sure they're available individually, but I could be wrong). I just picked it up the other day (I'd been thinking I ought to explore the repertoire for some time and then spotted it on amazon for £17 and decided to go for it). I've only listened to the first disc but enjoyed it very much indeed and am looking forward to the rest. It's my first disc from Gergiev too, may have to explore some of his others.
regards, Tam
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« Reply #85 on: 00:19:24, 18-02-2007 » |
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Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency
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« Reply #86 on: 00:47:58, 18-02-2007 » |
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Yes, the complete set (actually, I'm not sure they're available individually, but I could be wrong). I just picked it up the other day (I'd been thinking I ought to explore the repertoire for some time and then spotted it on amazon for £17 and decided to go for it). I've only listened to the first disc but enjoyed it very much indeed and am looking forward to the rest. It's my first disc from Gergiev too, may have to explore some of his others.
regards, Tam
Hey Tam I hope that you enjoy the rest of the cycle. If you are looking for interesting Gergiev recordings, may I recommend his live Tchaikovsky Fifth. It's really ferocious in places (to my ears!). Also, I really enjoy his versions of 5 ofthe Rimsky Operas (not least Sadko, which is now available on DVD I see). Have fun Nick |
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MeKurwenal
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« Reply #87 on: 12:30:13, 18-02-2007 » |
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Sunday : lots to catch up with on-line, so I have lined up a few CD's for the computer.
Opened the morning :
Mozart Serenade K361 ( Gran Partita) wind soloists of The OAE
Howard Hanson : Symphony 1 (Naxos)
currently finishing as I type : RVW The London Sympony ( Original version / Hickox and LSO)
I will end with Beethoven : Modlinger Tanze ( Naxos again).
Only time for one disc this afternoon,as I am out all evening. I find myself relaxing a great deal with one of the uplifting symphonies of Mr Haydn,so I will settle after lunch with one.
Best regards all
MK
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stuart macrae
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« Reply #88 on: 14:13:17, 18-02-2007 » |
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Sibelius: Symphony 3 - marvellous - one of the first pieces I played in youth orchestra!
(Barbirolli recording - a bit slow for my liking but beautifully shaped)
MeKurwenal: was that Hanson Symphony the one used for the end of the film Alien?
regards,
SCM
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Ron Dough
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« Reply #89 on: 14:40:38, 18-02-2007 » |
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Stuart,
Pretty sure it was Hanson 2 (The Romantic), which is certainly the most recorded of the set.
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