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Post by jandl100 on Nov 7, 2019 10:22:30 GMT
Ligeti - Bagatelles I love his Bagatelles and this BIS recording is new to me. Cor, no wonder you like it, Martin - the 1st mvt is very Poulencian. I can't say I am hugely taken with the other 5, but they are at least interestingly listenable.
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Post by jandl100 on Nov 7, 2019 10:28:35 GMT
a gloriously ominous minor key symphony by Pizzetti.
Interesting blurb from Qobuz ... Composed in 1940, Pizzetti’s Symphony in A was one of the works, which included Benjamin Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem, commissioned to celebrate the 2600th anniversary of the accession of the legendary first Emperor of Japan. This powerful and unsettling work, Pizzetti’s only Symphony, is notable for its ominous mood, its compositional progress between February and June 1940 mirroring the unfolding European conflict and Italy’s own declaration of war. And even though it was supposed to hail imperial power and glory, the work is almost as far from joyful as Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem – which was eventually cancelled for the celebrations. This is certainly not the music the Fascist authorities would have expected when they commissioned the composer to represent Italy’s music scene.
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Post by julesd68 on Nov 7, 2019 11:34:23 GMT
a gloriously ominous minor key symphony by Pizzetti But it's in A major.
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Post by julesd68 on Nov 7, 2019 12:04:09 GMT
I did listen to the Symphony.
Would file under ‘interesting’ as opposed to enjoyable - it didn’t particularly move me in any way. The back story was more interesting than the music IMO.
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Post by julesd68 on Nov 7, 2019 12:12:08 GMT
Ligeti - Bagatelles I love his Bagatelles and this BIS recording is new to me. Cor, no wonder you like it, Martin - the 1st mvt is very Poulencian. I can't say I am hugely taken with the other 5, but they are at least interestingly listenable. I gave up after Bagatelle number 3.
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Post by jandl100 on Nov 7, 2019 12:28:20 GMT
a gloriously ominous minor key symphony by Pizzetti But it's in A major. Well, it sounds like it's in a minor key!
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Post by jandl100 on Nov 7, 2019 12:28:56 GMT
Cor, no wonder you like it, Martin - the 1st mvt is very Poulencian. I can't say I am hugely taken with the other 5, but they are at least interestingly listenable. I gave up after Bagatelle number 3. I must admit I was tempted!
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Post by MartinT on Nov 7, 2019 14:16:46 GMT
I'm not surprised, it's a little gem for me but also associated strongly with someone who gave me the CD some 20 years ago.
But that story would be for another thread...
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Post by MartinT on Nov 8, 2019 20:21:23 GMT
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique, Kojian, Utah SO
Wow, how has this one passed me by? Stunning performance and recording.
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Post by Slinger on Nov 9, 2019 16:04:41 GMT
Branford Marsalis - Creation
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Post by Slinger on Nov 9, 2019 16:30:14 GMT
Brad Mehldau - After Bach
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Post by Slinger on Nov 11, 2019 14:59:42 GMT
Telemann - Suite in A minor/Concerto for Viola/Concerto for Recorder & Flute/Ouverture Des Nations Ancienes et Modernes
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Post by Slinger on Nov 11, 2019 16:49:32 GMT
Prompted by John 's post... Organ in Splendour & Majesty - James Parsons et al.
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Post by John on Nov 11, 2019 19:42:02 GMT
Not sure where this should go
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Post by jandl100 on Nov 12, 2019 14:59:56 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on Nov 12, 2019 15:33:14 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on Nov 13, 2019 17:43:33 GMT
wow
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Post by Slinger on Nov 13, 2019 19:52:31 GMT
wow That sounds like something Rick Wakeman might record as a joke, but he'd know when to stop.
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Post by jandl100 on Nov 13, 2019 20:35:59 GMT
It's fabulous.
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Post by Slinger on Nov 13, 2019 20:37:34 GMT
It's fabulous. Nurse! He's got out of his room again...
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