What are you listening to now ?

[gprengel]

Mendelssohn never ceases to amaze me:
https://youtu.be/2lgamhc1e7A

[Harvey]

Mendelssohn never ceases to amaze me:
https://youtu.be/2lgamhc1e7A

Next to Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Rachmaninoff are my second favorites.

[alanfrommidhudsonofn]

Multi-Media Presentation Honoring Beethoven's Ninth

Hi,
I created the following multimedia presentation in honor of Beethoven today. I would appreciate it if you would give me your input on it.

It is multimedia.

If you tend toward vertigo or dizziness or have epilepsy please don't watch it.
Thanks,
Al


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1eA...4F3PtetA6MZBNb

[Harvey]

Hi,
I created the following multimedia presentation in honor of Beethoven today. I would appreciate it if you would give me your input on it.

It is multimedia.

If you tend toward vertigo or dizziness or have epilepsy please don't watch it.
Thanks,
Al


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1eA...4F3PtetA6MZBNb

No problem for me. Ah Beethoven, who could not like Beethoven. My favorite symphony composer.

Oh, and WELCOME to the Beethoven Forums

[Megan]

Hi,
I created the following multimedia presentation in honor of Beethoven today. I would appreciate it if you would give me your input on it.

It is multimedia.

If you tend toward vertigo or dizziness or have epilepsy please don't watch it.
Thanks,
Al


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1eA...4F3PtetA6MZBNb

You are obviously a mischievous, trolling fool!

[Michael]

I found it quite moving.

Well, the camera anyway.

(If it's a joke, it's a long-winded and pointless one. If it's serious, it's worrying.)

[Harvey]

Beethoven pre-Leonore/Fidelio opera fragment.
Vestas Feuer Hess:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGZGSsk5K7c

[Michael]

Part of Vestas Feuer found its way into Act2 of Leonore/Fidelio.

[Chris]

That bit of Vestas Feuer was maybe the thing I was most curious about when I was hunting down some volumes of the old DG Complete Beethoven Edition. I've always wished we would have gotten a second opera from Beethoven. I know Fidelio was not a happy experience for him, but I absolutely love it.

[Peter]

Mahler symphony no.4.

[Megan]

Later today.. I shall be listening to..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rvh8


Schubert and ill health
Composer of the WeekFranz Schubert (1797-1828) Episode 4 of 5

Donald Macleod explores a period of turmoil for Schubert, when he composed his iconic Rosamunde Quartet.

Franz Schubert’s short life spanned a crucial period in music history as the elegant, classical stylings of Mozart and Haydn were giving way to the drama and passion of the romantic era. Schubert came to embody that transformation, in music that was all about personal expression and individual inspiration. This week, Donald Macleod throws the spotlight on Schubert’s chamber music and explores the stories around five key works for small ensembles.

In the years 1823-24, Franz Schubert had to come to terms with his deteriorating health caused by venereal disease. There were periods when he couldn’t compose at all. He was invited to return to Count Esterhazy of Galanta’s estate in Zseliz but Schubert couldn’t find the peace and happiness he’d experienced there on his previous visit. He was frequently seized with the notion that he’d taken poison and his mental and physical health fluctuated throughout this period. It was during this turbulent time that Schubert produced another of his most iconic chamber works, the Rosamunde Quartet, which resonates with a pervading quality of sadness.

[euphony131]

Via headphones (and thanks to Primephonic streaming!) I was listening to Karajan and Pletnev's Tchaikovsky 6. Karajan is amazing! I don't care what anyone says. There will never be another like him. Sorry, haters, but you must admit he made at least several INCREDIBLE albums.

Then at home through speakers I was listening to De Vriend and Hannes Minnaar tackle LvB's 4th piano concerto and listened to the 1st mvt of the 5th. Still not sure how I feel about Minnaar. He's generally more smooth than powerful. Maybe it's the "warm" sound I need to get used to. Anyone else have a chance to hear this young Dutch pianist? Regardless -- he is definitely a Talent.

[Peter]

I've been listening / watching Barenboim at the 2012 proms - Beethoven symphonies 7 & 8 with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.

[Sorrano]

Exploring Music has been playing excerpts from Mendelssohn's St. Paul and will be playing through Elijah in the next couple of days.

[Harvey]

Beethoven Works for the Stage. I bought this yesterday for $12.50 and it is a wonderful download. I bought it for Klee's Ruins of Athens, but there is a LOT of other good music on it. Take a look:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classica...or-the-stage-2