What Classical Music Are You Listening To?

[Referentzhunter]

17 hours ago, mjzee said:

Disc 9 (last): various shorter pieces, and a program of sardanes (dance pieces).  

Pablo Casals, good stuff

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, Referentzhunter said:

🌗 I would like to shed a light on the other side of thift-store hunting. Bought a bunch of records that seemed ok but play with much surfacenoise. I won't keep them and i threw my money away.

Annoying, sorry to hear ....

[Referentzhunter]

1 minute ago, soulpope said:

Annoying, sorry to hear ....

the other side of luck ...

[soulpope]

59 minutes ago, Referentzhunter said:

the other side of luck ...

Right, do remember the majority of you finds were true winners ....

[Referentzhunter]

47 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Right, do remember the majority of you finds were true winners ....

Ofcourse ... it's just a message about honesty and loyalty ...

Edited November 1, 2024 by Referentzhunter

[Peter Friedman]

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

On 10/31/2024 at 5:25 PM, HutchFan said:

Probably my favorite recording of Mahler's Eighth Symphony.

Excellent performance ....

[soulpope]

Evgeni Koroliov having a dance with Bach in slow motion .... wonderful ....

[soulpope]

More dancing with Bach guaranteed ....

[Referentzhunter]

Symphonie No. 6

[soulpope]

53 minutes ago, Referentzhunter said:

Symphonie No. 6

Excellent performance of this challenging Bruckner symphony ....

[Peter Friedman]

[Peter Friedman]

[T.D.]

The piano and chamber music discs therefrom.

[Referentzhunter]

21 hours ago, soulpope said:

Excellent performance of this challenging Bruckner symphony ....

This is my first listen to this cycle so hard to say for sure but i remember listening to this symphony and couldn't stop thinking; i like this one ... so one of the highpoints for me here. 

Why is this Bruckner symphony challenging ?

[Peter Friedman]

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, Referentzhunter said:

This is my first listen to this cycle so hard to say for sure but i remember listening to this symphony and couldn't stop thinking; i like this one ... so one of the highpoints for me here. 

Why is this Bruckner symphony challenging ?

Bruckner 6 is challenging (at least for me), because it lacks these recurring themes which dominates Symphonies 4, 5, 7 and 8 and remains sort of a dark monolith .... by coincidence very similar to Sibelius, as his austere Symphony 6 is "sandwiched" between tone painting symphonies 5 and 7 ....

[HutchFan]

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

🧐👍 ....

[mjzee]

5 hours ago, soulpope said:

Bruckner 6 is challenging (at least for me), because it lacks these recurring themes which dominates Symphonies 4, 5, 7 and 8 and remains sort of a dark monolith .... by coincidence very similar to Sibelius, as his austere Symphony 6 is "sandwiched" between tone painting symphonies 5 and 7 ....

I just received the October issue of BBC Music Magazine.  Y'all might be interested in the cover story "What's Wrong With Bruckner?"  As they state: 

For something of a contrast, we dive deep into the life and music of one of classical music's most divisive composers, Anton Bruckner. To mark the composer's 200th anniversary this year, Stephen Johnson makes a case for this obsessive, troubled and endlessly polarising composer.

Love or hate the Bruckner symphonies? Stephen has lived with them, and taken great comfort from them, for years - and he makes a compelling case for their deeply spiritual appeal and sometimes overwhelming emotional power.

https://www.classical-music.com/magazine/issues/october-2024

Now listening to:

Riccardo Muti - The Complete Warner Symphonic Recordings, disc 5.

Edited November 3, 2024 by mjzee

[Peter Friedman]

Piano Quartet No.3

[HutchFan]

A very special album.

 

[soulpope]

10 hours ago, mjzee said:

I just received the October issue of BBC Music Magazine.  Y'all might be interested in the cover story "What's Wrong With Bruckner?"  As they state: 

For something of a contrast, we dive deep into the life and music of one of classical music's most divisive composers, Anton Bruckner. To mark the composer's 200th anniversary this year, Stephen Johnson makes a case for this obsessive, troubled and endlessly polarising composer.

Love or hate the Bruckner symphonies? Stephen has lived with them, and taken great comfort from them, for years - and he makes a compelling case for their deeply spiritual appeal and sometimes overwhelming emotional power.

https://www.classical-music.com/magazine/issues/october-2024

Thnx for sharing 🙏 .... always wondered where this "divisive" view comes from and if there is a case why it is not extended to the symphonic euvre of Brahms and Schumann ....

[soulpope]

Like a string of little pearls .... sublime ....