What are you listening to now?

[Roehre]

Today:

Shostakovich:
String quartet nr.8 in c op.110 (1960; arr.Barshai as Kammersymphonie op.110a)

Strauss:
Metamorphosen (1945)

Legley:
Before endeavours fade (1979)

Anonymous:
4 Planctus (Las Huelgas manuscript; 13C)

Nono:
A Carlo Scarpa, architetto ai suoi infiniti possibili (1985)

[Preston]

Listening to Mozart's Requiem. This is by far, imo, the greatest work Mozart ever composed – and, by far. So much of Mozart is quirky, too laughable, too tight, etc. But the Requiem is different – IT IS TRULY SACRED. I believe it is one of the greatest of any great masterpiece. Mozart truly tapped into the sacred realm – changing so much about his style – so much. I believe that Mozart attained a heightened state of being when writing this masterpiece. He tapped into the spiritual realm (whether the spiritual realm is good or bad, I do not know.), but he tapped into it.

Does anyone else think something along these lines?

[Sorrano]

This morning:

Wesley: Symphony No. 6 in B Flat

[Sorrano]

Listening to Mozart's Requiem. This is by far, imo, the greatest work Mozart ever composed – and, by far. So much of Mozart is quirky, too laughable, too tight, etc. But the Requiem is different – IT IS TRULY SACRED. I believe it is one of the greatest of any great masterpiece. Mozart truly tapped into the sacred realm – changing so much about his style – so much. I believe that Mozart attained a heightened state of being when writing this masterpiece. He tapped into the spiritual realm (whether the spiritual realm is good or bad, I do not know.), but he tapped into it.

Does anyone else think something along these lines?

Agreed!

[Roehre]

Today:

Stravinsky:
Threni

Sweelinck;
Mein junges Leben hat ein End

[Roehre]

Listening to Mozart's Requiem. This is by far, imo, the greatest work Mozart ever composed – and, by far. So much of Mozart is quirky, too laughable, too tight, etc. But the Requiem is different – IT IS TRULY SACRED. I believe it is one of the greatest of any great masterpiece. Mozart truly tapped into the sacred realm – changing so much about his style – so much. I believe that Mozart attained a heightened state of being when writing this masterpiece. He tapped into the spiritual realm (whether the spiritual realm is good or bad, I do not know.), but he tapped into it.

Does anyone else think something along these lines?

No.

[Chris]

Listening to Mozart's Requiem. This is by far, imo, the greatest work Mozart ever composed – and, by far. So much of Mozart is quirky, too laughable, too tight, etc. But the Requiem is different – IT IS TRULY SACRED. I believe it is one of the greatest of any great masterpiece. Mozart truly tapped into the sacred realm – changing so much about his style – so much. I believe that Mozart attained a heightened state of being when writing this masterpiece. He tapped into the spiritual realm (whether the spiritual realm is good or bad, I do not know.), but he tapped into it.

Does anyone else think something along these lines?

Have you heard the later, non-Requiem settings of the Mass by Mozart, such as the Great Mass or the Coronation Mass? If so, how do you feel the Requiem compares to them?

[Quijote]

Nah, I'm listening to some music with real balls (apart from Beethoven's) : Giacinto Scelsi.

[Enrique]

Let's stop it with the balls. The music of Beethoven is virile, it was said (who said it?). The (old fashioned) meaning is music for men. This morning:

Beethoven:
Quartet no.12

Bartok:
Quartet no.2
Quartet no.6

Why did Bartok have to explain that he wrote tonal music. It's so plain! I can't believe he wrote this work in 1939 and nothing more until the Concerto for Orchestra. America, land of opportunities!

[Sorrano]

This morning:

Grieg: Holberg Suite

Mendelssohn: Capriccio brillante

(He might not have had as many "eggs" as Beethoven, but he did well, speaking of Mendelssohn.)

[Roehre]

Today:

Hamerik:
Requiem op.34 (1886/’87)

Nono:
A Carlo Scarpa, architetto a suoi infinitti (1985)

Anonymus:
4 Planctus (Las Huelgas manuscript; 13C)

Mortelmans:
Elegie I (1917)
Elegie II (1917)

Mathias:
Threnos (1990)

[Peter]

Let's stop it with the balls. The music of Beethoven is virile, it was said (who said it?). The (old fashioned) meaning is music for men. This morning:

Beethoven:
Quartet no.12

Bartok:
Quartet no.2
Quartet no.6

Why did Bartok have to explain that he wrote tonal music. It's so plain! I can't believe he wrote this work in 1939 and nothing more until the Concerto for Orchestra. America, land of opportunities!

It's always very interesting listening to Bartok's quartets after late Beethoven quartets.

[Peter]

Bruckner symphony no.5 - I think after no.8 this has to be my favourite Bruckner symphony.

[Sorrano]

Bruckner symphony no.5 - I think after no.8 this has to be my favourite Bruckner symphony.

I think the 5th is more of a philospher's Symphony than the 8th, but they are all dear to me.

[Sorrano]

This morning:

Ernst: Violin Etude No. 6, The Last Rose of Summer

Stanley: Spring Concerto in D