What Are You Listening To Now?

[v russo]

Gould performing Bach's 2 and 3 part inventions. Great performance: squeaky and creaky piano though.

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v russo

[spaceray]

Originally posted by v russo:
Gould performing Bach's 2 and 3 part inventions. Great performance: squeaky and creaky piano though.

That creaking and squeaking are not coming from the piano but from Mr Goulds famous folding chair."...But the collapsible chair
was the Golberg (Rube) variation of them all.It's a bridge chair basiaclly ,with each leg adjusted individually for height so that Glenn can lean forward,backward,or to either side .The studio skeptics thought this was wackiness of the highest order
untill recording got under way.Then they saw Glenn adjust the slant of his chair before doing his slightly incredable crosshand passages in the Variations leaning in the direction of the "cross" The chair was unanimously accepted as a splendid ,logical device.Oiling it became one of his pre performance rituals,though it still squeaked in concerts,and some of its squeaks are permanently enshrined in his recordings""
This from Wondrous Strange ,The life and Art of Glenn Gould by Kevin Bazzana.

[Amalie]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gurn Blanston.

Amalie,
That Brautigam is on fortepiano, yes? I have heard his play a couple of times, he is really quite good. And then Brendel & Goode, a morning of Beethoven specialists! Wonderful! Nice poem also, although the guy doesn't have quite the way with words that the "Doggerel Master" does.

Gurn,
This mornings piece by Brautigam was played on piano, though I do know he plays fortepiano also. Here is a very good link to other Beethoven pieces he plays on fortepiano: http://www.stradivarius.it/classica/...=8711525010185

plus a short biography: http://www.ronaldbrautigam.com/start.html
paino and fortepiano


For me this pm.
Vivaldi, concerto ripieno in c. RV115
Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Allessandrini

Dvorak, Natures Realm
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Bottesini, Grand duo, concertant for violin, double bass, and orchestra.

Beethoven, Piano sonata, no.27, 0p.90
Emil Gilels (piano)



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[Pastorali]

Schubert - String Trio D.471 (fragment)

[Sorrano]

Starting the Schubert Symphony cycle by Sir Colin Davis. No. 1 is playing right now. It's a pity that no. 7 was never orchestrated by Schubert.

[v russo]

Originally posted by spaceray:

That creaking and squeaking are not coming from the piano but from Mr Goulds famous folding chair."...But the collapsible chair
was the Golberg (Rube) variation of them all.It's a bridge chair basiaclly ,with each leg adjusted individually for height so that Glenn can lean forward,backward,or to either side .The studio skeptics thought this was wackiness of the highest order
untill recording got under way.Then they saw Glenn adjust the slant of his chair before doing his slightly incredable crosshand passages in the Variations leaning in the direction of the "cross" The chair was unanimously accepted as a splendid ,logical device.Oiling it became one of his pre performance rituals,though it still squeaked in concerts,and some of its squeaks are permanently enshrined in his recordings""
This from Wondrous Strange ,The life and Art of Glenn Gould by Kevin Bazzana.

yes, but the liner notes point to this particular piano making the noise on this recording date. Gould so loved the piano that they left the incidental noises in.


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v russo

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[King Stephen]

Originally posted by Sorrano:
Starting the Schubert Symphony cycle by Sir Colin Davis. No. 1 is playing right now. It's a pity that no. 7 was never orchestrated by Schubert.

Sorrano,
From all of the muddle that I have read about a so-called 7th symphony of Schubert the one I find most believable is the following. Although he started but did not finish at least a half dozen symphonies he did manage to complete 8. The so called 7th, also referred to as the "Gastein" symphony in reality did not exist. It seems that the "Gastein" was an early draft of the Symphony No.9 in C Major. If that is the case then the Symphony that is know as the 8th, the "Unfinished" is really the 7th and the 9th in C major is the 8th. The work you refer to might be one of the works that Schubert never finished but had progressed as far as a piano score and, to quote David Wright, "It was dignified by a Schubert cataloguer as Symphony No. 7". (This and other smphonic fragmants have been orchestrated by various scholars and composers, with interesting results, but without restoring any echt Schubert to the canon.)"

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[Pastorali]

Soon I will go to a concert where Schubert's 'Great' will be performed. Oddly, on the program notes it is list as his Symphony #8 and the 'UnFinished' is described as #7. Have seen it this way the first time, though it's not untrue...

W.A. Mozart - Sonatas for Flute and Organ KV. 10-15, originally scored for violin (or flute) and harpsichord. Nice too, played on the organ, which Pestalozzi once owned.

[Vipercat]

Originally posted by ruudp:
one can't do anything else BUT adore it...it's nickname is a but dubious though at first this sonata was written for the african virtuoso George Bridgetower with whom He premiered the piece. At the first perfomance beethoven had just Barely completed the piece and the 2nd movement had too be played from beethovens writing of..this movement was also the movement they had too play double as an encore..I am particulary fond of the 1st movement..the way he balances the adagio and the presto Marvellous...as a matter of fact as soon as I have finished listening too the 9 symphonies *I'm at nr.6 right now the last movement* I'll have a go at the kreutzer aswell

Listening to all 9 symphonies, wow that's cool! Yeah I was also very impressed by the first movement of the Kreutzer. I think it'd be cool to play too....some day hopefully!

