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Post by MartinT on Sept 17, 2023 16:41:35 GMT
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Post by daytona600 on Sept 21, 2023 11:05:53 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 21, 2023 11:57:44 GMT
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Post by Tim on Sept 21, 2023 12:14:17 GMT
Nice find Jules, I'm playing it right now  |
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Post by jandl100 on Sept 21, 2023 14:29:40 GMT
I don't think I've heard that recording, I'll save it for later
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Post by jandl100 on Sept 21, 2023 15:05:59 GMT
Yeah, s'alright. A bit tame.  Majestic. Yes, OK, I'll go with that. The best Brahms violin concerto I've heard was, unfortunately, at a live concert at the RFH with Yehudi Menuhin as soloist. One of those never to be repeated, rare, hair standing up on the back of my neck experiences. His recording with Kempe and the Berlin Phil is vaguely reminiscent but nowhere near as incandescent. Menuhin's mono recording with Furtwangler is probably a bit closer to it. |
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 21, 2023 17:10:08 GMT
Tame? We must have different definitions of the word.  |
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Post by jandl100 on Sept 25, 2023 18:00:44 GMT
Mozart Requiem.... Played by the Pandolfis Consort on the Gramola label. .... transcribed for string quartet. Probably not for purists. There's something very beautiful and deeply moving about this. I just love it. There's a very different, rather more reverent album by the Debussy Quartet on Decca as well. Equally stunning in its way. I'd guess you need to be familiar with the original Requiem to really appreciate this. spotify.link/5mYUfIo5nDb |
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 26, 2023 13:58:16 GMT
Hmm intriguing - not sure I will enjoy that but will certainly give it a go!
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Post by jandl100 on Sept 27, 2023 4:58:02 GMT
Hmm intriguing - not sure I will enjoy that but will certainly give it a go! Tbh, the Debussy Quartet performance is the one to try. The Pandolfis are rather heavy handed and unsubtle. I find it genuinely beautiful. It cuts to melodic and harmonic essentials, and also takes it into the realm of pure music by removing the religious context. |
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Post by jandl100 on Sept 27, 2023 8:57:00 GMT
Rodrigo Ruiz, contemporary composer. I'd not heard of him, but his album Behold The Stars popped up on a Recommended list on PrestoMusic, iirc. Some very nice, very listenable chamber music. I'd have said mid to late 19thC for the most part. But no, contemporary. spotify.link/8wtKoZgMqDb |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 27, 2023 9:07:04 GMT
Just testing the advice given for using Spotify links that work...
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Post by jandl100 on Sept 27, 2023 9:26:13 GMT
Ah, OK, how do I do that?
Maybe I knew once, but I've forgotten.
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Post by MartinT on Sept 27, 2023 9:29:22 GMT
Fix for Spotify in Android: In the Spotify app, tap on the 3-dots and select share. On that screen should be the option for "more". Tap that and then copy. It will give you the correct URL to embed.
(sorry Jerry, forgot to copy that here. This fix came from ProBoards, there seems to have been a change in the Spotify for Android app).
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Post by jandl100 on Sept 27, 2023 10:10:42 GMT
Let's see if I've got this right...
Yup!
And, on 3rd hearing, I'm loving this album more and more!!
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Post by jandl100 on Sept 27, 2023 10:30:46 GMT
Enjoying this.
Rachmaninov 1st
Nezet-Seguin conducting.
I think of him as Neddy Seagoon. It must be an age thing.
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 27, 2023 10:35:56 GMT
I was hoping to like his Rachmaninov symphonies but there's just something about them that doesn't click for me in his readings, however I can't say exactly why that is, it's something about the phrasing. Not to worry I have enough options for the symphonies.
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Post by MartinT on Sept 27, 2023 11:21:39 GMT
I have to confess to not really knowing the Rach symphonies (although I love the Symphonic Dances).
Good one to start with?
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 27, 2023 11:25:32 GMT
Best place to start is Previn for 1,2 & 3 - it's the benchmark really.
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Post by MartinT on Sept 27, 2023 11:27:09 GMT
Excellent - I like Previn a lot, his Shostakovich is fab.
Thanks.
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Majestic. Yes, OK, I'll go with that. 