What are you listening to now?

[Roehre]

Today:

Maxwell Davies:
Symphony No. 9 (2011/’12)

Goehr:
Metamorphosis/Dance op.36 (1973/’74)

Howard:
Calculus of the Nervous System (2011/’12)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach:
Cantata - Heilig, Heilig Wotq.217 (1776)

Beethoven:
An die ferne Geliebte Op.98 (1816; orch. Richard Tognetti 2010?)

Roussel:
Bacchus et Ariane opus 43 (1931)

Codex las Huelgas (Music from 13th Century Spain )

[Michael]

Listening to the early version of "Fidelio" and the late quartets.

[Sorrano]

This morning:

Kraus: Mortuary Music

[Chris]

Listening to the early version of "Fidelio"...

The 1805 or 1806?

[Michael]

The 1805 or 1806?

To the best of my knowledge it's the 1805, with the Staatskapelle Dresden under Herbert Blomstedt.
I also have the Gardiner version with the annoying "Narrator" instead of dialogue. I'm not sure, but I think Gardiner may have mixed and matched items from the two early versions.

To a non-scholar like myself, the fun is in spotting the differences between the 1805 and the 1814 versions. Some are minor and some are positively startling: the opening of Leonore's aria "Abscheulicher!" and the ending of Florestan's "Gott! Welch dunkel hier."
There are many others - including the transposition of the opening two songs and the re-structuring of the opera from three acts to two.

And I would gladly keep the terzetto "Ein Mann ist bald genommen" instead of Rocco's "Gold" aria (but, like Ringo and the Beatles, Rocco had to have his one solo.)


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[Michael]

This morning:

Kraus: Mortuary Music

Lyrics by Robert Graves?

[Chris]

To the best of my knowledge it's the 1805, with the Staatskapelle Dresden under Herbert Blomstedt.

Yes, that's the 1805 version. A great recording!

I also have the Gardiner version with the annoying "Narrator" instead of dialogue. I'm not sure, but I think Gardiner may have mixed and matched items from the two early versions.

Yes, this is some strange mix of the 1805 and 1806 versions. I like Gardiner's work, but I have no idea what he was thinking with this one. There is a proper recording of the 1806 version by the Orchester Beethovenhalle Bonn and Marc Soustrot. I think this is also a fine recording and worth having if you love this opera and enjoy comparing the different versions.

To a non-scholar like myself, the fun is in spotting the differences between the 1805 and the 1814 versions. Some are minor and some are positively startling: the opening of Leonore's aria "Abscheulicher!" and the ending of Florestan's "Gott! Welch dunkel hier."
There are many others - including the transposition of the opening two songs and the re-structuring of the opera from three acts to two.

Indeed, it's very interesting to compare. I think the opera works better as two acts, and I think the final order of the opening two numbers is better. But there was some great music that was scrapped for the final version. I think my favorite music that did not make into the final version is the duet Um in der Ehe froh zu leben.

And I would gladly keep the terzetto "Ein Mann ist bald genommen" instead of Rocco's "Gold" aria (but, like Ringo and the Beatles, Rocco had to have his one solo.)

I would never give up Rocco's "Gold" aria! Nor Octopus's Garden!

[Michael]

I think my favorite music that did not make into the final version is the duet Um in der Ehe froh zu leben.

Yes - a beautiful piece.
And you have my permission to keep the "Gold" aria.

[Roehre]

Today:

Nicolai:
Mass for soloists, chorus & orchestra in D major (1832) (R3 TtN iPlayer)

Gassmann:
Stabat Mater (1760s)

Stravinsky:
Concerto for Strings in D “Basle”
8 Instrumental Miniatures
4 Etudes for Orchestra

[Sorrano]

Lyrics by Robert Graves?

No lyrics, but I'm sure that deeply buried in his, ah, soul, there might have been some.

[Michael]

No lyrics, but I'm sure that deeply buried in his, ah, soul, there might have been some.

Tomb it may concern: I apologise! No more puns!







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[Sorrano]

On a less sepulchral note, this morning:

Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1

[Michael]

On a less sepulchral note, this mourning:
Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1

I thought we agreed on no more puns?

[Sorrano]

I thought we agreed on no more puns?

Boy, I can't even sneak one past you!

[Roehre]

Today:

Widor:
Piano concerto no. 1 in F minor Op.39 (1876) (R3: iPlayer TtN)
Piano concerto no. 2 in C minor Op.77 (1905) (R3: iPlayer TtN)

Jacob:
Horn concerto (1951)

Roussel:
Symphony no.1 in d op.7 “Le Poème de la Foret”
Symphony no.2 in B-flat op.23 (1921)