What are you listening to now?

[Roehre]

Today:

Gipps:
Symphony no.2 opus 30 (1945)

Kochan:
Symphony no.2 (1967/’68)

[Sorrano]

Beethoven's Les Adieu piano sonata, played by Pletnev. This was the last serious piece of piano music I was studying before I started taking organ lessons. I was working on the last movement, and pretty much had it down, just needed to get it a little faster. Pletnev plays the last movement incredibly fast here...too fast, it seems to me. A lot of the little moments and joy are lost, I think.

After laboring through the final movement of the Op. 57, then listening to it, I can appreciate what you are saying here. A lot of the little nuances that exist and are especially meaningful to the performer just get lost to the listener in a blend of furious notes.

[Roehre]

Today:

Butting:
Symphony no.9 opus 94 (1956)

Diepenbrock:
De Vogels (concertoverture The birds; 1917)

Pijper:
Merlijn (1939/’45; unfinished opera)

[Sorrano]

This morning: Langford: Variations on a theme of Handel

Handle: Concerto Grosso in D, Op. 6, No. 10

[Michael]

Listening to this on my iPod while walking around with my hands behind my back (Beethoven-style):

http://www.amazon.com/The-History-Cl.../dp/9626341408

[Roehre]

Today:

Goldmann:
Symphony no.1 (1972/’73)

Udo Zimmermann:
Sinfonia come un grande Lamente (1977)

Jann:
Movement du silence (1997)

[Roehre]

Today:

Kuula (iPlayer TtN May 2nd):
Merenkylpijaneidot, op.12 (The Sea Bathing Nymphs)(1910)
South Ostrobothnian Suite no.2 op.20 (1913)
Kesäilta (Summer Evening)
Tuijotin Tulehen Kauan, Op.2 No.2 (Long I Stared into the Fire)( orch. Merikanto)(1905)
Karjapihassa, Op.31a No.2 (In the Cattle Yard)
Purjein Kuutamolla Op.31a No.1 (Sailing in the Moonlight)
Orjan Poika (Son of a Slave) - Concert Suite, Op.14b (1912)
Impi Ja Pajarin Poika (The Maiden and the Son of a Boyar), Op.18
Prelude and Fugue, Op.10 (1909)
Virta Venhetta vie ('Rivers Gentle Flow Carry The Boat') (Op.37 No.1)

Klami:
Numisuutarit (suite for orchestra) (iPlayer TtN april 30th)

Cherubini (all CotW iplayer):
Petrus apostolus (1778)
Nemo gaudeat (1781)
Il Giulio Sabino: Sinfonia (1786)
Chant sur la mort de Joseph Haydn (1805 sic!)
Pas redoublé no.4 (1814)

Voigtländler:
VOICI – Feuerklang (1995)

[Roehre]

Today:

Cherubini :
Marche Funebre (1820) (CotW iPlayer)

Pärt: (iPlayer)
Magnificat (1989)
The Deer's Cry (2009)
Für Alina (1976)
Spiegel im Spiegel (vn+pf; 1978)
Stabat Mater (1985)

Rautavaara: (iPlayer)
Cello concerto no.2 “Towards the horizon” (2009)

Stier:
Monolith (1995)

[Sorrano]

This morning:

Bartok: Dance Suite (1923)

Gossec: "Suite de Danses"

Franck: "Les éolides"

[Roehre]

Today:

Bredemeyer:
Oboe concerto (1977)

Mathus:
Violin concerto (1968)

[Preston]

listening to Mozart's 11th Piano Sonata

[Preston]

Listening to this on my iPod while walking around with my hands behind my back (Beethoven-style):

http://www.amazon.com/The-History-Cl.../dp/9626341408

How is this program/book Michael? Worthwhile? Is it advanced or beginner? Etc. Thanks.

[Sorrano]

How is this program/book Michael? Worthwhile? Is it advanced or beginner? Etc. Thanks.

To quote from the book description: "A superb crossover title of enormous appeal to the vast selection of the population that enjoys classical music, but would like to know more about it. From Gregorian Chant to Henryk Gorecki, the first living classical composer to get into the pop album charts, here is the fascinating story of over a thousand years of Western classical music and the composers who have sought to express in music the deepest of human feelings and emotions. Polyphony, sonata form, serial music - many musical expressions are also explained - with the text illustrated by performances from some of the most highly praised recordings of recent years (all but a few taken from the Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues)."

I think that you could get something out of this; my guess is that it isn't too advanced and will help you understand better some of the forms and techniques that are used.

[Michael]

How is this program/book Michael? Worthwhile? Is it advanced or beginner? Etc. Thanks.

It's a set of four very full CDs and it's aimed at the ordinary listener who wants to learn about the history of music without having to wade through textbooks. It's ideal for me because I can't read music and it gives numerous extracts from music of all periods.
Here is a better link about it:

http://www.naxosmusiclibrary.com/pre...a414012&path=1


The Amazon price seems very inflated. Here is a better-priced option:


http://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/Fawk...Box-Set/938679

They also do a very good series on composers:

http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item....de=8.558024-27







.

[Sorrano]

You can get a better deal at Amazon if you select from the zShops:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...&condition=new

These prices do fluctuate, though, as people purchase the items.