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Joined: Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:24 am Posts: 13232 Location: London, England
Today more Beethoven. I finished off Schreier's 3 disk set of lieder, which is an enjoyable collection, and partook of Immerseel's 5th Symphony, one of the better efforts in his set...
I felt in the mood for something triumphant and grand and this fit the bill perfectly! Possibly my favourite Mozart piano concerto, though in his case it's very hard for me to choose.
The works of the 'Second Viennese School' have grown on my a lot of several years after and my initial dislike. This is one of my favourites:
Alban Berg: Violin Concerto, In Memory of an Angel ~ Anne-Sophie Mutter; James Levine /Chicago Symphony ... Allmusic reference
I've had the same experience. There are pieces from these composers that are at the top of my list now.
Reading your post, I was feeling that Berg's Concerto hasn't clicked with me yet, so I pulled out my recording by Rebecca Hirsch on Naxos.
I was surprised this time. After several listenings this year, going through BBC Radio 3's analysis of the piece, and going to Nashville to hear the symphony perform it, it's finally sinking in.
_________________ "There are two things that haven't got to mean anything. The one is music, and the other one is laughter." Immanuel Kant.
Joined: Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:24 am Posts: 13232 Location: London, England
Today Beethoven's Fidelio, with MacKerras directing the Scottish Chamber Orchestra with more vigour and dynamism than you usually hear with this piece. Orchestra sounds great, solo vocals are ok but could be better. I didn't find myself warming to the characters too much.
A very generous friend had an extra copy of Sokolov's recording of Chopin's Preludes and let me have it after he found out I was Chopin-impaired.
Being my first exposure to the Preludes, I don't know how these are supposed to sound, but this certainly is a great way to play them. I was captivated through the whole CD - well, at least to the point where I had to tear myself away and go to bed.
_________________ "There are two things that haven't got to mean anything. The one is music, and the other one is laughter." Immanuel Kant.
I think that perhaps Dvorák is my favourite Romantic composer. In general his works are optimistic, happy, and free from the grandiloquence the afflicts most Romantic composers.
Antonín Dvorák: Piano Quartet No.2, Op. 87 ~ Ax, Ma, Stern, Laredo
The works of the 'Second Viennese School' have grown on my a lot of several years after and my initial dislike. This is one of my favourites:
Alban Berg: Violin Concerto, In Memory of an Angel ~ Anne-Sophie Mutter; James Levine /Chicago Symphony ... Allmusic reference
I've had the same experience. There are pieces from these composers that are at the top of my list now.
Reading your post, I was feeling that Berg's Concerto hasn't clicked with me yet, so I pulled out my recording by Rebecca Hirsch on Naxos. ...
I was surprised this time. After several listenings this year, going through BBC Radio 3's analysis of the piece, and going to Nashville to hear the symphony perform it, it's finally sinking in.
Speaking of Berg, this is what I'm listening to a the moment. It's another piece I really like.
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