[Vipercat]

Originally posted by Gurn Blanston:

VC,
Ah, the tradition is taking hold already. Soon you won't be able to iagine it otherwise. Super. And the Kreutzer too. Every time I like to say that this or that is my favorite violin sonata, then I hear the Kreutzer again and that is all out the window. Just nothing else quite like it.

I know, it's wonderful. Plus the tradition of listening to the 9th each Sunday is definitely worth it!

For me, it's once again Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos no.2 and 3.

[Amalie]

Originally posted by Pastorali:
Soon I will go to a concert where Schubert's 'Great' will be performed. Oddly, on the program notes it is list as his Symphony #8 and the 'UnFinished' is described as #7. Have seen it this way the first time, though it's not untrue...

W.A. Mozart - Sonatas for Flute and Organ KV. 10-15, originally scored for violin (or flute) and harpsichord. Nice too, played on the organ, which Pestalozzi once owned.

~*~

That should be a very nice concert indeed Pastorali! what other pieces are going to be performed and is it an orchestra that is quite well known?

Today's listening included:

Gluck
Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from (Orfeo ed Euridice).
I have actually seen this performed in London and very artistically done.


Handel, Concerto Grosso in G, 0p.6 no.1
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Beethoven, Country Dance, no.1
Yur-Eum,
Woodwind Quintet



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[ruudp]

Originally posted by Vipercat:
I know, it's wonderful. Plus the tradition of listening to the 9th each Sunday is definitely worth it!

For me, it's once again Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos no.2 and 3.

*GASP* rach's 2 AND 3th concerto...you've GOT them?? I wish I had them aswell..the 3th in particular seems to be VERY virtuosic and beautifull...the 2nd I've purchased a month ago..It was on a cd featuring klara würtz playing Schumanns only pianoconcerto in A minor and the 2nd rach..It also contained another cd with piano works by: liszt,debussy,chopin and schubert...Liszt:his mephistowaltz,waldesrauschen,gnomenreichen,play of the fountainwater.Chopin:Ballad in g minor op.23 and his barcarolle in F sharp major..Debussy les isles voyeuse, Schubert the rosamunde impromptu..lovely music..
For me it's erlkönig in the liszt transcription, the kreutzersonata..
and I've played some clementi again and improvised a piece in a minor and F major

Regards,
Ruud

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Music is like Blood...vital too ones well-being

[Tony John Hearne]

[quote]Originally posted by Amalie:

Originally posted by Gurn Blanston.

Amalie,
That Brautigam is on fortepiano, yes? I have heard his play a couple of times, he is really quite good. And then Brendel & Goode, a morning of Beethoven specialists! Wonderful! Nice poem also, although the guy doesn't have quite the way with words that the "Doggerel Master" does.

Gurn,
This mornings piece by Brautigam was played on piano, though I do know he plays fortepiano also. Here is a very good link to other Beethoven pieces he plays on fortepiano: http://www.stradivarius.it/classica/...=8711525010185

plus a short biography: http://www.ronaldbrautigam.com/start.html
paino and fortepiano


For me this pm.
Vivaldi, concerto ripieno in c. RV115
Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Allessandrini

Dvorak, Natures Realm
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Bottesini, Grand duo, concertant for violin, double bass, and orchestra.

Beethoven, Piano sonata, no.27, 0p.90
Emil Gilels (piano)

Amalie, a short while back I received a very nice Email from you which I promptly but inadvertently deleted without having the chance to reply!!!!

Is there any way you could resend it to my Email tonyjohnhearne@aol.com as I would like to be in occasional correspondence with you, given that we are both classical music enthusiasts within the great metropolis of Londinium

Best regards Tony

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Love from London

[Gurn Blanston]

TJ,
Hah, I see that you have casually glossed over my gibe of last week about your ankle in favor of being nice to Amalie instead! Don't blame you, actually, I understand that she is a health care professional also, so "ankle injuries" (nudge nudge) wont keep you down during Proms month again.

Hallo to all, been incommunicado for a bit and have now fallen too far behind, so short of jabbing Tony, I shall merely report that for me right now, it is the Concerto in a minor for Oboe & Orchestra - RV 461 - Antonio Vivaldi. Marvelous display of what the oboe meant in 1725 or so. I have been glutting myself on Chopin today also, some simply splendid works.


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Gurn
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[Amalie]

Originally posted by Gurn Blanston:
TJ,
Hah, I see that you have casually glossed over my gibe of last week about your ankle in favor of being nice to Amalie instead! Don't blame you, actually, I understand that she is a health care professional also, so "ankle injuries" (nudge nudge) wont keep you down during Proms month again.

Hallo to all, been incommunicado for a bit and have now fallen too far behind, so short of jabbing Tony, I shall merely report that for me right now, it is the Concerto in a minor for Oboe & Orchestra - RV 461 - Antonio Vivaldi. Marvelous display of what the oboe meant in 1725 or so. I have been glutting myself on Chopin today also, some simply splendid works.

Gurn,
I'm sure Tony has made a full recovery and is now fighting fit for work tomorrow!
Besides, his doctors certificate has run out.
You can fool some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time!
I have been doing a search for 'Three sonatas 0p.6, which Joseph Woelfl dedicated to Beethoven, I think in 1799, Ahh, remember back then ?
Do you know anymore info and whether they are avalaible on CD? Many thanks.

Till tomorrow.


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