What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[Chuck Nessa]

10 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Now listening to Robert Simpson's 8th Symphony, as heard on this disc:

Haven't listened to that in a while. I have 20 cds and 4 lps, including a 10" disc of Boult conducting the 1st.

[HutchFan]

7 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Haven't listened to that in a while. I have 20 cds and 4 lps, including a 10" disc of Boult conducting the 1st.

I'm still getting to know it, but Simpson's music definitely has a lot going for it.  

I love the covers on Hyperion's Simpson series.  His music conjures that sort of cosmic vastness.

 

[Peter Friedman]

Mozart - Piano Concerto No.19, K.459    and      Berwald - Sinfonie serieuse (No.1)

[HutchFan]

Anyone who is feeling overwhelmed by the ugliness of our world should listen to this.  It's impossibly beautiful, a balm.

 

[JSngry]

How many records does that take, the complete lieder? 

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

13 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Anyone who is feeling overwhelmed by the ugliness of our world should listen to this.  It's impossibly beautiful, a balm.

You`ve nailed it .... beloved platter since release date ....

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

[HutchFan]

19 hours ago, JSngry said:

How many records does that take, the complete lieder? 

I just checked the Hyperion website. It took 40 CDs. ... Schubert composed a lot of songs.

 

[Peter Friedman]

[JSngry]

Jeez. I knew it was a lot, but not that many!

I do like me some Schubert lieder but have always been intimidated by where to make serious start. I end up getting a Fischer-Dieskau record here and there, but that the way of a dabbler... which I suppose is what i

 

[Larry Kart]

19 hours ago, JSngry said:

Jeez. I knew it was a lot, but not that many!

I do like me some Schubert lieder but have always been intimidated by where to make serious start. I end up getting a Fischer-Dieskau record here and there, but that the way of a dabbler... which I suppose is what i

 

DFD's approach -- like he's giving a lecture, with a pointer in hand and lots of underllined emphases -- is deplored by some, influential though he has been. You might want to try Aksel Schotz, Gerhard Husch, or Julius Patzak.

 

 

[Referentzhunter]

[soulpope]

Indispensable ....

[Peter Friedman]

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.4, Op.58

[Peter Friedman]

Brahms - String Quartet No.1, Op.51/1      and      Schumann - Symphony No.4 Op.120

[Larry Kart]

 

Was Danish composer Rued Langgarrd (1893-1952), as someone once asked, crazy good or just crazy? After listening yesterday to to all 64:05 minutes of this obsessed with Theosophy multipart work for soloists chorus and orchestra, I vote for both.

[Peter Friedman]

Beethoven - Piano Sonatas No. 5, Op.10/1, No.6, Op.10/2, No.7, Op.10/3

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

Spohr - Violin Concerto No.11, Op.70     and       Beethoven - String Quartet No.5, Op.18/5

[soulpope]

[Peter Friedman]

Op.64/3  &  Op.64/4

[HutchFan]

22 hours ago, Larry Kart said:

Was Danish composer Rued Langgarrd (1893-1952), as someone once asked, crazy good or just crazy? After listening yesterday to to all 64:05 minutes of this obsessed with Theosophy multipart work for soloists chorus and orchestra, I vote for both.

Larry,

If you've not already heard it, you might want to check out Rozhdestvensky's recording of Langgaard's Music of the Spheres.  It's terrific.

I once read an interview with György Ligeti.  The interviewer played this record for Ligeti, who had never heard Langgaard's music before.  Afterwards, Ligeti said, "Langgaard's composition anticipates my music!"  (Or something to that effect.)  Ligeti was very impressed.

 

And please forgive me if I'm repeating myself.  I may have shared that little anecdote before. 

 

Edited June 6, 2022 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

On 6/4/2022 at 5:35 PM, JSngry said:

I do like me some Schubert lieder but have always been intimidated by where to make serious start. I end up getting a Fischer-Dieskau record here and there, but that the way of a dabbler... which I suppose is what i

I'm not at all an expert, just a listener.  But I'd recommend jumping in the pool and splashing about.  Your ears will tell where to go. 

I try not to get caught up in understanding the words -- at least at first -- because my understanding of German is sketchy, at best.  I just try to absorb the music, the stuff beyond language.  Afterwards, I usually circle back around to translations of the lyrics, and that offers another sort of meaning. ... At least that's how I make sense of them -- definitely the music first, then the words.

I've discovered that I tend to be drawn more to female lieder singers -- performers like Janet Baker, Elly Ameling, Brigitte Fassbaender, and Margaret Price.  The color and heft of each of their voices are very different, so each of them will be more or less suited for different types of songs: heavy/tragic, lyrical/pastoral, romantic, or whatever.  ... One male singer recommendation -- for all German lieder, not just Schubert's: Hans Hotter.  An amazing voice.

 

Next up for me, prompted by this Schubert talk:

Another excellent entry in Hyperion's series.