2020 favourites in retrospect

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  • Bryn
    Banned
    • Mar 2007
    • 24688

    #16
    Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View Post
    Listening again, in better circumstances. I still find a general lack of poetry but do find much to admire in the performance of Op. 31/2, especially the phrasing. Oh, and yes, the instruments sound very fine. As to the 'Moonlight' (silly imposed soubriquet), I could listen to it Night and Day. (I'll get me coat).

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    • Richard Barrett
      Guest
      • Jan 2016
      • 6259

      #17
      Originally posted by Quarky View Post
      Mauro Lanza & Andrea Valle, Systema Naturae. Didn't know quite what to make of this. It seems to be algorithmic-based computer music. Probably more of concern to those working in the field, than the interested listener?
      This interested listener was just intrigued about its sounds and forms without worrying too much about how it was made, but no, in fact it doesn't contain any computer-generated sounds, only various mechanical contraptions made of found objects and actuated by a computer program, playing alongside more conventional instruments, as you can see in this video excerpt from a live performance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp1mtWT6NOg

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      • Quarky
        Full Member
        • Dec 2010
        • 2660

        #18
        Originally posted by Richard Barrett View Post
        This interested listener was just intrigued about its sounds and forms without worrying too much about how it was made, but no, in fact it doesn't contain any computer-generated sounds, only various mechanical contraptions made of found objects and actuated by a computer program, playing alongside more conventional instruments, as you can see in this video excerpt from a live performance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp1mtWT6NOg
        Many thanks for the correction / clarification. Well, the live performance was hugely enjoyable, and the music made a lot more 'sense'. I don't think I would have got there just by listening to the sound recording. In fact the thought crossed my mind on a first listen, that it might be part of a multimedia project.

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        • Richard Barrett
          Guest
          • Jan 2016
          • 6259

          #19
          Originally posted by Quarky View Post
          the live performance was hugely enjoyable, and the music made a lot more 'sense'.
          I'm very happy to hear that. I think it's one of the more original things I've heard in recent years. I had read about it before hearing it for the first time so I already knew what was going on, but it sounded better than I was expecting it to. I find it a fascinating idea, realised with great artistry and precision (and indeed humour).

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          • Dave2002
            Full Member
            • Dec 2010
            • 18021

            #20
            Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View Post
            The more serene inspirations among Bruckner's choral music have become a feature of this year for me, especially the Mass No.2; but this anthology of less well known items has a soft, glowing aura of spirituality amid a deep and wonderfully apt acoustic spaciousness.....
            A couple of the very few pieces I ever sang in during my adult life. I remember Locus Iste - not sure what the other one was.

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            • akiralx
              Full Member
              • Oct 2011
              • 427

              #21
              Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View Post
              The more serene inspirations among Bruckner's choral music have become a feature of this year for me, especially the Mass No.2; but this anthology of less well known items has a soft, glowing aura of spirituality amid a deep and wonderfully apt acoustic spaciousness.....


              Mes favoris
              Cet élément a bien été ajouté / retiré de vos favoris.Bruckner: Latin Motets

              Sigvards Klava, Latvian Radio Choir
              Ondine 11/2020, QOBUZ 24/96


              They didn't fit the choir in that church did they? There doesn't look to be room to swing a cat...

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              • jayne lee wilson
                Banned
                • Jul 2011
                • 10711

                #22
                Originally posted by akiralx View Post
                They didn't fit the choir in that church did they? There doesn't look to be room to swing a cat...
                It is all about Time And Relative Dimensions In Space, a concept with which Bruckner was very familiar....

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                • cloughie
                  Full Member
                  • Dec 2011
                  • 22126

                  #23
                  It’s a Latvian tardis - it is bigger than all of us!

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                  • Bryn
                    Banned
                    • Mar 2007
                    • 24688

                    #24
                    Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View Post
                    It is all about Time And Relative Dimensions In Space, a concept with which Bruckner was very familiar....
                    That's just the lift entrance. The recording venue is in the cavern below.

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                    • crb11
                      Full Member
                      • Jan 2011
                      • 153

                      #25
                      Originally posted by akiralx View Post
                      They didn't fit the choir in that church did they? There doesn't look to be room to swing a cat...
                      Oh dear. Have we reached one-voice-per-part Bruckner now?

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                      • silvestrione
                        Full Member
                        • Jan 2011
                        • 1708

                        #26
                        Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View Post
                        No, I'm still not on Qobuz, so that would be a big commitment. I am really looking forward however to hearing the 'Moonlight' on a historical piano (I've gone off the term 'fortepiano': it still has negative connotations for me)). Perhaps pay for a Brautigam download...

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                        • Bryn
                          Banned
                          • Mar 2007
                          • 24688

                          #27
                          Originally posted by silvestrione View Post
                          No, I'm still not on Qobuz, so that would be a big commitment. I am really looking forward however to hearing the 'Moonlight' on a historical piano (I've gone off the term 'fortepiano': it still has negative connotations for me)). Perhaps pay for a Brautigam download...
                          If you can find a stream or download of the Binns, it has a really fruity bass register. It was a real revelation for me. There again, there are numerous performance on YouTube, just search for "Beethoven", "Moonlight" and your dreaded "fortepiano".

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