What Are You Listening To Now?

[Peter]

Sweelinck Fantasia cromatica
Gibbons 'Lord of Salisbury'
Byrd Sellinger's round
Byrd Mass for five voices

[Sorrano]

Roehre, I thought you had a link on the Mahler 8th Symphony (I looked at that yesterday and was interested in your thoughts on that).

This morning:

Kraus: "Olympia" Overture and Flute and Viola Sonata.

[Roehre]

Listening to this, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1wY8Idr1gU. I have liked this music for sometime.

It's a great 3CD-set with an excellent book too.
I listened to the lot very recently: Le Royaume oublié (5-7/03, to be preciese )
It's simply brilliant.

[Preston]

It's a great 3CD-set with an excellent book too.
I listened to the lot very recently: Le Royaume oublié (5-7/03, to be preciese )

It is a set that I hope to get one day. It seems to me that it is like a "rare gem". There really seems to be a lot of thought put into not only the music but the performance as well. Though, like a fool, I still have not listened to the entire piece.

It's simply brilliant.

On a side note AliaVox has a recording of Mozart's Requiem (which, imo, was probably the greatest, by far, of all his compositions). Have you heard this?

[Roehre]

On a side note AliaVox has a recording of Mozart's Requiem (which, imo, was probably the greatest, by far, of all his compositions). Have you heard this?

Yes, I have. But I am quite underwhelmed I have to say.
And that remarkable in itself, as by far the best part of what that label is offering, is of an extraordinary quality. This Mozart however, IMO, isn't.

[Roehre]

Today:

Poulenc:
Flute sonata (1958)
Elegy for horn and piano (1957)

Massenet:
Scènes alsaciennes (1880)

I’m travelling abroad and will be back by March 25th

[Preston]

Yes, I have. But I am quite underwhelmed I have to say.
And that remarkable in itself, as by far the best part of what that label is offering, is of an extraordinary quality. This Mozart however, IMO, isn't.

I have the deepest respect, I can have, for The Requiem and thought that AliaVox would have made an exceptional recording of this, seeing as their other recordings are "of an extraordinary quality" - so I am surprised. Perhaps this era of music is not their specialty?

Thank you for the information.

[Sorrano]

This morning: Carl Maria von Weber's 2nd Piano Concerto.

[Peter]

Bruckner 9th symphony

[Chris]

What else? Some of Beethoven's Irish folksong arrangements, in honor of St. Patrick's Day!

[Quijote]

Bruckner 9th symphony

Strange, that. Today I listened to the opening 5 or so minutes of Mahler's 1st and kept thinking "Hmm, sounds like he took inspiration from Bruckner's 9th."

[Michael]

What else? Some of Beethoven's Irish folksong arrangements, in honor of St. Patrick's Day!

Aaah, that's me broth of a boy, begorrah, to be sure, to be sure. Don't forget "The Pulse of an Irishman" which also goes by the title of "St Patrick's Day in the Morning."
And did I mention that my home town of Killarney is mentioned in two Beethoven settings? I'm sure I did - at least three times.

[The Dude]

Strange, that. Today I listened to the opening 5 or so minutes of Mahler's 1st and kept thinking "Hmm, sounds like he took inspiration from Bruckner's 9th."

Correct. Both were musical windbags.

[Preston]

Listening to some very heavy and serious tremolo - Summer III from Vivaldi's 4 Seasons. The tremolo is everywhere, pretty much constantly. Then off to Winter III, which is probably my favorite movement.

Besides that, some news for the Irish members (Michael... don't know of any others ) I just read that St. Patrick was not Irish but British. Though, perhaps he was Irish at heart?

[Sorrano]

Correct. Both were musical windbags.

Hmmm. Methinks I hear a breeze blowing.