What are you listening to now?

[Quijote]

Although I doubt my Latin for "A Greek fruit" is correctly rendered.

[Roehre]

Although I doubt my Latin for "A Greek fruit" is correctly rendered.

And your use of "ego" is a bit superfluous as well I'm afraid, but I wouldn't call your Greek Fruit a Scortis Vetu

[Roehre]

Today:

Klami:
Revontulet [Aurora boréalis] - Fantasy for orchestra opus 38 (1946/'48) (R3: TtN)
That's what you get crossbreeding Sibelius with Ravel ;D
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R3 lunchtime concert:

Machaut (arr. Birtwistle):
Hoquetus David (1969)

Birtwistle:
Double Hocket (2007)
Verses (1976)
Lied (2006)

JS Bach (arr Birtwistle) :
Contrapunctus VII, XII and XVII from The Art of Fugue (2008)

Christian Mason:
Noctilucence (2009)

Ockeghem: (arr. Birtwistle) :
Ut heremita solus (p.1505/1979)

Am I the only one who thinks that the earlier arrangements of Birtwistle’s are more colourful and fantastic than the later ones?
I have heard more exuberant arrangements of the Bach KdF than Birtwistle’s recent ones.

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Mennin:
Symphony no.4 “The cycle” (1947/’48)

Ginastera:
Milena – cantata no.3 for soprano and orchestra opus 37 (1971)

Van Domselaer:
Symphony no.1 (1921)

[Bonn1827]

"What is it Skip; did Philip say 'CD jacket notes'?"

[Bonn1827]

Who wants to TOUCH anything GREEK at the moment??????

[Tony John Hearne]

I have been listening to Artur Schnabel - the famous version of 'Hammerklavier' Am I missing the point or is not the speed that he opened with so frenetic that notes are slurred and even one or two not quite right? Obviously I have the whole set and the rest has a magic about it that is indefinable and perhaps can never be followed...

[Bonn1827]

Yes, Tony, it's entirely subjective isn't it? I have a friend who swears by the Schnabel Beethoven sonatas and copied them all onto CD for me (unfortunately we had an argument later and I didn't get these) but each performer will bring a different reading to works we love. You will either like these or not - don't be persuaded by what others think. I have several recordings by Pollini and find these dry and hard-driven and, in the long term, unsatisfactory. Also, I can't listen to anything recorded by Martha Argerich - too fast and glib and pyrotechnical for my tastes. I prefer (ex-husband) Stephen Kovacevich, who plays similar repertoire. So, it's good to hear your comments Tony.

[Bonn1827]

This morning I'm listening to:

"Una Stravaganza dei Medici" - Intermedi (1589) "La Pellegrina" by Taverner Consort. Wonderful music.

[Zevy]

Mozart: Sonata in C,K. 330. Vladimir Horowitz.

My favorite Horowitz line is: "In order to be a great virtuoso, one must first be a virtuoso." (Or something to that effect...)

[Chris]

This morning on the way to work, I heard on the radio:

Bach's Prelude and Fugue No. 15 from the WTC Book 1
The overture to Gilbert and Sullivan's The Gondoliers
Beethoven's Eroica Variations

Good way to start the day!

[Preston]

Yes, as well as ballet music (of which his Merry Waltz is one movement), 2 symphonies (1960, 1968 rev '69), some eight string quartets (IIRC, I've got no.7 in my collection) .

But he was not the only one.
just to mention some (past and present): Bruno Walter, Willem Mengelberg, Furtwängler, Weingartner, Kubelik, Sallonen, Maazel.

And we shouldn't forget that Mahler in his own age was considered a brilliant conductor but a 2nd rate (if not worse) composer, and that Boulez has followed a double career as well, as e.g. have the pianists Wilhelm Kempff and Artur Schnabel, and not to forget one guy called Rachmaninov .

Thanks for the useful information Roehre, .

[Preston]

Tutti is Italian for "all" or "together." In a concerto it refers to parts for the orchestra as opposed to the soloist.

Thanks Chris. Do you know what the main theme is in the 2nd mov. of the Piano Concerto 4? Such as, how many bars it is? I would imagine that it is the first Tutti, but am not sure?

[Roehre]

Today:

van Domselaer:
Piano concertos no.1 (1924) and no.2 (1926)

Webern:
Variations opus 27

Liszt:
Nuages gris
Richard Wagner – Venezia
Schlaflos – Frage und Antwort
Zweite Elegie

[PDG]

Chopin: Etudes Op.10 (can't get enough of #1 in C).

[PDG]

I prefer (ex-husband) Stephen Kovacevich, who plays similar repertoire.

You were married to Stephen Kovacevich!?